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Offline CarpeDiem

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Re: 1861 Crossley St Warrington
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 05 December 19 12:04 GMT (UK) »
Had a thought - does anyone think the Whittaker may be the moderator mis-heard Widower ?  probably me grasping at straws here
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Re: 1861 Crossley St Warrington
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 05 December 19 12:18 GMT (UK) »
 It is a common myth that a census enumerator knocked on doors and asked who was present, and then wrote down the details, often miss-hearing, or miss-spelling. When the enumerator collected the schedules all he had to do was to to examine the schedule in order to satisfy himself that it had been correctly and completely filled up.

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