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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Red 0 on 1911 census
« on: Thursday 22 May 25 15:07 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Suzy100 on Thursday 22 May 25 13:28 BST (UK)

Well he was not blind on the other census's or on his birth certificate.  So not too sure about that.  I have looked back on them but nothing.

It would not be on his birth certificate anyway --  BCs do not have any mention of disabilities

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Red 0 on 1911 census
« on: Thursday 22 May 25 09:48 BST (UK)  »
It will be an enumerators / statisticians code of some sort

For the  censuses where you get an scan of the actual form filled in by the householder rather than a scan of the enumerators copy book you will see all sorts of annotations in various colours of ink --done by the enumerator as he copied them onto his master form or by the statisticians analysing various data (which is the purpose of the census  -- to collect data  on the population to help formulate Government policies)

If it was an actual correction to the information given, the statement of him being blind would be crossed out and possibly something else written in.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Cause of death
« on: Thursday 24 April 25 09:24 BST (UK)  »
Thanks all

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Cause of death
« on: Wednesday 23 April 25 23:14 BST (UK)  »
Can anyone work out what this cause of death is?
A 62-yr old widow in 1850

Thanks

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New Zealand / Re: WW1 Attestation Papers -- dependants?
« on: Tuesday 15 April 25 23:49 BST (UK)  »
Oooh yes please, if its no trouble!

Am curious to know if it is something Abel Plant wrote or whether he just donated it to an archive

Many thanks

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New Zealand / Re: WW1 Attestation Papers -- dependants?
« on: Tuesday 15 April 25 09:50 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Minnie
Tho I am not sure if I understand that link properly

Is it a copyright listing for a souvenir booklet that Abel Plant wrote?

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New Zealand / Re: WW1 Attestation Papers -- dependants?
« on: Sunday 13 April 25 16:10 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the revised link

The Mrs E Greening would be his married sister who had gone out to NZ with her husband a few years earlier.

There were 3 other siblings still in England
So it can only be some sort of misunderstanding  -- especially if he was sending money home to his mother.
Though I cannot imagine he was able to spare much from a Hotel Porter's wage


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New Zealand / WW1 Attestation Papers -- dependants?
« on: Sunday 13 April 25 11:49 BST (UK)  »
I have found a copy of the Attestation papers for my husband's Great-Grandmother's brother Abel Plant

He had gone out to NZ from the UK just before the First World War.

His Attestation Papers dated 1917 state that he is single but that he has one person "wholly dependant on him"
Would that person be himself, or has he acquired a dependant somewhere along the way?
It would not be his mother back in England as he had several siblings to provide any care / financial assistance required.

Is there any way to find out who the dependant was?

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61564/records/201398579

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The Common Room / Re: Cause of Death - was this really syphilis?
« on: Thursday 09 January 25 15:08 GMT (UK)  »
I am not medically qualified in any way -- but I too do not see where you are getting Syphilis from

1 Chronic Encephalitis -- Inflammation of the brain -- can be viral or bacterial (eg meningitis). Whilst encephalitis can be caused by syphilis, it is not automatically encephalitis = syphilis
2 Lethargica -- there is  Encephalitis Lethargica or a type of sleeping sickness
3 Septic Sores -- possibly bed sores?
4 Exhaustion -- as a result of suffering all the above?


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