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Census look up for Taits of Greenock
« on: Sunday 16 October 16 03:22 BST (UK) »
There are two census records I'm chasing.  James Tait in 1861 (b1840 Greenock).  I have his father's census (Robert), but James was a seaman and could have been anywhere.  Would census records have been taken for people at sea?

Catherine McPherson Tait (his wife) (aka Katharine, Kitty, Kate) b c1841.  I have James in the 1901 census but not Catherine.  She died in 1911.  I wonder if she could have been in hospital (?poorhouse, Smithston) on census night 1901. 
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Re: Census look up for Taits of Greenock
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 16 October 16 04:56 BST (UK) »
Hi Sheena,

Re. Catherine's death, it can be searched on SP  (a bit of a nightmare at the moment) as it doesn't accommodate both names but you can search the index for the area which is now FREE.

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Re: Census look up for Taits of Greenock
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 16 October 16 13:11 BST (UK) »
Is this his birth James Rodger Tait 17 September Greenock mother Elizabeth Rodger father Robert Tait ...Would this be your James in the 1881 census address Ingleston Street Greenock occupation Blacksmith ?
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Re: Census look up for Taits of Greenock
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 16 October 16 13:18 BST (UK) »
There was no provision made for recording seamen who were at sea on census night.  If the ship was in Port somewhere there would have been a record.


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Re: Census look up for Taits of Greenock
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 16 October 16 13:24 BST (UK) »


Catherine Tait - aged 68 years - 1911 - 564/1 247 - Greenock East

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Re: Census look up for Taits of Greenock
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 16 October 16 13:26 BST (UK) »


James Rodger Tait - aged 60 years - 1905 -  564/1 244 -  Greenock East

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Re: Census look up for Taits of Greenock
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 16 October 16 13:54 BST (UK) »
Hi Sheena I can see the problem you are having trying to find them  ???  If Catherine was in the poor house she would have been recorded on the 1901 census ...
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Re: Census look up for Taits of Greenock
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 16 October 16 14:15 BST (UK) »
Hmm she doesn't appear with daughter Annie and William Blythe in 1901 - it was John Tait who was the informant on the death of father James   ???

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Re: Census look up for Taits of Greenock
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 16 October 16 14:16 BST (UK) »
Forgot to say Annie and William were living at 59 Belville Street Greenock Renfrewshire in 1901 - no sign of Catherine with family.


William Blyth   44 Annie Blyth   41
Violet Blyth   14 Isabella Blyth   12
Margaret Blyth   9 Catherine Blyth 7

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