Censuswhack

[broakham]

OK Tabitha - I've got my second wind

1881 Hugh Shaw 59 Woollen weft swinger out - the oldest swinger in town?

1901 The NEWT brothers of Devonport

1881 Sarah A Blick - Tucker and Tyer

1881 William Arnfield - tickler at cotton mill. I bet he enjoyed his work.

1881 Fred Hadsworth - smith stinker. Obviously had a nose for the job.

1881 James C Turner - cad. I wonder how much he was paid.

1881 Freeland Lovett (HMS Agincourt) - Bungler.

[Paul E]

broakham - I think that last message should be posted on the Occupations board where it will no doubt cause a stir!

emily and liz - a point each for your IGI and BMD searches cos I'm feeling generous and its nearly le weekend!


RootsChatter   Points to Date
 janed            1 
 tabitha         10
 emilysiobhan 16
 Hackstaple    6
 broakham    12
 kat               1 
 gennig         2
 Berlin-Bob    1
 lizdb             1

[JillJ]

Gennig,

Paul is quite right!   I would like to express my eternal gratitude to you for finding my great great grandmother for me!  I would never have found her with the name Alervin - not in a million years!   Thank you so much.

Jill

[Paul E]

Jill

Am I right in supposing that your gg grandmother's name is spelled differently on EVERY census?!

Paul

[broakham]

In the 1881 census there is a woman called QUEEN with the unique forename of THE. I believe she may also be the only person with the occupation of - Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. If you look at the images they appear to have been chewed by the royal corgis.

[JillJ]

Paul,

Not quite!  She is Merwin in the 1841, 1861 & 1871, but Mirven in the 1851.   In 1891 she becomes just M. Hartshorne and of course in the 1881 she is Alervin.   Then on the IGI she is Murwin and on her death certificate she is Merven.

Her age varies as much as her name.   In 1841 she was 20, in 1851 she was 33, in 1861 she was 48, in 1871 she was 53, in 1881 she is 66, in 1891 she is 74 and when she died in 1901 she was 81.

Does this earn any points?

Jill

[tabitha]

Glad you're back broakham...and Paul I hope all that business about the "fat lady singing" wasn't a comment on the waistlines of Rootschatters of the feminine kind 

How about -

Yellow Wheel, 24, born Aprica (I think that might be Africa), occupation Krooman (just possibly crewman) on a Royal Navy Vessel - 1871

Magenta Stratta, 3, visitor in Shirley, Hampshire - 1901

Ermintrude Bellairs, abt 1878, Holdenhurst - 1881

Snowdrop A Hinton, 4, St Pancras - 1871

Lilian Paddington Satchwell, 11, Nuneaton - 1891
(maybe the Beckhams didn't start the trend ?? )

Mildew Michaels, 27, Kensington - 1901

Pickle Greenwood,  abt 1853, Todmorden & Walsden - 1881

That's it for the moment! 

tabitha

[Pom]

Hi Folks I enjoyed reading this thread. I belong to the only family of Quews in England. One James Kew changed his name to ' Quew' on joining The Royal Navy in c 1798. The family settled around the Portsea and Gosport areas.
Now the name has almost died out, too many females born and the males seemed to have died young. There is however one Peter Quew a third cousin who may live in the Portsmouth area, or on The Isle White who I have not been able to track down as yet and who may have had sons.
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On a lighter note, I thought you might like to see my 'Funny Farm'

Chris's Funny Farm

 1880 US Cen
 Ginnie PIG  Female Farm Work
 G. Pink PIg  Male      Farmer 
 Wing BAT    Male  30   CHINA   Works In Fish Cannery 

1881 brit Cen
43 Cows (Clementine  COW my favourite)
6 Sheep
110  Goats (6 Billy's) William
16 Horses (2 Mr Ed's ) Edwin / Edward
17 Foal's (So which Mares were over sexed)
1 Donald Duck
10 Turkey's
8 Hen's
5 Rooster's
12 Geese

Chris NZ 

[Paul E]

Well, Pom, your farmyard gets you 1 point for the Roosters, as there were only 3 of them in 1901 (unless they'd all flown to DURHAM - not transcribed by Anne Cesstree yet ), and a further point for the single Sheep in 1901.

Tabitha chalks up a further 7 points
- but risks losing them if she doesn't stop making potentially libellous statements about my misogyny / fattism!

broakham stays in the frame with a couple of points for his regal links.

When should this thread be closed?  We'll have to announce a winner someday?

Paul