1841 Scotland Census

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1841 Scotland Census

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The Scotland Census of 1841 was taken on 6 June 1841. It is the first to include the names and details of all individuals within a household. Information listed in these records includes: name, gender, age, year and place of birth, year and place of residence, marital status and occupation. Relation to head of household was not recorded in this census. Census records were collected according to a national program and were taken in the same manner throughout Scotland. The records were subsequently preserved centrally and survive as a robust record of the nineteenth century from 1841 to 1901. This census was collected and organized around enumeration districts and sub-districts. Enumeration districts correspond to parishes -- with some exceptions. The place of residence is often broken down into the name of street, house name or number, county, and parish.

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James McCoshResidence: Dalry (Ayr), Ayrshire, Scotland

James McCosh was a philosopher of the Scottish School of Common Sense. He was president of Princeton University 1868–88. McCosh Hall is named in his honour.