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Household of Isabella Pearson (born 1834, Perthshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland

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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.

Isabella Pearson and 8 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Isabella Pearson, born in 1834 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, consisted of 9 members. Isabella was the head of the household, married to Annie Pearson, born in 1861 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. They had 6 children; Annie (born 1861 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland), Thomas (born 1862 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland), Mary (born 1869 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland), William (born 1873 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland), Robert (born 1875 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland) and David (born 1876 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household were Isabella's Boarder, Malcolm (born 1862 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland) and Isabella's Boarder, James (born 1864 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland).


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Isabella Pearson's household

Female

Isabella

Pearson

Head
Female

Annie

Pearson

Daughter
Male

Thomas

Pearson

Son
Female

Mary

Pearson

Daughter
Male

William

Pearson

Son
Male

Robert

Pearson

Son
Male

David

Pearson

Son
Male

Malcolm

McNeill

Boarder
Male

James

McNeill

Boarder
First name(s) Isabella
Last name Pearson
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 47
Birth year 1834
Birth place Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland

Household members (9 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Isabella

Pearson

Head

Married

47

1834

Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland

Annie

Pearson

Daughter

Unmarried

20

1861

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Thomas

Pearson

Son

Unmarried

19

1862

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Mary

Pearson

Daughter

-

12

1869

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

William

Pearson

Son

-

8

1873

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Robert

Pearson

Son

-

6

1875

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

David

Pearson

Son

-

5

1876

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Malcolm

McNeill

Boarder

Unmarried

19

1862

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

James

McNeill

Boarder

Unmarried

17

1864

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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