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I am sure many Rootschat users will have heard of 'Googlewhacking', where the object is to put two words into the Google search engine and come up with only one result?
Well, how about Census whacking using Ancestry or other programmes?
The rules are simple: see if you can find
- a surname that occurs in only ONE family in any census
- a first name that only one person in the country has
- an occupation that only one person in the country has
Any takers?? ;D
To start you off, in 1881 there was only ONE 'Witch Well Hole Maker' in the country - what would we have done without him?
RG11/0233
Registration district: Islington
Sub-registration district: Islington West
ED, institution, or vessel: 30
Folio: 38
Page: 21
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I have the one and only Daroch in the 1901 census.
Alice Daroch born in Plymouth living in Roath Cardiff. She was recently married and her husband was a mariner so presumably away at sea.
On other documents it is spelt Daroche and they are the only ones on Free BMD. I'ld love to know more about them but have found nothing post 1916 or pre her marriage in 1900
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Hi Jane
Have you been able to send for her marriage certificate, which would give her maiden name and dtails of her father, which would make searching easier (so long as she wasn't a Smith!)
First point to Jane for the only 1901 Daroch! :)
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Thanks for the suggestion but I knew who she was before her marriage I had been looking for her afterwards.
Her maiden name was Alice Maud Lewis daughter of Richard Lewis and Elizabeth Cozins. Richard had been in the army so the children had been born in various places. My great grandfather(Alice's older brother) was born in Gibraltar and his birth record eludes me.
However back to the original point she married Eugene Daroche in 1900 had a selection of children to 1916 and then the Daroche's have disappeared. In fact Eugene only appears on his marriage certificate--did he exist!!!!
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Sorry Janed, didn;t mean to try to teach my grandmother how to etc etc. It was just the way I interpreted your message :-[
I had a quick look on Genes Reunited and the major surname variant is Darroch. Not much help there!
best wishes
Paul
PS
Is James Ray England's only Sheepdipper in 1881?
RG11/3435
Registration district: Chesterfield
Sub-registration district: Chesterfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 29
Folio: 38
Page: 70
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- a first name that only one person in the country has
1901 - Modred
Modred Tully aged 11, born London, living in Croydon, Surrey.
Maybe a Rootschatter has Modred in their tree??
tabitha :)
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Here's another first name that appears only once in 1901:
Azenath
Azenath Burley aged 21, born Luxulyan, Cornwall, living in Newquay Cornwall.
(I guessed at that one as it's a mis-spelling of my Grandmother's name!)
tabitha :)
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I think that's two points to Tabitha, who has taken a lead in the early stages. The actual image for the Modred entry looks nothing like Modred - but the rules don't say anything about transcription errors!
Azanath is wonderful. Sounds like a character in Lord of the Rings!
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I don't subscribe to Ancestry but I would love to know if my g.g. grandmother was the only Mirwen Maria. I've also seen spelling variants of Murwen/Murven/Marwin Maria. She died in 1901.
Jill
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Hi Jill
Can't find Mirwen Maria or any of the variants in any of the censuses, I'm afraid - so no points here.
But something strange is going on in the world of the Marias in the last half of the C19th...
Ancestry shows 588 of them in England in 1871, only 16 in 1881, 285 in 1891 and 192 in 1901.
I suspect that the name has been altered in transcription in a lot of cases in 1881 - unless they were all hiding!
(There are 2 Marwin's in 1901, 4 in 1891, 4 in 1881 and 2 in 1871 but none of the other variants).
best wishes
Paul
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Hi Paul,
That's strange. I have her as Maria Hartshorn age 20 in the 1841, Mirven Hartshorn age 33 in the 1851, in 1861 she is Merwin Hartshorne/Nail Maker age 48 (which is confusing in itself) and in 1871 she is Merwin M., age 53. The same address, St. James Terrace, Dudley for all censuses. I haven't seen the images.
On the IGI Christening records for her children she becomes Murwin Maria and I have this week found her death, in Sheffield in January 1901 and I sent for the certificate yesterday.
I haven't yet found her on the 1881 or 1891 so maybe she is one of those you have found?
Pity I'm not getting any points!
Jill
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:D Yes, she's there in 1871 as Merwin M Hartshorne, and I stand corrected - there are seven merwin's in England at that time. There are 10 in 1881, but the oldest is 42. There are 9 in 1901, but the oldest is 52 . Not sure why they didn't emerge on my first search though - - must have mistyped a digit in oriinal search??? :-[
Now, if we were giving points for variations in ages across the censuses, Merwin would have bagged you a handful!
Ancestry throws up a Mary Ann Maria living at 10 St John's Street, Dudley in 1891, aged 52 BUT looking at the image she is shown as mother of the head of household who is James Louison Weeks, and above her is an Ethel Maria, aged 2, Daur: I suspect the 'do' is missing for Ethel and that she should be weeks, so that Mary Ann 'do' is indexed as Maria. Hey ho!
best wishes
Paul
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Thanks Paul; very interesting! I wonder why my Merwin doesn't show up on the 1881?
All the information you are giving me compensates adequately for the lack of points, and when you start a thread on age variations you can expect to see Merwin as an entrant for top prize!
Jill
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Hi Jill
Have you come across this in 1881:
1881 Dudley
18 Salop Street
Sophia Banks, Head, Widow, 73, Nailmaker, Dudley
Mary Ann Hartshorn, Daur, Widow, 43 ???, Nailmaker, Dudley
RG11/2875
Registration district: Dudley
Sub-registration district: Dudley
ED, institution, or vessel: 2b
Folio: 54
Page: 31
She is the only Hartshorn nailmaker showing in 1881.
Paul
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Hi Paul,
Yes, thank you very much, I have found that one. I think you will find the name is Danks, not Banks. I can only assume that Mary Ann was the wife of one of Merwin's sons. I have found 6 children so far: Edwin <1836>, George 1839, Isaac 1849, Sarah Ann 1851, Maria 12.12.1852 and Joshua <1857>. I need to find Mary Ann on an earlier census with her husband!
Thanks again.
Jill
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I think this must be a mis-transcription..or somebodys idea of a joke? But I found the following as the only Tiger slayer ??? in the 1881 census...
Charles BIGTOP Lodger U Male 40 Nottingham, England Tiger Slayer
Dwelling 5 Church St Common Lodging House
Census Place London, Middlesex, England
Family History Library Film 1341017
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 0076 / 44
Page Number 36
Emily :)
He also seems to be the only person with that surname in the country...did someone invent him???
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I just came across another very strange entry in 1881....look at the last entry in this household ;D
William KING Head M Male 36 Campton, Bedford, England Travelling Draper (Com)
Elizabeth KING Wife M Female 38 London Chelsea, London, Middlesex, England
Florence M. KING Daur U Female 8 Hitchin, Hertford, England Scholar
Gertrude S. KING Daur U Female 6 Hitchin, Hertford, England Scholar
Bertha L. KING Daur U Female 4 Hitchin, Hertford, England Scholar
Ethel A. KING Daur Female 1 Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Esther PAGE Servant Female 14 Ware, Hertford, England Servant
Bullfinch CALSO COCK Other U Male 0 In The Bush Piper To The King
Source Information:
Dwelling Private House Watton Rd
Census Place Ware, Hertford, England
Family History Library Film 1341342
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 1402 / 43
Page Number 25
Did they add a pet bird to the census???
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Emily roars into the lead with two points! :)
Nice entries!
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The 1901 census as it appears on Ancestry is not a reliable indicator of surname frequency. For example, I have Nethway in my family tree - there are nine of them in 1891 but none in 1901. I am sure they did not simply all die in the intervening years or, if single females, all marry.
In my wife's line there appears de Beauvoir but the 1881 census has only a single mention of that name and that is an unrelated person!
8)
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Hi Hackstaple
This extract from the Croydon Mercury, 10 September 1899 may help explain all:
A Sad Day for the Nethways
A most peculiar motor accident occurred at the junction of Christchurch Lane and Sebastopol Avenue on Saturday last.
A charabang transporting a family of the name of Nethway collided with a haycart on its way to a farm on the very outskirts of town. Unfortunately, the charabang overturned and occassioned the death of all occupants, who were travelling to visit in-laws. There were no survivors. A spokesman for the Croyden constabulary later said: "This was a terrible calamity. By the time we arrived there was nothing to be done. My heart goes out to any surviving relatives, and particularly to any descendents who may experience terrible problems locating them in the 1901 census."
;)
However ...your point re Ancestry is well made (and I suspect for all indexes!) - but please accept a point for de Beauvoir!
best wishes
Paul
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1881 census and then : RG11/76 folios 43-45
You will find Charles Bigtop and sundry other ludicrous names and occupations.
By the way Charles was so successful at his job that he finally rid Britain of wild tigers completely and died a pauper on the steps of Buckingham Palace, quite spoiling Queen Victoria's birthday party. ;D
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Can I claim 2 points for the family who appear as MAWHORD in the 1881 census and MARVHOOD in 1891?
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Two fine points to broakham, I think!
Not an obvious similarity, and if you were following that family - well done in tracking them down, I say! ;D
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The Bullfinch one is hilarious, I looked at the original image and its crossed out but in the relation box it says PET, someone having a laugh!!!
Nicky
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I have a Bieness on my 1901 census. she would be my gg grandmother. On her marriage cert she spells it Beneniss, Ive not as yet been able to trace her birth cert. Ive tried googling the name and been on name origins websites but it seems to be completely unknown. If anyone can help me out with a meaning for the name it would be great. Apparently, according to the marriage cert, she was born in South Shields, but i cant find a birth entry for her.
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Hi kat
I think you deserve a consolation point at the very least :)- I can;t check the 1901 for Durham but there are no other Beneniss or Bieness listings across England for 1871/81/91.
Perhaps you should post the details you have got from 1901 on the Durham County page here at Rootschat, under 'lookup requests' (if you've not already done so) and see what other Rootschatters make of it.
Good luck!
Paul
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Points to date:
janed 1
tabitha 2
emilysiobhan 2
Hackstaple 1
broakham 2
kat 1
Did anyone spot the one and only 'Bootlicker' in 1881? (probably mistranscribed from bootclicker). Hats off to James Kennedy, of Elswick, Northumberland, for honesty!
Paul
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1881 has William Marwood of Horncastle who is listed as:
Executioner & Shoe Dealer :o
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1881 census - William Harbour - Winkle Gatherer
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1881 census - Anthony Orag - Monkey Tamer
I'm going to stop now. I think I need to get out more!
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Hi Paul,
Yes, thank you very much, I have found that one. I think you will find the name is Danks, not Banks. I can only assume that Mary Ann was the wife of one of Merwin's sons. I have found 6 children so far: Edwin <1836>, George 1839, Isaac 1849, Sarah Ann 1851, Maria 12.12.1852 and Joshua <1857>. I need to find Mary Ann on an earlier census with her husband!
Thanks again.
Jill
Think you are out of luck with this Jill. In 1871 they are at Salop St too (RG10-3010/41)
Moses Perks?,unm,33
Sophia Danks,boarder,wid,60
Mary Ann Hartshorn,boarder,wid,34,nailor
Edwin Hartshorn,grandson,14,fire iron polisher
The 1861 at http://www.griffs4bears.co.uk has
Superintendant
Registrar's District Registrar's
Sub-District Piece E.D. Ecclesiastical
District
Not Shown Dudley RG 09-2054 2 St. James
Residence Detail
309 SHAVERS END
Given Name Family Name Age Grouping
THOMAS DANKS 47 yrs 35760
SOPHIA DANKS 47 yrs 35760
MARY A. HARTSHORN 23 yrs 35761
EDWIN HARTSHORN 3 yrs 35761
Can't tell what relationship Mary Ann is to Thomas, a single letter then "wife" possibly, and to be honest I could not tell if her status was a "W" or something else. Sorry.
In 1861 Merwin's age is clearly 43 so you don't need to worry about that :)
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Hi Gardener,
Thank you so much for that, and what a useful site!
It looks to me as if Mary Ann Hartshorn could be the widowed daughter of Thomas & Sophia Danks in the 1861 and by the time of the 1871 she has got herself a boyfriend, i.e. Moses Perks. I think I now need to be looking for her marriage to a Hartshorn followed by his fairly rapid death.
Many thanks again.
Jill
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Got another one! This chap was a witness at an ancestors wedding in 1885.
Only one match in the 1871 & 1891 census.......
Shadrach Baskerville (what a name??!! ;D)
a draper & grocer from Clawton, Devon.
tabitha :)
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Great findings!
Hack: 'Executioner & Shoe Dealer' is much more interesting than shoe repairer and keycutter (the current bizarre combination) - and it brings new meaning to the words 'Dead Man's Shoes' :D
Broakham - couple of fine points for you
tabitha - love it love it love it!
Points to date:
janed 1
tabitha 3
emilysiobhan 2
Hackstaple 2
broakham 4
kat 1
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Sorry Tabitha, you're getting too close so I'll have to throw in Obadiah Migbrow, a patient in Chesterfield Hospital in 1881.
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Do family 'businesses' count? - George Broadhurst - knocker up and his wife Elizabeth - midwife. ;) 1881 census - Ecclesall Bierlow.
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Well, broakham, a well-earned point for Obadiah but AS YOU WELL KNOW ;) there are over a hundred knocker uppers in 1881 - though George may well indeed be the only one married to a midwife! ;D
keep the coming!
Paul
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Okey Dokey.....get ready......Broakham are you reading? :D
1881 - Elf Bradley, born abt 1877, Isleworth.
1901 - Tiger Clarke, aged 14, Beccles.
1891 - Spud Murphey, 31, Stockton on Tees,
1881 - Spud S. Fox, 6, Minterne Magna.
1901 - Waltz Horley, 33, Tottenham, a baker.
and last but not least.....
1881 - Mouse Regan, born abt 1834, living in Chelsea.......occupation Rat catcher!
tabitha :)
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Now that looks like a GAUNTLET if ever I saw one!
6 points and I can;t work out which is my favoutirte Tabitha -Tiger Clarke wins it for me though, because of a possible family connection!
Well done!
Paul
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One more and that's it!!!
1891 - Harrison Ford, 30, a servant in West Heslerton, Yorkshire.
I knew he was getting on abit........ ;D ;D ;D
tabitha
I'm going to do some "proper" research now....if I can remember how! ;)
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Tabitha
After being battered round the ring I think Harrison Ford is a knock- out blow.
Another victory to the fairer sex :-[ :'(
Regards - Broakham
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I have this diabolical trio:
Seedes Satan, a fireman [!] on the SS city of Baltimore in dock at Birkenhead.
Walter Devil, a 13 year old servant of Whiston Staffs and
Jane Imp, 25 year old servant of North Mundham, Sussex.
:o :o :o
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oh broakham.....please don't be defeated! :-\
Hack, I did find a God Someoneorother that wouldv'e gone well with your selection.....unfortunately I had to admit to myself it looked like an abbreviation! :)
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That's strange. I have her as Maria Hartshorn age 20 in the 1841, Mirven Hartshorn age 33 in the 1851, in 1861 she is Merwin Hartshorne/Nail Maker age 48 (which is confusing in itself) and in 1871 she is Merwin M., age 53. The same address, St. James Terrace, Dudley for all censuses. I haven't seen the images.
On the IGI Christening records for her children she becomes Murwin Maria and I have this week found her death, in Sheffield in January 1901 and I sent for the certificate yesterday.
I haven't yet found her on the 1881 or 1891 so maybe she is one of those you have found?
Ok I found her in 1881 living at 23 St James, Terrace Dudley
Name has been transcribed at Alervin Hartshorn and a "male"
as well.
Paul do I get at least point she/he is the only Alervin in anywhere.
Genni
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Gennig - you not only receive a well-earned point, you may probably find that JillJ wants to express her eternal gratitude - what a find! (Even beats my Conrad / Leonard mistranscription found earlier this week!).
Hack - I think a bonus point for the elegant symmetry we have come to expect of you, plus three makes four!
Broakham - it ain't over until the fat lady sings!
Points to date:
janed 1
tabitha 10
emilysiobhan 2
Hackstaple 6
broakham 4
kat 1
gennig 1
There's an extra point going for anyone who can tell me how to get my columns lined up! :)
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| RootsChatter, | Points to date |
| janed | 1 |
| tabitha | 10 |
| emilysiobhan | 2 |
| Hackstaple | 6 |
| broakham | 4 |
| kat | 1 |
| gennig | 1 |
| Berlin-Bob | 1 |
PS: don't ask how, that gets complicated - Just copy and use ! ;D
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There's the Dog family living in London in 1871.
Samuel Dog Head
Mary A Dog Wife
Eliza Dog Daughter
Samuel Dog Son
Of course they really are the Day family and have been transcribed incorrectly.
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There's the Dog family living in London in 1871.
Shame they weren't around in 1891, gennig, when they could have tried to shrug off the Flea family in Grasmere! ;)
THANKS BOB - yes, better not get too technical with me first thing on a Thursday morning... I'll copy and paste with pleasure!
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Those London Dogs probably gave the place name Isle of Dogs :D
In 1891 we find 25 Kittens of whom 11 were of the Scottish branch - the McKittens. Most significant was Catherine Kitten, 17, Toxteth Park [Cat Kitten - how cruel].
The Terriers number 56, headed by a single La Terrier from Canada. Amongst the Terriers we find a prime example of accuracy in transcription - Emilie Louise, a 29 year old servant from Genera, Sweden. It is of course, plain as a pikestaff, Geneva, Switzerland.
Those who have dealings with call centres based in India will readily understand how the same people handled transcriptions from English handwriting.
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There are 4 Puppys in 1881:
Albin Puppy abt 1853 Somerset, England Head Kington Langley
Frances Puppy abt 1843 Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire, England Wife Kington Langley
Henry E. Puppy abt 1874 Crockerton, Wiltshire, England Son Kington Langley
Harriet B. Puppy abt 1852 Orford, Suffolk, England Servant Islington
But I couldn't find them in 1891...had they grown into Dogs??! ;D
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Since I'm living in Japan at the moment I decided to search for Tanakas.....didn't find any but I came across some of the ambassadorial staff:
Sigensbu Hirayama 26 Japan Visitor St Martin In The Fields 3 & 4 Robert St Attache De Ligation For Japan
Kivanrio Kouniasaki 30 Japan Visitor 3 & 4 Robert St St Martin In The Fields Attache De Ligation For Japan
And then across the chinese embassy!!
Yin Chan Tyang abt 1861 China Servant Marylebone
Chen Chi Yin abt 1846 China Unknown Marylebone
Tsai Chih abt 1864 China Servant Marylebone
Tsing Chui abt 1859 China Servant Marylebone
Pung Furting abt 1853 China Servant Marylebone
Ting Meih abt 1853 China Servant Marylebone
Li Yen Tsai abt 1858 China Servant Marylebone
Fing Yih abt 1847 China Unknown Marylebone
Fang Yu abt 1845 China Servant Marylebone
Ma Yu Tsan abt 1844 China Unknown Marylebone
49 Portland Place RG11/0140
The charge de affaires (a Mr Chen) had his wife and daughter with him so couldn't be included.
There were a few other japanese..but they seemed too easy..... 8)
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But I couldn't find them in 1891...had they grown into Dogs??!
;D ;D ;D Emily
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But I couldn't find them in 1891...had they grown into Dogs??!
;D ;D ;D Emily
;D ;D ;D
:o Lets just hope they didn't end up in a sack in a canal somewhere :o
Paul
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There were a few other japanese..but they seemed too easy..... 8)
Difficult adjudication here, emily ... on the one hand its easy money, but on the other its still 'interesting'. How about a 5 point compromise for the job lot? :)
Paul
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Only one DYLAN in 1881 - unfortunately Patrick, not Bob. :(
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Yep, I'd agree they were a bit easy..five points is fine.
I have a few more suggestions now; how about:
1881
Cloud Hill abt 1849 Pimlico, Middlesex, England Head Paddington 22 Barnsdale Rd Photographic Artist
I think the cloud must be a Claud in real life though
There were more than one of Moons, stars and suns
I also found :
Plate White abt 1852 Portsea, Hampshire, England Daughter Chatham
Spoon Hodgson abt 1837 Percy Main, Northumberland, England Head Bishopwearmouth
For the other tablewear I could only find:
Cup ? Simmonds abt 1826 St Martin, Hampshire, England Head Wareham St Martin
and
Edwerd Fork Hull abt 1879 Wolsingham, Durham, England Son Coundon
M.Table Thompson abt 1875 Whitehaven, Cumberland, England Daughter Whitehaven
The last two (at least ::)) not really being proper first names but just to complete the set!
And here are the poor Hamsters who must have also ended up in the canal:
Margaret Hamster abt 1860 Sydenham, Kent, England Daughter Lambeth
Mary Hamster abt 1821 Reading, Berkshire, England Wife Lambeth
Mary Ann Hamster abt 1856 Norwood, Surrey, England Daughter Lambeth
William Hamster abt 1858 Sydenham, Kent, England Son Lambeth
Wm. Hamster abt 1825 Marylebone, Middlesex, England Head Lambeth
Or could the parents have died, the daughters all married and the son moved overseas?
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1891 has the following gents:
Ivor Brain
Ivor Body
Ivor Back
Ivor Head
and my favourite (but not part of the main body of the family) Ivor McIvor :D
Unfortunately, these aren't strictly Censuswhacks so its nil points to me! :)
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Theres "A Baby Tongue" living in Birmingham in 1881
which I though was sweet :P, but he's also not eligible for Censuswhack.
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Quick Update then...
RootsChatter, Points to date
janed 1
tabitha 10
emilysiobhan 15
Hackstaple 6
broakham 4
kat 1
gennig 2
Berlin-Bob 1
Mary Ann Hamster - I wonder if anyone did? ; :)
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For your canal Paul, there were, on the 1891 census, 13 Toads and 8 Newts but not a single Frog, nor ever yet a married one 8)
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And for emily's table, in 1891 poor old (young) Alfred Vinegar, 3mths, living in Hanley Castle
Shame about the Frogs, Hack. Thomas and John in 1871 obviously never went a courtin' ::)
Paul
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Not a census - so probably not eligable for a point - but did you know ANNE ELEPHANT was buried in Bolden in Co Durham on 1 Sept 1727, according to the NBI on familysearch.net.
Must be a large grave.
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Probably the courtship failures of the frogs explains the lack od Tadpoles in 1881... ;D
although there are 29 in the IGI....mostly from the 1600's
I've found some Frog marriages on freebmd though--no Thomas or John though..
Marriages Dec 1837
FROG William Southwell 15 1051
Marriages Sep 1848
Frog Hannah Thanet 5 459
Marriages Mar 1886
FROG William Shardlow 7b 510
Marriages Mar 1903
Frog Joseph Eli Nottingham 7b 412
I wonder where William had got to in 1891?
