1891 census - same info in two places.

[Shropshire Lass]

I’m confused about the 1891 census returns for Bettws Leiki in Cardiganshire, RG12/4563, folio 14, pp 1-9.  Pages 1 and 2 list only names, in family groups.  Pages 3 - 9 give house/farm names in addition but no other information.

I am researching the Ebenezer families in the area and found one family - Catherine, Catherine, Morgan, Catherine Anne, Thomas and Elizabeth M Hughes on RG12/4563, folio 19, p 11 - only to find exactly the same group of names appearing on page 2 of the Bettws Leiki returns.  It was too much of a co-incidence for there to be two families with exactly the same names in the same age order so I compared some others, only to find all the names on the Bettws returns repeated on the Blaenpanel ones.

Any ideas about why this is so?  Thanks for any ideas.
Monica

[davierj]

Seems strange but both were Chapelries in the parish of Llandewi Brefi.   Blaenpenal is about 3 miles to the north west of Bettws Leucu.   To further complicate matters Blaenpenal was in the Hundred of Penarth while Bettws Leucu was in Moythen  so they must be close to the respective borders.

Perhaps the Ebeneezers lived right on the border of the hundreds and the respective enumerators unintentionally included them in both.

Sounds good anyway, cheers Dave

[Shropshire Lass]

Thanks Dave.

That's probably the answer.

Monica

[davierj]

You're welcome Monica, one of these days I'll discover what a hundred is  apart from being one more than 99.
Cheers dave

[Elizabeth Revel]

Hi davierj,

According to my handy, dandy on line dictionary,

hundred - noun Brit., historical
a subdivision of a county or shire, having its own court

Beth

[Adrian Smith]

Hi,

Originally a hundred was the an area of land supporting 100 households.

Kind regards,

Adrian.