Scottish Census 1841-1901

The Census was carried out on the following dates:

7^th June 1841	3^rd April 1871
31^st March 1851	4^th April 1881
8^th April 1861	5^th April 1891
31^st March 1901

Depending on the census year, varying information was recorded:

1841 Census

• Names of all persons resident in the house
• Ages. (NOTE: These were rounded down to the nearest 5.  i.e. 20-24 was given as 20, 25-29 as 25 etc)
• Occupation
• Whether or not born in the county (Y or N)

1851-1901 Census

• Names of all persons in the house
• Exact ages
• Relationship to the head of the household
• Occupations
• Parishes of birth, if born in Scotland. Otherwise country of birth

At various stages, certain other details were recorded, such as medical conditions (deaf & dumb, blind, mental disability etc), the number of windows in the house, and whether the person was a Gaelic speaker.

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