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OK Tabitha - I've got my second wind :)
1881 Hugh Shaw 59 Woollen weft swinger out - the oldest swinger in town?
1901 The NEWT brothers of Devonport
1881 Sarah A Blick - Tucker and Tyer
1881 William Arnfield - tickler at cotton mill. I bet he enjoyed his work. ;D
1881 Fred Hadsworth - smith stinker. Obviously had a nose for the job. ;)
1881 James C Turner - cad. I wonder how much he was paid.
1881 Freeland Lovett (HMS Agincourt) - Bungler.
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broakham - I think that last message should be posted on the Occupations board where it will no doubt cause a stir!
emily and liz - a point each for your IGI and BMD searches cos I'm feeling generous and its nearly le weekend!
RootsChatter Points to Date
janed 1
tabitha 10
emilysiobhan 16
Hackstaple 6
broakham 12
kat 1
gennig 2
Berlin-Bob 1
lizdb 1
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Gennig,
Paul is quite right! I would like to express my eternal gratitude to you for finding my great great grandmother for me! I would never have found her with the name Alervin - not in a million years! Thank you so much.
Jill
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Jill
Am I right in supposing that your gg grandmother's name is spelled differently on EVERY census?! ;D
Paul
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In the 1881 census there is a woman called QUEEN with the unique forename of THE. I believe she may also be the only person with the occupation of - Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. If you look at the images they appear to have been chewed by the royal corgis.
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Paul,
Not quite! She is Merwin in the 1841, 1861 & 1871, but Mirven in the 1851. In 1891 she becomes just M. Hartshorne and of course in the 1881 she is Alervin. Then on the IGI she is Murwin and on her death certificate she is Merven.
Her age varies as much as her name. In 1841 she was 20, in 1851 she was 33, in 1861 she was 48, in 1871 she was 53, in 1881 she is 66, in 1891 she is 74 and when she died in 1901 she was 81.
Does this earn any points?
Jill
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Glad you're back broakham...and Paul I hope all that business about the "fat lady singing" wasn't a comment on the waistlines of Rootschatters of the feminine kind ;)
How about -
Yellow Wheel, 24, born Aprica (I think that might be Africa), occupation Krooman (just possibly crewman) on a Royal Navy Vessel - 1871
Magenta Stratta, 3, visitor in Shirley, Hampshire - 1901
Ermintrude Bellairs, abt 1878, Holdenhurst - 1881
Snowdrop A Hinton, 4, St Pancras - 1871
Lilian Paddington Satchwell, 11, Nuneaton - 1891
(maybe the Beckhams didn't start the trend ?? )
Mildew Michaels, 27, Kensington - 1901
Pickle Greenwood, abt 1853, Todmorden & Walsden - 1881
That's it for the moment! :D
tabitha
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:) Hi Folks I enjoyed reading this thread. I belong to the only family of Quews in England. One James Kew changed his name to ' Quew' on joining The Royal Navy in c 1798. The family settled around the Portsea and Gosport areas.
Now the name has almost died out, too many females born and the males seemed to have died young. There is however one Peter Quew a third cousin who may live in the Portsmouth area, or on The Isle White who I have not been able to track down as yet and who may have had sons.
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On a lighter note, I thought you might like to see my 'Funny Farm'
Chris's Funny Farm ::)
1880 US Cen
Ginnie PIG Female Farm Work
G. Pink PIg Male Farmer
Wing BAT Male 30 CHINA Works In Fish Cannery
1881 brit Cen
43 Cows (Clementine COW my favourite)
6 Sheep
110 Goats (6 Billy's) William
16 Horses (2 Mr Ed's ) Edwin / Edward
17 Foal's (So which Mares were over sexed)
1 Donald Duck
10 Turkey's
8 Hen's
5 Rooster's
12 Geese
Chris NZ :)
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Well, Pom, your farmyard gets you 1 point for the Roosters, as there were only 3 of them in 1901 (unless they'd all flown to DURHAM - not transcribed by Anne Cesstree yet >:(), and a further point for the single Sheep in 1901.
Tabitha chalks up a further 7 points
- but risks losing them if she doesn't stop making potentially libellous statements about my misogyny / fattism! ;)
broakham stays in the frame with a couple of points for his regal links.
When should this thread be closed? We'll have to announce a winner someday? :D
Paul
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:)Gee, Paul thanx for the points M8. :). Only looked them up for my Grandkids one day to stop them nagging me. Lol ;)
Christine NZ :)
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1891 shows us 39 people named Horatio Lord Nelson. One of them was a 47 year old servant from Reedham - yr.humble servant, no doubt.
There were only 2 Abraham Lincolns around - perhaps many John Wilkes Booths? However Clerkenwell was hiding General George Washington, a more popular General than Atilla Thunderberry of Nottingham.
I claim a point for Mr. Thunderberry - a spectacular name. 8)
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Couldn't resist this one.....
Fatty Atkinson, Kingston-upon-Hull, 1881.......his parents obviously didn't think much of him poor chap!!
tabitha
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1891.
Much kinder were the parents of Susan Godly Friend.
Very quaint pieces of transciption are seen with:
Queen Victoria Jun. of Westgate Northumberland - the actual sheet says Queen Victoria Inn, not occupied at night.
Odd Fellowes of Rowley Regis seems strange but not quite as queer as Odd Fellows Hall, Winterton - an empty building but transcribed as a person.
Also notable in the same way was Frederick I God Waine - the page says Frederick I. Godfrey Waine.
Displeased with Mum & Dad was Mental Harris, Leeds, Yorkshire.
What should we make of Large Bee, of Notts or his/her relative Wasp Spencer?
Should we worry there were 113 Swindlers around? Or is it already too late?
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:) To ward off Hackstaple's
I have this diabolical trio:
Seedes Satan, a fireman [!] on the SS city of Baltimore in dock at Birkenhead.
Walter Devil, a 13 year old servant of Whiston Staffs and
Jane Imp, 25 year old servant of North Mundham, Sussex.
I have:
Mary COE Daur U Female 11 Northwold, Norfolk, England Scholar
Jesus COE Son U Male 5 Northwold, Norfolk, England Scholar
Source Information: (I think it should be Christ Church )
Dwelling Chtist Church White House
Census Place Northwold, Norfolk, England
Family History Library Film 1341485
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 2011 / 91
Page Number 14
(Not sure where Joseph got too, checked a few doors both sides but he’s not there, could this be him looking for beds?)
Joseph COE Son U Male 20
Dwelling Stable Row
Census Place Bedlington, Northumberland, England
Jesus is not on the 1901 census, now where did he go?
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Following on from Tabitha's Snowdrop in 1871 I came across a rather interesting family in Bray:
Benbow Rolls Bray, Berkshire, England Son Bray
Bluebell Rolls Bray, Berkshire, England Daughter Bray
Daisy Rolls Bray, Berkshire, England Daughter Bray
Mary Ann Rolls Bray, Berkshire, England Wife Bray
May Rolls Bray, Berkshire, England Daughter Bray
Ocean Rolls Bray, Berkshire, England Daughter Bray
Richard Rolls Bray, Berkshire, England Head Bray
Seaflower Rolls Bray, Berkshire, England Daughter Bray
Snowdrop Rolls Bray, Berkshire, England Daughter Bray
Only Bluebell and Seaflower seem unique in 1881 but I thought the family set was nice :)
Emily
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I've just noticed that people really do seem to look forwards to Fridays...
there are at leat 15 Fridays, in 1881, 6 Mondays, 2 Thursdays and Sundays just one Wednesday ( Wednesday Garratt abt 1861 Youlgreave, Derbyshire, England) and Tuesday and Saturday have been completely neglected :(
Emily :)
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Emily - I used to work with a girl called Tuesday! ;D
tabitha
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Rather appropriately, in 1881 there is only one
Lonely Willerton, aged 5 :'(
Ten years later, and she's still all on her own in 1891 aged 15. :'(
Wonder if she'll find any friends in 1911?
Paul
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Hi,
Until I sent them a correction my great aunt Jackaline Austin was the only female Jack Wilson in the 1901 census. The transcriber obviously saw the letters Jack...... and just gave up. She is now the only Jackaline that I have come across. Her name is spelled the same way on her birth cert. When she married she used the more conventional Jacqueline.
Cheers,
Peterb
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Some time back, I was searching for the marriage of my g-grandmother's sister in YorkshireBMD and found that she married a man called John Quck. I assumed that a transcription error at some point was most likely. I checked UKBMD and found the only Quck - birth marriage or death to be:
Marriages Dec 1884
Plummer Eliza Leeds 9b 584
Quck John Leeds 9b 584
A fellow rootschatter was able to track him down for me as John Quirk in the '91 census. Even so, his marriage registration would be unique.
PeterB
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Well, Peter, you certainly deserve points for these - pity its not Scrabble we're playing, when you'd bag 16 for Quck! :)
Paul
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How about a bit of support ::) for the lone
Elizabeth MAMMARY, 17, in Staffordshire in 1871?
Paul
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And please, no nasty comments about the female dog family in Barrow-in-Furness in 1891.
Paul
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Presumably, Thomas BIKE in Bethnal Green in 1891, wasn't riding a tandam :)
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Time to hold your nose, as we welcome to the party Ernest CESS, St Pancras in 1901 :)
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Looks like this family is heading too the catmeat factory...
Edmund & Emily KNACKER, Tunbridge in 1891
I think I need a rest now! ;)
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Ever wonder what Mr Tesco did before opening his supermarkets?
It seems he was a Bandmaster in the royal Navy :D
Mr Antonia Tesco is living with his wife and son in Minster in Sheppey in 1881
And I also found Mr Thomas Lidl and his wife Ann living in Bromley. He was a draper...a bit nearer to his later job....but I'd always thought he was German.....seems he was actually born in Middlesex ;
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:) This poor bloke in the 1881 cen' seems to have been in the S :-X from birth.
Name Thomas DUNG
Birthplace Sheepshed, Leicester, England
Chris NZ :)
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emily - time for a new thread led by you I think: 'Shopping the Census'!
Pom - I love his place of birth!
Paul
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And today's contributions are:
Horatio Hornblower - 1881
William Dollop - 1901
George Pillock - 1891
Thomas Sandwich - 1901
John Cianti - 1901
and my favourite......
Jack Daniels - 1891 (with a dash of Coke please ;D)
tabitha
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Jack Daniels! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
Maybe we should invite Pestrop Cola - 1881 to the party, Tabitha!
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Theres also a "Bottled Beer" on the 1881 census born Abyssinia Naturalized British Subject, Africa who seems to be in the Royal Navy :)
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:) Now these three are from what is said to be 'The oldest profession ;).
Thomas WHORE - 81 British Census / Lincoln Withcall, ( hope he gave his phone number)
Benjamin WHORE - 1881 British Census / Norfolk
Mary WHORE - 1881 British Census / Gloucester
By 1901 we only have
Occupation
Elizabeth Whore 38 Cornwall Own Means
Mary Whore 66 Lancashire
But we also have in 1881
Ernest A. SEX Son 2 Witley, Surrey, England
And by 1901 he has a brother
Ernest Sex 22 Surrey Mousehill Surrey Compton Blacksmith
Frank Sex 17 Surrey Compton Surrey Compton Blacksmith
Now this 'Joker' likes the stage to himself:
John JOKER Boarder U Male 18 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales Clerk
But !901 he hadn't counted on:
Elizabeth Joker 36 Lancaster Westleigh Denbighshire Wrexham Regis
Barney Joker 7 Denbigh Wrexham Denbighshire Wrexham Regis
Michael Joker 46 Ireland Denbighshire Wrexham Regis Colliery Foreman
Joy Joker 30 Russia Russ Subj Lancaster Lpool
Under Presser (a male by the way)
Elizabeth Joker 24 Liverpool London Saffron Hill Hatton Garden Ely Place Ely Rents Sister Of Charity
Ellen Joker 56 Essex N K Sussex Sedlescomb Licenced Victualer
Last but not least we have the W's in 1901
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August Wanker Hannover German Subject London Clerkenwell
Sophie Wanker 49
Amalie Wanker 22
Chris NZ :)
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Pom...you forgot:
Lois Jane F**K - 1881 Census
Serv Female Tetbury, Gloucester, England (replaced two letters for decency :o)
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Results just in
RootsChatter Points to Date
janed 1
tabitha 24
emilysiobhan 23
Hackstaple 11
broakham 14
kat 1
gennig 2
Berlin-Bob 1
lizdb 1
pom 6
peterb 2
Looks like broakham's 'retired' ;), with emily and tabotha fighting it out for pole position.
Perhaps the tendency for this thread to plummet to the depths of profanity means we are coming to a close soon... but I think pom deserves a big hand ::) for her Wankers, nonetheless!
Posted elsewhere on rootschat:
Valentine Valentine
Valentine Card - not on the censuses, but born 14 Feb 1913 (I think).
And on another thread entirely, have a look for the HAIR family in the censuses, in the West Midlands, and see if you can find the unfortunately-named daughter.
Shall we close on Friday at 5pm?
best wishes
Paul
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OK, I've only just joined RootsChat, but I've caught the Censuswhack bug..
Plenty of girls are named after the summer months, but there's a surprising number called January or March. And how about:
February Charles (1881) and February Arney (1901)
October Clements (1871-91; becomes October Booth in 1901)
December Boswell (1901)
John January Winter (1871) must have really felt the cold....
Beatrice May January Draper (1901) is just plain confusing! Conceived in May and born in January, perhaps?
And I can only presume that the parents of New Year Booker, New Year Maw and New Year West were absolutely blotto when they came up with those names!
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I don't know if this one has been done already, but I've found a Census G Cornwell aged 9 in 1901. :D
I wonder what time of year he was born!
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Not really a Censuswhack - more a 'Censuswhacky', but CAN YOU PLEASE SHOUT UP so that Emma Holmes, born Hull, living in Sculcoates Yorkshire CAN HEAR YOU - shown in the 1871 Ancestry index as aged 1010 years old! :o
And any questions about what the Romans ever did for us should be directed towards Mary A Pilkington, St Mary Newington, London, showing as aged 2010 in 1871. :)
Paul
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10 Points available for anyone spotted on the censuses who is OLDER than Mary Pilkington. And they do exist, believe me!
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The mechanical man!
Robot Ingle - Little Thurrock, 1881
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The mechanical man!
Robot Ingle - Little Thurrock, 1881
;D ;D ;D
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last entries from me if we're "shutting up the shop" today :'( :'( :'(
Juan Picasso - 1881 (for the arty among us!)
Pamela Anderson - 1891 (for the men who like artificial!!)
Philipp Heineken - 1901 (it'll do if there's nowt else!!!)
George Ruddles - 1901 (best brewers ever!!!!)
Francis Todger - 1901 (someone lowered the tone...so I thought I'd join in!!!!!)
Fanny Velvet - 1871 (can't possibly comment !!!!!!!)
and last but not least to finish ......
Peter Pan - 1891 (no sign of Tinkerbell :'()
tabitha
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10 Points available for anyone spotted on the censuses who is OLDER than Mary Pilkington. And they do exist, believe me!
Hi Paul E
William H Purvis - Patient at the Royal Naval Hospital aged 2228
He's a pretty good age.
There's also Emma Turney whos has a 4 month old daughter, she's aged 33334. I think someone must of held a key down toooooooooo long.
Cheers
Genni
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:) In my own family I have:
...Found him in 1881, transcribed as Bailey, but it is Beeley on the original image.This is taken from the original image and not the transcript.
Enoch Beeley, head, age 24, general labourer, born Mottram CheshireMargaret Beeley, wife, age 24, born county Leitrim IrelandMargaret Jane, daughter,age 2 born Staleybridge, LancashireEliza Ada, daughter, age 9 months born Wakefield Yorkshireaddress Thompson Buildings
AND THEN1891 CENSUS
ENOCH BEELEY, HEAD, AGE 35, MILLSTOKER (NOT TOO CLEAR) BORN MOTTRAMIN LONGENDALE
MARGARET, WIFE, AGE 35 BORN IRELAND
MARGARET J, DAUGHTER, AGE 12, COTTON WEAVER, BORN CHESHIRE DUNKINFIELD
ELIZA A, DAUGHTER, AGE 10, SCHOLAR BORN WAKEFIELD YORKSHIRE
ERNEST, SON, AGE 5, SCHOLAR BORN CHESHIRE DUNKINFIELD
JOHN W, SON, AGE 1 BORN CHESHIRE DUNKINFIELD
RG12/3291
ED 18 FOLIO 7 PAGE 7
CIVIL PARISH OF DUNKINFIELD
BUT IN from the original image and not the transcript.
...THE 1901 AND THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT REALLY LOOKS LIKELY ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THAT ENOCH AND ERNEST HAVE SWAPPED NAMES! I WILL POST IT IN CASE THEY ARE YOURS.
ALL LISTED AS BORN STALYBRIDGE CHESHIRE
ERNEST BEELEY, HEAD, AGE 43, WIDOWER, GENERAL LABOURER
ENOCH,SON, AGE 16, GENERAL LABOURER
JOHN, SON, AGE 11
LOUISA, DAUGHTER, AGE 9
LEWIS, SON, AGE 7
So that is where the idea for the 1987 film 'Like Father Like Son' came from - Do you think I could claim royalties? ;D ;D ;D
Also in
1853 Fanny long married James Quew, but by 1857 when she married Johnathon Jubber her name had change from Quew to Quen.
Is it any wonder we all have to ask for other people to help when trying to trace family ;D
Chris NZ
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I also shouldn't forget my own tree if we're finishing today.
In 1901 my grandfather George (later to change to Joseph Morris) and greatgrandfather Martin (who changed to be Peter Martin) are part of the only family of Domaszenwieg's in the country.....not sure whether the name is mis-transcribed or not.....I don't think my greatgrandfather (who came over from Poland/Lithuania knew how to write so it is spelt differently every time I've seen it)
He should be around at the time of the 1891 census (got married in Dec 1891)..but I haven't been able to find him at all..
Emily
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In the 1881 census there is Elmouth Randall born 1861 Bisley daughter of Levi and Sarah Randall.
Ros
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George (later to change to Joseph Morris) Domaszenwieg should be around at the time of the 1891 census (got married in Dec 1891)..but I haven't been able to find him at all..
An extra 50 points to any Censuswhacker who can find George / Joseph in 1891 - but we might need a FEW more details Em - any ages / areas / details from 1901 you can share?
Paul
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Elmouth Randall
Now that's a nice name for a cowboy, don't you think! :) :)
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Hi emily
Any chance of any relationship to the Morris Dombofski aged 27 who's lodging in Sheffield with ?brother Jacob, 24 - both tailors?
Paul
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Or the Martin Domeschevitz aged 25, lodging in Whitechapel, working as a Blacksmith?
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It's Martin Domaszewicz (more likely spelling) who should be around in 1891
He should be around 28 an Engineer bn Poland Russian subject (or Lithuania according to family hearsay) and got married in Whitechapel Dec 1891 at which time he was supposedly living on Old Monatgue st..(about 104 I think....but his wife seems to have a different address on the 1891 census and her wedding certificate.
He also didn't speak english very well apparently......so maybe if he was living as a border somewhere he may not have understood very well if asked about the census...I always wonder how he got together with my great grandmother (who was a londoner) as she presumably didn't speak polish....but she seems to have been already expecting their first child when they got married (and only just 18 as well!)
Emily
Oops....having typed all this...I just decided to have one last look for him myself.....and think I found him....I think I made the mistake of always including the z when searching for him.....its not worth any points as I only needed to put in Martin...bn Poland....living in Whitechapel.... ???
I think he must be the Domeschevitz, Martin aged 25 bn Russia living Whitechapel st Mary that I found using the search link from the national archives.
However I don't actually have access to the census/image...so if anyone would be kind enough to provide more details on him I am willing to donate the points for the following from 1881:
Mary Golakar Ireland Head Boston
Fad A. Gernon Gipsey Hill, Surrey, England Wife Croydon
Frow I. Torr M E O T, Middlesex, England Son Mile End Old Town
Gid. Emerson Stepney, Middlesex, England Head St Mary Islington
also there is only one Violina in 1881 who I found the other day but forgot to post.....I think it's a pretty name
Was trying to preview this when your post came up.....that must be him I think...is he living in Old Montague st?
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Feeling quite stupid now.....am sure i tried for ages before to find him....... :) ??? :)
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emily - we've all been there! :) I love those 'Doh!' moments!
I have him as Martin Domaszenivrey in the 1901 I think
I have to go to work now so can't post any details from 91 / 01 but I'm sure someone will claim those generously-donated points!
best wishes
Paul
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1901 I have.....there the PRO has him transcribed as Domaszenwieg....and the image doesn't look too far off that..but 1891 would be great if anyone does have it. Particularly the place of birth....I could just see ____,Russia.
I can also offer Zilly Ramskill abt 1866 Castleford, Yorkshire, England Servant Carleton In Pontefract from 1881..... ;)
I get to leave work here soon...it's 5pm in Japan
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I think he must be the Domeschevitz, Martin aged 25 bn Russia living Whitechapel st Mary that I found using the search link from the national archives.
However I don't actually have access to the census/image...so if anyone would be kind enough to provide more details on him
1891 Census
RG12/282 Folio: 129 Pages: 13 & 14
25 Scarborough Street, Whitechapel
Paul Generalski Head 31 M Prussian poland Kaschlin Tailor
Clara Generalski Wife 27 M Prussian Poland Strelna
Victor Generaski Son 5 Whitechapel London
Robert Generalski Son 5 Whitechapel London
Paul Generalski Son 13months Whitechapel London
Martin Domeschevitz Lodger 25 S Russian Poland Blacksmith
Cheers
Genni
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Cleaner than clean:
Ajax Ajax - Bedwellty, 1881
Shopping for a bargain:
Woolworth S Brooke - Malmesbury, 1881 & 1901
Three I definitely wouldn't trust an inch:
Pontius Stanhope - Scarborough, 1871
Julius Caesar K Borgia- St Albans, 1871
Belladonna Last - London, 1901
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gennig gets emily's donated points!
Sarah - shame we're closing up shop today because you've made some excellent contributions: Rootschat is definately the place for you!
Paul
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There's also Emma Turney whos has a 4 month old daughter, she's aged 33334. I think someone must of held a key down toooooooooo long.
Well spotted gennig! Emma's the one to talk to about Piltdown Man I guess!
What were you in a former life - a safecracker???? ;)
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Have just found a Lion Woolf ??? aged 67 born Preußen on the 1871 census. I'll bet he was a bit confused!!
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Just thought I'd add this one:
Name: Eight Other Wales ???
Age:36
Census area: Wootton Bassett Wiltshire
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On an inspiring note....
Abstinence Horton - West Ham, 1881 (Possibly not interested in football?)
Silence Bliss - Woodend, 1871
Pardon W Coleman - Sussex, 1871 ("What's your name?" "Pardon....")
Goodness Feakin - Kettering 1881
Honesty Honesty - Dover 1891 (Yes, honestly!)
Heaven Cameron - Bristol, 1871
Kindness E Hedginson -Monmouth, 1871
And from a more pessimistic family....
George Careless Barlow - Bacup, 1871
Finally, not a one-and-only, but such a good name it deserves a mention:
Temperance Angell - Panteg, 1871
I've got some great mythological ones as well, but perhaps I'll save them for a new thread!
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Sarah - look forward to you starting the thread!
You're a natural Censuswhacker! :)
Paul
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On an inspiring note....
