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Household of Robert S Forbes (born 1835, Midlothian)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Monifieth, Forfarshire (Angus), 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.

Robert S Forbes and 6 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Robert S Forbes, born in 1835 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, consisted of 7 members. Robert S was the head of the household, widower. He had 5 children; James W (born 1863 in Wigtownshire, Scotland), Jane R (born 1865 in Wigtownshire, Scotland), Catherine C (born 1867 in Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland), Eliza M R (born 1870 in Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland) and Robert S (born 1877 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household was Robert S's Servant, Joanna McIntyre, born in 1855 in Easdale, Argyllshire, Scotland.


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Robert S Forbes's household

Male

Robert S

Forbes

Head
Male

James W

Forbes

Son
Female

Jane R

Forbes

Daughter
Female

Catherine C

Forbes

Daughter
Female

Eliza M R

Forbes

Daughter
Male

Robert S

Forbes

Son
Female

Joanna

McIntyre

Servant
First name(s) Robert S
Last name Forbes
Relationship Head
Marital status Widower
Age 46
Birth year 1835
Birth place Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Household members (7 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Robert S

Forbes

Head

Widower

46

1835

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

James W

Forbes

Son

Unmarried

18

1863

Wigtownshire, Scotland

Jane R

Forbes

Daughter

Unmarried

16

1865

Wigtownshire, Scotland

Catherine C

Forbes

Daughter

-

14

1867

Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Eliza M R

Forbes

Daughter

-

11

1870

Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Robert S

Forbes

Son

-

4

1877

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Joanna

McIntyre

Servant

-

26

1855

Easdale, Argyllshire, Scotland

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