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A Proper Bunch of Charlies!
« on: Saturday 11 July 09 11:54 UTC (UK) »
Well I never - couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this little lot on the 1861 census for Ledbury:


Ledbury 1861

Charles CLARK Head
Sarah Wife
Charles Son
Charles SKINNER bro in law
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(next door)
Charles PALMER Head
Charles n.k. Lodger
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(next door)
Charles COWARD
others
Charles TAYLOR lodger
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(next door but one up)
Charles MASON Son of household


So 8 out of the 25 people on the census sheet were called Charles!

 Shocked Shocked

Beat that!!
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SOM: BIRD, BURT aka BROWN
HEF: BAUGH, LATHAM, CARTER, PRITCHARD
GLS: WEBB, WORKMAN, LATHAM, MALPUS
WIL: WEBB, SALTER
RAD: PRITCHARD, WILLIAMS
GLA: RYAN, KEARNEY, JONES, HARRY
MON: WEBB, MORGAN, WILLIAMS, JONES, BIRD
SCOTLAND: HASTINGS, CAMERON, KELSO, BUCHANAN, BETHUNE/ BEATON
IRELAND: RYAN (WATERFORD), KEARNEY (DUBLIN), BOYLE(DUNDALK)
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Re: A Proper Bunch of Charlies!
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 11 July 09 12:05 UTC (UK) »
Never seen anything like that  Cheesy

and yet, apparently, Charles was only the 8th most popular boy's name 1851-1860, and crept up a bit to 5th place 1861-1870
http://www.clophillhistory.mooncarrot.org.uk/firstnames.htm

Maybe it was different in Ledbury  Cheesy

Barbara
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Re: A Proper Bunch of Charlies!
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 11 July 09 12:10 UTC (UK) »
I guessed it wasn't the most common, generally - thanks for the info!

The odd thing is that they weren't all born locally, so it is just a coincidence.

I'm going off to check what the enumerator was called!

Grin

Edit: nope - he was a Richard  Cool
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SOM: BIRD, BURT aka BROWN
HEF: BAUGH, LATHAM, CARTER, PRITCHARD
GLS: WEBB, WORKMAN, LATHAM, MALPUS
WIL: WEBB, SALTER
RAD: PRITCHARD, WILLIAMS
GLA: RYAN, KEARNEY, JONES, HARRY
MON: WEBB, MORGAN, WILLIAMS, JONES, BIRD
SCOTLAND: HASTINGS, CAMERON, KELSO, BUCHANAN, BETHUNE/ BEATON
IRELAND: RYAN (WATERFORD), KEARNEY (DUBLIN), BOYLE(DUNDALK)
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