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Topic: The most useless census entry (Read 816 times)
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rjknott
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Posts: 1778
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Normally when you find a wife's widowed father living with her family, you hope he 1) has a rare name; 2) is born in an obscure village or 3) has an obscure profession. This one from 1871 was particularly helpful:
Name: John Brown
Age: 70s
Profession: Shareholder
Born: England
Would that be the John Brown of England?
(Actually I did eventually find out who he was).
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Knott,Boutell,Warman,Winder,Webster,Uings,Evans,Drage
Pike,Pike,Watson,Pratt,Homewood,Stephenson,Brown,Pattison
Holmes,Tomlinson,Moorby,Cardus,Gill,Lambert,Binns,Emmott
Fenning,Pudney,Wilson,Walker,Hine,Treeby,Knox,Butler
Jack,Carswell,Gardiner,Alexander,Gibb,Watson,Naismith,Telfer
Gray,Inglis,Gibb,Watson,Taylor,Taylor,Gaff,Henderson
Gayford,Clarke,Palmer,Jessup,Smart,Hutson,Lloyd,Northover
Ridley,Lee,Bird,Mingings,Moore,Colthart,Lawson,Hind
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gazza
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My vote would go for this one RJ. 1881 census RG11/3856 folio86 page 2
Poor old william Kay from Heap in Lancs.
Occupation given as "Useless".
A bit harsh I thought. I'm sure there was something he could do!
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PrueM
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Poor William! He was crippled, a bit sad but typical of those days that they considered him useless.
rj, I sympathise with you. "England" is not the most helpful birthplace I've ever seen!!
Prue
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Sylviaann
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Isabella Barette
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Nearly as bad as unlnown!
I have seen a family with only initials all born unknown
Sylviaann
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukNorfolk: Gooch, Loveday, Lake, Betts Suffolk: Gooch, Crosby, Turner Hampshire: Laws, Burrows Kent: Beer Jersey: Barette, de Gruchy East London: Middleton, Gower, O'Farrell, Smith, Weston |
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Headbanger Veron
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4 generations 1943
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This is a pretty good one from 1871:
Head of household: (Mrs Wood) (Head - Widow) Occupation - "(out from home)" - no birthplace given and age illegible!!!
The brackets are in the original census! I think she may be an ancestor of mine but who knows? 
Veron
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All census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukCurrently researching: ABRAHAMS (Essex/Woolwich), CARPENTER (Kent) CLEMENTS (London), CRADDOCK (Sheerness) HORTON (Birmingham) MUNCASTER (Whitehaven then Manchester, Scotland, Suffolk and Canada!) TANCOCK (Devon/Cornwall), WILSON (Edinburgh) among others..... |
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D ap D
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Stuck with John Jones in Wales? Join the club!
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Living in Brook St, Bilston, Staffs in 1851 I found a
John Jones, born in Wales.
Glad he's not one of mine.
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Stuck with: William Williams of Llanllyfni John Jones in Llanelli Evan Evans in Caio David Davies of Llansanffraid Evans: Caio/Carms Jones: CDG, DEN Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk"Nor do I think that any other nation than this of Wales, or any other tongue, whatever may hereafter come to pass, shall on the day of the great reckoning before the Most High Judge, answer for this corner of the earth": The Old Man of Pencader to Henry II |
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Lady Di
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I found a William unknown living in a field in cambridge - age 64, place of birth unknown - forget which census!
I don't think he was mine
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MOULE :Whaddon in Cambs SMITH :SSX/Brighton and Birmingham TATTERSALL : NSW aft 1862 VANDERGUCHT : All UK & NSW GINGER : London AGGS : Norfolk & London GOODWIN : Kent Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Boongie Pam
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Pa is Scottish, Ma is Welsh, Nose is Roamin'
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I've got one somewhere I'll get detail when I'm home. Where it has
name unknown,
sex M
age unknown,
birthplace erm... unknown
occupation "potter"
I'm sure he is one of my missing Lowther's collecting stock! But how can I tell!!!
Pam
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All census look up transcriptions are Crown Copyright
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Dumfrieshire: Fallen, Fallon, Carruthers, Scott, Farish, Aitchison, Green, Ryecroft, Thomson, Stewart
Midlothian: Linn/d, Aitken, Martin
North Wales: Robins(on), Hughes, Parry, Jones
Cumberland: Lowther, Young, Steward, Miller
Somerset: Palmer, Cork, Greedy, Clothier
Currently offline due to work reasons- sorry for the silence!
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