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Household of Robert Shepherd (born 1835)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in St Clement, 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 Shepherd and 14 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Robert Shepherd, born in 1835 in , consisted of 15 members. Robert was the head of the household, married to Matilda Shepherd, born in 1843 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland. They had 12 children; Jemima (born 1864 in England), Margaret (born 1865 in England), Elizabeth (born 1867 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland), Lucy (born 1868 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland), Ada (born 1871 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland), Ruth (born 1872 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland), Kenneth (born 1874 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland), William (born 1875 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland), Beatrice (born 1877 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland), Matilda (born 1876 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland), Robert (born 1879 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland) and James (born 1881 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household was Robert's Mother-In-Law, Margaret Anderson, born in 1823 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland.


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Robert Shepherd's household

Male

Robert

Shepherd

Head
Female

Matilda

Shepherd

Wife
Female

Jemima

Shepherd

Daughter
Female

Margaret

Shepherd

Daughter
Female

Elizabeth

Shepherd

Daughter
Female

Lucy

Shepherd

Daughter
Female

Ada

Shepherd

Daughter
Female

Ruth

Shepherd

Daughter
Male

Kenneth

Shepherd

Son
Male

William

Shepherd

Son
Female

Beatrice

Shepherd

Daughter
Female

Matilda

Shepherd

Daughter
Male

Robert

Shepherd

Son
Male

James

Shepherd

Son
Female

Margaret

Anderson

Mother-In-Law
First name(s) Robert
Last name Shepherd
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 46
Birth year 1835
Birth place England

Household members (15 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Robert

Shepherd

Head

Married

46

1835

England

Matilda

Shepherd

Wife

Married

38

1843

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

Jemima

Shepherd

Daughter

Unmarried

17

1864

England

Margaret

Shepherd

Daughter

Unmarried

16

1865

England

Elizabeth

Shepherd

Daughter

-

14

1867

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

Lucy

Shepherd

Daughter

-

13

1868

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

Ada

Shepherd

Daughter

-

10

1871

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

Ruth

Shepherd

Daughter

-

9

1872

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

Kenneth

Shepherd

Son

-

7

1874

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

William

Shepherd

Son

-

6

1875

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

Beatrice

Shepherd

Daughter

-

4

1877

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

Matilda

Shepherd

Daughter

-

5

1876

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

Robert

Shepherd

Son

-

2

1879

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

James

Shepherd

Son

-

0

1881

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

Margaret

Anderson

Mother-In-Law

Widow

58

1823

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

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