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Offline Comosus

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Re: Unusual entries on Census
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 22 March 09 15:43 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Gaille on Thursday 19 March 09 00:31 GMT (UK)
On the other end of the scale I have spotted ............. "4 hour old baby girl - not yet named" on one cencus report .............
I just found a 1 day old boy.

My great aunt is also on the census, having been born the day after the census was technically taken (the enumerator obviously came around the next morning - by which time she was born!). Great grandparents had already chosen her name, and she was listed as "under 1 month", but she would have been under 1 day old.

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Re: Unusual entries on Census
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 22 March 09 17:00 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Comosus on Sunday 22 March 09 15:43 GMT (UK)

Quote from: Gaille on Thursday 19 March 09 00:31 GMT (UK)

On the other end of the scale I have spotted ............. "4 hour old baby girl - not yet named" on one cencus report .............

I just found a 1 day old boy.

In the 1880 US census, I have one who was in the process of being born  ... mother listed as 'in childbirth" at the time enumerator took the data.


Wiltshire:  Banks, Taylor
Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down:  Ennis, McGee
Wicklow:  Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire:  Logan, Conning
Wisconsin:  Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine:  Ware, Mitchell, Tarr, Davis

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Re: Unusual entries on Census
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 29 March 09 09:21 BST (UK) »
I have just found on the 1851-

John Johnson Head U 49 Ag Lab
Hannah Hewins Mistress U 41 Worker Woman
George Hewins Mistress's Son U 15 Ag Lab
Henry Hewins Mistress's Son U 10 Ag Lab
Mary Hewins Mistress's Dau U 4
Thomas Hewins Mistress's Son 1
HO 107/2074

I don't think the enumerator approved:-)

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Re: Unusual entries on Census
« Reply #12 on: Sunday 29 March 09 12:56 BST (UK) »

Yes

My great, great grandmother was down as being a kept mistress as I believe he was still married but the children were down as sons and daughters.

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COTTERELL, NAPPER, NASH, FLEETWOOD, HANDLEY, COLLINS, MEREDITH, HODGES, MESSIDER, SMALLRIDGE, BACHE, ELLSMORE Hfs
NASH, TYLER Warks, Kent
ADMONS Berks
CROWE, REYNOLDS, Suff
KITCHEN Nlk
Abram C[H]ARLSON Sweden/Ldn
COX, WAYLAND, LINE Wilts
STILES, DORTON, GOFFE, BLY Ldn
OSMOND Hants
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Re: Unusual entries on Census
« Reply #13 on: Sunday 29 March 09 15:02 BST (UK) »
lol wonderful, loved reading those, specially the bastard child one... keep em comin!
Smith, Tolley, Griffiths,
Monaghan, Richards, Clark, Clarke,
Brazier, Filben, Fibben,Filbin
Sherdon, Churden,Sheldon
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Re: Unusual entries on Census
« Reply #14 on: Monday 30 March 09 11:16 BST (UK) »
Found this in the 1841 census "10 males/7 females in tents/open air,travelling tinkers,dealers in earthenware". There must have been lots of people like these who were not recorded properly.

also a gg grandmother of mine in the 1871 census age 16 described as "maid of all work".

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Durham/Northumberland-Mellanby
Cornwall-Chenhall,Bodinner
Fife-Mitchell,Gourlay,Dryburgh

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Re: Unusual entries on Census
« Reply #15 on: Friday 29 May 09 17:20 BST (UK) »
"Maid of all work" was a bona fide job title...a servant who did all duties of a household. Watch Channel 4's The 1900 House for a good example of such a servant.

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Re: Unusual entries on Census
« Reply #16 on: Sunday 31 May 09 16:58 BST (UK) »
Quote from: ange on Sunday 29 March 09 09:21 BST (UK)
John Johnson Head U 49 Ag Lab
Hannah Hewins Mistress U 41 Worker Woman ........

How about this one?

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Re: Unusual entries on Census
« Reply #17 on: Sunday 31 May 09 23:07 BST (UK) »
A christening in Somerset in 1615 states:

John Luke son of Mary Cocks (both a vagrant  and a whoore)

I don't think the vicar liked her at all ;D

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