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Household of Peter Bennet (born 1827, Dumfriesshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Gretna, Dumfriesshire, 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.

Peter Bennet and 19 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Peter Bennet, born in 1827 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, consisted of 20 members. Peter was the head of the household, widower. He had 1 child; Christina, born 1859 in Gretna, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
During the period, also present in the household were Peter's Lodger, Edward (born 1836 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Peter's Lodger, John (born 1825 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Peter's Lodger, Benjamin (born 1814 in St Cuthbert's, Midlothian, Scotland), Peter's Lodger, Mary (born 1815 in England), Peter's Lodger, Jane (born 1865 in England), Peter's Lodger, Jane (born 1793 in Tranent, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland), Peter's Lodger, George (born 1853 in England), Peter's Lodger, William (born 1815 in Ireland), Peter's Lodger, Ann (born 1841 in England), Peter's Lodger, Thomas (born 1826 in England), Peter's Lodger, Thomas (born 1839 in England), Peter's Lodger, Ellis (born 1846 in England), Peter's Lodger, John T (born 1877 in England), Peter's Lodger, John (born 1848 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland), Peter's Lodger, Anne (born 1849 in England), Peter's Lodger, Matthew (born 1873 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Peter's Lodger, James (born 1874 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland) and Peter's Lodger, Margaret (born 1879 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland).


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Peter Bennet's household

Male

Peter

Bennet

Head
Female

Christina

Bennet

Daughter
Male

Edward

Horrocks

Lodger
Male

John

Horrocks

Lodger
Male

Benjamin

Campbell

Lodger
Female

Mary

Campbell

Lodger
Female

Jane

Campbell

Lodger
Female

Jane

Paterson

Lodger
Male

George

Thompson

Lodger
Male

William

Campbell

Lodger
Female

Ann

Reabald

Lodger
Male

Thomas

Neilson

Lodger
Male

Thomas

Smith

Lodger
Female

Ellis

Smith

Lodger
Male

John T

Smith

Lodger
Male

John

Cairns

Lodger
Female

Anne

Cairns

Lodger
Male

Matthew

Cairns

Lodger
Male

James

Cairns

Lodger
Female

Margaret

Cairns

Lodger
First name(s) Peter
Last name Bennet
Relationship Head
Marital status Widower
Age 54
Birth year 1827
Birth place Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Household members (20 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

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Peter

Bennet

Head

Widower

54

1827

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Christina

Bennet

Daughter

Unmarried

22

1859

Gretna, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Edward

Horrocks

Lodger

Widower

45

1836

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

John

Horrocks

Lodger

Widower

56

1825

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Benjamin

Campbell

Lodger

Married

67

1814

St Cuthbert's, Midlothian, Scotland

Mary

Campbell

Lodger

Married

66

1815

England

Jane

Campbell

Lodger

Unmarried

16

1865

England

Jane

Paterson

Lodger

Widow

88

1793

Tranent, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland

George

Thompson

Lodger

Unmarried

28

1853

England

William

Campbell

Lodger

Widower

66

1815

Ireland

Ann

Reabald

Lodger

Unmarried

40

1841

England

Thomas

Neilson

Lodger

Unmarried

55

1826

England

Thomas

Smith

Lodger

Widower

42

1839

England

Ellis

Smith

Lodger

Widow

35

1846

England

John T

Smith

Lodger

-

4

1877

England

John

Cairns

Lodger

Married

33

1848

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland

Anne

Cairns

Lodger

Married

32

1849

England

Matthew

Cairns

Lodger

-

8

1873

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

James

Cairns

Lodger

-

7

1874

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Margaret

Cairns

Lodger

-

2

1879

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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