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Household of Janet Purvis (born 1844, Ayrshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Gorbals, Lanarkshire, 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 Purvis and one other person are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Janet Purvis, born in 1844 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, consisted of 2 members. Janet was the head of the household, widow. She had 1 child; Martha, born 1872 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.


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Janet Purvis's household

Female

Janet

Purvis

Head
Female

Martha

Purvis

Daughter
First name(s) Janet
Last name Purvis
Relationship Head
Marital status Widow
Age 37
Birth year 1844
Birth place Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Household members (2 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

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Janet

Purvis

Head

Widow

37

1844

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Martha

Purvis

Daughter

Unmarried

9

1872

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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