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Household of Peter Halliday (born 1840, Fife)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Dunfermline, 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.

Peter Halliday and 5 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Peter Halliday, born in 1840 in Fife, consisted of 6 members. Peter was the head of the household, married to Jessie Halliday, born in 1843 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They had 2 children; Elizabeth (born 1878 in Fife, Scotland) and James (born 1881 in Fife, Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household were Peter's Boarder, James B (born 1859 in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland) and Peter's Boarder, William (born 1861 in Avoch, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland).


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Peter Halliday's household

Male

Peter

Halliday

Head
Female

Jessie

Halliday

Wife
Female

Elizabeth

Halliday

Daughter
Male

James

Halliday

Son
Male

James B

Hamilton

Boarder
Male

William

Campbell

Boarder
First name(s) Peter
Last name Halliday
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 41
Birth year 1840
Birth place Fife, Scotland

Household members (6 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Peter

Halliday

Head

Married

41

1840

Fife, Scotland

Jessie

Halliday

Wife

Married

38

1843

Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Elizabeth

Halliday

Daughter

Unmarried

3

1878

Fife, Scotland

James

Halliday

Son

Unmarried

0

1881

Fife, Scotland

James B

Hamilton

Boarder

Unmarried

22

1859

Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland

William

Campbell

Boarder

Unmarried

20

1861

Avoch, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

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