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Deaf, dumb, blind????
« on: Sunday 09 December 18 14:33 GMT (UK) »
I can't work out what this writing is...

It is in the column on 1881 Census in Bootle, Liverpool

The column is as follows:
(1)Deaf and dumb
(2) Blind
(3)Imbecile/Idiot
(4)Lunatico

The first word refers to the head of the house, the father. He was working as a storekeeper.
It seems to be the same for the eldest 2 children, a daughter and son.

Thanks for any help

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Re: Deaf, dumb, blind????
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 09 December 18 14:35 GMT (UK) »
What is the name of the person or reference number of census, it sometimes helps us to look at the full entry
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Re: Deaf, dumb, blind????
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 09 December 18 14:36 GMT (UK) »
Please can you give the reference, so we can see the whole page?

Red notice  :D I'll post it anyway.
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Re: Deaf, dumb, blind????
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 09 December 18 15:00 GMT (UK) »
Hi all,

The piece is 3689, Folio 57 and page number 40

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Re: Deaf, dumb, blind????
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 09 December 18 15:04 GMT (UK) »
It says Hants for Hampshire , written in the wrong column.
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Re: Deaf, dumb, blind????
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 09 December 18 15:35 GMT (UK) »
It says Hants for Hampshire , written in the wrong column.
Thanks that makes sense!

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Re: Deaf, dumb, blind????
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 09 December 18 15:36 GMT (UK) »
It says Hants for Hampshire , written in the wrong column.

Yes! This is why we needed to see the whole page, and why the reference is always useful  :)

If there's a word in this column that you can't make out it's always worth considering that its some sort of 'overflow' from the previous column. In this case you can see it's in a different hand from the rest of the page, so it's been added later on, by someone collecting data from the census returns.
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