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Offline Caltha

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Joshua Wilkinson
« on: Sunday 13 October 19 12:47 BST (UK) »
I'm having difficulty finding the above in the 1901 and 1911 census.  He was born in Glasgow in 1897 to William and Margaret and I know that they eventually lived in Dumbarton.  I've had a look at Scotlands People and Ancestry without joy.

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Re: Joshua Wilkinson
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 13 October 19 13:09 BST (UK) »
Looking at Scotlands people

Is this his birth reg
WILKINSON
JOSHUA HARDISTY
1897
644/10 1207
Anderston

1901 census
WILKINSON
JOSHUA H
1901
M(ale)
Age 3
500/ 11/ 42
New or East Kilpatrick, Dunbarton

1911
WILKINSON
JOSHUA H
1911
M(ale)
age 13
496/ 14/ 8
Dumbarton
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Re: Joshua Wilkinson
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 13 October 19 13:18 BST (UK) »
I think they're transcribed as WILLIAMSON on the 1901 Ancestry.

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Re: Joshua Wilkinson
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 13 October 19 13:22 BST (UK) »
Quote from: MaureeninNY on Sunday 13 October 19 13:18 BST (UK)
I think they're transcribed as WILLIAMSON on the 1901 Ancestry.

Maureen

That is what I am seeing too  ;D . They are transcribed correctly on FindMyPast

ADDED I don't think Ancestry has the 1911 Scottish census
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Re: Joshua Wilkinson
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 13 October 19 13:45 BST (UK) »
Thank you everyone - that is greatly appreciated!

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Re: Joshua Wilkinson
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 13 October 19 18:01 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Caltha on Sunday 13 October 19 12:47 BST (UK)
I'm having difficulty finding the above in the 1901 and 1911 census.  He was born in Glasgow in 1897 to William and Margaret and I know that they eventually lived in Dumbarton.  I've had a look at Scotlands People and Ancestry without joy.
I don't understand why you failed to find him on Scotland's People. As Rosie99 says, the index at Scotland's People lists in the 1901 census Joshua H Wilkinson, aged 3, in New or East Kilpatrick, and in the 1911 census Joshua H Wilkinson, aged 13, in Dumbarton.

I am not surprised that you failed to find him on Ancestry, which is notorious for incorrect transcriptions of names.

See also https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=714261.0
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: Joshua Wilkinson
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 13 October 19 18:19 BST (UK) »
Thank you Rosie99 and MaureeninNY! That is most helpful! I appreciate your assistance!
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