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Household of Lawrence Thomson (born 1837, Fife)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Dalgety, Fife, 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.

Lawrence Thomson and 10 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Lawrence Thomson, born in 1837 in Fife, consisted of 11 members. Lawrence was the head of the household, married to Elizabeth Thomson, born in 1848 in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. They had 7 children; Margaret (born 1862 in Fife, Scotland), Janet (born 1864 in Fife, Scotland), Robert (born 1869 in Fife, Scotland), William (born 1871 in Fife, Scotland), Catherine (born 1874 in Fife, Scotland), Andrew (born 1876 in Fife, Scotland) and James (born 1878 in Fife, Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household were Lawrence's Sister-In-Law, Elizabeth (born 1859 in Fife, Scotland) and Lawrence's Grandson, John (born 1880 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland).


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Lawrence Thomson's household

Male

Lawrence

Thomson

Head
Female

Elizabeth

Thomson

Wife
Female

Elizabeth

Allan

Sister-In-Law
Female

Margaret

Thomson

Daughter
Female

Janet

Thomson

Daughter
Male

Robert

Thomson

Son
Male

William

Thomson

Son
Female

Catherine

Thomson

Daughter
Male

Andrew

Thomson

Son
Male

James

Thomson

Son
Male

John

Fine

Grandson
First name(s) Lawrence
Last name Thomson
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 44
Birth year 1837
Birth place Fife, Scotland

Household members (11 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Lawrence

Thomson

Head

Married

44

1837

Fife, Scotland

Elizabeth

Thomson

Wife

Married

33

1848

Clackmannanshire, Scotland

Elizabeth

Allan

Sister-In-Law

Unmarried

22

1859

Fife, Scotland

Margaret

Thomson

Daughter

Unmarried

19

1862

Fife, Scotland

Janet

Thomson

Daughter

Unmarried

17

1864

Fife, Scotland

Robert

Thomson

Son

-

12

1869

Fife, Scotland

William

Thomson

Son

-

10

1871

Fife, Scotland

Catherine

Thomson

Daughter

-

7

1874

Fife, Scotland

Andrew

Thomson

Son

-

5

1876

Fife, Scotland

James

Thomson

Son

-

3

1878

Fife, Scotland

John

Fine

Grandson

-

1

1880

Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

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