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Household of Nichol Laing (born 1840, Northumberland)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Bromley, Kent, England

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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.

Nichol Laing and 9 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Nichol Laing, born in 1840 in Berwick, Northumberland, consisted of 10 members. Nichol was the head of the household, married to Mary L Laing, born in 1841 in Burham, Kent, England. They had 5 children; Alex R (born 1871 in Bromley, Kent, England), Mary J (born 1872 in Bromley, Kent, England), Percy N (born 1874 in Bromley, Kent, England), William J (born 1875 in Bromley, Kent, England) and Charles T (born 1877 in Bromley, Kent, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Nichol's Mother In Law, Mark B (born 1812 in Deal, Kent, England), Nichol's Boarder, Frederick (born 1857 in Chelsea, Middlesex, England) and Nichol's Boarder, William (born 1860 in Monkton, Devon, England).


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Nichol Laing's household

Male

Nichol

Laing

Head
Female

Mary L

Laing

Wife
Male

Alex R

Laing

Son
Female

Mary J

Laing

Daughter
Male

Percy N

Laing

Son
Male

William J

Laing

Son
Male

Charles T

Laing

Son
Male

Mark B

Stone

Mother In Law
Male

Frederick

Barnes

Boarder
Male

William

Bushell

Boarder
First name(s) Nichol
Last name Laing
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 41
Birth year 1840
Birth place Berwick, Northumberland, England

Household members (10 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Nichol

Laing

Head

Married

41

1840

Berwick, Northumberland, England

Mary L

Laing

Wife

Married

40

1841

Burham, Kent, England

Alex R

Laing

Son

Single

10

1871

Bromley, Kent, England

Mary J

Laing

Daughter

Single

9

1872

Bromley, Kent, England

Percy N

Laing

Son

Single

7

1874

Bromley, Kent, England

William J

Laing

Son

Single

6

1875

Bromley, Kent, England

Charles T

Laing

Son

Single

4

1877

Bromley, Kent, England

Mark B

Stone

Mother In Law

Widow

69

1812

Deal, Kent, England

Frederick

Barnes

Boarder

Single

24

1857

Chelsea, Middlesex, England

William

Bushell

Boarder

Single

21

1860

Monkton, Devon, England

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