1881 Census - Problems Reading Census

[Titanicfan]

Hi all,

Can a kindly person please look at the census ref: RG11/1210 f.116 pg. 6 for me?

Halfway down the page I am looking at Rose Ford's entry on the census under the 'relation to head of family' column - I am having difficulties reading what this says - is it Wife or Widow?

Also, two lines further down the census there is an entry for Mary Allen - is her age 38 or 58?

Any help in deciphering these will be much appreciated. Thank you.

[bibliojunkie]

I looked on Ancestry. For Rose Ford Head has been crossed out and Wife of Head substituted. Mary Allen's age is 57.

Ali

[Raffaele]

I came to exactly the same conclusion.

[Pam Downes]

And I looked on Ancestry and FMP.
Rose is definitely 'Wife of head'.
Mary's age I would say is open to dispute. Definitely fifty-something, but I would say 51 more than 57. The enumerator's 7s are usually very clear. I also compared the 51 and 57 used in the schedule numbers. Folio and page refs 118/9 and 119/11 respectively.
(Charles Laurence, the one under Mary, is the person who is definitely 58.)
Pam

[Titanicfan]

Thanks for the help, everyone.

[heatherjones]

hi is this rose ford from stroud gloucestershire .iam looking into the ford family tree .

[Pam Downes]

hi is this rose ford from stroud gloucestershire .iam looking into the ford family tree .

Hello Heather,
Welcome to Brit-Gen.

The Rose Ford referred to above is 22, born and living in Southampton in 1881. She's married, so Ford isn't her maiden name; from the GRO Index it looks as if she was Rose Hannah Johnson before she married Mark Ford in 1877.

I would suggest that you gather what facts you know about your Rose, e.g when she was born, name of parents/husband, where she lived, etc and then post them and your query about her in the thread for the appropriate county.

Pam

[heatherjones]

hi thanks for that no its not the sAME FORDS THANKS HEATHER