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Household of John Nisbet (born 1843, Lanarkshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland

John Nisbet and 17 other people are on this record


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John Nisbet's household

Male

John

Nisbet

Head
Female

Jane

Nisbet

Wife
Female

Mary Ellen

Nisbet

Daughter
Male

Andrew G

Nisbet

Son
Female

Sarah

Myles

Servant
Female

Margaret

Stewart

Servant
Female

Winifred

Sharkey

Servant
Male

James

Blair

Lodger
Female

Mary

Smith

Lodger
Male

John

Smith

Lodger
Male

William

Smith

Lodger
Male

Peter Russell

Swers

Inmate
Male

William

Thomson

Lodger
Male

David

Roberts

Lodger
Male

Benjamin

Leighton

Lodger
Male

John

Dickson

Lodger
Male

Thomas

Rennie

Lodger
Female

Helen

Haig

Lodger
First name(s) John
Last name Nisbet
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 38
Birth year 1843
Birth place Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Household members (18 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

John

Nisbet

Head

Married

38

1843

Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Jane

Nisbet

Wife

Married

38

1843

Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Mary Ellen

Nisbet

Daughter

-

8

1873

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Andrew G

Nisbet

Son

-

4

1877

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sarah

Myles

Servant

Unmarried

18

1863

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Margaret

Stewart

Servant

Unmarried

16

1865

Saline, Fife, Scotland

Winifred

Sharkey

Servant

Unmarried

20

1861

Ireland

James

Blair

Lodger

Widower

40

1841

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Mary

Smith

Lodger

Unmarried

25

1856

Fife, Scotland

John

Smith

Lodger

Unmarried

21

1860

Pathhead, Fife, Scotland

William

Smith

Lodger

Unmarried

20

1861

Fauldhouse, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland

Peter Russell

Swers

Inmate

Unmarried

72

1809

Lanarkshire, Scotland

William

Thomson

Lodger

Unmarried

17

1864

Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland

David

Roberts

Lodger

Unmarried

18

1863

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Benjamin

Leighton

Lodger

Unmarried

25

1856

-

John

Dickson

Lodger

Married

39

1842

Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Thomas

Rennie

Lodger

Unmarried

24

1857

Lanarkshire, Scotland

Helen

Haig

Lodger

Unmarried

16

1865

Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

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