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From: "norman.lee1" <>
Subject: Re: TWICE in the 1881 census?
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:40:56 +0100
References: <B98854EF.43A%r.s.aylett@salford.ac.uk> <002501c24882$be6f2aa0$0e02a8c0@WorkGroup>


Is it possible that this census was the first where people were encouraged
to fill in the forms for themselves, rather than being visited by an
enumerator? They could have misunderstood the questions and filled in all
their family whether or not they were present on census night. It would be
interesting to compare censuses if this is not the case to see what happened
in say, the 1851 and 61, before the 1870 Education Act made it likely that
more people could read and write.

Audrey

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carlisle" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: TWICE in the 1881 census?


> Hello Ruth,
>
> Yes, I have had the same experience. A young man who is shown as being
> with his mother and sisters, and he is also shown at another address with
> his wife! I of course am having a terrific time thinking of the reasons
> behind this. Has the mother added him without thinking, perhaps he was
> newly married? On the other hand, is he living with someone, pretending
> she is his wife? Has he not told Mama????? Family History does bring
up
> some lovely enigmas, doesn't it.
>
> HTH
>
> Helen, West Sussex, UK
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ruth Aylett" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 8:20 PM
> Subject: TWICE in the 1881 census?
>
>
> > After various people who seem to have escaped the 1881 census I now seem
> to
> > have someone who appears twice, once in Essex with wife and mother in
law
> > and once in London in same house with brother and family. The evidence
for
> > it being the same guy is too long to inflict on you unless you are
> > interested, my question is whether anyone else has come across this?
> >
> > Ruth
> > --
> > Ruth Aylett Professor of Intelligent Virtual Environments
> > Centre for Virtual Environments, Business House, University of Salford
> > Salford, M5 4WT, UK Tel: 44-161-295 2912 Fax: 44-161-295-2925
> > http://www.nicve.salford.ac.uk/ruth/ "Life is beautiful"
> >
>
>

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