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From: "B Young \(Sewing Specialties\)" <>
Subject: Re: Appearing twice in census Was [DEV] And The Plot Thickens !!
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 07:47:37 +1200
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I think the exact date a census taken is theoretical only. Having done the
job of a census enumerator as recently as the 1980's, I can tell you that
after all the rules given out of exactly when people are to fill out their
forms, it isn't obeyed! People also add in persons who were elsewhere, and
the enumerator has to go through the form with them and ascertain that
everyone they listed was actually in the house at the time, and cross out
the excess or add in extra. Even then one can't guarantee it 100%. Even
being allocated a small area, and having delivered the forms earliers, it
takes a number of days to collect them from every house, so I am sure that
back then it could not all be done on one day.

Beryl


----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Etchells" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: Appearing twice in census Was [DEV] And The Plot Thickens !!


> I think you will find the census never took several weeks this is easy
> to confirm by checking the initial pages for example
> Bottesford, Leicestershire -
>
> Date of census - Midnight. Sun/Mon. 30/31st March 1851
> Schedules transcribed - 7 April 1851
> Delivered to Registrar - 21 April 1851
> Delivered to Superintendent Registrar - 21 April 1851
>
> Date of census - Midnight. Sun/Mon. 7/8th April 1861
> Schedules transcribed - 11 April 1861
> Delivered to Registrar - 26 April 1861
> Delivered to Superintendent Registrar - 21 May 1861
>
> Date of census - Midnight. Sun/Mon. 2/3rd April 1871
> Schedules transcribed - 7 April 1871
> Delivered to Registrar - 24 April 1871
> Delivered to Superintendent Registrar - 16 May 1871
> Revised by H Graves 22nd August 1871
>
> Date of census - Midnight. Sun/Mon. 5/6th April 1891
> Schedules transcribed - 10 April 1891
> Delivered to Registrar - 25 April 1891
> Delivered to Superintendent Registrar - 4 May 1891
>
> Date of census - Midnight. Sun/Mon. 31/1st March/April 1901
> Schedules transcribed - 4 April 1901
> Delivered to Registrar - 9 April 1901
> Delivered to Superintendent Registrar - 10 May 1901
>
> It can be seen that the time taken to collect the schedules, transcribe
> them into the returns and deliver the returns to the registrar was in
> the order of 3 to 7 days.
> I would also note that there is a good possibility of mistakes occuring
> in this initial transcript though occasionally the census is marked as
> being revised at a later date.
> Cheers
> Guy
>
> Peter Heal wrote:
> > We should all remember that it would be impossible for
> > the enumerators to visit every one "on the day", the
> > task may have taken several weeks, so who was there on
> > that day could be easily mistaken. Double entries or
> > missing people will be quite common.
> >
> > Pete
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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