Pardon W Coleman - Sussex, 1871 ("What's your name?" "Pardon....")
My fave! ;D ;D ;D
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All good things must come to an end (or so they say). Fawlty Towers stopped before it became boring and, in its same (modest :)) way, Censuswhack sadly closes its doors to new entrants.
But WHAT a time we've had! Who could have imagined some of the wonderful combinations of christian and surnames that are hiding out there in the censuses?
And, en route, we've sidestepped round a few brick walls for Rootschatters in the process.
What lessons have we learned?
- Never trust an index
- Never trust your parents when it comes to the names they give you
- Never give up looking
- Never underestimate a Rootschatter
- The Census can be FUN!
- I don't know how to produce a table that lines up properly on a Rootschat thread
So, we come therefore to the final tally:
RootsChatter Points to Date
janed 1
tabitha 31
emilysiobhan 25
Hackstaple 11
broakham 14
kat 1
gennig 27
Berlin-Bob 1
lizdb 1
pom 8
peterb 2
manchester rambler 18
ros fornaro 1
chui 3
So, the Reginald Dalby Welch [/b] (1881) - look 'im up - Trophy goes to
TABITHA! Well done!
Honourable mentions, of course, for gennig and emilysiobahn!
May your censuses forever be whacked!
Paul
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Oh dear ... it seems from PMs I've had that Censuswhack has been sorely missed (but not quite as much as Rootschat yesterday :)).
To start you off on another trawl, lets start low and work higher, and welcome the Ba*tard Peck's from Stoke Damarel, in Devon.
Just a refresher of the rules: I am sure many Rootschat users will have heard of 'Googlewhacking', where the object is to put two words into the Google search engine and come up with only one result?
Well, how about Census Whacking using whatever indexing programmes for the censuses you've got to hand?
The rules are simple: see if you can find
- a surname that occurs in only ONE family in any census
- a first name that only one person in the country has
- an occupation that only one person in the country has
Good Whacking!
Paul
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Don't know if this counts as its a birth:
Halloween Lucy Troddan born March qtr 1899 Co. Durham
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Hi Chui
Wonder if she was born on Halloween and registered in the March Quarter??
Lovely name - well worth a point! (She'll probably appear in 1901 indexed under Halesowen Trodden!)
Paul
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Hadn't thought of that Paul, she probably was born on halloween! Thanks for the point!!! :D
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Brilliant - I needed something to cheer me up!
Soooo....
Let's hear it for the family STINK of Haley Hill in 1901
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Have got a Bessie Mermaid on the 1891 census ;D
and a one and only Sunbeam Hawkes on the 1891 census ;D
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Can we do some matchmaking? Let's team Bessie up with Charles Fishy of Lincolnshire in 1891.
;D
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Batter Kidger, 1881, might come in handy!
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And Henrietta Fillet (1891) might help us get rid of the bones ::)
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Let's hear it for the family STINK of Haley Hill in 1901
And please, keep holding your nose for Elizabeth SMELLY (1891)...
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And please, keep holding your nose for Elizabeth SMELLY (1891)...
Not to mention Thomas Whew from Ripon (1871)
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I have the only Daniel Prida of Hurley, Gloucestershire in the 1871 Census. Should be Daniel Pride of Horsley, Gloucestershire.
Ros
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Someone's myth-ing rellies???
Aphrodite Haywood - Shrewsbury, 1881
Jupiter Hudson - Merton, 1881
Mercury Devall - Chipstead, 1901
Uranus Bowles - Penbury, 1891
Cassiopeia E J Cutting - Stroud, 1901
Androcles Emmanuel Moss - Tytherington, 1881
8)
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MR - you're clearly a Censuswhack STAR! ::)
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Thanks for redirecting me Paul ........ I did'nt know this fun list existed.
Read all the entries from day one and had a good laugh.
My original entry to 'Mistranscriptions' was;
Could'nt find him in the 1881 so I thought he had 'carked 'it ( OZ
terminology) ........ but he was there in 1891 ........... took a lot of hours to find out why I could'nt find him in 1881 ........ you know why??
In 1881 he was called 'FWITCHIS' .............. honest .. if you dont believe me take a look ............. He's the only one there with that 'dopey' name !!
joboy
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This guy thought he had it sussed, edged his bets - married into both the church and the Devil families.
James Thomas JOHNSON Head M Male 68 Mindries, Middlesex, England Clergiman Of Church Of England (Rector Of Britwell)
Margaret Jesse JOHNSON Wife M Female 51 Stratton, Cornwall, England Clergymans Wife
Catherine Preston DEVIL Sister In Law W Female 45 Stratton, Cornwall, England No Occupation
Dwelling Village Road
Census Place Britwell Prior, Oxford, England
Now we have the only other little Devil in 1881 Cen'
Walter DEVIL Serv Male 13 Stoke, Stafford, England Farm Serv (Indoor)
Dwelling Whiston Shaw
Census Place Cheddleton, Stafford, England
and in 1901 there were only
Alfd Devil 21 Lambeth London Southampton Domestic R N
James Devil 87 Ireland Manchester Shoemaker
Now we have the only
Ernest G. GHOST - 1881 British Census
out of all the ghost's in england
GENDER BENDERS INCLUDE
John GIRL Joseph W. C. GIRL Joseph GIRL James GIRL William GIRL
Isaac GIRL Robert GIRL Albert F. GIRL William A. GIRL William GIRL and one for 'The Seekers'
Georg(i)e GIRL
Mary SON
and a few odd boys
Minnie BOY - 1881 British Census / Kent -
Christian BOY Son Male 14 Denmark Errand Boy 1881 British Census / York (like his job)
John BOY - 1881 British Census / York 'nough said
Where were these people born ?
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
James B. CLAIR Head M Male 36 H...fords... (Schts)
Ann Jame CLAIR Wife M Female 40 Anunden Josli...
Carl BRADEN Pupil U Male 15 Porginay, Devon, England
Edgar G. CARPENTER Pupil U Male 14 Genneshillen
Edward D. CARDALE Pupil U Male 13 New, Ireland (this one is a volcanic island nr Papa New Guinea)
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If you don't get it right the first time try again
Henry EUSTAS Head M Male 37 Eusom Owner Of Roundabouts & Sway Boats (On Game)
Ann EAUSTAS (EUSTAS) Wife M Female 35 Cheltenham, Gloucester, England Attendant Showman
Last but not least, could you trust this mother
Hartley Mother 31 Berks Bucklebury Middlesex Ealing Barrister At Law
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In the 1881 we have two old 'FART's in Brading Hants.
One young 'FART' in Liverpool and.
One young squirt named 'FART' in Worcester
joboy (the old Phart)
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Welcome to the Censuswhack 'Club' Joboy - you've clearly got the bug!
And Pom - you've been storing them up in our absence!!! I'd love to have met Georgie Girl - perhaps we could have eloped to New Ireland? :)
Paul
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Let's restore this thread to a more cultured level....
Music Hoel- Middlesborough, 1901
Musick G Stanton - St Mary, Essex, 1901
Musica Kensington - Penwartham, 1881
Concert Kilvington - York, 1871
Violin Littie Prigg - Bury St Edmunds, 1871
Oboe Oglesby - Seaham, 1901
John Cello Dennott - Mayfield, 1891
Drum Hyatt - Winsford, 1881
Tuba Avis- Lutton, 1881
Harmony Gray - Dover 1871
Tune Griffiths - Tregynin, 1871
Any suggestions where this lot might get together?
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How about Ina Hall? (Too many for a Censuswhack though!)
I particularly like Oboe Oglesby!
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But at least they could stay at Sophie Hotel (1871)!
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Anyone for a William Pudding - 1901?
Perhaps we should ask the Kensington Dessert family in 1881? :)
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Part of my interest in family history is a 'one name study' of my maternal FLOWER tribe.
1901 census
110 Great Titchfield Street, Marylebone (All Souls)
George FLOWER 39 Boot Closer Northampton
Clara 39 Boot Machiner St James
George 14 Clerk Islington
May 11 St Pancras
Lily 6 Marylebone
Daisy 2 St Pancras
Violet 1mo Marylebone
They gave their daughters appropriate names dont you think?
joboy
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How about:
Strawberry Taggett aged 12 in 1871 :D
Banana Pointer aged 36 in 1891 ;D ;D
Apple Bottomley (boy) aged 27 in 1871 - Chris Martin & Gwynneth Paltrow arn't the first ones then!
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How about:
Strawberry Taggett aged 12 in 1871 :D
Banana Pointer aged 36 in 1891 ;D ;D
Apple Bottomley (boy) aged 27 in 1871 - Chris Martin & Gwynneth Paltrow arn't the first ones then!
Sweet!
(Did I miss something in the news about CM & GP?? ???)
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Did you not hear about their baby 'Apple'?
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Ok I'm late to the thread and sorry if these have been posted before.
But would you employ Constance MURDER as your servant? Isabella Graham did in 1881!
Was Seedes SATAN allowed on shore in 1881 while docked at Birkenhead?
"Oh are you one of the Glamorgan TERROR's?" Of course, there are no others (not in 1881)?
I see Samuel and Mary had a STRUGGLE getting their mum's name in covent garden (1881) in fact they failed...
Ok enough already I hear you. That's mine for now!
Pam
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Hands up all those who would have accepted an invitation from
John & Annie Orgies - Lambeth 1871
:o :o :o
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I reckon James and Margaret NIPPLE of London 1881 went but they left their MOCK grandchild at home...
I know who wouldn't be invited! Thomas Thrush's elder daughter in York St Giles.
Pam
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Boob Garrett (Bradford 1871) almost certainly had a good time...
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Ok I am about to be fired. But I can't leave you without saying...
Ivor WOOLCOCK 1881 Aberdare Glamorgan.
Could be awkward in the swimming baths.
P ;D
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Party Smith (Kensington, 1891) and Funn Maisey (Tottenham, 1891) probably got invited everywhere.
:D
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;D
Charles J Slag was already in attendance though in 1881 was visiting the CONSTANTS in Gloucester.
;D
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Did you not hear about their baby 'Apple'?
Phew, Chui! (Wiping brow!) Thank goodness for that.! All I could think about after your posting was Conservative MPs and tangerines. The idea of apples had me foxed! Now I can at least relax...
best wishes
Paul
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GIRLS!!!!!
CALM DOWN!
(Although I enjoyed every one of your posts :) - and welcome Boongie Pam: better late than never! :))
We don't want to descend TOO low now, do we? We might offend the sensitivities of male Rootschatters!
Just to show that you don't have to stoop to such levels ;), here's a slew of unique census surnames...
Spllen
Colon
Wrangler
Barfly
Mandible
McCrusty
Crabby
Goodboy
Nag
Niggard
Fang
They're all, I hope, invited to the party!
Paul
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They're all, I hope, invited to the party!
Paul
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Sure - as long as they bring a bottle; :)
Along with
Soprance Diggins - Paddington, 1901
Dalamuck Gibbs - Fritwell, 1891
Prayer Mart- Whitechapel, 1901
Piedad P E Adam - Llanarmon, 1871
Europe Thomas - Welshpool, 1871
Carella Aggis - Essex, 1871 (Male!)
Aphron Cohen - London, 1901
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Prayer Mart- Whitechapel, 1901
;D
The place to go for all your biblical needs at low, low prices!
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I won't lower the tone by mentioning it here :o....but Sarah J. Edwards aged 18 living at Bridgnorth shropshire RG11/2630 f76 p13 seems to have a fairly unique occupation.....I wonder how large the factory was?
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These two were a cut above the others: Do you think Grandma and Granddaughter were actually named Harriet :-\
Arriet S. ACUTT Daur U Female 4 Westmam, Essex, England Scholar
Harried SACLSBURY Mother W Female 50 Wymondham, Norfolk, England Midwife
Couldn’t find ‘The Green Door ‘ Will a
Rose DOOR - 1881 British do. ?
A would Rose’s sister be Margaret do you think :-\
Margaesh DOOR - 1881 British Census
Now you can put any names you like to these ‘POST’S’, as long as they start with J, L, or S ???
J. POST Head Male 32 Bromley, Glasscutter & Glazier
L. POST Sister Female 30 Newcastle, Norfolk, England
L. POST Sister Female 29 Bromley
S. POST Mother W Female 85 Amsterdam
Is this lady Lois Lane in disguise?
MARTHA SUPERMAN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 24 DEC 1831 Alfreton, Derby, England
Couldn’t find any in the 1881 Cen’ :(but in 1901 we had these super people :)
Annie Superman 24 Russia N B Sub London Mile End New Town
Nathan Superman 24 Russia N B Sub London Mile End New Town Textile Machiner
Joseph Superman 10M London Spitalfields London Mile End New Town
Chris NZ :)
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Sarah J. Edwards aged 18 living at Bridgnorth shropshire RG11/2630 f76 p13 seems to have a fairly unique occupation.....I wonder how large the factory was?
I wondered whether it might be less her occupation and more her obsession? ;) Anyway - an extra point for such discretion, emily!
And Chris - I love the Supermans! :)
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I've found a hobbit!
Thomas Hobbit - Altham, 1871
And also on a literary note, how about
Crusoe Robinson - Holbeach, 1871
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Mary A Pig - Newington 1871
Mary A Dog - St Luke 1871
Jonathan
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Musical additions:
Violin Prigg - 1891
Piano Saverio - 1901
Oboe Oglesby - 1901
Banjo Thomas - 1871
Drum Hyatt - 1881
Harmony Hodkinson - 1891
Recorder Venn - 1891
Whistler Martins - 1871
more of a Sunday evening in the pub group than the Royal Albert Hall I think!! ;D
Tabitha
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Welcome back Tabitha! I hope you enjoyed your all-expenses-paid trip to the Northampton Records Office, courtesy of Censuswhack!
While you were gone, we've... ahem .. already had some of the names you've entered.
Your plagiarism is forgiven, as you're probably still 'coming down' from your trip to Northants. :)
You've got some stiff competition in Censuswhack II - the Final Reckoning.
best wishes
Paul
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A nod to famous royals with infamous transcriptions :)
H S W Prince Louis of Battenberg, 20, Royal Navy Vessels, b. Gratz, Australia - 1871
H R H Prince Arthur 20, b. Beckington Palen, Middlesex - 1871
H R L Princess Helena A Vv Princess Christian 24 Buckenham Parva, Middlesex - 1871
And a royal pretender:
Queen Victoria Smithson 32 b. Spalding, Lincolnshire wife of a Railway Carman - 1871
You really couldn't make this stuff up :)
Jonathan
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It's feeling chilly...
Kingdom C Frost - Hereford, 1881
Snowball Botterill - Beverley, 1871
Snowflake Roberts - Belvedere, 1891
Pola Snowflake Robert - Hurn 1901 (Shame the "r" is missing!)
Ice Worker - Bolsover, 1901
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Please accept my humble apologies for my "theft" of previous entries.....I'm still all in a tizz like you said Paul after my joyous all expenses paid trip to Northampton. So generous too...the "pony" and trap you laid on for my deluxe travel from Somerset to Northampton was delightful. The journey took slightly longer than anticipated (only 10 days to get there) as Dilys the Donkey (as I affectionately nicknamed my travelling companion) took exception to travelling on the M5 and insisted we travel her route or nothing (who am I to argue with a stoppy donkey???). Sadly by the time we arrived on Sunday, the Records Office was closed. The mouthwatering selection of ready meals supplied for the trip looked delicious....sadly they were all "microwave only" and Dilys' trap didn't appear to have any built in appliances, but thank you for being so thoughtful. I did find the old billy can and was able to melt some snow to heat for a warm drink and Dilys kindly shared her supply of carrots. So thank you again from the heart of my bottom for such a generous prize.
P.S. Does the all expenses paid include covering the £40 parking ticket? ???
tabitha ;D
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Thanks for the update Tabitha! In the circumstances, the fact that you missed one or two postings is quite excusable. I'm mortified about the ready meals and the lack of a microwave, particularly as I had some perfectly usable dried meals I could have given you, bequeathed to me by an uncle who served in Korea.
Sorry about the parking ticket! You would have thought the attendant would have noticed that Dilys was disabled.
Anyway, censuswhackers, I discovered that there was a pound or two left over in the prize fund, so I am treating Mrs E to a well-earned weekend break looking at the museums ::), art galleries ::) and flower markets ::) in Amsterdam (or so she thinks ;)).
This means I'll not have access to Rootschat for a day or two - so BE GOOD!
best wishes
Paul
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Anyway, censuswhackers, I discovered that there was a pound or two left over in the prize fund, so I am treating Mrs E to a well-earned weekend break looking at the museums ::), art galleries ::) and flower markets ::) in Amsterdam (or so she thinks ;)).
You might come across
Tulip Donovan - Holborn, 1871
Buttercup Hollings - Croydon, 1881
Gardena Burrows - Mildenhall, 1871
Petal Stickley - Willesden, 1881
Leafie Branson - Peterborough, 1871
Azalea A Gunter- Kingsclere, 1871
Lilac Wood - Rotherhithe, 1891
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Actually, MR, I think we came across more of these:
It's feeling chilly...
Kingdom C Frost - Hereford, 1881
Snowball Botterill - Beverley, 1871
Snowflake Roberts - Belvedere, 1891
Pola Snowflake Robert - Hurn 1901 (Shame the "r" is missing!)
Ice Worker - Bolsover, 1901
It was wonderful - it had snowed a day or two before we got there, and it was snowing when we arrived on Friday. Apparently, the first snow since 1997 - and it made the place look magical (it was either that or the fumes escaping from the coffee houses!).
Been suffering RC withdrawal-symptoms though!
Paul
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Eyes down, please, for
James & Lydia BINGO in Cambridgeshire, 1881
Paul
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Stand by to inspect your whites!
William OMO (Kingston upon Thames, 1881)
The PERSIL family (Lambeth, 1881)
Francisco ARIAL (Lancashire, 1891)
Emma SURF (Morston, 1881)
Selina DAZ (Bedminster, 1891)
Lewis SOAP (St George in the East, 1901)
The SUDDs (Much Hadham, 1901)
and, last but not least,
The WASHINGs, from Thorne in 1881
Paul
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Noticed we didn't have any entries for a couple of days so I thought I'd go all international.
In 1881 there are:
Europa Sellwood
Artic Hoskins (guess his parents could spell as well as I type ;))
Sweden Rich
Poland Howarth
Austria Hones
Russia? Lovegrove
and Siam Hurd
There were also two Africa Bastards (Father and son.....father supposedly married but no wife at home :o)
Did we have Sorry Davey the servant yet? I wonder what she did?
For the occupations I have:
Joseph Dean -Beard Baker (bit of a mistranscription I hope :)
David Hill -Shoddy wrestler
Henry Tuner- Mink Vendor
Happy Weekend everyone ,
Emily
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Who might be looking for this one?
Harriet Tardis - Peterborough, 1901
Alas, no Daleks anywhere....
Rambler
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CENSUSWHACK UPDATE
Time to take stock...
First, all those rare and unusual Christian Names you've dug up to date:
ABSTINENCE Horton 1881
AJAX Ajax 1881
ALERVIN Hartshorn 1881
ANDROCLES Emmanuel Moss 1881
APHRODITE Heywood 1881
APHRON Cohen 1901
APPLE Bottomley 1871
ARTIC Hoskins 1881
AUSTRIA Hones 1881
AZALEA A Gunter 1871
AZENATH Burley 1901
BANANA Pointer 1891
BANJO Thomas 1871
BATTER Kidger 1881
BELLADONNA Last 1901
BLUEBELL Rolls 1881
BOOB Garrett 1871
BOTTLED Beer 1881
BUTTERCUP Hollings 1881
CARELLA Aggis 1871
CASSIOPEIA EJ Cutting 1901
CENSUS G Cornwell 1901
CLOUD Hill 1881
CONCERT Kilvington 1871
CRUSOE Robinson 1871
CUP Simmonds 1881
DALAMUCK Gibbs 1891
DECEMBER Boswell 1901
DRUM Hyatt 1881
Edwerd FORK Hull 1881
EIGHT H Briggs 1901
ELF Bradley 1881
ELMOUTH Randell 1881
ERMINTRUDE Bellairs 1881
EUROPA Selwood 1881
EUROPE Thomas 1871
FATTY Atkinson 1881
FEBRUARY Arney 1901
FEBRUARY Charles 1881
FUNN Maisey 1891
GARDENA Burrows 1871
George CARELESS Barlow 1871
GOODNESS Feakin 1881
HARMONY Gray 1871
HARRISON Ford 1891
HEAVEN Cameron 1871
HONESTY HONESTY 1891
ICE Worker 1901
JACK DANIELS 1891
JACKALINE Wilson 1901
JULIUS CAESAR K BORGIA 1871
JUPITER Hudson 1881
KINDNESS E Hedginson 1871
KINGDOM C Frost 1881
LARGE Bee 1891
LEAFIE Branson 1871
LILAC Wood 1891
LONELY Willerton 1881
M TABLE Thompsn 1881
MAGENTA Stratta 1901
MARGAESH Door 1881
MENTAL Harris 1891
MERCURY Devall 1901
MILDEW Michaels 1901
MODRED Tully 1901
MOUSE Regan 1881
MUSIC Hoel 1901
MUSICA Kensington 1881
MUSICK G Stanton 1901
OBOE Oglesby 1901
OCTOBER Clements 1871
PARDON W Coleman 1871
PARTY Smith 1891
PESTROP COLA 1881
PETAL Stickley 1881
PIANO Saverio 1901
PICKLE Greenwood 1881
PIEDAD Adam 1871
PLATE White 1881
POLAND Howarth 1881
PONTIUS Stanhope 1871
PRAYER Mart 1901
RECORDER Venn 1891
ROBOT Ingle 1881
RUSSIA Lovegrove 1881
SEAFLOWER Rolls 1881
SEEDES SATAN 1881
SIAM Hurd 1881
SILENCE Bliss 1871
SNOWBALL Botterill 1871
SNOWDROP A Hinton 1871
SNOWFLAKE Roberts 1891
SOPRANCE Diggins 1901
SORRY Davy 1881
SPOON Hodgeson 1881
SPUD Murphy 1891
SPUD S Fox 1881
STRAWBERRY Taggett 1871
SUNBEAM Hawkes 1891
Susan GODLY Friend 1891
SWEDEN Rich 1881
TEMPERANCE Angell 1871
TIGER Clark 1901
TUBA Alvis 1881
TULIP Donovan 1871
TUNE Griffiths 1871
URANUS Bowles 1891
VIOLIN Littie Prigg 1871
WALTZ Horley 1901
WASP Spencer 1891
WEDNESDAY Garratt 1881
WHISTLER Martins 1871
WOOLWORTH S Brooke 1881
YELLOW Wheel 1871
ZILLY Ramskill 1881
Now, how about these for surnames:
Fransisco ARIAL 1891
The family BARFLY
Shadrach BASKERVILLE 1871
Thomas BIKE 1891
The family BINGO 1881
The family female dog 1891
Bullfinch CALSO COCK 1881
Ernest CESS 1901
John CIANTI 1901
The family COLON
The family CRABBY
Alice DAROCH 1901
Selina DAZ 1891
Lartitia DE BEAUVOIR 1881
John CELLO Dennott 1891
The family DESSERT 1881
Walter DEVIL 1881
The family DOG 1871
William DOLLOP 1901
Thomas DUNG 1881
Patrick DYLAN 1881
Henry EUSTAS 1881
Lois Lane F**K 1881
The family FANG
Henrietta FILLET 1891
Charles FISHY 1891
The family FLEA 1891
The family FWITCHIS 1881
Ernest G GHOST 1881
The family GOODBOY
The family HAMSTER 1881
Phillip HEINEKEN 1901
Thomas HOBBIT 1871
Sophie HOTEL 1871
Jane IMP 1881
John JOKER 1901
The family KNACKER 1891
The family LIDL 1881
Elizabeth MAMMARY 1871
The family MANDIBLE
The family MARVHOOD 1891
The family MAWHORD 1881
The family McCRUSTY
Bessie MERMAID 1891
Obadiah MIGBROW 1881
Mary A MONSTER 1881
Constance MURDER 1881
The family NAG
The family NEWT 1901
The family NIGGARD
The family NIPPLE 1881
William OMO 1881
The family PERSIL 1881
Juan PICASSO 1881
Julia PIG 1891
William PUDDING 1901
The family ROOSTER 1901
George RUDDLES 1901
Harried SACLSBURY 1881
Thomas SANDWICH 1901
Lillian PADDINGTON Satchwell 1891
Ernest A SEX 1881
Charles J SLAG 1881
Elizabeth SMELLY 1891
Lewis SOAP 1901
Lewis SOAP 1901
The family SPLLEN
The family STINK 1901
The family STRUGGLE 1881
The family SUDD 1901
Emma SURF 1881
Harriet TARDIS 1901
The family TERROR 1881
The family TESCO 1881
Atilla THUNDERBERRY 1891
Francis TODGER 1901
Fanny VELVET 1871
Alfred VINEGAR 1891
The family WAN*ER 1901
The family WASHING 1881
Thomas WHEW 1871
John JANUARY Winter 1871
The family WRANGLER
And finally, those one-off occupations:
William Arnfield TICKLER 1881
Henry Tuner MINK VENDOR 1881
James C Turner CAD 1881
Hugh Shaw WOOLEN WEFT SWINGER 1881
James Ray SHEEPDIPPER 1881
Charles BIGTOP TIGER SLAYER 1881
Anthony Orag MONKEY TAMER 1881
Sarah A Blick TUCKER & TYER 1881
William Marwood EXECUTIONER & SHOE DEALER 1881
Joseph Dean BEARD MAKER 1881
Fred Hadsworth SMITH STINKER 1881
William Harbour WINKLE GATHERER 1881
Freeland Lovett BUNGLER 1881
David Hill SHODDY WRESTLER 1881
New contributions welcome - for the basic 'rules' see page 1 of this thread.
