Who completed the census returns in 1911 and before was it an enumerator or a household member?
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Thread: Censuses
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08-10-2010, 6:54 PM #1robsnictaGuest
Censuses
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08-10-2010, 6:58 PM #2Jan1954Guest
Hi there,
Have a read of these pages.
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08-10-2010, 7:31 PM #3robsnictaGuest
So it is entirely possible that the enumerator could get a name wrong when transcribing a schedule then? The reason I ask is that in the 1901 census my great grandmothers name is down as Emily, however on my grand fathers and his siblings birth certificate she is recorded as Emma. Also I have found a birth certificate with the correct name of Emma.
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08-10-2010, 7:38 PM #4GeoffersGuestOriginally Posted by robsnicta
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08-10-2010, 9:38 PM #5JeuelGuest
Of course its possible. The name may have been misheard, misspelt or just copied incorrectly from bad handwriting. Some census pages look as though a drunken spider has danced on them! There are errors on censuses, on bmd certificates, in parish registers and even on gravestones. To err is human!
I think there are very few of my ancestors or my husband's whose names haven't been written incorrectly at some time.
Examples: Jennet recorded as Gennet or Jennett or Janet
Emmets as Emits, Emmels, Emetts
Even Matthews as Maththews!
It's only comparatively recently we've settled on "correct" spellings for names. My husband's gt gt grandfather has 3 different versions of his name, on his birth, marriage and death certs!
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02-03-2015, 2:27 PM #6whistlerGuest
This also is sometimes due to Accents as a lot of people could not read or write the Enumerator would fill in the form and would write down the spoken name as he heard it, not being able to read or write family members would not know the name was written differently. I have a Bedlington MATTHEWS variously written as Bed/Bodlington & MATHIUS/MATHEWS/MATTHEWS/MATHIAS.
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