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Re: A house in 1862
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 25 October 18 14:54 BST (UK) »
Water Street Bangor didn't have house numbers in the 1851 census either. 70 is the schedule number for John & Mary Roberts & family. The first schedule number in Water Street is 61.

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Re: A house in 1862
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 25 October 18 15:05 BST (UK) »
Water Street Bangor didn't have house numbers in the 1851 census either. 70 is the schedule number for John & Mary Roberts & family. The first schedule number in Water Street is 61.

oh wow! haha that is crushing! i've never heard of that before, what is a schedule number meant to be?

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« Reply #11 on: Thursday 25 October 18 15:46 BST (UK) »
The schedule was the census form that each head of household completed. Each one was numbered. Number 1 would be at the beginning of the enumerator's circuit.

See https://www.british-genealogy.com/blog/resources/census-schedule-numbers-and-how-the-census-was-carried-out/
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Re: A house in 1862
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 25 October 18 15:50 BST (UK) »
If you look at Water Street on Google Streetview you can see that it is quite short and the old row of terraced cottages is on one side only. If you follow the enumerator's round and count off the schedule numbers you should be able to figure out approximately which house was occupied by the Roberts family.
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