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Household of Mctaggart Cowan (born 1839, Ayrshire)
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Partick, 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.
Mctaggart Cowan and 8 other people are on this record
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In the 1881 Census, the household of Mctaggart Cowan, born in 1839 in Ayr, Ayrshire, consisted of 9 members. Mctaggart was the head of the household, married to Magdalene Goldie Cowan, born in 1846 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. They had 3 children; Margaret Balfour (born 1869 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland), Hugh (born 1871 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland) and James Duncan (born 1876 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household were Mctaggart's Mother-In-Law, Margaret (born 1816 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland), Mctaggart's Servant, Catherine (born 1849 in Sutherland, Scotland), Mctaggart's Servant, Elsie (born 1857 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) and Mctaggart's Servant, Jessie (born 1847 in Reay, Caithness, Scotland).
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Mctaggart Cowan's household
Mctaggart
Cowan
Head
Magdalene Goldie
Cowan
Wife
Margaret Balfour
Cowan
Daughter
Hugh
Cowan
Son
James Duncan
Cowan
Son
Margaret
Cowan
Mother-In-Law
Catherine
Gordon
Servant
Elsie
Croman
Servant
Jessie
Ross
Servant
| First name(s) | Mctaggart |
| Last name | Cowan |
| Relationship | Head |
| Marital status | Married |
| Age | 42 |
| Birth year | 1839 |
| Birth place | Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Household members (9 people)
First name(s) | Last name | Relationship | Marital status | Age | Birth year | Birth place | Full record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mctaggart | Cowan | Head | Married | 42 | 1839 | Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland | |
Magdalene Goldie | Cowan | Wife | Married | 35 | 1846 | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | |
Margaret Balfour | Cowan | Daughter | - | 12 | 1869 | Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland | |
Hugh | Cowan | Son | - | 10 | 1871 | Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland | |
James Duncan | Cowan | Son | - | 5 | 1876 | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | |
Margaret | Cowan | Mother-In-Law | Widow | 65 | 1816 | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | |
Catherine | Gordon | Servant | Unmarried | 32 | 1849 | Sutherland, Scotland | |
Elsie | Croman | Servant | Unmarried | 24 | 1857 | Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | |
Jessie | Ross | Servant | Unmarried | 34 | 1847 | Reay, Caithness, Scotland |
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