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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 James Gibson Thomson, born in 1798 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, consisted of 9 members. James Gibson was the head of the household, widower. He had 4 children; Isabella R (born 1833 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland), Cecilia G (born 1834 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland), Grace Bell (born 1835 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland) and Jemima M (born 1839 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household were James Gibson's Servant, Janet (born 1854 in Midlothian, Scotland), James Gibson's Servant, Elizabeth (born 1854 in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland), James Gibson's Servant, Elizabeth (born 1858 in Strachan, Kincardineshire, Scotland) and James Gibson's Servant, Catherine (born 1861 in Preston, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland).
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James Gibson
Thomson
Isabella R
Thomson
Cecilia G
Thomson
Grace Bell
Thomson
Jemima M
Thomson
Janet
Dalgleish
Elizabeth
Stewart
Elizabeth
Smith
Catherine
Tennant
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First name(s) | James Gibson |
Last name | Thomson |
Relationship | Head |
Marital status | Widower |
Age | 83 |
Birth year | 1798 |
Birth place | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
First name(s) | Last name | Relationship | Marital status | Age | Birth year | Birth place | Full record |
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James Gibson | Thomson | Head | Widower | 83 | 1798 | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | |
Isabella R | Thomson | Daughter | Unmarried | 48 | 1833 | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | |
Cecilia G | Thomson | Daughter | Unmarried | 47 | 1834 | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | |
Grace Bell | Thomson | Daughter | Unmarried | 46 | 1835 | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | |
Jemima M | Thomson | Daughter | Unmarried | 42 | 1839 | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | |
Janet | Dalgleish | Servant | Unmarried | 27 | 1854 | Midlothian, Scotland | |
Elizabeth | Stewart | Servant | Unmarried | 27 | 1854 | Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland | |
Elizabeth | Smith | Servant | Unmarried | 23 | 1858 | Strachan, Kincardineshire, Scotland | |
Catherine | Tennant | Servant | Unmarried | 20 | 1861 | Preston, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland |
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