Paul
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For those with a sweet tooth...
Edward & Elizabeth Toffee - Bradford, 1881
Caramel Chita - Manchester, 1881
Sugar Miles - Stone, 1901
Sugarman Ellis - Brighton, 1901
Henry Sweetapple Olden - Silverdale, 1871
Cocoa County - Whitehaven, 1901
I'm off to find some chocolate - and not on a census!
MR
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Perhaps the enumerator (or more likely the indexer) was having a bad day?
Aaa Arace (1871)
:)
Paul
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I know these are common enough names but I thought the combination was fairly unusual :)
My g grandfather John Abbott married Eve Saint and then (later and illegally) Ellen Saint. Their daughter Elizabeth married Henry Virgin.
Since the family was quite prolific, I think this is a testament to Victorian moral values, since there appeared to be only 3 Whores in England in 1881 (Benjamin in Filby, Mary in Gloucester and Thomas in the improbably named Withcall). There don't seem to have been any before or after 1881 ;)
Angela
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Angela, what a great group of names to have in the family! :)
Not quite on the same level, I have a Woods married to a Shrub... ::)
Paul
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Hi Paul
I also have a Crook in the family, but on the other side from the Saints. ::)
I also have an Elizabeth Bush - I wonder if she ever met your horticultural ancestors...
Angela
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How about Alfred Dancey on the 1881
gives his occupation as L V The Elephant.
His wife gives no occupation, but then what else would you do but be a housekeeper, married to an elephant.
Sue
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John White of Kings Norton is the 1881's only Ache Tree Finisher. Sounds painful to me.
Unfortunately two of them so they don't count, but Jane Needham and daughter Jane are both Shark Head Dressers.
Mary Lay is the only Chemist Without Poison on the 1881, did they not trust her with it, I note she was a widow!
Rachel Matthews is about to come into her own as the only 1881 Flower Girl (Easter)
And on to age
Mary A Manning is 666666 years old in 1871, her hsuband being a mere 68.
Martha Standering is 888888 years old in 1891,
That's it for now
Sue
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Unfortunately two of them so they don't count, but Jane Needham and daughter Jane are both Shark Head Dressers.
....
And on to age
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Martha Standering is 888888 years old in 1891,
That's it for now
Sue
I'm surprised Martha's Standering up at all at that age! :)
The indexer must have fallen asleep at the keyboard - what's surprising is that they should have a field in their database for age which exceeds 3 numerical characters.
And as for Shark Head Dressers - lovely thought! - what a shame Jane and mother never passed the skills on to other generations!!! :)
Paul
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Hi all
Just found William and Mary Burgess both aged 37 in the 1871 Census with daughter Louisa aged 38.
Linda
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Hi,
Can we assume the child was born before wedlock?
Sue
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Maybe time travel ;D
Linda
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A seasonal offering - not one and onlies, but too good to miss:
Easter Bunn - Gorleston, 1881
Ester Bunney - Keighley, 1871
Esther Egg - London, 1871
Easter Binge - Murston, 1871
Perhaps that last one should be my entry in the caption competition, Paul?
;D ;D
MR
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Awwww, MR - these are lovely! :)
Are any of the married names - that would be just TOO bizarre!
Paul
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YES! I notice that Esther Egg appears in the 1881 (condition as to marriage is described as 'Windower' in the index!) Now there's one brave or foolhardy lady!
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I've obviously got way too much time on my hands...I know they don't follow the rules but they amused me. ;D
All from 1871
Christmas Gram age 10mths which means he would have been born abt June 1870 ??? ???
His mother Given Gram Which leads me onto two more married women called
Given Owens and Given Proper
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Christmas Gram
Its a wonder the Post Office don't do these!
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As I was doing the ironing, I suddenly remembered Mum talking about childhood neighbours of hers named Forest, who named their sons after.... er.... large wooded expanses. Don't know if these are the ones, but on the 1901 census for Wavertree we find brothers
Sherwood Forest, 10
Delamere Forest, 5
Waltham Forest, 1
Now taking bets on whether New and Black show up in 1911!
MR
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Nice one MR!
On the same theme...
Only one Copse family showing in 1891.
(And I have a Woods - Shrub marriage in my own tree!)
Paul
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Not strictly a Censuswhack, but 1891 also has the Dead family in Fleetwood, Lancs (there's ONE other Dead in the country, so I can't claim a point!)... but WHAT an interesting family.
Father, Frederick is a Labourer Pensioner, born Wiltshire, mother Margaret born Ireland, children born Carlisle and East Indies! I'd love to know that story!
Paul
Oooooh! Getting really goulish now: only one Skeleton in 1871 :o
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Paul,
Maybe the Dead family having such an intreresting travel history decided to name themselves after the town they settled in, Fleetwood, I know it's dead I was born there :o
Jakky
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A second seasonal offering:
Rabit Bailey - Shoreditch, 1901
Eggie Hassall - Bickerton, 1901
Chocalate Bedall - Darlaston, 1891
3 generations named Candle Clarke in London and Suffolk, 1871/1901
Lent Lily Hammond - Exminster, 1901
Tulip Donovan - Holborn, 1871
3 1901 Daffodils, and any number of girls named Pansy, Iris, Lily or Violet!
MR
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Maybe the Dead family having such an intreresting travel history decided to name themselves after the town they settled in, Fleetwood, I know it's dead I was born there :o
;D
I know the feeling Jakky - I used to come from a one horse town where the horse died!
MR - you were 'born to Censuswhack'! :) :) :)
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Not strictly a Censuswhack, but 1891 also has the Dead family in Fleetwood, Lancs (there's ONE other Dead in the country, so I can't claim a point!)... but WHAT an interesting family.
Oooooh! Getting really goulish now: only one Skeleton in 1871 :o
strange you have 2 dead I have 20 Corpse's in 1881
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I'm not sure whether this one qualifies - a biblical tongue twister from 1851 census
ZERRUBBABEL BARRACLOUGH 51 SON IRON MONGER HAWORTH YKS
I wonder if he knew the Bronte sisters?
margaret :)
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Hi Margaret and welcome to Rootschat AND to Censuswhack!
I haven;t got access to the 1851 census to verify your entry, but it looks bloomin' interesting enough for me! I can imagine a scene when his mother is saying "Now get here, our Zerrubbabel, and get those dishes washed!"
Paul
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Hello Paul,
lol great imagery! :) To find Zerrubbabel:-
http://www.dowd.co.uk/GenData/1851_census_surnames.php
Type in CLOUGH surname and go to page 13.
Thankyou Sarah from Census and Resource Discussion Board
margaret
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Just found this one
HMS Thrush 1901 census
Two Pound Ten, born Sierra Leone
and its not a transcription error
Chris
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or
"a man with a big nose", tramp, born Stockport
in 1871 census for Dent
Chris
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"a man with a big nose", tramp, born Stockport
Chris, you just made my day!
How could the enumerator know the tramp was born in Stockport if he couldn't - or wouldn't - give his name??? Mr Bad Attitude!
MR
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These are some of my daft favourites:
Slept Away From Home 1871 - St Peter, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England
Home A Bender Birth: 1837 - France Residence: 1871 - St Mark, London, England
Evan (Not at Home) Jones Residence: 1871 - Caernarvonshire, Wales
Home Bonghtflower Residence: 1901 - St Matthew, Essex, England
Child Is Whiab Chey Home Gwin No Name D Hudson Birth: 1901 - Clayton le moors, Lancashire, England (Actually reads as Child to which they have given no name)
Donald Duck Birth: 1820 - Middlesex, England
Michael Mouse Birth: abt 1845 - Ireland
Benjamin Bunney Birth: 1851 - Winchester
Copper King Birth: 1843 - Sheffield
Peter Rabbit Birth: abt 1883 - Leigh, Lancashire
Mercury Devall Birth: 1898 - Redhill, Surrey, England
Brave Duram Birth: 1830 - Brighton, Sussex, England
Happy Balls Birth: 1854 - Repps with Bastwick, Norfolk, England
Madam Up Corndet Birth: 1849 - Paris
War Up Knaggs Birth: 1869 - Hornsea, Yorkshire, England
Daft Robert Morley Birth: 1849 - Nottinghamshire, England
Panting Churchward Birth: abt 1854 - Ramsgale, Kent
Loud Christian Birth: 1897 - Greenwich, London, England
Little Bunns Birth: 1815 - Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
William Pond Fisher Birth: 1854 - Weymouth, Dorset, England
And some possible Census Whacks to add to the list, sorry none of them are particulary funny or interesting - just strange:
Elizabeth Udeld Birth: 1835 - Daunton, Wiltshire, England
Godfrey Udledale Birth: 1855 - Bolton By Bowland, Lancashire,
Emma Sheba Birth: 1850 - Newbridge, Glamorgan, Wales
Sarah Basfeville Birth: 1849 - Hoxton, Middlesex, England
Carolin Besfif Birth: 1859 - Long Marston, Gloucestershire,
Soabela Besfovel Birth: 1850 - Warden, Northumberland, England
Paul Bjevabirian Birth: 1861 - Turkey
Thomas Throphilus Birth: 1858 - Cilcwm, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Drive J. Davis Birth: 1875 - Brighton, Sussex, England
Supper Williams Birth: abt 1872 - Walsall, Staffordshire
Senshanah Woodvine Birth: 1866 - Prees, Shropshire, England
Sensitive E. Redhead Birth: 1873 - Flamborough, Yorkshire, England
Dap Davies Birth: abt 1841 - Wheelock, Cheshire
Pantdnus Higdon Birth: 1811 - St Albans, Herefordshire, England
Pantxnus Higdon Birth: 1833 - Middlesex, England
Tense R Coomber Birth: 1862 - Axminster, Devon, England
Grace Labour Hordle Birth: 1875 - Southsea, Hampshire, England
Quiet Barlow Birth: abt 1847 - Cholsey, Berkshire
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debycoles - what a Censuswhack debut!
I particularly like 'Sensitive E Redhead' ... I thought they all were! :)
Paul
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Hi,
Frances Vict. Haigh is listed in the 1881 as the only person who Keeps Candy & Pot Shop (Confectioner).
Then there is Eliza Beal living in London who is the only Candy Drop Maker in 1881. She must have the monopoly on candy.
George Eastwood of Lancashire is the only Creative Artist on the 1881, and he is listed as Emplg 10 Men.
Herbert G. Bass of Buckinghamshire grew up quickly, he is listed on the 1881 As Grandad Errand Boy, he is only 13 years old.
Grace A. Churchill living in Warwickshire on the 1881 is the only person whose occupation is listed as Feeding The Hungry Clothing The Naked.
Margaret Mcallister in Liverpool on the 1881 is the only Nest Maker. I guess the birds in other parts of the country had to make their own.
That's it for now,
Sue
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Good morning all. This is my first ever visit to this website and I'm really impressed! Why haven't I discovered you before?
Please can I join in this game? Whilst researching my partner's family, I came across a Lady called Yuletide Haynes, birth reg. March 1899, Potterspury. Does anyone else know of any other Yuletides?
I should also explain that I am new to computers so I still haven't worked out how to do all the artwork that you all have below your names etc.
Shumagh
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Welcome to Rootschat, shumagh! Hope you enjoy it and find it as helpful as I and others undoubtedly have.
And welcome to Censuswhack - of course you can join in!
I can't find ANY Yuletides in the censuses - was she still alive in 1901, or maybe she's hiding under a middle name? I imagine she was born around Christmas, though! :)
Paul
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Hi shumagh,
Welcome to RootsChat ! Enjoy !
I still haven't worked out how to do all the artwork that you all have below your names etc.
Have a look at this link, try it out, and if that doesn't work, ask us !
Beginners / How to Use RootsChat / Adding images to Posting & Profiles (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,12753.0.html)
Good Luck !
Bob
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Hi,
I know it pays to be fast at things, but James Cave was the only Quick Hedger on the 1881 census.
I guess the others all worked at regular speed.
Sue
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How about these two from the 1871 Census?
JANE BOLLOCKS, St Werburgh
JANE CRAP, Woolsthorpe
The second one is not a unique surname but I though it kind of completed the set ;).
Suprisingly I found these on Ancestry and not one of the other paysites >:( that have had a few quid off me to look at nothing at all useful where their entries would have been more appropriate :)
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Hi alcrighton
One of the pleasures of sites like Ancestry has to be the fun to be had finding entries like those!
More Censuswhack entries always welcome!
Paul
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I know you keep thinking about closing down this thread Paul in the spirit of Fawlty Towers and before it becomes Rocky XXVII but I couldn't resist mentioning that there are literally hundreds of people born in "Somalia" in the 1891 census in places like:
Bath, Somalia
Tiverton-on-Avon, Somalia
Bridgwater, Somalia
Burnham, Somalia etc. etc.
I grew up in Burnham, Somerset and the local services are probably on a par with those in Somalia but even so......
Please don't close this thread down just yet. I joined Rootschat a few weeks ago and up until yesterday was only doing serious stuff. Censuswhack is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long while.
Keep Censuswacking,
Allan
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I grew up in Burnham, Somerset and the local services are probably on a par with those in Somalia but even so......
Allan
Could you please post that comment on some tourist info sites Allan........I moved here 2 years ago thinking it would be a quite, peaceful place to live .........it is until Easter when the inhabitants of the West Midlands and Wales move in in their caravans. No offence to the natives of Wales or the West Midlands.....but can't you think of somewhere more exotic to spend your holidays like Weston or Clacton ?? ;)
tabitha
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Hi Tabiltha,
You only have to survive those 20 or so weeks between Easter and the end of the school holidays (more like 24 this year because Easter was early) to get back to the peace and quiet you so love in Burnham. Hang in there, the tourist income that the town gets in that season helps keep it going for the rest of the year. It's easy for me to say this because this because I now live in the mountains of Mexico (very peaceful here) and only visit Burnham a couple of times a year!
On a more general topic: Do you think we can get the word Censuswhack into the OED? Maybe I should start a new thread for the best use of the word in a sentence with separate categories for the noun (Censuswhack), verb (to censuswhack) and adjective (censuswhacky)?
Cheers,
Al
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On a more general topic: Do you think we can get the word Censuswhack into the OED? Maybe I should start a new thread for the best use of the word in a sentence with separate categories for the noun (Censuswhack), verb (to censuswhack) and adjective (censuswhacky)?
You'd better start a campaign!!!! ;D Has Googlewhack got there yet?
tabitha
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I know you keep thinking about closing down this thread Paul in the spirit of Fawlty Towers and before it becomes Rocky XXVII ... Please don't close this thread down just yet. I joined Rootschat a few weeks ago and up until yesterday was only doing serious stuff. Censuswhack is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long while.
Keep Censuswacking,
Allan
Hi Allan
I think when I opened this thread I thought it would run out of steam pretty quickly ... but with 3000+ views I guess it has garnered some level of interest! :)
While the options for Censuswhacks are not unlimited, we haven't yet exhausted the seam yet, so Carry on Censuswhacking!
Your lost tribe of Burnham is a new one :) ... for more discussion on the idiosyncratic foreign nationals on the census, see the 'Your Favourite Census Mistranscription' thread.
You must tell us more about your life in Mexico - very envious!
cheers
Paul
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Even stranger than usual...
Old Book Thomspilie - Hulme, 1871
Nosy Allen - Oxford, 1891
Big Bill - St Martin, 1901
Queer Selina Victoria Hart - Dorset, 1871
Loonie Cooper - Besthorpe, 1901
Looney Thomas - Ramsey, 1891
Unfortunately there are 2 with this name, so these don't count, but too good to miss are
Peculiar Cannon - Hawton, 1881
Peculiar Stringer - Bilston, 1881
MR
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1901 Census:
Alfreda GOOLD occupation: Living on condensed milk ???
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Even stranger than usual...
Old Book Thomspilie - Hulme, 1871
Queer Selina Victoria Hart - Dorset, 1871
MR
But you are the Queen of the Censuswhack, MR!
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1901 Census:
Alfreda GOOLD occupation: Living on condensed milk ???
SS - this has to be the STRANGEST occupation of them all: well spotted!
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But you are the Queen of the Censuswhack, MR!
Flattery will get you everywhere, Paul!
I think it's more a case of "Garbage In, Garbage Out".....
MR
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Not sure if the cops ever caught up with
the KEYSTONE family in Wellingborough in 1891
Maggie FELON in Bootle in 1881
William George CONVICT in Salford, 1891
Charles T CRIME in Islington in 1891
the JAIL family in Brighton in 1871
Elizabeth PRISON in Margate in 1891
the LAG family in Mile End in 1901
or (my favourite) :)
Henry CULPRIT in Norfolk in 1891
but if they did, they should have been concentrating on the OUTLAWS and the LAWLESS - far too many of them at large across all of the censuses. Were they so difficult to track down?
Paul
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Hello all,
Thought I would give it a go for the first time ;D Following your suit, Paul, I found Edith & Florence Thug living in Bournemouth during 1901. Too many Crooks to count though ::)
Ryan.
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Thug ,thats a good one !! ;D
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I think some of them eventually got caught.
1871 Census:
Maryann Jail, Brighton
Jane Prison, Hutton St George, Somerset
Fanny Clink, Richmond
Caroline Bighouse, Macclesfield
Betsey Stir, Coppenhall Monks, Cheshire
None of them are unique surnames so no points (if you're still counting!). There's also a Norman Fletcher but I don't know if his middle name was Stanley ::)
Allan
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I'm glad you liked that one, Mr. G :D
More from the ol' 1901:
This one isn't unique but I thought it was funny: William Whacker, a retired Police Sergeant :o Wouldn't want to be picked-up by him!!
Jno Mugger aged 40 born in Spitalfields.
Mark Crash was a Horsehair Washer.
Methersales Mason (should be Methuselah) living in Newcastle-under-Lyme. He is my Gran's cousin's father-in-law.
Richard Smelly living in Kirkham, occupation was 'Navvy'.
John Stigg the 'Donkey Man'.
Charles Deadly aged 10 months. The only Deadly baby, I might add ;D The only Deadly altogether.
Charles Frump the 'Loco Fireman'.
Robert Elephant aged 56.
The Bling family from Rochdale.
James Boxhead aged 73.
William Poop aged 13.
Everdimma Looman living in Bexley, Kent.
Alfred Skin - 'Dard Dawxer'.
Clara Slime the Missionary.
The Slag couple living in Willesden.
Ryan.
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Here are a few "neighbours from hell"!
1901 - Jane Brimstone
1881 - Ann Doom
1871 - Sarah Noisy
1871 - Hassle family
1901 - Murder family
and the complete opposite
1891 - the Chosen family
tabitha (apologies now if this is repeating anything that anyone has ever said before!!) ;D
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A body of People who have surnames after body parts.
Emily Ear.....Essex
Annie Eyes........Chester
Catherine Nose......Durham
Albert Forehead... Leicester.......Boot Clicker
Ada Neck........Rope Neck Bristol
Bessie Sholder .......London
Eddie Elbow.......Midd Action
Wrist......London
Percy Fingers.......Exeter............Censuswack
Ellen Thumb.......Suffolk West
Emily Chest.....London
Annie Waist......Lon Cubitt Town
James Thigh.......Newcastle on Tyne............Censuswack
Ada Leg.........London
Ada Shin.........Salop Market Town
Charles Ankle.......Lancaster Lanc
Albert Feet........Sherington Bucks
Albert Toe....... London
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Welcome to Censuswhack, all you 'newcomers' - there's always room for one more up top! Edith and Florence Thug will be coming around to take your fares shortly!
Hope you don't get too bitten by the bug ... Manchester Rambler now spends at least 16 hours a day scouring the censuses.
She's lost her job, her partner, taken up smoking and high-octane caffeine, all in the cause of Censuswhacking! But we love her for it!
I think we'll have to foresake the points thing, but I will try to update the master list when I get a chance! (Didn't forsee this becoming a full time job when I started this thread :) :) :))
Paul
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She's lost her job, her partner, taken up smoking and high-octane caffeine, all in the cause of Censuswhacking! But we love her for it!
More like strong tea and chocolate, Paul! Definitely no tobacco....
MR
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I don't subscribe to Ancestry but I would love to know if my g.g. grandmother was the only Mirwen Maria. I've also seen spelling variants of Murwen/Murven/Marwin Maria. She died in 1901.
Jill
Hi Jill, Have you tried the variant Morwen?
