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Household of Thomas Wilson (born 1838, Berwickshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Tradeston, 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 Wilson and 7 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Wilson, born in 1838 in Coldstream, Berwickshire, consisted of 8 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Jane Wilson, born in 1837 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. They had 2 children; Simeon (born 1877 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland) and John (born 1879 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household were Thomas's Step Daughter, Elizabeth (born 1861 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Thomas's Step Daughter, Jane (born 1866 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Thomas's Step Daughter, Margaret (born 1870 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland) and Thomas's Step Son, Thomas (born 1874 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland).


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Thomas Wilson's household

Male

Thomas

Wilson

Head
Female

Jane

Wilson

Wife
Female

Elizabeth

Wallace

Step Daughter
Female

Jane

Wallace

Step Daughter
Female

Margaret

Wallace

Step Daughter
Male

Thomas

Wallace

Step Son
Male

Simeon

Wilson

Son
Male

John

Wilson

Son
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Wilson
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 43
Birth year 1838
Birth place Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland

Household members (8 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Wilson

Head

Married

43

1838

Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland

Jane

Wilson

Wife

Married

44

1837

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Elizabeth

Wallace

Step Daughter

Unmarried

20

1861

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Jane

Wallace

Step Daughter

Unmarried

15

1866

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Margaret

Wallace

Step Daughter

Unmarried

11

1870

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Thomas

Wallace

Step Son

Unmarried

7

1874

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Simeon

Wilson

Son

-

4

1877

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

John

Wilson

Son

-

2

1879

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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