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Household of Thomas Rule (born 1835, Midlothian)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in West Calder, Midlothian, 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 Rule and 2 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Rule, born in 1835 in Glenmore, Midlothian, consisted of 3 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Martha M G Rule, born in 1835 in Bathgate, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland.
During the period, also present in the household was Thomas's Lodger, Matthew Patterson, born in 1856 in Lanarkshire, Scotland.


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Thomas Rule's household

Male

Thomas

Rule

Head
Female

Martha M G

Rule

Wife
Male

Matthew

Patterson

Lodger
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Rule
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 46
Birth year 1835
Birth place Glenmore, Midlothian, Scotland

Household members (3 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Rule

Head

Married

46

1835

Glenmore, Midlothian, Scotland

Martha M G

Rule

Wife

Married

46

1835

Bathgate, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland

Matthew

Patterson

Lodger

Unmarried

25

1856

Lanarkshire, Scotland

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