Census Records
The census records information on the country's population and has been taken every ten years since 1801, with the exception of 1941. It is a snapshot of the people in the household on a given night and provides details on a particular family and anyone else who happened to be visiting at the time.
The sub-pages give details of all the Fairbairns in the Cove and Cockburnspath area.
The date of the 1841 census was the night of 6 June 1841.
Notes about the 1841 census:-
Head of household was not denoted, therefore relationship to head of household is absent.Enumerators were instructed to round down the ages of persons 15 years and over to the nearest 5 years. Hence a given age of 28 would be recorded as 25, one of 63 as 60, and so on.Birthplace details were less specific than in later years.Occupation were recorded in an abbreviated form, e.g. H.L.W was a handloom weaver.Family relationships and marital status were not shownThe date of the 1851 census was the night of 30 March 1851
More detailed information appeared on the 1851 census:-
Relationship to the head of household was now recorded.The exact age of each person was given, not rounded down.Birthplace column more detailed.Condition was recorded, i.e. married, single, widow, widowerThe date of the 1861 census was the night of 7 April 1861
The date of the 1871 census was the night of 2 April 1871
The date of the 1881 census was the night of 3 April 1881
The date of the 1891 census was the night of 5 April 1891
The date of the 1901 census was the night of 31 March 1901