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Hi Jen,
Thanks for your reply. I have borne the name Morwen in mind when carrying out searches for her but she has always appeared as one of the other variants. Since the beginning of this thread I have received her death certificate with yet another variation - she was registered as Mervin Maria!
Jill
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Oh Dear! You have got your work cut out ! ;D She was obviously a lady of many names!
;D
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she was registered as Mervin Maria!
Jill
"Maria!
I once knew a girl named Mervin!"
from Roger and Hartshorn's inimitable musical West Leeds Side Story
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As my application for an invite for the Royal Wedding was cruelly snubbed (aparrently there's no room at this bash for ex-es of the bride!), I shall be heading north for the weekend to visit my dear mamma.
As I will be unable to visit Rootschat, I am trusting Censuswhackers to be good and not to try to find too many references in the censuses to
The Pope, The Grand National or Royal Weddings.
best wishes
Paul
PS
So NO mention of Julia A Jockey in Shropshire in 1901, please!
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I've found plenty of Popes....(it's my grandmothers maiden name)......none called "The" yet though :D
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How about Cornelius Pope, who married Magdalene Parson in Rottingdean in 1724?
MR
(No, not off a census, but too good to miss!)
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Henry Tilley in 1881 has under occupation....Pope Nockers boy (no occ) ??? :)
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hello paul,
thought I had a candidate for your censuswhack with 'Onesiphorous Coltman'. I wonder what it was shortened too? incidentally, my own name only comes up once on ancestry over the 1871-1901 censuses, but that doesn't count does it?
regards,
andy
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Re. The Grand National,
The is one Isabella Donkey on the 1901 ;D ;D
Mick ;)
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"Maria!
I once knew a girl named Mervin!"
from Roger and Hartshorn's inimitable musical West Leeds Side Story
Paul,
I'm delighted to see you are still keeping a watchful eye on him/her!
I know one thing with absolute certainty: if it hadn't been for all the help I have received from you and other Censuswhackers this woman's never-ending name and age variants would have had me banging my head on a brick wall for a very long time, so a VERY BIG THANKYOU TO YOU ALL!
Jill
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Not a Censuswhack, as he doesn't appear in the Censuses - nor do any siblings or other relatives, but there's a BMD reference to a William AINTREE died Sept Qtr 1851.
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Hi,
My best offer is finding the Vicar of Aintree, William Warburton on the 1881 census. He was visiting in Prestwich.
Sue
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Frankenstein Edw. Natham - 1901 St. Marylebone :o
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From the 1871 census.
My 3x great grandfather James Selly age 34 Father in Law living with his daughter Jane and his son-in-law Isaac.
Isaac was 46 & Jane was 43.
I'm fairly sure that James was 84, not 34. ;D
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From the 1881 census
A 52 year old shopkeeper called Diladevary Quantrill a widow.
Bee
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My favourite is Cinderella Farmiloe from Horsley, Glos in 1851
Regards, Sue
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I'm fairly sure that James was 84, not 34. ;D
Yes! A triumph of logic against a tired or somewhat dim transcriber, Burrow :)
Diladevary Quantrill
!
I love this name ... sounds like a character from the same pantomime as
Cinderella Farmiloe
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Does this count - found him yesterday.
1851 Essex - George Jellehort age 28, a Medical Botanist Practioner of Dr Coffins Botanical System of Medicine.
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I'm sure that's a unique occupation, Suey, and the name Jellehort doesn;t appear in 1871/81/91/1900 so there's a fair chance its unique for 1851 too!
I'd trust him with my life - wouldn't you? ;)
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hows about the following in 1881:
Lassie SMITH dau Female b: 1877 Kensington, Middlesex, England 4 yrs residing at 5 William St London, Middlesex, England
RG11 Piece / Folio 0026 / 90 Page 20
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1881 census, the name's not unique but maybe the address ??? Marlborough Quantrill living at Bottle Bank, South Shields.
Bee
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You have all got me thinking (again) about a name puzzle thats been bugging me ever since I started this family history lark!! ............. Why are there so few Victorias born in the 19th Century? (My daughters name by the way)
Queen Victoria was on the throne whilst every census we use was being submitted! But I have yet to come accross one either in my tree or anyone elses! WHY?????
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In 1877 there were hundred of little girls...including one in my family...who were given the name Victoria Jubilee!
Seren
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HONEST????!!!! Someone told me that Queen Victoria banned her name being used by "The Common People"! - So either your Victoria was a Lady, or that someone was pulling my leg!!!!
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Honest...meant 1887...but still honest...and if she was a lady she's the only one that's ever existed in my family!!
Seren
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Not the census but on the IGI is FLINT STONE Born 1790 in Norfolk, I wonder if he went on to have a son called Fred ;D
Bee
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Why are there so few Victorias born in the 19th Century? (My daughters name by the way)
Hi Mary
In relative( :)) terms you are right - Victoria is not a particularly common name. You can see from the results below how it increases in popularity across the later part of the C19th.
1901 England Census 11,474
1891 England Census 5,224
1881 England Census 3,191
1871 England Census 2,421
I wouldn't think many people would have a Victoria in their tree - but I like Seren's Victoria Jubilee!
cheers
Paul
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I remember seeing a birth announcement in the Manchester Evening News back in 1977 (Silver Jubilee year), which even as a kid I thought awful: Juby Lee!
MR
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Uggh! You're not kidding, MR!
(Weren't those wierd prism-shaped frozen ices that were always a pain to get into called Jubilees, or am I misremembering?)
Paul
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almost right Paul....it was a Jubbly!
Seren
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Lubbly Jubbly!
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On the IGI I found a birth of the daughter of John and Maria Cross on
15th June 1839 in Donington-In-Holland, Lincoln, England
Victoria Cross
Wonder if the next child was called George?
Anyway, theres over 200 George Cross in the 1881 census. And even a George Meddle.
I tried to find a D.F. Cross or D.S. Cross, or even a D.S. Medal, but to no avail.
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Victoria Cross is certainly a genuine Censuswhack as she appears only once in the 1871 census, so well done D ap D!
There's also William EMPIRE in 1901.
Such a shame he never met, married and hyphenated himself to Agnes MEDAL, an American lady working in London in the same year :)
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Hi,
I've spied a Watercress Joe, male aged 52 born England, living in Burslem nextdoor to a relation of mine - William Elsby. Also in residence nextdoor to William is Watecress' good friend - Lankey Bill.
Furthermore - I have a Lettithea Baserga in my tree ;D
Ryan.
:)
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Furthermore - I have a Lettithe Baserga in my tree ;D
You don't know how lucky you are! :)
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Maybe this should be a 'favourite mistranscription' but oh well I've started now...
In 1871 I'm sure I've found the only Mead Mary Liver
Relationship to Head: Nice Visitor
Looking at the image I'm wondering if this was because she brought freebies as she was a Butcher's Daughter
Debbie ;D
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Looking, appropriately for a St. George: I found an:
Emanuel George born in Turkey, living in Glamorgan
and a
Pierre Francois St. Georges
and a Samuel Thomas (S.T.) George
and on the IGI
a marraige for Saint St. George - couldn't find him on the census though.
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Hi,
Had to put this one in, the only one on the 1881 with this occupation.
Mary L. Du Sautry age 8 "writer of fairy tales"
Not bad work if you can get it!!!
Sue
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And so young! I hope her father wasn't appropriating the royalties!
Do you think she was making it up? ::) :)
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Was just searching the 1861 England census - Ancestry.co.uk and came across Nasty Clough - unfortunately I can't find a family connection to Uncle Nasty.
Margaret :)
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came across Nasty Clough
Margaret :)
Margaret - are you sure the 'l' in Clough isn't a transcription error? It would be wonderful if he was really a Nasty Cough!
:)
Paul
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Just found Elizabeth Bonker Griffiths :o in the 1861 Census for Newcastle under Lyme. I don't think I'm misreading the handwriting - see what you think!
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It may be Elizabeth BOWKER Griffiths ??? ??? ;D
Jan
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1881 England Census
Aaron Mycock abt 1853 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Head 21 Lovel St, Brightside Bierlow, Yorkshire,
Words had obviously different meanings in those days.
From the 1871 census, Farnborough workhouse.
Civil Parish or Township: Farnborough
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Name: An Idiot Found & Brought in by spouse
Age in 1871: 18
Estimated birth year: 1853
Gender: Male
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It's my pleasure to introduce you all to the Curate of St. Athan's, Glamorgan in 1881 - 39 year old Jabery Hill Harries (male) born Haverfordwest, Carmarthen - a Boarder at 'Beggers Pond'.
;D
Ryan.
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I've just found that my gg uncle Jarvas Longhorne (should actually be Jarvis Longhorn) is the only one of that name on the 1881 census.
On the 1901 census there are two of them, father and son.
Bee
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Hi Bee
With a name like that, he should have gone into the theatre! :)
Paul
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Hi Bee
With a name like that, he should have gone into the theatre! :)
Paul
I'm glad he didn't, he's giving me the run around as it is, moving through 3 counties , 2 wives and at least 5 kids :o
Bee
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On the 1881 census:
Thomas Hill of Clerkenwell is the only Gothic Engineer
Joseph Simpkins of Lambert is the only Gothic Iron Fitter
William Webber of Bodmin is the only Gothic Wood Carver
There are also 2 Gothic Joiners and 2 Gothc Smiths - all involved in building Manchester Town Hall and St Pancras Station, perhaps? ;D
MR
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in the 1901 census
Sod Self abt 1899 Bromley, Kent, England Son Bromley Kent
Tinker Tinker abt 1845 Mottram, Cheshire, England Head Mottram Cheshire
guess what his occupation was?......................nah, he was the caretaker of a church and school !
there are 61 first names called "silly "!
one being...
Silly Staryroom abt 1877 Whissonsett, Norfolk, England Visitor Hindolveston Norfolk
& not forgetting....
Silly Trollope abt 1894 Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Boarder Doncaster Yorkshire
Fairy King abt 1899 Cochrane St, London, England Daughter
, Fairy Speller abt 1900 Blackmore, Essex, England Daughter Blackmore Essex
Fairy T Strange abt 1855 Maldon, Essex, England Head St Margaret Suffolk
enjoy !
joanne
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Well done Joanne, those were great!!
;D
Ryan.
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"Silly Trollope" ;D ;D
What a great name,nice one Joanne!
Mick ;)
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"Silly Staryroom" sounds like a name you'd tell the midwife as your were coming down off pethedrine!
Love it Jo! :)
Paul
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Tiny Slurd, age 3, St Domingo Rd, Everton
1881 Census
Deborah
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More fruit and veg:
1881 Census:
Celery Wood, 3, Skidmore Road, Mile End, Middx
Hann Apple (and her hungry brother, Woolf Apple), Tenter St., London
I'm not "taking the pith" with this lot:
Orange Clements (married name), 55, Farnham, Surrey
Orange Lemmon, (male, this time), 26, Icklesham, Sussex (he was a grocer and draper - I was disappointed that he wasn't a greengrocer)
How about this poor chap:
Orange Blossom, 30, Labourer, boarding in Abbey St., Worksop
Orange Lemon this time, 10, staying with his aunt and uncle in Royal St., Lambeth
Lemon Lemon, born in the Netherlands 55 years earlier, in Spital st., London
Green-fingered perhaps: Lemon Gardner, 57, in East Chiltington Workhouse, Sussex
Spud S Fox, 6, Minterne Magna, Dorset
Patehnine (must be a first) Onions, 2, Pauls Terrace, Mile End
Florence Fennel (only one with that spelling), 10, Derby St., Oldham.
I think I've squeezed this one until the pips squeaked...
Deborah
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Tiny Slurd, age 3, St Domingo Rd, Everton
1881 Census
Deborah
Hi Deborah
Did you check to see if she grew up to be a larger Slurd? Something makes me hope she did! :)
cheers
Paul
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While looking for Robertson bmd's for the challenge found
Dec. qtr 1864 West Derby Silence Robertson
1901 RG13/3475 Folio 89 page 11
Silence Robertson single Assurance Agent
I suppose with a name like that you chaps would think she'd have made a good wife ;D
Susan :)
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As an absolute newbie to this message board, I think I should get the sympathy vote for the worst family name to have to search for. When I first started searching for family roots years ago, I innocently typed in my grandfather's name into Google, and had to shut down my computer when I saw what I had done. My sister-in-law thought that my grandfather's name was bad, but was totally horrified to find out what HIS father's name was. I can verify that these are NOT nicknames nor are they shortened versions.... Both are listed in the Yorkshire census records, and I have their birth certificates for verification. Oh dear....
Family name: Muff
Grandfather: Harry
Great-grand-father: Major
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Family name: Muff
Grandfather: Harry
Great-grand-father: Major
LOL
:o Thank you for sharing that Bearaly, made me giggle!
Angelfish
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Welcome to Rootschat - and Censuswhack - Bearaly!
Yes, adeeply unfortunate name :) - but there were 11 Harry Muffs in 1871 (wonder if they ever had a Harry Muff convention?) so not strictly a Censuswhack.
But if we were still giving out points, you'd get one for making us giggle!
For a true Censuswhack, you'd have to dive into the 1871 census for the unfortunate Fanny Muff, whose love of husband William must have been unyielding. Curiously, ??? ::) none of the Muffs on the censuses were cruel enough to christen their daughter Fanny.
Greater love hath no woman than she will adopt a marital name that will ensure she is a source of fun every time she has to give her name to officialdom! :)
Good hunting!
Paul
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Just to chip in, as I remembered this bloke from my Tree:
1861
Blackstock Holliday - Warehouseman, Gateshead
Definitely interesting............
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I only joined the site yesterday and am seriously sleep-deprived already from all the reading. But here are my contributions:
In 1891 Bristol we find Nanki Poo SUTTON, aged 4. He later went by Ernest, I believe.
And she doesn't appear on a census but my great aunt Elsie Fanny MOSS had the misfortune to marry a Mr BUSH.
Marion in Wiltshire
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just a few more i came across
Charles Pine Coffin abt 1831 East Down, Devon, England Head East Down Devon
Edward Pine Coffin abt 1785 East Down, Devon, England Head Walcot Trinity Somerset
Frances Pine Coffin abt 1840 Portlege Alwington, Devon, England Niece Hemyock Devon
Julia Pine Coffin abt 1832 Exeter, Devon, England Wife East Down Devon
;D
Cotton Mill abt Haslingden Lancashire
there are 7 FISH FISH ON THE 1861 or should i say Fish Fishes !
but this takes the bait !(groan)
Fish Fry abt 1843 Charlton Kings Son Charlton Kings Gloucestershire
and his next door neighbour lloks like JOHN VINEGAR !! ;D, but my eyes could be decieving me thru my tears !
1861 Sexy Light abt 1837 Dundry, Somerset, England Daughter Chew Magna Somerset :-[
honest and ive looked at the actual censuses to double check !!
maybe i should get out more ! ::)
enjoy ! joanne
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Bored on the 1861 census...
Thunder Thomas 69 - a pauper in Kent (male)
Cloud Robertson 57 - Devon (male) not the only one though as there is...
Cloud Helen Cowlishaw 4 - Lancashire
Rainbow Harris - 60 Middlesex (female)
Saffron Crow - 11 Yorkshire (male)
Jelly Finch - 8 Lincolnshire (male)
Pretty Swestlove - 6 Lancashire (male!)
Scary Woodward - 2 Lincolnshire (female!)
Meadow Bean and Meadow bird, both males
Acorn Dougan - 1mth Worcestershire (f)
Evil Lorton - 5 Birmingham (f)
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Hey Paul,
Cloud Robertson ;D ;D
Susan
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Susan ;D
That's where the bu**er got to!!! Here's us searching high and low for Claude and we never thought to search that bit higher!
Paul
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1861 census:-
William Cow Meadow and his wife Hannah Cow Meadow, Chelsea.
Fanny Cat,Sussex
Henry Dog,Kent
Bryan
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Susan
Why did you tell him that ?? now he's going to be going all through Ancestry again looking ................8)
Though I guess it would keep him quiet for a while .... OK Paul you can look :P
Annie
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Rainbow Harris - 60 Middlesex (female)
At my secondary school, there was an English teacher who could be very easily sidetracked into telling us anecdotes about her very interesting life. One such was about how she had some time to kill before an interview. She wandered for a while in a nearby churchyard, before seating herself on one of those box-shaped graves. Glancing down, she was shocked to see her own name - Rainbow Bennett!
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1881 Census:
Red Berry, Head, Male, 24, M, Worsted Scourer
Queen St., Gomersal, York
Oh, his poor, chapped hands! Do you think his parents saw it coming?
Remember "High Chaparral"? Unfortunately, there are two people in the 1881 Census with the forename, Blue - surnames Ridley and Mitchell, from the same part of Sussex - but one of them is a police constable!
Looking up Yellow as a forename resulted in two Yellow Wills and a Yellow Wheel - all Africans, all in the Royal Navy, all on different ships. One was a "krooman" (presumably reported by the "head of household" from West Ham). I'll leave Rootchatters to look these up themselves - each entry prompts so many questions... Fascinating.
Three Green Willows (darn it!), a Green Field, a Green Pickering (yuck) and a Green Greenwood. But the name Green Throup (Bingley) appeals. I've not come across the surname Throup before. There are loads of them. Is it pronounced Throwp?
How about Pink Brown in Margate?
Tara-Taraaaaa! Only one Indigo:
Idigo Rapley, a fruiterer in Chobham, Surrey. Does this score a point?
Brown Spray (yuck again), a Brown Recton (ahem) and, on the same lines as Tiny Slurd, a Brown Hird. There were 113 with Brown as a first name!
I did go out last night - honest.
Dimps
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That's a rainbow-tastic display there, Dimps! :) Wonder if Pink Brown's father was a snooker player?
Paul
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just a few more to be found
Happy Balls abt 1853 Repps, Norfolk, England Daughter Repps Norfolk
Gob Drable abt 1850 Stockport, Cheshire, England Son Stockport Cheshire
Dung Harper abt 1832 Lincolnshire, England Head Islington Middlesex
honestly on this i only searched in the first name ! :-[
Canary Dick abt 1855 N Servant Chorlton upon Medlock Lancashire
Patience Love abt 1851 Rowley, Staffordshire, England Servant Rowley Regis
Mad Parrott abt 1821 Piedment, Italy Head St George Hanover Square Middlesex
enjoy !
joanne ::)
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In the 1891 Census there is Queen Arthur, which wouldn't be too strange, only it's a male.
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1881 Census:
Red Berry, Head, Male, 24, M, Worsted Scourer
Queen St., Gomersal, York
Dimps
Did someone call?
cheers
Red
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In 1881 Lancashire there were five chaps called Fish Fish - four of them in Darwen!
Dimps
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The boxer George Foreman has 5 boys -
George
George
George
George and last but not least........
George
Does that qualify for the highest number of people in the same household with the same name :P :P :P :P :P
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And I bet they each had their own, individually-sized lean, mean grilling machine, eh? :) :)
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- a surname that occurs in only ONE family in any census
- a first name that only one person in the country has
- an occupation that only one person in the country has
Can I get a point for having an (as far as I can work out) original combination of First and surname, which makes me an official census whack as I will be on the 1981, 1991 and 2001 census and it requires two names just like a googlewhack? I'd post my name so you could test the theory, but I guess I should keep it at least somewhat secret.
I've tested my theory out by checking Google and the only references with my spelling are to me!
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I have the only Axelina in 1861 England census.
Her name appears on the image as Axellina Matthews, either way, she is the one and only in 1861.
margaret :)
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- a surname that occurs in only ONE family in any census
- a first name that only one person in the country has
- an occupation that only one person in the country has
Can I get a point for having an (as far as I can work out) original combination of First and surname, which makes me an official census whack as I will be on the 1981, 1991 and 2001 census and it requires two names just like a googlewhack? I'd post my name so you could test the theory, but I guess I should keep it at least somewhat secret.
I've tested my theory out by checking Google and the only references with my spelling are to me!
For about the last 20 Christmas' we've had 4 generations of the same family under the same roof, but I guess it's an unlikely time to have a census.
A point to you, indeed, grast! Must be great to be unique! :)
And as for Axelina - great name! Sounds like it should be some sort of industrial cleaner, though (sort of a Windolene for axles!)
:)
Paul
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;D Tee Hee - I just had to go and have a look....1861 Census
Maryann Ajax age 21 a house servant born Glamorganshire ;D
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Paul - I don't know how to search by occupation :-\ but I spotted this fellow in 1871
James Brooks age 38 - living in Sheffield, of course, occupaation, a spoon and fork filer :D
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Hi Suey
An occupation search is only really possible on the 1881 census, as this data has been indexed ... shame we can't do the other censuses!
cheers
Paul
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Hmm..I'm a bit stuck with my Japanese homework, so thought I'd just have a little look at the 1881 census (as you do.. :))
I found a William Ocean living in Passenham
and a Cold Pacific living in Bow
both were born in Middlesex
Cold Pacific seems to be the only person called Cold, and from the only family called Pacific in 1881...
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We knew you'd be back, emily! :) Cold Pacific gets my vote ... you have to wonder exactly what was going through the minds of parents with some of these names, don't you?
cheers
Paul
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In 1861 there were these two turtles.....
Turtle King, 56, female,
Turtle Peace,45, male, horse-dealer
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Hi scrattletrap
Trap is VERY close to being a censuswhack - only four in 1891 but, alas, in different households / families. No Scrattles to be found anywhere - shame, as its a wonderful name. ;)
cheers
Paul
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In 1881 we have:
John Artic, Head aged 72 born Mile End.
Sarah Artic, Wife aged 63 born Southwark and,
John Artic, Son aged 19 also born Southwark.
Both the men are Warehousemen.
They're living in Southwark. They're the only Artics, Sarah being the only female!!
John American aged 20 born in London, a Commision Agent living in Brighton.
Nevell E. Norway son of Arthur aged 20, born Wadebridge, living in Formby.
Jules D'Africa (male) aged 50 born in Paris, a Professor in Languages living in Upton Cum Chalvey.
Ryan.
;D
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Brrr! Feeling decidedly chilly, Ryan, what with these Cold Pacifics and Artics! :)
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Paul, I'd be both shocked and amazed if there was another Scrattletrap out there.....
I'm oh so unique ;D (and I forgot to mention modest, yes I'm modest too, can't you tell)
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And a pretty mean photographer, too?!!! :)
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lol so I take it you googled me then :P (see there's only one me!!!)
and for those that haven't I think this is what Paul's talking about
http://www.irelandscape.com/author_photos.php?member_id=130
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This is very funny thread!
On the 1871 census I have a Freddy de Thours born France St Cloud(?). His sister Adelaide De Thours is in the same household but Im thinking her name has been transcribed differently as she doesnt come up for a search.
They are living with some possible distant relatives of mine, the Wellbeloveds!
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okay - here's up for my first ever rootschat post
I have on the 1881 a 4xgt Aunt who is the only Concubine in the country
Henrietta Laboucher Wife Married
10 Queen Anns Gate London, London, Middlesex, England
Occupation: Concubine
RG11/0118
6a
Folio: 47
Page: 80
her husband Henry was an MP
Zoe
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We like her style! Welcome to Rootschat and to Censuswhack, Zoe - great to have her in your family, too!
