Selected families transcribed from the original records
| 1861 Census - Prentices unless otherwise indicated | Age | Census Place | Address | Occupation | Birthplace | Birth Year +/- 5 | Marital Comments | Household Number* | Rooms | Comments | |
| Catherine | 71 | Dalziel | Bankhead | Head | Glasgow | 1790 | Widow | 1 | |||
| Joseph | 26 | Dalziel | Knowetop | Coal Pit Engine Keeper | Head | Dalziel | 1835 | 2 | |||
| Harriet | 24 | Dalziel | Knowetop | Wife | St Ninians, Stirling | 1837 | 2 | ||||
| James | 5 | Dalziel | Knowetop | Son | Dalziel | 1856 | 2 | ||||
| Mary | 3 | Dalziel | Knowetop | Daughter | Dalziel | 1858 | 2 | ||||
| Jane | 1 | Dalziel | Knowetop | Daughter | Dalziel | 1860 | 2 | ||||
| Archibald | 33 | Dalziel | Parkhead | Labourer | Head | Dalziel | 1828 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Mary | 33 | Dalziel | Parkhead | Wife | Dalserf | 1828 | 3 | ||||
| Catherine | 11 | Dalziel | Parkhead | Daughter | Cambusnethan | 1850 | 3 | ||||
| Archibald | 9 | Dalziel | Parkhead | Son | Cambusnethan | 1852 | 3 | ||||
| Thomas | 6 | Dalziel | Parkhead | Son | Dalziel | 1855 | 3 | ||||
| Jane | 4 | Dalziel | Parkhead | Daughter | Cambusnethan | 1857 | 3 | ||||
| John | 5 mos | Dalziel | Parkhead | Son | Dalziel | 1860 | 3 | ||||
| Robert | 26 | Dalziel | 167 Queen St Motherwell | Bricklayer | Head | Carluke | 1835 | Unm | 4 | ||
| John | 35 | Dalziel | Collier Street, Motherwell | Carter at coal mine | Head | Hamilton | 1826 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Isabella | 35 | Dalziel | Collier Street, Motherwell | Wife | Hamilton | 1826 | 5 | ||||
| John | 32 | Dalziel | Merry St, Motherwell | Spirit Merchant | Head | Bothwell | 1829 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Margaret | 25 | Dalziel | Merry St, Motherwell | Wife | Kirkmichael, Ayrshire | 1836 | 6 | ||||
| Mary M | 4 mos | Dalziel | Merry St, Motherwell | Daughter | Dalziel | 1860 | 6 | ||||
| Charlotte | 39 | Dalziel | Baillies Land, Merry St, Motherwell | Tambourer | Head | Hamilton | 1822 | Widow | 7 | 1 | |
| Jane | 22 | Dalziel | Baillies Land, Merry St, Motherwell | Tambourer | Daughter | Wishaw | 1839 | 7 | |||
| David | 15 | Dalziel | Baillies Land, Merry St, Motherwell | Lab in Ironwork | Son | Dalziel | 1846 | 7 | |||
| Janet | 8 | Dalziel | Baillies Land, Merry St, Motherwell | Daughter | Dalziel | 1853 | 7 | ||||
| Margaret | 6 | Dalziel | Baillies Land, Merry St, Motherwell | Son | Dalziel | 1855 | 7 | ||||
| John | 36 | Dalziel | Motherwell | Enginekeeper | Head | Dalziel | 1825 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Agnes | 39 | Dalziel | Motherwell | Wife | Dalziel | 1822 | 8 | ||||
| David Prentice | 10 | Dalziel | Motherwell | Son | Dalziel | 1851 | 8 | ||||
| William | 5 | Dalziel | Motherwell | Son | Dalziel | 1856 | 8 | ||||
| James | 65 | Dalziel | Muir Street | Labourer | Head | Dalziel | 1796 | Widower | 9 | 2 | |
| Thomas Torrance | 40 | Dalziel | Muir Street | Coal Miner | Son/Law | Dalziel | 1821 | Marr. | 9 | ||
| Grace Torrance | 35 | Dalziel | Muir Street | Daughter | Dalziel | 1826 | Marr. | 9 | ms Prentice | ||
| James Torrance | 12 | Dalziel | Muir Street | GSon | Dalziel | 1849 | 9 | ||||
| Agnes Torrance | 8 | Dalziel | Muir Street | GDaughter | Dalziel | 1853 | 9 | ||||
| Thomas Torrance | 3 | Dalziel | Muir Street | GSon | Dalziel | 1858 | 9 | ||||
| Robert | 40 | Dalziel | Muir Street | Free Stone Quarrier | Head | Dalziel | 1821 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Marrion | 35 | Dalziel | Muir Street | Wife | Dalziel | 1826 | 10 | ||||
| William | 28 | Bothwell | Jerviston Store, Holytown | Blacksmith | Head | Dalziel | 1833 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Janet | 24 | Bothwell | Jerviston Store, Holytown | Wife | Muirkirk | 1837 | 11 | ||||
