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Household of John Coats Adamson (born 1857, Durham)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in South Shields, Durham, England

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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.

John Coats Adamson and 5 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of John Coats Adamson, born in 1857 in Sunderland, Durham, consisted of 6 members. John Coats was the head of the household, married to Mary Muir Adamson, born in 1859 in Sunderland, Durham, England. They had 2 children; Thomas Wm (born 1879 in South Shields, Durham, England) and Robert Hy (born 1881 in South Shields, Durham, England).
During the period, also present in the household were John Coats's Father In Law, Robert Featherstone Haugh (born 1824 in Sunderland, Durham, England) and John Coats's Brother In Law, Henry Angus (born 1865 in Sunderland, Durham, England).


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John Coats Adamson's household

Male

John Coats

Adamson

Head
Female

Mary Muir

Adamson

Wife
Male

Thomas Wm

Adamson

Son
Male

Robert Hy

Adamson

Son
Male

Robert Featherstone Haugh

Hudson

Father In Law
Male

Henry Angus

Hudson

Brother In Law
First name(s) John Coats
Last name Adamson
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 24
Birth year 1857
Birth place Sunderland, Durham, England

Household members (6 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

John Coats

Adamson

Head

Married

24

1857

Sunderland, Durham, England

Mary Muir

Adamson

Wife

Married

22

1859

Sunderland, Durham, England

Thomas Wm

Adamson

Son

Single

2

1879

South Shields, Durham, England

Robert Hy

Adamson

Son

Single

0

1881

South Shields, Durham, England

Robert Featherstone Haugh

Hudson

Father In Law

Widower

57

1824

Sunderland, Durham, England

Henry Angus

Hudson

Brother In Law

Single

16

1865

Sunderland, Durham, England

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