
George Melrose
Born 1836
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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 John W Laidlaw, born in 1808 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, consisted of 13 members. John W was the head of the household, married to Ellen J Laidlaw, born in 1826 in Midlothian, Scotland. They had 4 children; Eliza (born 1851 in Whitekirk, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland), Ellen E (born 1856 in Whitekirk, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland), Alfred H (born 1858 in Whitekirk, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland) and John E (born 1861 in Whitekirk, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household were John W's House Keeper, Jessie (born 1841 in Kennoway, Fife, Scotland), John W's Servant, Emily (born 1846 in Markinch, Fife, Scotland), John W's Servant, Alexandria (born 1855 in Liberton, Caithness, Scotland), John W's Servant, Elizabeth (born 1859 in St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland), John W's Servant, Annie (born 1863 in Orkney, Scotland), John W's Servant, Eliza (born 1861 in -) and John W's Servant, James (born 1860 in Perthshire, Scotland).
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John W
Laidlaw
Ellen J
Laidlaw
Eliza
Laidlaw
Ellen E
Laidlaw
Alfred H
Laidlaw
John E
Laidlaw
Jessie
Reid
Emily
Henderson
Alexandria
Sutherland
Elizabeth
Tait
Annie
Robertson
Eliza
Hollingsworth
James
Clark
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First name(s) | John W |
Last name | Laidlaw |
Relationship | Head |
Marital status | Married |
Age | 73 |
Birth year | 1808 |
Birth place | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
First name(s) | Last name | Relationship | Marital status | Age | Birth year | Birth place | Full record |
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John W | Laidlaw | Head | Married | 73 | 1808 | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | |
Ellen J | Laidlaw | Wife | Married | 55 | 1826 | Midlothian, Scotland | |
Eliza | Laidlaw | Daughter | Unmarried | 30 | 1851 | Whitekirk, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland | |
Ellen E | Laidlaw | Daughter | Unmarried | 25 | 1856 | Whitekirk, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland | |
Alfred H | Laidlaw | Son | Unmarried | 23 | 1858 | Whitekirk, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland | |
John E | Laidlaw | Son | Unmarried | 20 | 1861 | Whitekirk, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland | |
Jessie | Reid | House Keeper | Unmarried | 40 | 1841 | Kennoway, Fife, Scotland | |
Emily | Henderson | Servant | Unmarried | 35 | 1846 | Markinch, Fife, Scotland | |
Alexandria | Sutherland | Servant | Unmarried | 26 | 1855 | Liberton, Caithness, Scotland | |
Elizabeth | Tait | Servant | Unmarried | 22 | 1859 | St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland | |
Annie | Robertson | Servant | Unmarried | 18 | 1863 | Orkney, Scotland | |
Eliza | Hollingsworth | Servant | Unmarried | 20 | 1861 | - | |
James | Clark | Servant | Unmarried | 21 | 1860 | Perthshire, Scotland |
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