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« on: Wednesday 05 July 17 21:41 BST (UK) »
Dear Bill,
I know this 1901 census entry as Rebecca Halpin was my great-great grandmother, and the entry is certainly confusing. Firstly, the scan of the original census page shows Charles W Carleton, grandson, age 10, but the scan of his birth certificate shows clearly that he was baptised Cyril Wellesley Carleton. Secondly, Dora E Carleton appears to be listed as a niece, which is highly unlikely given she would be 60 years younger than Rebecca, but it appears to have been modified to Gniece, where great niece makes more sense.
I have two further children of Rebecca Halpin. Edward Conrad Hilton, born 1870 and died the same year, and Elizabeth G Halpin born 1871. I haven't found a second Carleton marriage. Maybe the census numerator was having a bad day, or the 70 year old Rebecca was a bit senile and gave him incorrect data!
Interestingly to me, as a widow, Rebecca's family were living in Somerville House, Greystones, Co. Wicklow in the 1901 census, where my maternal grandparents lived when they married in 1908, and where my mother was born in 1911! My grandmother was the daughter of Mary Anne Isabella (Bella) Halpin.
Yours Brian