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Household of Thomas O'Brien (born 1840)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Govan Church, Lanarkshire, 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.

Thomas O'Brien and 8 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas O'Brien, born in 1840 in , consisted of 9 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Sarah O'Brien, born in 1846 in Ireland. They had 5 children; Mary (born 1865 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Daniel (born 1867 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Thomas (born 1873 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Sarah (born 1878 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland) and Ellen (born 1881 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household were Thomas's Boarder, Henry (born 1855 in England) and Thomas's Boarder, Arthur (born 1861 in Ireland).


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Thomas O'Brien's household

Male

Thomas

O'Brien

Head
Female

Sarah

O'Brien

Wife
Female

Mary

O'Brien

Daughter
Male

Daniel

O'Brien

Son
Male

Thomas

O'Brien

Son
Female

Sarah

O'Brien

Daughter
Female

Ellen

O'Brien

Daughter
Male

Henry

Laing

Boarder
Male

Arthur

Devlin

Boarder
First name(s) Thomas
Last name O'Brien
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 41
Birth year 1840
Birth place Ireland

Household members (9 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

O'Brien

Head

Married

41

1840

Ireland

Sarah

O'Brien

Wife

Married

35

1846

Ireland

Mary

O'Brien

Daughter

Unmarried

16

1865

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Daniel

O'Brien

Son

-

14

1867

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Thomas

O'Brien

Son

-

8

1873

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sarah

O'Brien

Daughter

-

3

1878

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ellen

O'Brien

Daughter

-

0

1881

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Henry

Laing

Boarder

Unmarried

26

1855

England

Arthur

Devlin

Boarder

Unmarried

20

1861

Ireland

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