The Census Enumerator

[jim1]

A bit off topic but I remember the early censii were transcribed for Ancestry by
English speaking students in the Far East.
Not understanding do=ditto I found over 900 people with the surname Do.

[coombs]

Also the enumerator may have accidentally missed a house or an entire building or street, to err is human after all.

[Sloe Gin]

A bit off topic but I remember the early censii were transcribed for Ancestry by
English speaking students in the Far East.
Not understanding do=ditto I found over 900 people with the surname Do.

Not wanting to be that person  , but the plural of census is .... census! 
That's because in the original Latin it is a fourth declension noun.
https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/greeklatinroots/chapter/20-latin-nouns-fourth-declension

You can anglicise it if you prefer, and say "censuses".  But never "censi" or "censii", as they are neither English nor Latin.

Regards
A. Pedant

[ShaunJ]

My wife's ancestor was a census enumerator in 1841 and was thoughtful enough to sign and date his work, which seems to have been completed a month ahead of the census date (which should have been 6 June).

[chiddicks]

My wife's ancestor was a census enumerator in 1841 and was thoughtful enough to sign and date his work, which seems to have been completed a month ahead of the census date (which should have been 6 June).

You could say that your Wife's ancestor was ahead of his time..........

[ShaunJ]

I think he'd just forgotten what month it was.