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Household of Thomas Gillis (born 1827, Northumberland)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in South Shields, Durham, England

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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.

Thomas Gillis and 9 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Gillis, born in 1827 in Wallsend, Northumberland, consisted of 10 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Elizabeth Gillis, born in 1837 in -. They had 3 children; Jane (born 1867 in South Shields, Durham, England), Thomas J (born 1871 in South Shields, Durham, England) and Joseph (born 1876 in South Shields, Durham, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Thomas's Servant, Mary A (born 1819 in Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England), Thomas's Lodger, George (born 1829 in Stockton, Norfolk, England), Thomas's Lodger, Thomas (born 1840 in Hull, Yorkshire, England), Thomas's Lodger, Peter G (born 1841 in Sweden) and Thomas's Boarder, Samuel (born 1846 in -).


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Thomas Gillis's household

Male

Thomas

Gillis

Head
Female

Elizabeth

Gillis

Wife
Female

Jane

Gillis

Daughter
Male

Thomas J

Gillis

Son
Male

Joseph

Gillis

Son
Female

Mary A

Sanderson

Servant
Male

George

Dale

Lodger
Male

Thomas

Chilton

Lodger
Male

Peter G

Anderson

Lodger
Male

Samuel

Thomas

Boarder
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Gillis
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 54
Birth year 1827
Birth place Wallsend, Northumberland, England

Household members (10 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Gillis

Head

Married

54

1827

Wallsend, Northumberland, England

Elizabeth

Gillis

Wife

Married

44

1837

-

Jane

Gillis

Daughter

Single

14

1867

South Shields, Durham, England

Thomas J

Gillis

Son

Single

10

1871

South Shields, Durham, England

Joseph

Gillis

Son

Single

5

1876

South Shields, Durham, England

Mary A

Sanderson

Servant

Single

62

1819

Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England

George

Dale

Lodger

Single

52

1829

Stockton, Norfolk, England

Thomas

Chilton

Lodger

Single

41

1840

Hull, Yorkshire, England

Peter G

Anderson

Lodger

Single

40

1841

Sweden

Samuel

Thomas

Boarder

Single

35

1846

-

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