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Household of Thomas Saunders (born 1841, Perthshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in St Andrew, 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.

Thomas Saunders and 7 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Saunders, born in 1841 in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, consisted of 8 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Elizabeth Saunders, born in 1851 in England. They had 5 children; Bessie (born 1873 in Fife, Scotland), Margaret (born 1874 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland), Thomas (born 1876 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland), Bertha (born 1877 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland) and Arthur (born 1880 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household was Thomas's Servant, Margaret Buchanan Aitken, born in 1861 in Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland.


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Thomas Saunders's household

Male

Thomas

Saunders

Head
Female

Elizabeth

Saunders

Wife
Female

Bessie

Saunders

Daughter
Female

Margaret

Saunders

Daughter
Male

Thomas

Saunders

Son
Female

Bertha

Saunders

Daughter
Male

Arthur

Saunders

Son
Female

Margaret Buchanan

Aitken

Servant
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Saunders
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 40
Birth year 1841
Birth place Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland

Household members (8 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Saunders

Head

Married

40

1841

Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland

Elizabeth

Saunders

Wife

Married

30

1851

England

Bessie

Saunders

Daughter

-

8

1873

Fife, Scotland

Margaret

Saunders

Daughter

-

7

1874

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

Thomas

Saunders

Son

-

5

1876

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

Bertha

Saunders

Daughter

-

4

1877

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

Arthur

Saunders

Son

-

1

1880

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

Margaret Buchanan

Aitken

Servant

Unmarried

20

1861

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

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