1901 missing people

[Jo3]

Hi
I had a problem with my husband's family in 1901 although children had been born before and after the census at the same address.  I had used 'Whitehaven' in the "key word" space ie the town, finally after many variations of the surname I took out the 'keyword' and they popped up in a place called "Whitehouse"!! so it is not just surnames which are a problem.  The other thing which sometimes is confusing in any census is "place of birth".  People often gave the small area in which they were born at one census then the main town in the next census.

[Boongie Pam]

"People often gave the small area in which they were born at one census then the main town in the next census"

...Sometimes a change in who gives the info makes a difference.  An example in my tree is Johanna Lowther nee Young is listed as born in Wigton Cumberland in all the census she appears (41 & 51) except for the last one in 1861 she is listed as born in Longhoughton Northumberland.  This broke the wall down for finding her birth.

She is a widow by this time so I can only presume that he did the return but when she did it herself the truth came out.

It just shows that it is worth tracking all census down because you never know what you'll find.

Cheers,
Pam

[Little Nell]

You all have some very good tips and I've tried most of them as well as others that I have read about and I still can't find great grandpa Harry Provis.  I know where he was in June 1902, I know where his father was in 1901, I know where the mother of his child (born 1902) was in 1901 (married to someone else), but of Harry there is no sign either as male or female.  He must have been in the area but after 18 months looking, I need a fresh insight.  If anyone wants to have a crack at this, I put a post on the Census Look-up Request page.

Nell

[Jo3]

Hi,
I'm just TRYING to transcribe an index for my local 1901 Census and have a few other explanations now for missing people.  Each enumerator had his/her/? own way of doing things!  One has only put England/Ireland/Scotland etc., or puts a schedule number and possibly a name with no other information, which is a shop or other workplace with no inhabitants, or, a schedule number to a property whose occupants are not there on the night of census (or just didn't answer the door - is there anyone who has not done this at some time?) therefore the poor folk who did the transcription for 1901 had to decide whether to include these and more variations added to some awful writing/spelling/marking etc.  Add to the concoction that English was not perhaps their first language and it  is surprising that they got quite a lot of it correct!!

[dianehogarth]

Hi

I found my ggrandmother by searching her place of birth, her name was Rosa but she is listed as Cara on the 1901 and Bara on 1901, still looking for her husband though he appers to be missing from the census, but I will keep looking you never know.

Diane

[juju9999uk]

I couldn't find my relatives, until I played around with the name, I found my family Sharratt under the name of Shanatt, obviously the double R looked like an N to the translator.
Happy Hunting
Juju

[Kazza]

thanks Chris, the name in question is ORAM
you would have thought that they could have got just four letters right !!


Pat in Clacton Essex

Pat,  have you tried Cram?

Kazza.

[Jean McGurn]

I also have had trouble finding people. I also tried to find names of servants who where living at Leighton Hall, Leyland Conyers. Wasn't able to find anything either under the owners names (Gillow, Waring-Gillow) or even under Leyland Conyers. Bit of a puzzle that as it's a famous place (Leighton Hall I mean)

Jean

[Eking]

If you have tried searching the 1901 PRO site, try and find them on Ancestry version instead.

It has been transcribed by different people. I've often found people that have been mistranscribed on both versions.

If you have not got access to ancestry you can still access the census index and get some info.

You must be registered and sign on to ancestry first.

Do your search. When it presents you with a list - found N number of people in 1891 census, for example, there will be a padlock next to it indicating you cannot access it without paying.

Click on it anyway and it should present you with a list showing name, age, county of birth, county of residence.

Which is better than nothing. You could then redo the search and put in place of birth or place or residence and see if it matches what you were expecting.

try this link

http://www.ancestry.*com/subscribe/subscribefree1.asp

It should register you as guest member