Enlarged Image of an Extract from an
1871 Census Record
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Heading:
Page 30
Civil Parish of Liff and Benvie
Parliamentary Burgh of Dundee
Royal Burgh of Dundee
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Second Entry:
No of Schedule: 159
Road and Name of House: Perth Road, Crescent
House
Inhabited: 1
Name and Surname
Relation to
Head of
Family
Condition
Age
of
M
F
Rank,
Profession
or
Occupation
Patrick Hunter
Thoms
Head
Widower
74
"Of Aberlemno",
Landowner
Justice of peace for
Forfarshire
Eliza Jane Walker
Niece
Unm.
26
Ann Webster
Serv.
Unm.
39
Domestic Servant
Jane Anderson
Serv.
Unm.
30
Domestic
Servant
Jane Ogilvie
Serv.
Unm.
28
Domestic
Servant
Unm. = Unmarried
Serv. = Servant
Notes:
Patrick Hunter Thoms of Aberlemno was the
Provost of Dundee and, of course, the 15th Chief of Clan
MacThomas. He was born in 1796 and died in 1882. Please
click here for more
information.
Eliza Jane Walker was the
daughter of Patrick Thoms's sister, Isabella Thoms, and
her husband, Crawford Walker. Eliza was born in November
1844.
Our research has shown that Crescent House
no longer exists. The Crescent estate was
redeveloped early in the 20th Century and the house
itself was eventually demolished in the 1950's - link
for a photograph.
The map below shows Crescent House on an
old map of Dundee:
