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Household of Sylvester Thomson (born 1855, Aberdeenshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, 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.

Sylvester Thomson and 6 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Sylvester Thomson, born in 1855 in Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, consisted of 7 members. Sylvester was the head of the household, married to Jane Thomson, born in 1853 in Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They had 5 children; Sylvester (born 1874 in Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland), Jane (born 1876 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland), Elizabeth (born 1878 in Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland), James (born 1880 in Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) and Isabella (born 1881 in Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland).


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Sylvester Thomson's household

Male

Sylvester

Thomson

Head
Female

Jane

Thomson

Wife
Male

Sylvester

Thomson

Son
Female

Jane

Thomson

Daughter
Female

Elizabeth

Thomson

Daughter
Male

James

Thomson

Son
Female

Isabella

Thomson

Daughter
First name(s) Sylvester
Last name Thomson
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 26
Birth year 1855
Birth place Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Household members (7 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Sylvester

Thomson

Head

Married

26

1855

Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Jane

Thomson

Wife

Married

28

1853

Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sylvester

Thomson

Son

-

7

1874

Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Jane

Thomson

Daughter

-

5

1876

Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Elizabeth

Thomson

Daughter

-

3

1878

Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

James

Thomson

Son

-

1

1880

Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Isabella

Thomson

Daughter

-

0

1881

Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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