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Household of James Chalmers (born 1838, Fife)
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in St Andrew, Forfarshire (Angus), 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.
James Chalmers and 8 other people are on this record
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In the 1881 Census, the household of James Chalmers, born in 1838 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, consisted of 9 members. James was the head of the household, married to Mary Chalmers, born in 1835 in Leven, Fife, Scotland. They had 1 child; Cath, born 1874 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland.
During the period, also present in the household were James's Step Son, Robert (born 1867 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland), James's Step Son, William (born 1874 in Leven, Fife, Scotland), James's Step Son, John (born 1876 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland), James's Visitor, Hermann (born 1854 in Austria), James's Visitor, Margaret (born 1861 in Leven, Fife, Scotland) and James's Visitor, John (born 1881 in Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland).
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James Chalmers's household
James
Chalmers
Head
Mary
Chalmers
Wife
Robert
Ramsay
Step Son
William
Ramsay
Step Son
John
Ramsay
Step Son
Cath
Chalmers
Daughter
Hermann
Wiesner
Visitor
Margaret
Wiesner
Visitor
John
Wiesner
Visitor
| First name(s) | James |
| Last name | Chalmers |
| Relationship | Head |
| Marital status | Married |
| Age | 43 |
| Birth year | 1838 |
| Birth place | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland |
Household members (9 people)
First name(s) | Last name | Relationship | Marital status | Age | Birth year | Birth place | Full record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James | Chalmers | Head | Married | 43 | 1838 | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | |
Mary | Chalmers | Wife | Married | 46 | 1835 | Leven, Fife, Scotland | |
Robert | Ramsay | Step Son | Unmarried | 14 | 1867 | Leith, Midlothian, Scotland | |
William | Ramsay | Step Son | - | 7 | 1874 | Leven, Fife, Scotland | |
John | Ramsay | Step Son | - | 5 | 1876 | Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland | |
Cath | Chalmers | Daughter | - | 7 | 1874 | Leith, Midlothian, Scotland | |
Hermann | Wiesner | Visitor | Married | 27 | 1854 | Austria | |
Margaret | Wiesner | Visitor | Married | 20 | 1861 | Leven, Fife, Scotland | |
John | Wiesner | Visitor | - | 0 | 1881 | Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland |
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