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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wales => Topic started by: wendz on Wednesday 21 March 18 21:00 GMT (UK)
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Hi everyone,
Please forgive me if this has been covered before (I did try a search but didn't find anything) I have been asked if I knew why the Welsh census 1891 & 1901 often have the letter 'W' written in the far left hand column, the schedule number column, and what does this stand for? There are already columns for marital status and language. It does seem synonymous to the Welsh census returns I've looked at. It's not every household either? Can anyone enlighten me please?
Thank you so much x
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Far right hand column is for language spoken - some say English, some say Welsh and some say both.
W = Welsh
Gadget
Add - snip
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I see you said left hand col (sorry :-[ )-did you mean right? There's nothing unusual in left hand column :-\
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Yes I meant the left hand column where the schedule number is written, I'll attach a snip of one :)
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I've not seen a W in that column in any of the Welsh pages that I've looked at. Was it one particular area?
If it was, maybe the enumerator filled the W in on the wrong side. Otherwise, I'm not sure/don't know. Does the W correspond to a W or Welsh in the right hand column?
Gadget
Add - the schedule number is just the number of the household schedule that the householder fills in and the enumerator then enters them in his book; the pages of which are the ones we see (except the 1911)
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It seems to be in North Wales and many have the "W" on them, if I look at the totals sheet they often give a number then a number that are marked "W"
Yes I did know these are filled out by the enumerator who collates the schedules from each household (shame they aren't available!! ;) )
The snip I posted was just a random one I picked as an example.
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Hi again
Can you give me a ref to one of the pieces or a parish, please, so I can look. Most of my research has been in North Wales as I don't have any ancestors from the South and am puzzled why I've not noticed them before.
Gadget
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Hi
It denotes that the householder had filled in a Welsh form. So there are thousands of examples in the mainly Welsh speaking areas. Apparently not enough Welsh forms were printed or there would have been more examples.
Emyr
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That makes sense, Emyr - thanks.
I've just found an example in a Llangollen piece :)
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And obviously the ones with W in the left have either Welsh or Both in the right column.
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Interesting question and thank you for the answer Emyr. On checking it also occurs less frequently on the 1881 Census.
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Ah thank you Emyr!
Love it! You learn something every day :D
Glad you found some too Gadget! I bet you thought I was imagining it ;D :D ;)
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