Employment
1847 - Travelling Book Vendor
1861 - Linen Weaver
1868 - 1871 - Railway Labourer
1881 - General labourer
1882 - Road Surface man
 
Residence
1851 - Boggie Cottar House, Fearn, Angus
1855 - Charles Street, Forfar
1861 - 59 Lunanhead
1869 - Gowan Bank ( info from son Charles’s wedding record)
1881 - 20 Oswalds Square, Brechin
1882 - 4 Southesk Terrace, Brechin
1884 - West Drums, Parish of Brechin
1884 - 105 River Street, Brechin
1899 - 99 River Street, Brechin
 
1841 Census - Little Deuchar
John Dewar-45-Agricultural Labourer
Marjory Dewar-45
Alexander Dewar-15-Agricultural Labourer
 
 
1851 CENSUS FOR BOGGIE COTTAR HOUSE, FEARN, ANGUS
Alexander Dewar-Head-Mar-27-Pauper, Agricultural Labourer-Fearn
Elizabeth Clift-Wife-Mar-29-Edzell
James Young-Stepson-6-Brechin
Jemima Dewar-Daughter-unmar-2-Tannadice
Charles Dewar- Son-unmar-5months-Brechin
 
1861 CENSUS FOR 59 LUNANHEAD
Alexander Dewar-Head-Mar-37-Linen Weaver-Fern
Elizabeth Clift-Wife-Mar-39-Edzell
Jemima Dewar-Daughter-unmar-12-Tannadice
Charles Dewar- Son-unmar-10-Brechin
David Dewar-Son-2-Forfar
 
1871 CENSUS
Alexander Dewar-Head-Mar-47-Railway Labourer-Fern, Forfar
Elizabeth Clift-Wife-Mar-49-Wife of house-Edzell, Forfar
David S Dewar-son-unmar-13-scholar-Lunan, Forfar
Andrew R Dewar-son-unmar-11-scholar-Lunan, Forfar
 
1881 CENSUS FOR OSWALDS SQUARE, BRECHIN
Elizabeth Clift-mar-60-F-Wife-Edzell, Forfar-worker in Linen Factory
Alexander Dewar-Mar-58-M-Head-Fearn, Forfar-General Labourer
Andrew R Dewar-unmar-20-M-son-Forfar-Grocer