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Household of Janet Cook (born 1808, Perthshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Killour, Perthshire, 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.

Janet Cook and 10 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Janet Cook, born in 1808 in Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, consisted of 11 members. Janet was the head of the household, widow. She had 6 children; Mary (born 1836 in Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland), Peter (born 1843 in Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland), William (born 1873 in Perthshire, Scotland), Peter C (born 1875 in Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland), Jessie A (born 1877 in Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland) and Thomas (born 1879 in Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household were Janet's Grandson, Alexander (born 1859 in Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland), Janet's Granddaughter, Jessie A (born 1868 in Perthshire, Scotland), Janet's Boarder, Thomas H (born 1879 in Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland) and Janet's Visitor, Margaret (born 1841 in Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland).


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Janet Cook's household

Female

Janet

Cook

Head
Female

Mary

Cook

Daughter
Male

Peter

Cook

Son
Male

Alexander

Cook

Grandson
Female

Jessie A

Cook

Granddaughter
Male

Thomas H

Malcolm

Boarder
Female

Margaret

Shepherd

Visitor
Male

William

Shepherd

Son
Male

Peter C

Shepherd

Son
Female

Jessie A

Shepherd

Daughter
Male

Thomas

Shepherd

Son
First name(s) Janet
Last name Cook
Relationship Head
Marital status Widow
Age 73
Birth year 1808
Birth place Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland

Household members (11 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Janet

Cook

Head

Widow

73

1808

Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland

Mary

Cook

Daughter

Unmarried

45

1836

Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland

Peter

Cook

Son

Unmarried

38

1843

Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland

Alexander

Cook

Grandson

Unmarried

22

1859

Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland

Jessie A

Cook

Granddaughter

-

13

1868

Perthshire, Scotland

Thomas H

Malcolm

Boarder

-

2

1879

Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland

Margaret

Shepherd

Visitor

Married

40

1841

Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland

William

Shepherd

Son

-

8

1873

Perthshire, Scotland

Peter C

Shepherd

Son

-

6

1875

Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland

Jessie A

Shepherd

Daughter

-

4

1877

Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

Thomas

Shepherd

Son

-

2

1879

Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland

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