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Household of John Thomson (born 1837, Perthshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Kelvin Glasgow, 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.

John Thomson and 8 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of John Thomson, born in 1837 in Auchterarder, Perthshire, consisted of 9 members. John was the head of the household, married to Janet Thomson, born in 1845 in Perthshire, Scotland. They had 4 children; William (born 1868 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland), John (born 1869 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Jane Ann (born 1874 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland) and James (born 1875 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household were John's Servant, Agnes (born 1852 in Argyllshire, Scotland), John's Servant, Elizabeth (born 1858 in Hutton, Berwickshire, Scotland) and John's Servant, Eliza (born 1860 in Perthshire, Scotland).


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John Thomson's household

Male

John

Thomson

Head
Female

Janet

Thomson

Wife
Male

William

Thomson

Son
Male

John

Thomson

Son
Female

Jane Ann

Thomson

Daughter
Male

James

Thomson

Son
Female

Agnes

Morrison

Servant
Female

Elizabeth

Middlemass

Servant
Female

Eliza

Rory

Servant
First name(s) John
Last name Thomson
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 44
Birth year 1837
Birth place Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland

Household members (9 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

John

Thomson

Head

Married

44

1837

Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland

Janet

Thomson

Wife

Married

36

1845

Perthshire, Scotland

William

Thomson

Son

Unmarried

13

1868

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

John

Thomson

Son

Unmarried

12

1869

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Jane Ann

Thomson

Daughter

Unmarried

7

1874

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

James

Thomson

Son

Unmarried

6

1875

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Agnes

Morrison

Servant

Unmarried

29

1852

Argyllshire, Scotland

Elizabeth

Middlemass

Servant

Unmarried

23

1858

Hutton, Berwickshire, Scotland

Eliza

Rory

Servant

Unmarried

21

1860

Perthshire, Scotland

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