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Occupation Interests / Re: Mathematical Instrument Maker
« on: Monday 03 May 21 04:18 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Ann12 on Tuesday 26 April 05 20:30 BST (UK)

Would anyone know what a Mathematical Instrument Maker would of made?  According to the 1861 census of London an ancestor of mine was one.

My ancestor was also one in the 1861 census.  Mine was Abel Kitching Mileson on Emmett Street, Limehouse.  How about you?

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The Lighter Side / Re: Most children of same sex in a row
« on: Monday 03 May 21 03:31 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: durhamgirl73 on Friday 24 July 20 18:05 BST (UK)
eg John Hayward, son John Hayward (fair enough), but then other sons name their children John, then their children John....

So John Hayward has 3 grandchildren called John Hayward etc all living in the same place and also other grandchildren John (children of his daughters) - you can just imagine "This is my grandson John and this is John and this is John .......)

This is not encouraging me.  I am searching for a John Hayward, who married my great grandaunt and I can find no records of him before their marriage, and he didn't put any father's name on the marriage record.   So I must resort to finding John Haywards and looking for clues.   I may need to give up on this one.

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Canada / Re: Issues with Canada 1911 Census
« on: Friday 30 April 21 16:59 BST (UK)  »
I'm in Sk, I've found the 1911 and 1916 census for hometown is horribly transcribed.  So if you are searching with Ancestry you may never find them, because the last name may be NOTHING like it is supposed to be.  Because I grew up there, I know all the family names, and can see they are usually correct on the original document, but because the handwriting is tiny and clear, and most likely because there are SO MANY different nationalities, and the transcribers didn't know the names, their guesses are WAY OFF.   Maybe a computer did it?  Some had been corrected by other Ancestry users, but some had not.

I would suggest finding the census districts that are appropriate and reading the entries page by page, looking for your names.  Tedious but the only way to make sure they aren't there.

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