Paul
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also 1881 census - only ones with these surnames
Mercedes Conga abt 1856 (Fr), Brazil Servant Englemere Heatherfield, Sunninghill, Berkshire, England
William Whirl abt 1880 Wargrave, Oxfordshire, England Boarder Offwell, Devon, England
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wish I'd found this thread yesterdayu when I had absolutey nothing to do at work all day
Leonard Gouk
5 Church Street White Hart Hotel, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
1881s only Canary and Mule Breeder
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Canary and Mule Breeder
Quite a challenge breeding canaries and mules ... no wonder no-one else wanted to do it! :)
Well spotted!
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I'm hoping that it's not a cross-breeding programme
:-\
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Well, if it were male mules and female canaries I guess the canary would be VERY cross! :o
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Sorry to disappoint but i've just found this definition in the dictionary:
"Mule. Def. 2. any hybrid animal: a mule canary."
However, this should cheer you all up. In 1881 Kansas was a CANARY RIDER :o and in Virginia there was a girl called DONKEY PIATT (shame about the 'i').
Dimps
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well i found them!!!!
family called Brickwall features in 1871, 1881 and 1901 censuses.
No hugh tho (aka huge?)
Sue
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In 1880 Cortland, New York there was a 48 year-old Calophernia Dunce. Her husband was 71!
In 1880 Hancock, Tenesee, there was 10 year-old Twice Nichols (there were three people in the 1880 Census called Once) and in 1881 New Haven, Connecticut, there was a Thrice Snow. Do you think the mother of the latter said to her husband, "Once, twice and thrice, NO!" - but he did anyway?
There were a couple of people in 1880 with the forename Fourth, so this doesn't qualify, but one of them had the surname Phorpanne, which does! The other had the rather delightful name of Fourth Starr.
I could go on and on in this number vein, but I won't. Another name that appealed, though, was Sixth Gangway of 1880 Paddock and Steel Creek, Nebraska.
I'll finish this post with a great name (although it doesn't qualify yet again). In 1880 Greene, North Carolina was Bee Ruff.
Dimps
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I`ve just found a lady called Happy Wine Dainty in Staffordshire on the 1861 census ;D
Regards, Sue
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well i found them!!!!
family called Brickwall features in 1871, 1881 and 1901 censuses.
No hugh tho (aka huge?)
Sue
Surely an ideal subject for the August Rootcschat Challenge
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I`ve just found a lady called Happy Wine Dainty in Staffordshire on the 1861 census ;D
Regards, Sue
Conceived after a particularly memorable party?
Rambler
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;D ;D ;D ;D
Sue
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THINK THEY WER A GOOD LOOKING LOT, THIS IS ONE OF MANY
Edam Handsombody abt 1858 Bethl Gn, Middlesex, England Son Bethnal Green Middlesex
Mary Smell Cox :-Xabt 1823 Marston, Yorkshire, England Lodger Ilfracombe Devon
JOANNE
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Hi,
I'm brand new to the site and thought I'd share some of the names I have come across during my searches, appologies if any of these have come up before!
1891 - Enoch Nock (whose there?) of Tipton - He's one of mine!
1861 - Mahershalalhastbez Treharne from Langnwyd, Glamorgan
1861 - Whilst looking for my True Newton, I cam across several others, obviously not the only 'True' but they managed to raise a smile:
True Butter - Birmingham
True Coller - Dudley
TrueGuy - Staffs
Mary Ann True love - Lancs
True Kime - North Forty Foot Bank (!) Lincs
True Spor - Bucks
True Tuffs _ Norfolk
True Rust- Beds
1871- Honest Bardoni - Kent
1881 - George Clown Perry - Wolverley
Gwyneth and Chris weren't the first to name their child after an item of food...
1871 - Onion Sont(?) - London
1881 - Pickle Greenwood - Lancs
1891 - Pea Wood - Leeds
1891 - Sauce Atkins - Staffs
1891- Beans Buttler - London
and to go with all that?
1871 - Louisa F de la Sausage - Middlesex.
I'm quite hungry now, off for a (Earl of) Sandwich! ;)
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Welcome to Rootschat, and welcome to Censuswhacking, Rotti! Quite an entry, too - well done! :)
I have now listed some of the Censuswhacks on my family history website - www.etherington.rootschat.net (http://www.etherington.rootschat.net) - a big thank you to all who have submitted Censuswhacks, now recorded for posterity! I'll try and prepare an up to date summary list soon!
cheers
Paul
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Not quite a Cencuswhack - I know but they tickled my fancy anyway.
These are women's christian names I found whilst graveyarding - needless to say I had to double check as I though I was going a bit mad!
The names are: Nicholas, Bruce and Mitchell and they're all in parts of Stirlingshire - maybe they tried to start a craze??
Anne
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Found some more
Dominick Doom 1861
Angry Brown 1901
Furious Andrews 1881
Baddy Barry 1861
Fluffy Waffrow 1901
Furry Jane Burbidge 1871
These don't qualify but are too good to leave out:-
Ice Worker 1901
Little Bell 1861 male
Little Grave 1861
Baby Bird 1871 - he is 42 years old!
margaret :)
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Weather theme:
Fred Lightening 1891
Storm Harrison 1861 he is an apprentice on a vessel
Thunder Thomas 1861
Clara Sleet Aldridge 1901
Thomas Puddles 1881
Macintosh Mills 1861
Threopletas Windy 1861
Wet Phlip 1881
Hail Pritts 1901 there is one other with Hail as a second name
John Frosty 1861
Snowdrop A Hinton 1871
Snowflake Roberts 1891
Ice Walter Rice 1861
Rainy Anderson 1891
The Umbrella family in 1881
Rainbow Harris 1861
Sunshine Murrey 1861
Miriam Hot. Browne 1881
Cold Pacific 1881
margaret :)
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In 1881:
Buster Hartill a girl and her mother, Urinea, in Staffs
Strong Moss, a bookmaker in Bermondsey
Nose C Edwards, a 3 year-old girl in Yorks
Short Gamble in Radford, Notts
Gentleman Taylor, a Cotton Throstle Overlooker in Lancs
Chance Harrison in Cumberland
Pratt Bottomley in Yorks
Pickle Greenwood in Lancs
Clever Fawke in Worcester
Little Dick was lodging with the Ball family in Stafford
Larch L E H Bunny was doctor's wife in Berks
Lumb Gamble in Yorks
Strange Livings in Essex
Odd Dicks in Northants
No Hopley in Cheshire
Emperor Boss in Cheshire
Here's what must be a one-off occupation:
Henry Shaw of Primrose Hill, Chelmsford, Essex was a
Skinner Frizer ??? Any ideas?
Dimps
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i should get out more !! ???
1871 england
Fresh Crockett abt 1864 Monks Risboro, Buckinghamshire, England Son Risborough Monks Buckinghamshire
Fido J Beckham abt 1838 Norwich, Norfolk, England Head St Pancras London
COULD RESIST THIS ONE, THINK HER HUSBAND FORGOT ! :o THIS IS ON THE ACTUAL CENSUS
1871
Mistake Wife is Dead Yates abt Wife Caversham Oxfordshire
Last Child abt 1866 Runham, Norfolk, England Son Great Yarmouth Norfolk ( and he wasnt !)
best wishes
joanne
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On the IGI there's only one
JOHN JARSE, Male
Christening: MAR 1608 All Saints And Saint John, Hertford, Hertford, England
Father: JOHN JARSE
Pity John sr didn't call his next son Hugh.
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JOHN JARSE, Male
Pity John sr didn't call his next son Hugh.
Sounds like a Bart Simpson wind-up call! :)
Paul
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On the IGI there's only one
JOHN JARSE, Male
Christening: MAR 1608 All Saints And Saint John, Hertford, Hertford, England
Father: JOHN JARSE
Pity John sr didn't call his next son Hugh.
;D
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In the 1881 only one ANCHAM family:-
Living at Red Hopton Cottage, Churchstoke, Montgomery
William ANCHAM Head M Male 46 Churchstoke, Montgomery, Wales Ag Lab
Mary ANCHAM Wife M Female 49 Trefeglwys, Montgomery, Wales
Mary ANCHAM Daur Female 11 Churchstoke, Montgomery, Wales Scholar
Charles ANCHAM Son Male 6 Churchstoke, Montgomery, Wales
and possibly their daughter!!! at 140 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Elizabeth ANCHAM Serv U Female 15 Sarn, Montgomery, Wales Girl Servant
Jan
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1881 - only one man with the surname YE, Lodging at Skinnergate, Darlington, Durham
RG11/4888, f34, p1
John W. YE Lodger M Male 54 Hammersmith, Middlesex, England Laborer (General)
Jan
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How about this lot in 1881 ;D
Yuam Chi CHEN Head M Male 39 China Secretary & Chinese Charge De Affaires
Keylee (Lady) CHEN Wife M Female 39 China Secretarys Wife
Precious (Miss) CHEN Daur Female 10 China Scholar
Ting MEIH Serv U Female 28 China Ladys Maid
Tsai CHIH Serv U Female 17 China Ladys Maid
Pung FURTING Serv U Male 28 China General Servant Domestic
Li Yen TSAI Serv M Male 23 China General Servant Domestic
Fing YIH Interpreter W Male 34 China Interpreter Of Legation
Too PING LUNG Interpreter M Male 32 China Interpreter Of Legation
Chen CHI YIN Interpreter M Male 35 China Interpreter Of Legation
John WACHOM Serv W Male 43 Waltham, Leicester, England General Servant Domestic
Walter C. CUSHING Serv U Male 24 Betley, Oxford, England General Servant Domestic
Wang KAN KAI Orderly Officer M Male 36 China Major Chinese Army Orderly Officer Of Legation
Ah LING Serv M Male 37 China General Servant Domestic
Halliday MACARTNEY Secretary U Male 47 Scotland Secretary Chinese Legation
Ting FOO CHANG Admiral M Male 46 China Admiral Imperial Chinese Navy
Tsiang YUNG Writer M Male 45 China Writer On Staff Of Admiralting
Hsai MAN CHIN Writer U Male 29 China Writer On Staff Of Admiralting
Ma YU TSAN Writer M Male 37 China Writer On Staff Of Admiralting
Tsing CHUI Serv U Male 22 China General Servant Domestic
Fang YU Serv M Male 36 China General Servant Domestic
Yin CHAN TYANG Serv U Male 20 China General Servant Domestic
Woo YAN Serv U Male 18 China General Servant Domestic
Hsai YUN Serv M Male 49 China General Servant Domestic
William H. CLAYSON Commissioner Customs M Male 39 Bridge, Kent, England Commissioner Of Chinese Custom
All at 49 Portland Place, London, Middlesex
RG11/0140, f8, p10
Think I get some "Whack" points for first names too ;D ;D Watch how you pronounce Pung's surname LOL!!
Jan
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This has to be one of my favourites, again in 1881.
I have just found a ZIPPER BUGGS ;D, with is wife Jane, daughter Hannah, son Phillip, servant Harriet Churcher, at Westwood Farm, Sevenoaks, Kent
Jan
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1881
Bonifacio family at 17 Royal Avenue, London
I had to post the following (sorry if I offend anyone ;))
Thomas FART Head M Male 58 Brixham, Devon, England Pensioner R N
Margaret FART Wife M Female 59 Whimple, Devon, England
and
M. D. ARSE Baker U Male 26 Germany Baker
That's my laugh for the day.......must stop enjoying myself and get on with the housework!!!!
Note to moderator: Please remove if unsuitable.
Jan ;)
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Well, Jan, a capful of what some might say were 'easy' points (foreign names! ;)), more than redeemed by the magnificent Zipper Buggs! ;D ;D ;D
A good morning's Censuswhacking!
Paul
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Thought I would have a go, Here are some I found, Sorry if someone has already said them.
Unique First Names:
1861:
Four Palmer
Twell C Pindar
1871:
Bounce E Burbidge
Hadande M Burbidge
1881:
Flour Baton
Mouse Regan
1891:
Lilac Wood
Four Thane
Rover Elizabeth Rawlinson
Toe Wilker
Arckebull Tin Wyatt
Boil Thomas Hollely
Puke Hearn
1901:
Echo K Walter
Dont know if theese count but unique names, though they are middle names:
1861:
Frederic Quor Chappell
1871:
Sally Egg Crocker
1891:
Lillie Six Smith
Richard Cheer Sutton
William Cheese Crough
Guis Nude Reddy
Unique Surnames:
1861:
QUOIN - Bridget, Bridget & Patrick
QUOLORS - Clara
QUOSE - Family of Woodchurch Kent
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The prospect of an entry for 'Censuswhacking' in Wikipedia being deleted on the grounds that it is a neologism seems to be emerging.
You can have your say on the subject at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censuswhacking
Rootschatters can still . entry!
cheers
Paul
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Paul
I just went on there - where the heck do you vote Not to be deleted ?
Annie
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Hi Annie - seems they have a discussion 'thingy', might be a good idea to say why we want to keep Censuswhacking, also looks like you can only vote to remove it..............or am I being thick.
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I know this doesn't count because there are quite a few 'Readhead' families on the 1891 census - but I just found Robinson Readhead (ironmonger - that would explain the redness!) with his family ... including daughter Sensitive E Readhead ... aahh, poor sweet thing!
Julie
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Well, hol828 (incidentally, are you related to the 828's of Windsor?) :) - quite a slew of entries: well done!
And Julie, I think you'll find you have the only Sensitive in 1881 and 1891, so a definite Censuswhack!
cheers
Paul
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Paul
Were you able to find out how people could vote - to keep it?
Annie
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Looks hideously complicated, Annie! Think we'll just have to go with the hand of history on this one! :) Ah well, someday they'll be sorry!
cheers
Paul
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Come on - where's that optimistic bloke we all know?
Don't give up so easy - find out how to do it - and we'll get everybody to vote!!
This is your baby - don't let it go down without a fight!! :P :P :P
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I am wondering whether this might be a unique occupation ::)
Sorry if it's already been reported.
1881, Horfield, Gloucestershire
Henry John OSBORNE, Head, Mar, 29, b Birmingham Warwick
Henry's occupation is:
Travelling, Sec, Asso. stopping sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday
And above this, in a different hand, is written:
humbug!!!
JAP
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JAP - I would have to say yes to unque occupation ... a censuswhack it is!
I love the humbug comment, too!
Paul
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I saw an article in Family History Monthly, yesterday about Censuswhacking.
How does it work ???
When do you you start looking up other new people ???
Charles
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I was wondering that too Charles. ???
I have come across quite a few funny names and addresses in my rellies lookups on Census returns
Sue
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Perhaps they will start off a new name soon??? We hope
Charles
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With Censuswhacking you just search the censuses when you find a firstname, surname or occupation thats unique, you just post it here!
Theres no rounds or timelimits.
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if you go to this site
http://etherington.rootschat.net/html/censuswhacking.html
you will see Paul's website entry about what it is and what counts.
have fun
sue
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Hi hol828 and familysearcher,
Spot on!
Going right back to the beginning:
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<snip>
The rules are simple: see if you can find
- a surname that occurs in only ONE family in any census
- a first name that only one person in the country has ...
- an occupation that only one person in the country has ...
Any takers?? ;D
<snip>
JAP
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Cheers........the next rainy day I shall be busy searching!!! ::)
I will have to remember the names I was searching to get the unique ones I came across!
I expect all the "smutty" ones have been found! ;)
Happy Days
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Hi Charles and Sue (and all!)
familysearcher, JAP and hol828 are right - just dive in! Its surprising what you will find in the census indexes.
Now I'm back from my jollies I promise I'll prepare an up-to date Censuswhack record soon!
cheers
Paul
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It is hardier than I ythought looking for 'strange' names, having a bit of difficulties to be hornest
Charles
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Hey Paul E,
I thought that it might be "cheating" to look for strange names and occupations! A purer Censuswhack would be if one came across them by chance ;D (being so pure, thus was my only submission - I think). But, then again, who's to know :D
Gosh, we could have two divisions (like amateur and pro). With "purity" determined by a panel which examines details of how one came across one's 'whack :P
Next step - the Olympic Censuswhack.
JAP
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Hey, JAP - a Censuswhack is a Censuswhack however its found!
I believe there will be an international tournament sometime in the future though ...
http://genealogue.blogspot.com/2005/08/yet-more-censuswhacking.html
:)
cheers
Paul
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Can you tell me where one can find the occupation of a person or to do a search on it, if they are using Familysearch website???
Charles
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Hi again M. Censuswhack aka Paul E,
After checking out the blog, I am convinced that the Olympic Competition and/or World Championships will have to have delimited international boundaries if unresolvable difficulties and legal challenges are not to arise. At the very least, it is crystal clear that some regions/nations have an unacceptably unfair advantage in terms of whackiness ;D This is surely a matter for the Handicap Committee.
Will there also be specialised competitions/divisions (vis-a-vis the 100m, 200m, etc) e.g. 1841 UK (or separate ones for 1841 England, 1841 Wales, 1841 Scotland), etc.
It follows that degree of difficulty factors might be applied e.g. that to dive into the 1861 England & Wales census which is on FamilySearch and Ancestry is easy, but an equivalent dive for Scotland is at present extremely difficult. In addition handicaps might well be given for those areas which have been covered by FreeCEN, etc...
To determine and rule on these matters will there be an international committee (appropriately rewarded for our - sorry their - efforts in terms of substantial honoraria plus travel and living expenses), and an adequately remunerated supporting bureaucracy, plus coaching staff ... Not to mention legal staff for proceedings before the International Censuswhack Court.
I trust that you will accept that these are serious matters which need to be addressed.
For my own part I had, of course, thought that I had settled down into a comfortable retirement ... But duty cannot be denied. It would be irresponsible of me not to accept appointment - pending satisfactory resolution of negotiations on matters of remuneration.
JAP ::) 8) :P
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Hi JAP
Looks like you have been earwigging on the proceedings of the CensusWhack World Confederation Inaugural meeting, where just such meaty considerations as you have listed are being attended to.
I'm sure that, in the fullness of time, one of the Confederation's distinctive purple envelopes will be landing on your doormat, extending precisely the invitation you so eagerly crave (sorry!) anticipate / deserve.
cheers
Paul :) :)
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Has anyone got a BRIDGER as a first name in their tree.
Regards Jean.
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Hi Jean
Its not a particularly common christian name, as you can see from the figures below:
1861 England Census 36
1871 England Census 44
1881 England Census 42
1891 England Census 34
1901 England Census 20
Sadly, though, not a Censuswhack. :(
cheers
Paul
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Not strictly Censuswhack by the definition from the first post of this thread but interesting statistics none the less. A search of a certain family history site which has 1861 - 1901 censuses for England, Wales, the Channel Islands & the Isle of Man shows up the following:
There are a total of 2,312 Crightons in the censuses for these 5 years but only one has the first name Allan.
There are a total of 11,111 Etheringtons in these censuses but not a single one has the first name Paul
Putting in Liverpool Annie's real name throws up 67 entries. Common as muck! :P
Al
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Look - I don't know Liverpool Annie's real name, but I do know she has been extremely helpful to me in the past and I'm sure she's a very nice lady ... she certainly shows a great deal of patience when it comes to you two, ha ha! Leave her alone!
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Thank you very much Julie - that was very nice of you!! :D
Ah! but Crighton you didn't put in my maiden name - and thereby hangs a tale!!
but I'm not going to tell YOU!!
Is the name Crighton or Etherington on the moon - I think NOT!!
but mine is ... so there :P :P
I'm GOLD !!
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I too have been on the moon - I'm an Armstrong!
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Here here Julie ;D we girls have got to stick together...
I looked up Pain and Backside in 1861 ;D loads of Pains but no Backsides unfortunately :'(
There is however only one Backstay - John born Pennsylvania
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No Suey!
Crighton already said he was the only one!! ::) ::)
More than likely you'll never find another one like him - except there was a Mr Arse enumerated I believe - shame he didn't live in Hole Lane Chicago ::) ::)
Annie
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Lol Annie - must confess to looking for the Arse family could'nt find one..BUT...there are 105 Harse's in '61 - I wonder why ;D
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I found this in 1881
A Boy Two Days Old Leach abt 1881 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
D'you think Old Leach should have been his occupation :P (oh no! wrong spelling!)
Annie
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There is a Percilla Arse in the 1871 England Census (Inmate in a workhouse) and an M.D. Arse (a Baker from Germany) in 1881 so it seems there are Arses of both sexes here ;)
Al
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Suey
I found the definition of "Harse" - but I had to have it translated - looks like it needs to be translated again! ::)
Harse
Harse is officially a friedliebender Tunichtgut, which lives on the ererbten money of its parents. This is used up actually for years and it already works as a master thief both on own calculation and on order. It is member of the Diebesgilde. Harse does not have a Robin Hood mentality and robs (and naturally because it is not worthwhile itself)"small people" out. It gives away a part of its booty to distressed ones.
ooheeooh!!!!
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"Fridliebend" means peace-loving and a "Tunichtgut" is a scamp/n'er do well. It looks like our German baker from 1881 dropped the H thinking that it would make his name sound less bad :o
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Al
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Do you have a German keyboard like Berlin Bob
or did you copy and paste that Mr Cosmopolitan? :P
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Neither. German 'O' Level Grade C 1978 :D
Al
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Best I can remember from my pre 'O' - level days is
Wie komme ich am besten nach die strassenbahnhaltestelle bitte?
It was always a source of amusement to me that the Germans took 23 letters to say the word 'tramstop'.
I always imagined the tram would have been well departed by the time I ever got the words out.
Hey Al - did you have textbooks about a German family whose father was a banker, and who had a dog called Lumpi? :)
cheers
Paul
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Hey, wait a minute - this is seriously off topic!
Having promoted the wonderful world of Censuswhacking in every bleedin' family history magazine going and then some, I wouldn't want anyone dropping by to think we couldn't keep to a subject.
Can the discussion about German Harses convene elsewhere? :)
Paul
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We were sticking to the subject
till YOU - Mr E - started talking about German trams and dogs named Lumpi!!! ::) ::)
And stop saying that word 'cos it's not nice!
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Best I can remember from my pre 'O' - level days is
Wie komme ich am besten nach die strassenbahnhaltestelle bitte?
It was always a source of amusement to me that the Germans took 23 letters to say the word 'tramstop'.
I always imagined the tram would have been well departed by the time I ever got the words out.
Hey Al - did you have textbooks about a German family whose father was a banker, and who had a dog called Lumpi? :)
cheers
Paul
Yawohl! "Lumpi ist mein hund" The kid's name was Hans Schaudi and they had a girl called Lieselotte staying with them as a result of some strange continental wife-swapping arrangement.
Cheers,
Al
ps There's only one Lieselotte in the 1861 census, one in the 1891 and one in 1901. Is that a censuswhack? (Just trying to keep on thread here)
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Definate Censuswhack there, Al (plus bonus points for reverting to topic).
