Household of James Cowan (born 1836, Dumfriesshire)

In the 1881 Census, the household of James Cowan, born in 1836 in Moffat, Dumfriesshire, consisted of 13 members. James was the head of the household, married to Jessie L Cowan, born in 1842 in St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland. They had 8 children; James M (born 1869 in Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Margaret N S (born 1871 in Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Samuel C (born 1872 in Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Frederick A D (born 1873 in Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Mary M G (born 1875 in Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Jessie L D (born 1877 in Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Sybil A (born 1878 in Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire, Scotland) and Elizabeth C (born 1880 in Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire, Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household were James's Servant, Mary A (born 1853 in Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire, Scotland), James's Servant, Marjory (born 1849 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland) and James's Visitor, Francis T (born 1835 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland).