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Household of Laurence Sinclair (born 1836, Orkney & Zetland)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Whiteness & Weisdale, Shetland, 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.

Laurence Sinclair and 5 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Laurence Sinclair, born in 1836 in Sandness, Orkney & Zetland, consisted of 6 members. Laurence was the head of the household, married to Janet Sinclair, born in 1835 in Sandness, Orkney & Zetland, Scotland. They had 4 children; Jane (born 1864 in Sandness, Orkney & Zetland, Scotland), John (born 1870 in Sandness, Orkney & Zetland, Scotland), James (born 1873 in Sandness, Orkney & Zetland, Scotland) and Helen (born 1878 in Sandness, Orkney & Zetland, Scotland).


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Laurence Sinclair's household

Male

Laurence

Sinclair

Head
Female

Janet

Sinclair

Wife
Female

Jane

Sinclair

Daughter
Male

John

Sinclair

Son
Male

James

Sinclair

Son
Female

Helen

Sinclair

Daughter
First name(s) Laurence
Last name Sinclair
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 45
Birth year 1836
Birth place Sandness, Orkney & Zetland, Scotland

Household members (6 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Laurence

Sinclair

Head

Married

45

1836

Sandness, Orkney & Zetland, Scotland

Janet

Sinclair

Wife

Married

46

1835

Sandness, Orkney & Zetland, Scotland

Jane

Sinclair

Daughter

Unmarried

17

1864

Sandness, Orkney & Zetland, Scotland

John

Sinclair

Son

-

11

1870

Sandness, Orkney & Zetland, Scotland

James

Sinclair

Son

-

8

1873

Sandness, Orkney & Zetland, Scotland

Helen

Sinclair

Daughter

-

3

1878

Sandness, Orkney & Zetland, Scotland

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