Sorry to labour the point but I have a niggle
I went back and had another look at the 1891 Census entry for the Phillips family on page 7 - schedule number 37 and 2 oblique lines at the bottom of the page. Also, page 7 looks partly torn, is that why Schedule 38 is missing?
On page 8 at the top are the three children William, Gerty, and Annie Wilcox - Schedule number 39 with two oblique lines, and also a written comment above the "Relation to head of family' box. I couldn't read it all but someone thought it read "head from previous" assuming it meant the previous page.
I did a quick search on Google and found this:-
In all census years except 1851, 1911, and 1921 the last entry in a building is indicated by a double oblique line //, and where there is more than one household within a building, they are separated by a single oblique line /.
So if I apply that explanation to the Phillips family which has a double oblique line after the youngest Phillips child in the family at the bottom of page 7, does that then mean that the 3 children listed at the top of page 8, are not living with the Phillips family? And Deidre brought up a good point (thank you) why are the children listed as a son and daughters instead of visitors or lodgers or boarders?
I have spent quite a lot of time trying to connect the Phillips and Wilcox/Willcocks families, as yet to no avail, but I may just have not found the connection. It is so frustrationg not to be able to find either parent in the 1891 census. I believe the mother Annie Willcocks died in 1896 in Swansea and I've requested a copy of her death certificate in the hope it will help.
Any input will be greatly appreciated,
Yvonne