| James | 2 | Bothwell | Jerviston Store, Holytown | Son | Bothwell | 1859 | 11 | ||||
| Margaret | 9 mos | Bothwell | Jerviston Store, Holytown | Daughter | Bothwell | 1860 | 11 | ||||
| Robert | 34 | Bothwell | Jerviston Sq, Holytown | Fireman Colliery | Head | Dalziel | 1827 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Helen | 34 | Bothwell | Jerviston Sq, Holytown | Wife | W Calder, Linlithgow | 1827 | 12 | ||||
| James | 11 | Bothwell | Jerviston Sq, Holytown | Coal Drawer Under Ground | Son | Bothwell | 1850 | 12 | |||
| Jean | 2 | Bothwell | Jerviston Sq, Holytown | Daughter | Cambusnethan | 1859 | 12 | ||||
| Janet | 6 | Bothwell | Jerviston Sq, Holytown | Daughter | Dalziel | 1855 | 12 | ||||
| Robert | 3 | Bothwell | Jerviston Sq, Holytown | Son | Dalziel | 1858 | 12 | ||||
| Helen | 10 mos | Bothwell | Jerviston Sq, Holytown | Daughter | Bothwell | 1860 | 12 | ||||
| Janet | 18 | Bothwell | Hillhead Farm Carfin | Dairy-maid | Serv | Cambusnethan | 1843 | 13 | |||
| David | 30 | Bothwell | Howdin Farm?, Holytown | Farmer 70 Acres | Head | Bothwell | 1831 | Unm | 14 | 3 | |
| James | 24 | Bothwell | Howdin Farm?, Holytown | Storeman Grocery Store | Brother | Bothwell | 1837 | Unm | 14 | ||
| Thomas | 17 | Bothwell | Howdin Farm?, Holytown | Farmers Brother | Brother | Bothwell | 1844 | Unm | 14 | ||
| Mary | 32 | Bothwell | Howdin Farm?, Holytown | Farmers Sister | SoniSon | Bothwell | 1829 | Unm | 14 | ||
| Isabella | 20 | Bothwell | Howdin Farm?, Holytown | Farmers Sister | SoniSon | Bothwell | 1841 | Unm | 14 | ||
| John | 22 | Cambusnethan | House Carpenter | Lod | Carluke | 1839 | 15 | Lodging with Nelson Murray | |||
| Janet | 15 | Cambusnethan | Sydenham Cottage, Newmains | servant | Serv | Dalziel | 1846 | 16 | Servant to James Binnie | ||
| Mary | 3 | Cambusnethan | Royal George, Edinburgh/Ayr Road | GDaughter | Cambusnethan | 1858 | 17 | G/D of Thomas Hamilton | |||
| Alexander | 69 | Cambusnethan | 179 Cambusnethan Rd | Flesher | Lodger | Cambusnethan | 1792 | 18 | Lodging with Elizabeth Cunningham | ||
| Janet | 18 | Cambusnethan | Wishaw | Dairy-maid | Head | Cambusnethan | 1843 | Unm | 19 | ||
| John | 50 | Cambusnethan | Thornbush Farm, Wishaw? | Farmer | Head | Cambusnethan | 1811 | 20 | |||
| Ann | 52 | Cambusnethan | Thornbush Farm, Wishaw? | Wife | Ayr, Kelochs? | 1809 | 20 | ||||
| John | 15 | Cambusnethan | Thornbush Farm, Wishaw? | Son | Cambusnethan | 1846 | 20 | ||||
| Marion | 12 | Cambusnethan | Thornbush Farm, Wishaw? | Scholar | Daughter | Cambusnethan | 1849 | 20 | |||
| James | 12 | Cambusnethan | Thornbush Farm, Wishaw? | Scholar | Son | Cambusnethan | 1849 | 20 | |||
| Margaretx | 10 | Cambusnethan | Thornbush Farm, Wishaw? | Scholar | Daughter | Cambusnethan | 1851 | 20 | |||
| John | 7 | Cambusnethan | Thornbush Farm, Wishaw? | Scholar | Son | Carluke | 1854 | 20 | |||
| Walter Prentice | 7 | Cambusnethan | Thornbush Farm, Wishaw? | Scholar | Son | Carluke | 1854 | 20 | |||
| Archibald | 4 | Cambusnethan | Thornbush Farm | Son | Carluke | 1857 | 20 | ||||
| Alexander | 46 | Cambusnethan | Caledonian Rd | Weigher | Head | Wishaw | 1815 | 21 | |||
| Janet | 47 | Cambusnethan | Caledonian Rd | Wife | Shotts | 1814 | 21 | ||||
| Cieler Prentice? | 15 | Cambusnethan | Caledonian Rd | Scholar | Daughter | Wishaw | 1846 | 21 | |||
| Jessie McDonald | 5 | Cambusnethan | Caledonian Rd | Scholar | GDaughter | Wishaw | 1856 | 21 | |||
| Margaret McDonald | 3 | Cambusnethan | Caledonian Rd | GDaughter | Wishaw | 1858 | 21 | ||||
| Archibald | 54 | Cambusnethan | 23 Glasson Road, Wishaw | Joiner | Head | Carluke | 1807 | 22 | |||
| Zepherina | 35 | Cambusnethan | 23 Glasson Road, Wishaw | Wife | Wishaw | 1826 | 22 | ||||
| Zepherina | 9 | Cambusnethan | 23 Glasson Road, Wishaw | Scholar | Daughter | Wishaw | 1852 | 22 |