Thats right - Lieselotte. Poor lass always seemed to be be falling over and having to go to the krankenhaus if I remember.
cheers
Paul
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I can't find Hans Schaudi in ANY census!! :P :P
What does that mean??
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I was doin' a quick RootsChat skim and became captivated by a new member's posted message (on this board re: gift for father). While doin' a quick search to try to help, I fell across this name that made me laugh out loud.
Absolem STUCKEY 1881 Somerset
I think it's Greek or Latin for something that I often say to myself while searching for my roots. ;)
Donna
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Ah, close, Duckcharm - but not even a handrolled cigarette for this one, never mind a cigar!
There are 68 instances of the name Absolem in the 1881 census alone, so clearly not a Censuswhack!
However, you should receive a special prize for your imaginative use of Latin, and for alerting us to look for more Absolems, of which Absolem Bullock (1881) offers an example of a Latin phrase that has often been used to describe the hobby of genealogy by non-adherents. :)
cheers
Paul
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LOTS of Mr & Mrs Daddy's on the censuses, but in 1861 / 71 / 81 there's only one MUMMY.
Who's Your Daddy? :)
cheers
Paul
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And, inspired no doubt by Duckcharm's Stuckey's, 1861 has the STICKY family in Minster in Sheppey, Kent.
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I found a Censuswhack (I think) that reflected my thoughts after my absolem goof-up... but hesitated to post it because I thought it would be very bad taste. Then, I realized that the poor woman with this name recorded for the ages was probably me in a past life... so, it's okay.
Dummy FEMALE 1881 & 1891 Sussex
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You're too hard on yourself, Duckcharm - an excellent Censuswhack! :) :)
I wonder if Dummy ever met DOH Scholefield, in Suffolk in 1871? :)
Paul
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Maybe Dummy and Doh knew
Ditsy Millard 1901 Dorset ?
Donna ;D
Edited for Post Script: Nope... Dummy couldn't have known Ditsy because they are both me in my past lives!
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Not really a census whack. Just fun :)
1881 U.S. Census (Chicago Cook Illinois)
John DOPEY, Laborer born Ireland
and his Head of Household:
Bridget BUMSTER Keeping house
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Well, ger_g, I'll have to take your word for a US Censuswhack, as I only have access to the English and Welsh Censuses!
CensusWhack USA :) is headed up by the Genealogue
http://genealogue.blogspot.com/2005/06/censuswhacking-in-america.html
but if you fancy moderating any US entries here on Rootschat, ger_g, you are very welcome!
best wishes
Paul
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Oops... didn't realise the U.S. were off-limits! I did find one there with occupation 'Boler In Mile' though. That's a very long lane; I wonder how he sees the pins at the other end. Haha
Ger
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CensusWhack USA :) is headed up by the Genealogue
http://genealogue.blogspot.com/2005/06/censuswhacking-in-america.html
Paul
Which was created on the back of YOUR idea Paul. Congrats, it's refreshing when an idea originates here and then goes west ;D
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Well, we like to share, Wendi!
cheers :)
Paul
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Just come across this one:
Dorothy Pussy EDMED
was born Stourbridge 1892 (and sadly died age in 5 in 1897)
But what a name!
AMBLY :D
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Just found my first censuswhack!
Husband's great-grandmother Lydia Lewis was a BUCKET BLACKER in the 1891 census.
Only reference on google is on the Warwickshire Ancestors Project -
www.hunimex.net/warwick/freecens/2384.html
Were black buckets a rare, expensive item - or totally out of fashion?
Completely mind-boggled - Monica
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Hi Monica
Excellent find - hard to verify that this is a true Censuswhack as I'm not able to search the 1891 census by occupation, but it seems as though, out of all the bucket workers in Warwickshire your ancestor was the only one blackening them!
And... in Wales in 1891, there is the lonely BUCKET Kingston, born 1890 in Cardiff. Now that's a definate Censuswhack, so the points are yours! (Incidentally, poor Bucket was a girl :'().
cheers
Paul
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jeez yoo lot iz madder than hatters !!!!!!
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Hi Donna-Paul - you don't have to be mad to play here but it helps if you are..... ;D
Paul I looked at the image and I reckon poor Bucket should really be Bridget, named after her mummy - don't know what her sister, transcribed as Marnanesa Kingston should to be though ???
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Hi Suey
As we go by the transcribed name, I think you may have just hit upon Censuswhack heaven with the Kingstons...
As well as Marnenesa and Bucket, there's also a Sandi Kingston.
Proving that this particular transcriber didn;t just have it in for the Kingstons, we also have Prulep Spillane!
What a street!
cheers
Paul
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...Just found Ballina Budden from Wiltshire - 1881 census
margaret :)
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not strictly a censuswhack - purely a search inspired by the September challenge and the Cockin family
as a result this poor four year old appears on the 1861 census
Thos Joseph Ader Cockin
what he ad it in it doesnt say
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and one more before I do some actual work
1881 census
William Ince abt 1845 Heskin, Lancashire is the country's only rudeslooker
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:o :o :o
Well spotted, samesized! Wonder what he spent his time looking at!
cheers
Paul
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Especially for samesizedfeet:
Henry Clog - Morthoe, Devon, 1871
Bertie Plimsol Hearley - Falmouth, Cornwall, 1881
Toe Wiker - Lydgate, Yorkshire, 1891
John Sock Thompson - Kent Co. Lunatic Asylum, Barming Heath, Maidstone, 1881
Whether the last name is totally reliable is another matter....
Rambler
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Interesting though, MR - wonder whether that's where we get the term'Barmy' from - Barming Heath?
cheers
Paul
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:o :o :o
Well spotted, samesized! Wonder what he spent his time looking at!
cheers
Paul
Perhaps
Nut Cell Nude Thorne of Ilminster (1901)
;D ;D
MR
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In the same line, we have in 1881:
A. Toger, 28 Lowden Rd, Lambeth
and on the IGI a John Todger, b 1675.
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Interesting though, MR - wonder whether that's where we get the term'Barmy' from - Barming Heath?
cheers
Paul
Apparently not...
"Barm," on the other hand, is the frothy, foamy head found on a glass of beer or ale, and derives from the Old English word "beorma." "Barmy" first appeared in the 16th century in a literal sense meaning "foaming," and by 1602 was being used to describe someone acting in an excited or irrational way whose head seemed to be filled with froth.
from http://www.word-detective.com/032404.html
cheers
Paul
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Almost a censuswhack in 1861:
Barm E Neale, Servant living in Holloway, London
His claim to fame being dashed by the presenece of one Barm Heilbrom, just down the road in Holborn. ::)
Barm Conrad Liebhaber is however a 1891 censuswhack but it's just not the same without the middle initial "E" ;)
Al
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An exellent find, Mr Crighton! And, your 1891 discovery is actually a DoubleWhackTM, since Liebhaber is only found in that one family in that census, and of course Barm is unique, too.
As if such excitement isn't enough for a Wednesday, Daniel Liebhaber, Barm's son, is listed as "Principal of the Berlin School of Language" - which one would assume to be a pretty unique occupation as there's only ever one principal for these kind of places. But of course, without an occupation index for 1891 we'll never truly know - sad that we have to live with such perpetual uncertainty.
cheers
Paul
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Those Rootschatters who have so far been restricted in their CensusWhacking to using the 1881 Census because they're not signed up to the others, have a week or so left to sample the delights of the 1901 Census, for free...
http://1930census.net/1901Census.htm?o_xid=0041486746&o_lid=0041486746
Our friends across the water have already started this process...
http://genealogue.blogspot.com/2005/09/censuswhacking-in-england.html
to great effect!
cheers
Paul
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I am going to start whacking straight away - I just have to find one! Oh no I can feel another obsession coming on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Congratulations Paul! You have successfully pointed me in the direction of your website yet again! I admire your tenacity!
Jill
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Watch out! Your computer is under attack....
Thomas Spam Philpott - Ryde, IOW, 1861
Hacker Bills - Huddersfield, 1881
Virus Hann - Street, Somerset, 1891
Crash Overson - Grimstone, Norfolk, 1881
Rambler
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Congratulations Paul! You have successfully pointed me in the direction of your website yet again! I admire your tenacity!
Jill
All across the world wide web, planted where you least expect them, are hidden links that take you - yes, you've guessed it - to www.etherington.rootschat.com (http://www.etherington.rootschat.com)
I savour every 'Doh!' that is uttered, as unwitting Rootschatters find themselves caught in a snare.
What looks at first like a harmless US genealogy blog turns out to be nothing more than a front, hiding yet another hidden link to my parlour.
I swear I heard your 'Doh!' all the way from Leeds to the Wirral, Jill! :)
There is no escape!
As for MR - yet more Censuswhack gems!
cheers
Paul
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I swear I heard your 'Doh!' all the way from Leeds to the Wirral, Jill! :)
Paul
You might think you heard 'Doh!' but it sounded a bit stronger than that to me! I swear I'm not going to fall into any of your traps again!
And by the way, you seem to be labouring under the misapprehension that because some of my research is in Leeds, so am I! Wrong! I'm a bit nearer to some of your ancestors than that - not the Durham lot although I have some of those as well! You are getting ever closer to my net!
Jill
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1881 Census, RG11/1987/14/8
Edward Clifford TURD, birthplace TROUSE(RS?)
Dimps
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Hmm - now then, Dimps, your entry has prompted the World Federation to consider a motion to permit a NEW category of CensusWhacking... place of birth. The result of their deliberations is expected in June 2006, but in the meantime we could always Censuswhack for place of birth 'just for fun'!
cheers
Paul
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Strictly for 'fun', you understand...
Joseph Brown, 1901, was the only person born at any time in Pighwin, Yorkshire. This is probably a mistranscription of Pigburn, but CensusWhack never lets a mistranscription get in the way of a good entry!
cheers
Paul
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Trying a bit of lateral thinking on a lookup request, I failed to find the guy in question, but fell over a couple of Censuswhacks...
William Gainavel - Bedminster, 1891
John Novella Gainble - Saddleworth, 1891
Marcus & Frances Gumplesow - Edgbaston, 1891
Yes, the last 2 aren't technically a Censuswhack, but Gumplesow was too good to keep to myself!
Rambler
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Gumplesow Adjudication:
Probably brothers, therefore a technical CensusWhack - certainly the only representatives of the Gumplehow family in the country in any census, and living in the same house.
Nice one!
Paul
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1901 Crayford Kent we find Cock Robin living in a common lodging house. No A.Sparrow in sight but, irrelevantly, another lodger is Acorn Jack. Both are described both as Tramps and as Navies [read Navvies]. ;D
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Hack, your discovery of Acorn Jack had me rushing to the 1901 census, where I found 3 Acorns - the other two were both born in 1892 and were living in Chadderton, near Oldham.
Now THAT must be a story in itself ... Acorn Isherwood and Acorn Hales - wonder what prompted this strange co-incidence? Possibly a bet between a couple of drinking companions? :)
cheers
Paul
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Following the Acorn find I thought there would be a lot more mileage in Censuswhacks growing on trees. Alas I found only one:
Benjamin WALNUT (Kent, 1881, 1891 & 1901)
Unless you count Banana Pointer (Norfolk, 1891) who Chui found back in March.
Al
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1881
Some other edible (or not, depending on personal tastes) names
Margaret CASHEW
Annie E BLACKBERRY
Charles PUMPKIN
Robert SQUASH
John DURIAN
JAP
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Just found my great aunt Annie Patience YOUNG.
She has been transcribed by Ancestry as:
Annie PETRONIL YOUNG
Couldn't find any other Petronil's in Ancestry's free trial 8)
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Yep! - its an 1901 Welsh CensusWhack!
There's an 1881 Petronil Mason in Llanelly, which is another, so two points for that one, SS.
cheers
Paul
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Strange... 1881 Brit
Poor Rate WHITE
Son Male 3 Sowerby, York Scholar
Twigdon BARKER
Head M Male 36 Earls Barton Shoe Finisher
and not a whack but sure to raise a smile...
Love BEER
Wife Female 52 Shaldon, Devon
:D Ger
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Free Stone is certainly a peach of a name from the 1881 - more decorous than Free Stockingwhilst I notice the Chief Coastguard of Kent, Thomas Jackson had a 7 year old son Stonewall Jackson. 8)
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My grandmother's brother, Joseph Smith, married Vilo Lilian Playford in 1900.
Vilo is an unusual name and prone to mistranscription, giving these first name Censuswhacks :-
1891 Searching with 'Vils'
1901 (PRO) Searching with 'Vils Sm*' (search engine won't allow forename only search)
1901 (Ancestry) finds three ladies called Vilo, but only one Vilo Smith
Martin
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Hi Martin
Well, Vilo is a genuine Censuswhack for 1881 and 1861 - Vilo Gay, an Italian living in London and George Vilo George, also in London - respectively.
Too many Uria's in all of the indexed censuses (and thousands of Cadman's), Skooner... even in 1841 there is likely to be more than one (but hopefully we'll know sometime within the next 12 months! :))
Stonewall, too, is commoner than one would imagine - and, unsurprisingly, all the Stonewall Jacksons are from 1871 onwards.
And sorry, Hack, but Freestone won't cut the mustard with the International Federation, as there are at least four in every census from 1861 onwards.
Poor Rate White - now you're talking! And in 1871, there's another poverty-stricken CensusWhack, Poor Jack Hunt.
Excellent ger_g!
Paul
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1861 - Robert W Snake BA, Curate of St Mary Abbotts Kensington, had a look to see if he found himself a wife in '71 and the only Snake is Mary a widow in Cheshire
Suey
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1901 Newport Pagnell
2 whacks for the price of one household:
Robina Ives and Thomima Stockan
skooner
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A ferw more "one-offs", courtesy of Ancestry: (sorry if these have already been spotted- there's 31 pages of this thread to look through). Some of these are definitely Albert WEIRD (1861)
John DUMPS (1861)
Mary Jane SHITE (1861)
Maria Jane and Maria Jane GRUBBY (1861)
George, Ellen, Ellen and Albert CRUD (1871)
Jane SLATTERN (1871)
Elizabeth A GRIMEY (1871)
Thank heavens there are two BLEACHER families (1871) and three CLEANER families (1871) to get rid of the mess!
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Snakes alive (but not many of them, Suey)!
I always like two for the price of one, Skooner - an excellent find!
And Phillip, definately a bag of grubbiness there!
For my own part, I've just enountered Sike Isaxtar in 1871 (not the only Sike in England - there's even a Sike Bike!)
cheers
Paul
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In 1881 Census Brett was 1 month old and living at 5 Woods Passage, Hastings. :)
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Yes, indeedy, Milord Hack - a certain Censuswhack! :)
From 1861 - NOT a Censuswhack as there are two Census' in that year - but nevertheless a supremely ironic comment on the role of the enumerator...
Tom Census Crapp, in Ladock, Cornwall.
chers
Paul
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In the UK censuses from 1861 - 1901, there is only one Aquasha.
1861 England Census
Aquasha Carey 5 born abt 1856 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Scholar Daughter
.....and she is enumerated as Aquasha ...............real name?.....Augusta.
margaret :)
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Censuswhacking is clearly a very serious business ;D
What about Squash HAPPY in the 1880 US - we can't have any of that.
Or Ernest LAUGHTER in 1881 England & Wales - obviously a very serious chappie.
JAP
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1881 was a jolly year as there are innumerable Giggles and Titters as well as your Ernest Laughter. I haven't checked to see if there were Sniggers or Chuckles.
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I don't really know what Censuswhack is about but you may like this one from Ancestry 1901 RG13/3483 Folio 35 page 4. Lockup Chop is a Grandson at Everton. I came across this by chance whilst chasing something for another Rootschatter.
Lockup Chop I thought so I went to look at the census sheet and it is:
Lockup Shop - Greengrocer ;D ;D ;D
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Pury Crump, 1881 North Cerney, Gloucester
Dimps
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1881 British Census
<b>Befora M THICK</b> Scholar 7 in Northampton
and <b>Ruth BEDFISH</b> next door, age 15, General Servant Domestic
<b>Dad EVERSON</b>, 10, scholar, Monmouth, Wales
<b>Mama STAUB</b>, 36, occupation Gildress, London
<b>Daddy R. DADY</b> of Bombay, 24, Merchant, London
<b>Furry TAYLOR</b>, 4, in Folkestone Kent
Love the Lockup Chop, hack ;D
Ger :)
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I'd like to be the first to post a Censuswhack from the 1851 census:
William GROMMET, 14 in Corby Lincolnshire.
There are however 4342 people with the surname WALLACE
I found this information by poring over microfiches for days and days - won't this be so much easier when Ancestry gets the 1851 census on line ;) ;D
Al
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Hello
What about Marchman for a christian name
1871 1567 107 9 Marchman Ing
1891 3813 109 18 Marchman Oliver
The latter should have been Marshman a Sheffielder, later in life (1901) leading young men to a misspent youth ???.
Regards oly
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Three for the "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness"...
Charles Pumpkin - Liverpool, 1881
October Clements - Barrow, 1871
Emily Conker - Charles, Devon, 1891
Rambler
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This is slightly off the point: a middle name that no-one else in the country had: Edith BELLAMARINA Beazley. Great, eh?!
Katie ;)
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Well, Katie, we never mind being dragged away from the point now and again!
And hats off to Al Crighton for his sterling use of the 1851 Census to get us our first confirmed 1851 Censuswhack! :)
Never one to get my own back, I can find
Harriet GRUDGE in 1851 - the one and only Grudge in the country. Must have been a nice time to live!
And, can we please say hello to the NIBBLE family in Oxfordshire in 1851?
Paul
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I've just found a censuswhack in 1871:
Jane B*****ks ;D ;D ;D Seriously!!!!!!
RG10/3573 folio 7 page 8
Check the image for yourselves ;D
Jan
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Well Jan, although I'm sure it would have been better all round if there had been two of them, you have indeed logged an 1871 Censuswhack! :) Well done!
Paul
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;D ;D Mr E!!
In 1851 there is one John Itch lodging in West Brom
HO107/2026 folio 422 page 6
Jan
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1891 - RG12/3240 folio 136, page 21
Charles Hairy a boarder in Manchester
Jan
Can't you just tell that I've got nothing better to do ;D
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Well, it certainly looks like those transcribers at Ancestry are going to be responsible for a bumper crop of 1851 Censuswhacks... :)
Please allow me to introduce the WHIHWHAM family, living in Horton in Yorkshire. I particularly like William Whihwham! :)
Paul
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Love that one, Paul!
Have we had BATHERS TYE from Suffolk?
1851 - HO107/1802, folio 743, p 13
Monica
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A great find, Monica! You can add BATHERS McDonald from 1891, too!
The problem with the Whihwham family is that having looked at the image I'm at a loss as to say what exactly it might be! :)
Paul
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I've had a look at the census and I see what you mean. We can't blame the transcriber for this one.
If it's the enumerator's fault then could it have anything to do with the family living at 1 Brewery Lane? Maybe he had a few before filling in the form!
There's some good threads on the Common Room page where people are identifying strangely written names. How about posting this one for them to ponder? (I would do it but every time I've tried so far, I've failed totally)
Monica
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Hi,my daughter-in-law has a FRIEND WADSWORTH in her tree,but not sure which census he can be found!
Jean.
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he was on all of them from 1871 onwards.
on the 1871 he was:
RG10/4353 4 2
Friend Wadsworth 12, son, Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire
Paul E is that a census whack with him being on more than one ???
Sharon
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Ah, Jan and Sharon... sorry to disappoint you.
I admit that there was only ever one Friend Wadsworth in England, and that he duly appears in all available censuses from 1871. And its an interesting name, too!
However, a technical censuswhack would require his surname or his christian name to be unique. And there are hundreds of Friends on the censuses (which is nice for them :)), and Wadsworth isn't unique, either.
I'm not saying uniquely named individuals aren't interesting, but the International Federation simply wouldn't buy extending the definition to encompass uniqueness per se. Its got to be a surname OR a christian name, I'm afraid.
cheers :)
Paul
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Here's a double Censuswhack - 1851 and 1861;
a FreeBMDwhack - Birth Q4 1844;
and a hilarious name.
I proudly present: Philetus Fish
Martin
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Possibly some kind of record, with no less than three unique forenames:
Whitissin Witine Owoc Pugh - Liverpool, 1891
;D
Rambler
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Loving Philetus Fish :D :D :D I came across a doozy of a boarding house in London (England 1881)... these are not all of the uniques from there but take a gander at these:
James <b>GASPIPE</b> Lodger U Male 48 Manchester
<b>Opheline DERDCHELONGLAND </b> Lodger W Male 39 Whitechapel
Charles <b>HORSEFLESH</b> Lodger U Male 24 Croydon <b>Dog Fancier</b>
Henry <b>STAIRCASE</b> Lodger U Male 43 Leicester, England
Harry <b>SLEEVELINK</b> Lodger U Male 18 Charlestown, Cornwall, England
Geo. <b>SPROGGINS</b> Lodger U Male 24 Carlisle
Samuel <b>STINKPO</b> Lodger U Male 18 Glasgow Plumber
Pancho <b>FLEPBACK</b> Lodger M Male 48 Dover Grave Digger (Church...)
<b>Harknes</b> MONK Lodger U Male 30 Cornwall, England <b>Needy</b>
and my favourite:
<b>Mouse</b> REGAN Lodger U Male 47 Southampton <b>Rat Catcher</b>
RG11
Piece / Folio 0076 / 43
Page Number 34
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Poor old Samuel Stinkpo....I think he belongs in the rude names thread too.
Sharon
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New to this Censuswhacking, but here are a couple I've found
On the 1881 census, there are James and Lydia, the one and only BINGO family
RG11
Piece / Folio 1663 / 25
Page Number 6
and aboard the good ship Superb of the Royal Navy is Frederick Smith with the rather confusing occupation of "John Hutchinson ?"?
Also on the same ship, George Marshall is a Carp mate?
RG11
Piece / Folio 5640 / 20
Page Number 11
A few boats along, George Howards occupation is "A B" (RG11 Piece / Folio 5640 / 40 Page 5)
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These boats are good!
On the Boadicea, I think someone was just making up names for a foreign crew (or Kroo as they all seem to be listed as Kroomen!)
Theres
Tom Cocoa
Flying Jib (two of them actually!)
Prince
Sampson
Jim Crow
Tom Tree
King Solomon
and Prince of Wales
RG11
Piece / Folio 5640 / 51 - 58
Page Number 18 - 58
There's Jack Neverfear on the Dido (listed as being from Kroo Country, Africa), a few called Sea Breeze and theres Bottle of Beer and a Ginger Beer, a fair number of Princes of Wales on various ships, and Flying Jib seems to be quite a popular name in Kroo Country, Africa. One poor chap on the Orontes is listed as John Or Jack WESLEY OR ROPEYARN. (RG11, 5641 / 102, 8 )
On the Mosquito (RG11, 5642 / 4, 3) theres Ah Chu
Just checking through, and George Howard, the AB I mentioned before is not the only AB. It seems to be a ship thing!
Glen
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Must get on and do some work, but I've just spotted that on 1881 there is only 1 Spock (Mary Jane, RG11/4066, 53, 15 ) and only 1 Vulcan (Harry, RG11/3921, 52, 4)
Live Long and Prosper!!
