Eynhallow 1841 Census

 

 
It should be noted that in the 1841 census the ages of adults
were rounded down to the nearest multiple of 5.
Eg the age of anyone aged from 21-24 was given as 20,
and the age of anyone aged from 26-29 was given as 25.

MS = Maiden Surname where known (added by RCM)

 

Address

Name

Age

Occupation

MS

East House

William Mainland

45

Farmer

 

 

Jean Mainland

40

 

Sinclair

 

John Mainland

15

 

 

 

David Mainland

13

 

 

 

William Mainland

12

 

 

 

Mary Mainland

9

 

 

 

Janet Mainland

7

 

 

 

Ann Mainland

4

 

 

 

Charles Laughton

40

Shoemaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

South House

Magnus Corrigall

55

Farmer

 

 

Margaret Corrigall

55

 

 

 

Mary Corrigall

20

 

 

 

Christina Hutchison

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midhouse

William Louttit

30

Farmer

 

 

Isabella Louttit

25

 

Craigie

 

Harriet Louttit

3

 

 

 

William Louttit

1

 

 

 

Christian Woods

9

 

 

 

Ann Corrigall

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North House (see below) 

John Linklater  (Inkster) 

40

Farmer

 

 

Mary Linklater  (Inkster)

35

 

 

 

James Linklater  (Inkster)

10

 

 

 

Jean Linklater (Inkster)

9

 

 

 

John Linklater  (Inkster)

7

 

 

 

Peter Linklater  (Inkster)

5

 

 

 

David Linklater  (Inkster)

2

 

 

 

Note:    Eynhallow is a small island near Rousay. It supported four or five families at one time, but was vacated in 1851 shortly after a census was taken in the Spring of that year.  The family that lived in North House on Eynhallow in 1841 was still there in 1851 but the family name was Inkster and not Linklater as shown in the census returns above.  All the evidence leads to the belief that a transcription error took place at some stage of recording the details of this family in the 1841 census. I have inserted the correct surname, Inkster, in the census copy above.

Robert C Marwick        August 2006 

 

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