
Samuel Urban Birks
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The 1881 Census reveals a detailed snapshot of households in England, Wales and Scotland. The census was taken on April 3rd and the total population was recorded as 29,707,207.
In the 1881 Census, the household of Alexander Herschell, born in 1848 in Montrose, Angus, consisted of 20 members. Alexander was the head of the household, married to Mary Herschell, born in 1855 in Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland. They had 5 children; Margaret (born 1872 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland), Alexander (born 1874 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland), Mary (born 1876 in Sunderland, Durham, England), Marjery (born 1877 in Sunderland, Durham, England) and Isabella (born 1880 in Yorkshire, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Alexander's Servant, Dinah (born 1861 in Brunswick, Yorkshire, England), Alexander's Lodger Head, Thomas (born 1863 in York, Yorkshire, England), Alexander's Lodger, Michael (born 1863 in Galway, Galway, Ireland), Alexander's Lodger, William (born 1860 in York, Yorkshire, England), Alexander's Lodger, David (born 1836 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Alexander's Lodger, Edward (born 1866 in York, Yorkshire, England), Alexander's Lodger, Charles (born 1848 in Scotland), Alexander's Lodger, William (born 1829 in Dudley, Staffordshire, England), Alexander's Lodger, Thomas (born 1834 in -), Alexander's Lodger, John (born 1823 in Penrith, Pembrokeshire, Wales), Alexander's Lodger, William (born 1850 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England), Alexander's Lodger, James (born 1852 in Ireland) and Alexander's Lodger, Henry (born 1851 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England).
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Alexander
Herschell
Mary
Herschell
Margaret
Herschell
Alexander
Herschell
Mary
Herschell
Marjery
Herschell
Isabella
Herschell
Dinah
Taylor
Thomas
McKenzie
Michael
Kelly
William
Wilkinson
David
Cook
Edward
McKenzie
Charles
Smith
William
Carter
Thomas
Scotswood
John
Sanderson
William
Barnes
James
Welsh
Henry
Whitely
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First name(s) | Alexander |
Last name | Herschell |
Relationship | Head |
Marital status | Married |
Age | 33 |
Birth year | 1848 |
Birth place | Montrose, Angus, Scotland |
First name(s) | Last name | Relationship | Marital status | Age | Birth year | Birth place | Full record |
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Alexander | Herschell | Head | Married | 33 | 1848 | Montrose, Angus, Scotland | |
Mary | Herschell | Wife | Married | 26 | 1855 | Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland | |
Margaret | Herschell | Daughter | Single | 9 | 1872 | Aberdeenshire, Scotland | |
Alexander | Herschell | Son | Single | 7 | 1874 | Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland | |
Mary | Herschell | Daughter | Single | 5 | 1876 | Sunderland, Durham, England | |
Marjery | Herschell | Daughter | Single | 4 | 1877 | Sunderland, Durham, England | |
Isabella | Herschell | Daughter | Single | 1 | 1880 | Yorkshire, England | |
Dinah | Taylor | Servant | Single | 20 | 1861 | Brunswick, Yorkshire, England | |
Thomas | McKenzie | Lodger Head | Single | 18 | 1863 | York, Yorkshire, England | |
Michael | Kelly | Lodger | Single | 18 | 1863 | Galway, Galway, Ireland | |
William | Wilkinson | Lodger | Single | 21 | 1860 | York, Yorkshire, England | |
David | Cook | Lodger | Single | 45 | 1836 | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | |
Edward | McKenzie | Lodger | Single | 15 | 1866 | York, Yorkshire, England | |
Charles | Smith | Lodger | Married | 33 | 1848 | Scotland | |
William | Carter | Lodger | Married | 52 | 1829 | Dudley, Staffordshire, England | |
Thomas | Scotswood | Lodger | Single | 47 | 1834 | - | |
John | Sanderson | Lodger | Single | 58 | 1823 | Penrith, Pembrokeshire, Wales | |
William | Barnes | Lodger | Single | 31 | 1850 | Hereford, Herefordshire, England | |
James | Welsh | Lodger | Married | 29 | 1852 | Ireland | |
Henry | Whitely | Lodger | Single | 30 | 1851 | Halifax, Yorkshire, England |
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