Glen
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Must get on and do some work
Glen
There can be no finer work, Glen, than adding to the Censuswhack Stack! Well done on mining such a seam of watery censuswhacks (oh I do love to mix a metaphor :)), and especially for opening up the Star Trek theme, to which must be added:
Scotty, in 1861 inTintwistle in Cheshire and Trek Davies, in Christchurch, Surrey - also in 1861.
Well done!
cheers
Paul
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All of these are 1881, since this is all I have access to at the moment.
Slightly out of Censuswhack territory I know, but firmly in the Star Trek zone, there is only one James T Kirk, living in Yorkshire. Hundreds of Tribbles though!
On a related note, there is only one person with the first name of Deforest (Deforest James Rule in Cornwall)
Other Censuswhacks unrelated to all things Trekkie
The mind boggles, but in Bridgnorth (RG11/2630, 76, 13) poor Sarah J Edwards is the only person in the country with the unenviable occupation of Factory Sex. Thos F Allen of London is the country's last remaining Tinplate Worrier
There is the one and only John Menace in Lancashire, or Wincup Calleiege the Rat Poisoner in Suffolk, Harry Spangle in Middlesex, Poyce Edwards in Greenwich, Manuel Ponce in St Pancras. Its probably already been found, but there is Murder McKenzie in Bolton.
What do I get for two Censuswhacks in the same household? In Corfe Mullen (RG11/2093, 115, 10), Henry Pond named one of his sprogs Idea and another Edorea, both of which appear nowhere else that year
Thats all for now.
More later possibly
Glen
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What about my Louisa de la Sausage - Enfield 1871 census - bet there are not too many of those around. Someone has suggested it could have been Sauvage.
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definitely written as Sausage on the census page
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Don't take this the wrong way...
From 1881, ENEMA Lambert, living in Framlingham, Suffolk
From 1891, ENEMA Sampson, living in Paddington
From 1901, ENEMA Hutchison, St Mary Magdalene, Sussex
:)
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A relation in England had trouble finding Zachariah Tricker born Groton in the 1851 census.
He had been transcribed as BRACKNARD TRIACK born in GANTON with his wife Susan Triack. No wonder she had trouble !
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Hi Emmeline
Yes, indeed - the Triaks are a Censuswhack (since Pro Rules dictate that it is the census index that is the definitive indicator).
:)
Paul
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My Great Grandmother was Everalda Billins - God knows where that came from - she's the only one in whole of England in 1881, not surprisingly.
The enumerators had a hell of a job and she was known throughout the censii (?) and on marriage cert as Evelyn, Everlylda or Hilda and even the family gave up when it came to the gravestone ....'Hilda "Evie" Lewis' !!
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Thanks Paul E - just glad they were not listed as TRIADS!
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1901 Robert Iiii Pegg, Staffordshire
Sharon
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My great aunt Zada has been transcribed
1881 and 1891 Lada S.L. Knight ::)
she is not the only one transcribed as Lada, is this still a censuswhack?
1891 Lada Flew
My brother had one of those cars in the 1970's ;D
Susan ;)
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I have
Cicemacelia Millicent Selena
and not one census has the right spellings.
I have got so far ,Cecillia ,Cilla,C,Priscilla ,Sebina ,Caleb, Ciscomvellia,Ciscilla......................but at least the grave stones have the right spellings..........
Must have been a nightmare for them.......lol
Must admit I have trouble spelling it as well....... ???
Steve
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Ooh, ooh!
I just realised I have one in my family, rather than someone elses.
My great-great grandmother, Priscilla Carendo Winchester as she was listed on her Marriage certificate, or Priscilla Direnda Winchester as she was listed on her birth certificate, was listed on the 1881 census as Preseler Willis.
Preseler is the Censuswhack, but neither Carendo or Direnda appear anywhere on the 1881 census. God alone knows what she would have been listed as if she'd given her full name!
Bonus points, perhaps???
Glen
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Found on the 1881 census one of my Middleton family - a daughter age 4 - listed as MACLEAN Middleton.
Kind Rootschatters have found she was an AMELIA !
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AMELIA ! Seams to have been a common name once not no more !!
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Hello Graceland - Yes, you are quite right about AMELIA having lost favour. I do remember there was one in my class at school. I envied her blonde ringlets and the fact that she could play the piano !
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Hello Paul, I have just discovered your censuswhack during a browse.
My GG Grandfather born 1808 died 1887. The 1851 census shows his occupation as a Patent Horse Hair Glover. I have no idea what this entailed, do you think there are any others :)
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Here's a couple from 1881 Brit:
Mother In Law A. BARNES 72 Everton, Lancashire, England
Aunt SW...SON Female 61 London, Middlesex, England
Cousins AMBROSE 39 Railway Port Castleton, Lancashire, England
Husband RUSSELL 15 Work At Home (Ag Lab) Atterby, Lincoln, England
Popsy JUNIPER 18 London, Middlesex, England
She's the only Popsy in 1881, but I think her brother might have a whacked occupation too:
William JUNIPER 21 Assistant To His Uncle Cheese Monger
:)
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How about in the 1881 census for Kent, Lubder Sherwood, a Care Taker (not Giver) born about 1827 in Uley, Gloucestershire.
Ref: RG11/0851/86, p28
Cheers Dave
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While looking for somebody else I came across this name, doubt many people have as many first names, but I do wonder what they are!
1871 Census 2 Nuttall Street, New Accrington, Lancashire
in brackets by the side it says 9 Russian Names
A.C.L.S.G.M.O.B.S. Broughton Son Unm 14 Card Loom Cotton born Lancashire Accrington
RG10/4144 Haslingden Accrington Folio 140 Page 42
Mary
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Is this the very last EDGWICK from my wife's Tewkesbury line? ...
Edwin W F EDGWICK - 26 - b. Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
1901 Census - RG13/2467 F.78 P.9
Regards,
John
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;D Apologies if she is on already, 1901 Census
Christmas Balls daughter born c1885 Dersingham, Norfolk ;D
Suey
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i have just had an email from 1837online and they are in to census whacks - except bmd wise!!!!
Our thanks to our in-house researcher Claire Langford who spotted the following seasonal reference in the March quarter of the index for births for 1878:
'Merry Christmas Finnett
She reappears in the index for March quarter of 1900, upon her marriage to Charles Edward Ganney:
By the 1901 census, Merry seems to have stopped using her distinctive names and we discover that her initial stands, not for Rudolphina, but Rose:
they then say:
Let us know if you spot any unusual names in the records. Any used in our newsletters will receive 50 free units!
did you copyright the game Paul
Happy christmas to all
Sue
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How about
Hymen ??? REBOTSKIE (Male) 33 Job Dealer on the 1881 Cheetham, Lancashire.
Mind you, he was of Polish origin.
Watermusic
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I do hope that this qualifies:
1851
The Fish family including
John Pilot Fish, 11
George Dolphin Fish, 9
Salmon Fish, 7
HO107/1820-288
What were their parents thinking?
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Here's one that's really annoying me
1891
RG12/4474 118 25
Ober Sheffers, widower 48 born France
The one and only Ober and he only appears in 1891 as the brother-in-law of my relative but I can't figure out who he married to become brother-in-law >:(
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I have to put this in I'm sorry
Marriages Mar qtr 1878
Frederick Charles BOTTOM at Belper (7b 645) Fanny SLACK at Belper (7b 645)
Fanny Slack is now Fanny Bottom.
This is creasing me!
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Here's one that's really annoying me
1891
RG12/4474 118 25
Ober Sheffers, widower 48 born France
The one and only Ober and he only appears in 1891 as the brother-in-law of my relative but I can't figure out who he married to become brother-in-law >:(
Hi scrattletrap
I think this may be your Ober Sheffers.
1901 census has his son Daniel is living with his sister and family, so working back from there.
Amelia Ellen SHEFFERS married in 1893
Amelia Ellen SCHEFFERS born Mar Qtr 1874
1881 Census
RG11/5352 Folio: 147 Page: 51 & 52
Church St Barracks Houses Swansea
Herbert SCHIFFERS 38 Belgium Spelterman
Mary SCHIFFERS 29 Cornwall
Mary Elizabeth SCHIFFERS 9 Morriston Glam
Ellen SCHIFFERS 7 Morriston Glam
Jane SCHIFFERS 5 Morriston Glam
Sarah SCHIFFERS 3 Plesmal Glam
Joseph SCHIFFERS 8mths Plesmal Glam
Genni
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Some occupations I came across t'other night whilst perusing the 1901 census.........
Carpenter at Cooliery....... 8)
Superintendent Millwall dicks...... ???
House breaker........ :o
;)
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Why thank you Genni ;D
Sharon
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I have one ancestor that has a unique name in all of Britain in the 1881 census.
His name is Seth Hackney 54, drayman.
However in the 1861 he is listed as SAITH Hackney, 34 Groom.
:D
Thanks to JAP for finding him for me!
Nina
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I can imagine the enumerator asking "And how are you saying that first name, Mr Hackney?" :)
Paul
Anyone found an 1841 one yet? ;)
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Ann Olieff 25 on the 1841.
Andrew
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Hi All,
I think Seth HACKNEY is a CensusWhack in 1841, 1851, 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901.
But Saith HACKNEY in 1861 is not only an 1861 CensusWhack but a total CensusWhack.
Whacko!
Paul, I think this is a really good CensusWhack because Seth (a biblical name) is not particularly uncommon and the surname HACKNEY is also not particularly uncommon.
Let's hear it for Nina's Seth ;D
JAP
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And so SETH all of us ! Or SAITH - whichever you prefer.
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;D ;D ;D
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Well done, Andrew, with the FIRST confirmed 1841 Censuswhack ;D
Sadly, Saith doesn't make it for 1841, because (improbably) there are 4 Saiths in that Census.
The International Federation has asked me to remind everyone of the rules, in advance of the 2006 Censuswhack Olympiad, which this year is being held in Berlin (I imagine Berlin Bob will be reporting in on this for Rootschat):
The rules are simple: see if you can find
- a surname that occurs in only ONE family in any census
- a first name that only one person in the country has
- an occupation that only one person in the country has
Cheers :)
Paul
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don't know if i've got the hang of it but
Ketwark Vyse abt 1776 Diss Norfolk
only 1 listed on 1841,
although i think her name is really Kehorah Vyse and there's none og those ;D
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Excellent find, w105uk! The judges always take the indexed name as the guide, so even if its a mistranscription, Ketwark is definitely in!
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Among several outstanding attempts at spelling Kerenhappuch in 1841, my vote goes to:
Kevernhappuck Cockrell - Essex
Keven Napperch Stephens - Berkshire
Keven Happuck Fletcher - Derbyshire
All unique in 1841!
Rambler
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I thought I would look for some "modern" names in the 1841 Census, and found these:
Jodie Mardenzie, North Kilworth, Leicestershire
(1,923 Joels!)
Wayne Weaks, St Pancras, Middx
Darren Morton, Bitton, Gloucestershire
Shannon Franklin, Prestwich cum Oldham, Lancs
Dawn Lady Johnstone, Thirsk Yorkshire (actually Dowr - Dowager - Lady Johnstone)
Bored with those, for the time being.
How about:
The Tia Theye, Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire
The Tia Theye - surely a tribe from some naff fantasy novel?
Dimps
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Oh Paul!
I thought a complete name qualified - thus Saith Hackney in 1861 and overall; and Seth Hackney in each of the other censuses.
But no, I got the rules wrong ...
Sorry Nina :'(
Well, as mistranscriptions on a certain site are permitted, I'll try to redeem myself with a mistranscription which has to be a Censuswhack ...
The following first name which in indexed in the 1871 census and nowhere else at all - Definitely Derided
And, just in case the International Federation permits only a single name, each component of the above also qualifies.
Cheers,
JAP
PS: And, on the topic of "modern" names, I could find only one 'Marilyn' (1871 - should be Mary). And only one 'Britney' (indexed as Britney IVORY in 1891 - should be Sidney URRY).
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I think I finally found one!
Buthnaoms Daybell - 1851 census (HO107/2134/160/20)
Ruth Naomi is her name!
Jill
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Well done on a nice crop of new Censuswhacks!
Now all I need to do is find a spare fortnight to construct an up-to-date table of Censuswhacks... ::)
cheers
Paul
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my 2nd ;D
1841 census ;D ;D
Feng Brook abt 1796 Suffolk, England Coddenham Suffolk
(actual name Fenning Brook)
thick that would still have been a census whack :D :D
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no 3 :D :D
still 1841, cos got lots to look up.
Fenn Fenning HO107/1018/19
thought i'd look at 1851 but they've multiplied lol
there's 2 of them :D
1861
woohoo
just the 1 Fenn Fenning RG9/1156
1871 2 again :( and in 1881
1891 Fenn Fenning RG12/1464
1901 none :(
so is that 3 censuswhacks
or just the 1???????
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I think I've found a total census whack....
HO107/711/5 1841
D Shannono Child
Not sure if it counts because they obviously haven't come up with a name yet.
or there's "A Man Not Know Name" :-\
HO107/569/5 1841
Andrew
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Israel Stock(h)ill b1850. He's my first cousin 4 times removed.
Andrew
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There must be countless Censuswhacks on the 1841. This one is quite ridiculous!
HO107/39/23/5/5
Etelyncupirdby R Franklin, living in Worminghall, Buckinghamshire.
Image = lately occupied by R Fanklin
:)
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Do I have a complete censuswhack with my GGGG Grandparents Dennis and Matilda Turvey? The closest I have found is their granddaughter Ellen Matilda Turvey.
Andrew
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Ah, the arcane rules of censuswhackery!
I'm afraid a 'total censuswhack' is only possible if both the first and second names are unique (not the combination of the two, Comosus :().
By the same token, there are almost 1300 Israels in the 1841, 55 Stockills and 15 Stockhills, and similar numbers in 1851, so the International Federation would not count this as a Censuswhack I'm afraid. The same would hold true of the Turvey's.
BUT (!) there are no other Shannonos (curiously!) so this IS a Censuswhack!
Etelyncupirby is wonderful, and a clear Censuswhack - I wonder if any of the Indian transcribers of the 1841 thought 'Hey that's a lovely name, I think I'll christen my next one after them!'
Now then, are we all clear about the rools? ;D
cheers
Paul
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Definitely a one-and-only - neither first nor last name occurs elsewhere on any census!
Hoplingaboh Proadboar - St Swithin, Lincolnshire, 1841
(My own guess from the image is a very poor stab at Hephzibah... ::) )
Rambler
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Arthur Aryasbes Boreham
just the 1 in 1901
real name Arthur Augustus Boreham
is that a census whack :D
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My Great Aunt Tilly (Matilda) was found on 1901 census as Moubilou!
Does she qualify?
Nanny Jan
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Well, I can't find Moubilou on any of the Ancestry censuses. :(
But Arthur definitely makes it in 1901 - and there are no other Aryasbes' in the other censuses (rather surprisingly! ;))
Nice to see you keeping your hand in, MR!
Paul :)
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Oops....got the spelling wrong !
Mubilou Crampton from the 1901 site; my cousin found her.
Nanny Jan
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Paul E,
I'm thinking that there might well need to be two separate Censuswhack competitions.
1. Ancestry transcription Censuswhacks
2. Other Censuswhacks
#1 is probably much more fun but #2 is perhaps a bit purer?
JAP
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Hi JAP
This has been the subject of heated debate at previous International Congresses. The consensus seemed to be that the verification process for what some UK delegates called 'Pure' censuswhacks was beyond the Federation's powers. So much depended on an individual's determination of handwriting, that arguments might run and run. The general feeling, therefore, was that the following indexes could be used:
National Archives 1901
Ancestry 1841 - 1901
Family Search - 1881
A bit restricting, I am sure you would agree. Might be worth a motion to the 2007 Congress, if you feel strongly about it, JAP. But I wouldn;t hold your breath. ;)
cheers
Paul
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Hi Paul E,
I take it from your post that the Federation has weakly chosen to adopt an easy formulaic methodology based on extremely doubtful sources :o
Unfortunately, due to exigencies of time and distance, I find myself unable to promote this important policy matter despite the attention it so obviously demands at the next International Congress.
I trust that another RootsChatter with concern for the integrity and good name of Censuswhacking will step forward to fight the good fight ::)
JAP ;D
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I've just found a Crasmas Beynon in Devon in the 1851 census sample.
When the full census came out he'd been transcribed as Cosmas and by 1861 and onwards he goes by his real name of Erasmus.
On the 1871 there's a Bgman Beynon.Haven't found what he should really be yet!
Carol
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Transcriptions! On the 1891 England there is a 49-year old woman apparently and rudely called Arse Diemer - it should be Rose.
And Muggins Brierley, age 4, was christened as Higgins.
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Hats off to Sir Hack for Muggins - an 1881 Censuswhack if ever I saw one.
As for Ar*e, there are three of them in 1891, but thankfully only one each in 1851 and 1871, so, yes, Censuswhacks too!
Paul
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'Muggins'
;D ;D
just had to look see if there was a Joe Muggins
and there is just the 1
on the 1891
Joe Muggins is alive and kicking in driffiled yorks
RG12/3955 p15
in the same vein thought i'd look for Joe Bloggs............
not to be seen anywhere ;D ;D
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i think we've had joe bloggs before.............
Sue
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I have found an 11 year old Hippy, born Melbourne Australia living at the Welcome Inn in Wardle, Lancashire and he’s a real Hippy too, not a transcriber’s error.
1901 England census
Hippy Whitworth
RG13/3843 Page 13
margaret :D
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Just a few trouser folk:
1841 HO107/857/4
Nickers Riley
Greasley, Nottinghamshire
1841 HO107/112/9
Britches Hencock
Stockport Cheshire
1891 RG12/3873
Britches A Gale
Goole Yorkshire
1901 RG13/1198
Pants Schubert
Chiswick Middlesex (did we see him before?)
1851 HO107/1643
Slacks John (got his corse before his hart)
Lewes Sussex
1881 RG11/1440
James and Julia Breeches
Rickmansworth Hertfordshire
James was born at Cloth Hall :D
Apols if have repeated any!
Ger :)
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Curiouser and curiouser...
1841 HO107/1134/11
Edwd Riley Idiot
Wellesbourne Warwickshire
1881 RG11/642
Barking Sharpe
Battersea London
1841 HO/107/1283/14
John Loopy
Tadcaster Yorkshire
1851 HO107/1761
Loser Pearson
Linton Cambridgeshire
1881 RG11/1611
Despair Loveridge
Little Paxton Huntingdonshire
husband and daughter
Chrysane Loveridge 24
Countsellets Loveridge 3
1881 RG11/3467
Sadness Plevin
Hyde Cheshire
1861 RG9/1621
5 entries for...
They Were Gone Early on Monday Morning
ages 25,30,20,20 and 15
not a censuswhack then :(
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Finally:
1871 RG10/1427
Mistake Wife is Dead Yates
Caversham Oxfordshire
the only Mistake in 1871... but who made it and when?
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1861 RG9/1621
Mr Vine Absent
Dimps
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In 1841, I have found only one Bum Soutton (HO107/43820 - Rickmansworth Herts). Poor girl.
Dimps
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Came across this in 1851, not a proper censuswhack but it made me smile - Hardicanute Evans living with his grandparents in Chardstock, Dorset HO107/1861 359 6. Very grand name for an ag lab!
He's back with his parents in 1861 but as Harricanute( RG9/1372 folio 5 pg 6), with siblings Helah, Hannah Amelia, Henry John, Hazalelpone (?) and Huramlorn(?). Can't see them in 1871, but perhaps they are using their parents names of Ann and John and who would blame them!
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Hi, I am new to this so if i am repeating any that have already been found, or if i am on the wrong track, but i offer for consideration
Flossie Pusey (yes i know that is rude), from pen in Buckinghamshire 1881
Seedes Satan (perhaps seeds of satan???) on the SS City of Baltimore 1881
and that dog Priccila Pug living in Felstead Street London 1881
ps i am pleased to report that Nick and Mrs Claus had a daughter, and her name is Otels Desiree Claus, and she was living in a convent in Clapham in 1881
Nettie
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oh!! and also Ancient Fanthorpe (old at 38) in Kingston on Hull, York1881
Nettie
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and even though there are more than one 'old', i think these are worth sharing
.......Old England GOODSON
Aston Clinton, Buckingham, England
Age 5!!! 1881
and Old Joe 1881
Old Joe Lodger (Head) M Male 60 Pedler
His Wife Wife Of Lodger M Female 60 Pedler
Nettie
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Came across this in 1851, not a proper censuswhack but it made me smile - Hardicanute Evans living with his grandparents in Chardstock, Dorset HO107/1861 359 6. Very grand name for an ag lab!
He's back with his parents in 1861 but as Harricanute( RG9/1372 folio 5 pg 6), with siblings Helah, Hannah Amelia, Henry John, Hazalelpone (?) and Huramlorn(?). Can't see them in 1871, but perhaps they are using their parents names of Ann and John and who would blame them!
Hardicanute IS an 1881 Censuswhack, though! Doesn;t seem to be the same guy, as he's living in Bury, spiritual (and actual) home of our beloved Rootschat. :)
cheers
Paul (Sorry I haven't had time to check this thread recently) E
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Think this might qualify, theres definitly only one:
Tity Sparrow :o - 1881
He's my g-g-g uncle and it should read Fitz Sparrow!! and even as Fitz Sparrow, he's still the only one!
acceber
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Of course, you don't really mind your ancestors being mistranscribed if you get to Censuswhack 'em ;D
1871
RG10 561 124 21 Arthur Ngoyan
Known in the real world as my g-g-grandad Arthur Vyvan.
And in 1891
RG12 226 88 52, the family of my ggg uncle:
Clas S Hilbrwine
Personally, we find Hilbourne eaiser to pronounce ::) . I'd hoped for a double whack there, but a lot of Chas's became Clas's.
Silvilocks
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Can't find another with this name :
Carshine Standley aged 28
1851 census
HO107/2062 folio 288 page 12
Aston, Birmingham
Known to her family as Caroline ::)
Susan :)
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Hi all:
Going for the obvious, my contribution, from the 1881 Census on familysearch.org.
Kitchen Faucet, 48 New Street, Southowram, York.
Occupation: dishwasher? No, stone delver.
Siblings: Luke, Joe, Sarah, Willie, as well as nephew James...make that James G. Faucet. But no sign of Farrah....
RG11
Piece / Folio 4397 / 56
Page Number 32
I've also seen Kitchen Hall and Kitchen Ambler (neighbor to one of my ancestors) in my searches.
For bonus points, this diametrically opposed pair from the same 1881 search: Kitchin Redhead, Millom, Cumberland and Kitchen Whitehead, North Bierley, York :o :o :o
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One of my lot in 1871:-
RG10/4184 page 2
Church, Accrington
Xavesia Glendonwyn Isherwood.
First name should be Haveria.
Maggie
P.S. for John - definitely no relation to the Tap family ;D ;D ;D
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Just came across this name in the IGI for Wigan
Tamer Wilder
About 1759 Of Dudley, Lancashire, England