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Household of Joseph McGavin (born 1847, Lanarkshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Kelvin, 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.

Joseph McGavin and 6 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Joseph McGavin, born in 1847 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, consisted of 7 members. Joseph was the head of the household, married to Jane McGavin, born in 1848 in Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland. They had 4 children; Marion (born 1870 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Joseph (born 1873 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Jane (born 1877 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland) and Elizabeth M (born 1879 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household was Joseph's Servant, Mary Anne McGeachran, born in 1860 in Ireland.


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Joseph McGavin's household

Male

Joseph

McGavin

Head
Female

Jane

McGavin

Wife
Female

Marion

McGavin

Daughter
Male

Joseph

McGavin

Son
Female

Jane

McGavin

Daughter
Female

Elizabeth M

McGavin

Daughter
Female

Mary Anne

McGeachran

Servant
First name(s) Joseph
Last name McGavin
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 34
Birth year 1847
Birth place Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Household members (7 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Joseph

McGavin

Head

Married

34

1847

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Jane

McGavin

Wife

Married

33

1848

Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland

Marion

McGavin

Daughter

Unmarried

11

1870

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Joseph

McGavin

Son

Unmarried

8

1873

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Jane

McGavin

Daughter

Unmarried

4

1877

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Elizabeth M

McGavin

Daughter

Unmarried

2

1879

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Mary Anne

McGeachran

Servant

Unmarried

21

1860

Ireland

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