Censuswhack

[Paul E]

Hey, wait a minute - this is seriously off topic! 

Having promoted the wonderful world of Censuswhacking in every bleedin' family history magazine going and then some, I wouldn't want anyone dropping by to think we couldn't keep to a subject. 

Can the discussion about German Harses convene elsewhere?

Paul

[liverpool annie]

We were sticking to the subject
till YOU -  Mr E -  started talking about German trams and dogs named Lumpi!!!

And stop saying that word 'cos it's not nice!

[alcrighton]

Best I can remember from my pre 'O' - level days is

Wie komme ich am besten nach die strassenbahnhaltestelle bitte?

It was always a source of amusement to me that the Germans took 23 letters to say the word 'tramstop'. 

I always imagined the tram would have been well departed by the time I ever got the words out.

Hey Al - did you have textbooks about a German family whose father was a banker, and who had a dog called Lumpi?

cheers

Paul

Yawohl!  "Lumpi ist mein hund"  The kid's name was Hans Schaudi and they had a girl called Lieselotte staying with them as a result of some strange continental wife-swapping arrangement.

Cheers,

Al

ps There's only one Lieselotte in the 1861 census, one in the 1891 and one in 1901.  Is that a censuswhack?  (Just trying to keep on thread here)

[Paul E]

Definate Censuswhack there, Al (plus bonus points for reverting to topic).
Thats right - Lieselotte.  Poor lass always seemed to be be falling over and having to go to the krankenhaus if I remember.

cheers

Paul

[liverpool annie]

I can't find Hans Schaudi in ANY census!!

What does that mean??

[duckcharm]

I was doin' a quick RootsChat skim and became captivated by a new member's posted message (on this board re: gift for father). While doin' a quick search to try to help, I fell across this name that made me laugh out loud.

Absolem STUCKEY 1881 Somerset

I think it's Greek or Latin for something that I often say to myself while searching for my roots. 

Donna

[Paul E]

Ah, close, Duckcharm - but not even a handrolled cigarette for this one, never mind a cigar!

There are 68  instances of the name Absolem in the 1881 census alone, so clearly not a Censuswhack!

However, you should receive a special prize for your imaginative use of Latin, and for alerting us to look for more Absolems, of which Absolem Bullock (1881) offers an example of a Latin phrase that has often been used to describe the hobby of genealogy by non-adherents.

cheers

Paul

[Paul E]

LOTS of Mr & Mrs Daddy's on the censuses, but in 1861 / 71 / 81 there's only one MUMMY.

Who's Your Daddy?

cheers

Paul

[Paul E]

And, inspired no doubt by Duckcharm's Stuckey's, 1861 has the STICKY family in Minster in Sheppey, Kent.