Census Dates

[GRACELAND]

   Thought this might help ..

In ,
      1841 the census date was 6 June ,
      1851 the census date was 30 March
      1861 the census date was 7 April
      1871 the census date was 2 April
      1881 the census date was 3 April
      1891 the census date was 5 April
      1901 the census date was 31 March  .
  (please corect if wrong  )

 Hope this comes in handy 

Comment by Moderator: Hi Graceland, I am going to merge these dates with another which is the same:
http://www.rootschat.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9512.0 (merged)

[buttercup]

HI again,

THis question has probably already been asked and i may have missed an answer somewhere along the way ....

Was wondering if anyone knew when the census' in Lancashire were taken. I have heard they were taken in different months (is that correct??) So this may explain a slight variation in ages??

Being a stickler for details an exact date or very close by anyway would be much appreciated, if not then a simple month will do.

To anyone answering, thanks very much in advance!!

BC

[Carmela]

UK  CENSUS  DATES
 
1841 - Jun 6/7

1851 - Mar 30/31

1861 - Apr 7/8

1871 - Apr 2/3

1881 - Apr 3/4

1891 - Apr 5/6

1901 - Mar 31/Apr 1

[RJ_Paton]

There is also evidence that in the very earliest census the enumerators were under instructions as to how they should show the ages of the persons they recorded

Directions to Enumerators.
For infants under one year of age,state the number of months.
>From one year to 15 state the age on the last birthday.
For persons 15 years and upwards,write as follows,instead of the exact
age.
For persons between the ages of --->
15 and 20 write 15
20   "   25   "     20
25   "   30   "     25
30   "   35   "     30
35   "   40   "     35
40   "   45   "     40
45   "   50   "     45
50   "   55   "     50
55   "   60   "     55
60   "   65   "     60
65   "   70   "     65
70   "   75   "     70
No instructions for those over 75 but I imagine it follows the same
procedure.

The general consenus is that these directions were only used in the earliet collections as the later census collections sought more information.

In addition you must remember to add in the human factor .... many of us still tell porkies about our age 

[Boongie Pam]

Hiya,

Here's the thread which has full dates for all census.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=15760.0 (merged)

1801 - 10 March Tuesday
1811 - 27 May Monday
1821 - 28 May Monday
1831 - 30 May Monday
1841 - 6 June Sunday
1851 - 30 March Sunday
1861 - 7 April Sunday
1871 - 2 April Sunday
1881 - 3 April Sunday
1891 - 5 April Sunday
1901 - 31 March Sunday
1911 - 2 April Sunday (publication date 1 January 2012)
1921 - 19 June Sunday (publication date 1 January 2022)
1931 - 26 April Sunday (publication date 1 January 2032)
1939 - 29 September World War II National Registration (publication date 1 January 2040)
1941 - no census taken due to World War II.
1951 - 8 April (publication date 1 January 2052)
1961 - 23 April (publication date 1 January 2062)
1971 - 25 April (publication date 1 January 2072)
1981 - 5 April (publication date 1 January 2082)
1991 - 21 April (publication date 1 January 2092)
2001 - 29 April (publication date 1 January 2102)

Cheers,
Pam