1861 census - Cambuslang


Transcribed by  and someone whose name I have mislaid (perhaps she'll let me know)

Enumeration Division 1 (James Turnbull)

Part of the Parish of Cambuslang. Commencing at the boundary of Cambuslang and Rutherglen Parish on the West and coming East taking the houses on each side of the Glasgow and Hamilton Turnpike Road to the junction of the road leading to East Kilbride and comprising the houses at Wellshot, Silverbank,Rosebank and Morriston.

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Sched Road, Street etc. Name and Surname Relation to Head Condition Age Occupation Where Born
94 Cullochburn Jane Mitchell Daur Un 4 Lanark, Cambuslang
Glasgow Main Road Robert Do Son 4 Do         Do
95 Margaret Wilson Head Widow 71 Pirn Filler Dumbarton, Kirkintilloch
Do    Mitchell Grand Daur 3 Lanark, Cambuslang
Sarah Burns Boarder Un 20 Farm Labourer Derry, Ireland
Rose Kelly  Do Un 26 Do      Do Donegal, Do
96 Patrick Haigins Head M 27 CoalMiner Do        Do
Mary Haigins Wife M 33 Glasgow, Barony
James McShane Stepson Un 9 Lanark, Cambuslang
John McShane Do 7 Do         Do
Thomas Gordan Boarder Un 63 Cotton Weaver Do         Do
Bernard Hanlow Do Widower 36 Labourer Do         Barony
97 Archibald Park Married (**) Head 55 Cotton Weaver Do         Cambuslang
Janet      Do Do Wife 54 Weavers Wife Glasgow
Dugald     Do Un Son 21 CoalMiner Lanark, Cambuslang
Archibald  Do Do Son 19 Do Do         Do
David      Do Do Son 17 Do Do         Do
Ann  Do Do Daur 14 Cotton Weaver Do         Do
98 Matthew Buchanan Head Marr 52 Spirit Dealer Do         Old Monkd
Helen Buchanan Wife Do 52 Do         Do
John Buchanan Son Un 22 Patternmaker Do         Do
Elizabeth Buchanan Daur Do 20 Dressmaker Do         Do
George Buchanan Son 14 Scholar Do         Do
99 Janet Alexander Head Widow 32 Farm Labourer Do,        Rutherglen
James Alexander Son 4 Do         Do
** The entry for the Park family is indeed partly written in the wrong columns

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Sched Road, Street etc. Name and Surname Relation to Head Condition Age Occupation Where Born
168 Wellshott House Thomas Gray Buchanan Head Marr 56 Merchant Lanark, Glasgow
Mary Gray Buchanan Wife Marr 45 Lanark, Glasgow
Michael Gray Buchanan Son Unm 14 Scholar Lanark, Cambuslang
Alex’d Gray  Buchanan Son Unm 10 Scholar Lanark, Cambuslang
Jane Gray Buchanan Dau Unm 7 Scholar Lanark, Cambuslang
Thomas Gray Buchanan Visitor Unm 73 Stock Exchange ?? Lanark, Barony
John Gray Buchanan Broth-in-law Unm 76 Retired Merchant Renfrew, Port Glasgow

Enumeration Division 4

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Sched Road, Street etc. Name and Surname Relation to Head Condition Age Occupation Where Born
78 Newton Village John Buchanan Head Marr 22 Coalminer Forfarshire, Dundee
Rebecca Buchanan Wife Marr 20 Lanark, Old Monkland



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