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Census query
« on: Sunday 02 December 18 09:05 GMT (UK) »
Good morning,

Does anyone know how the occupants of prison hulk ships were recorded? Were they recorded in the county in which they were sitting or nearest or elsewhere on seperate schedules? I can see that Find My Past have a separate register for prisoners on hulks but where would I find staff?

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Re: Census query
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 02 December 18 09:12 GMT (UK) »
They would be recorded wherever they were on census night the same as everyone else.
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Re: Census query
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 02 December 18 09:27 GMT (UK) »
Thank you Jebber,

Bang goes that pathway  :(

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Re: Census query
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 02 December 18 17:31 GMT (UK) »
Did you try  searching by occupation in the keyword box?

https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=8860 (1851 as example)
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Re: Census query
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 02 December 18 21:21 GMT (UK) »
You don't say where you are Interested in or the date, but the 1851 census entry for
Kent Woolwich Woolwich Arsenal Convict Hulk Establishment, Hebe, Wye, and Unite is at  HO107; Piece: 1589; Folio: 454; Page: 1 and lists the staff.
List of British prison hulks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_prison_hulks
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Re: Census query
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 13 December 18 19:38 GMT (UK) »
Pauline and Stan,

My apologies, I have only just seen your replies and will follow up both suggestions, thankyou.

Not sure about which hulk - we have a letter that refers to his early career and mentions ships. He was a teacher, religious instructor in prisons so I was wondering if his absence from the 1841 census was because he was on a hulk or even a ship off to the colonies with prisoners. He was married and had children but was away from home on the night of the census.

Brie
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