Humour on the census

[Stanwix England]

This made me laugh on the 1911 census. At first I thought the "head" was because they'd copied it rather literally from the instructions, but having seen the other comments I wonder if it was just sarcasm. 

[Milliepede]

Brilliant, nice to see some humour like that 

[Mvann]

I have seen someone comment about including the cat in the census

[Pennines]

I can remember seeing - I think on a Find My Past email -- some comments they had found, or knew about on census records.

 On an Irish Census record a father had written in the Column headed 'Whether married, widowed, unmarried - etc' --- against his daughter's entry -- 'On the look out' !!

Also - an entry on the 1901 English census gives the female's relationship to the Head of the House as 'Concubine'. (There are other entries through the years which show this relationship for some females actually).

[Pennines]

Sorry - it was 1871!!

[stanmapstone]

Concubine is not necessarily a derogatory term at that time. According to the OED it means a woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife, as well as a kept mistress.

Stan

[josey]

There was an entry on the 1911 for the pet dog whose occupation was 'Ratter' & one on 1891 whose year old baby's occupation was 'mainly teething' 

[Pennines]

Oh Josey -- those are brilliant!

[Milliepede]

one on 1891 whose year old baby's occupation was 'mainly teething' 

Love that