Censuswhack

[Shaztoni]

he was on all of them from 1871 onwards.

on the 1871 he was:
RG10/4353 4 2
Friend Wadsworth 12, son, Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire

Paul E is that a census whack with him being on more than one

Sharon

[Paul E]

Ah, Jan and Sharon... sorry to disappoint you.

I admit that there was only ever one Friend Wadsworth in England, and that he duly appears in all available censuses from 1871.   And its an interesting name, too!

However, a technical censuswhack would require his surname or his christian name to be unique.  And there are hundreds of Friends on the censuses (which is nice for them  , and Wadsworth isn't unique, either.

I'm not saying uniquely named individuals aren't interesting, but the International Federation simply wouldn't buy extending the definition to encompass uniqueness per se.  Its got to be a surname OR a christian name, I'm afraid.

cheers

Paul

[pbmartin]

Here's a double Censuswhack - 1851 and 1861;
a FreeBMDwhack - Birth Q4 1844;
and a hilarious name.

I proudly present:  Philetus Fish

Martin

[Manchester Rambler]

Possibly some kind of record, with no less than three unique forenames:

Whitissin Witine Owoc Pugh - Liverpool, 1891

 

Rambler

[ger_g]

Loving Philetus Fish I came across a doozy of a boarding house in London (England 1881)... these are not all of the uniques from there but take a gander at these:


James <b>GASPIPE</b>   Lodger   U   Male   48   Manchester   

<b>Opheline DERDCHELONGLAND </b>  Lodger   W   Male   39   Whitechapel     

Charles <b>HORSEFLESH</b>   Lodger   U   Male   24   Croydon   <b>Dog Fancier</b> 

Henry <b>STAIRCASE</b>   Lodger   U   Male   43   Leicester, England     

Harry <b>SLEEVELINK</b>   Lodger   U   Male   18   Charlestown, Cornwall, England   

Geo. <b>SPROGGINS</b>   Lodger   U   Male   24   Carlisle   

Samuel <b>STINKPO</b>   Lodger   U   Male   18   Glasgow   Plumber

Pancho <b>FLEPBACK</b>   Lodger   M   Male   48   Dover   Grave Digger (Church...) 

<b>Harknes</b> MONK   Lodger   U   Male   30   Cornwall, England   <b>Needy</b>

and my favourite:

<b>Mouse</b> REGAN   Lodger   U   Male   47   Southampton   <b>Rat Catcher</b>


RG11
  Piece / Folio   0076 / 43
  Page Number   34

[Shaztoni]

Poor old Samuel Stinkpo....I think he belongs in the rude names thread too.

Sharon

[kizmiaz]

New to this Censuswhacking, but here are a couple I've found

On the 1881 census, there are James and Lydia, the one and only BINGO family
 
RG11
  Piece / Folio   1663 / 25
  Page Number   6

and aboard the good ship Superb of the Royal Navy is Frederick Smith with the rather confusing occupation of "John Hutchinson ?"?

Also on the same ship, George Marshall is a Carp mate?

RG11
  Piece / Folio   5640 / 20
  Page Number   11

A few boats along, George Howards occupation is "A B" (RG11 Piece / Folio  5640 / 40 Page 5)

[kizmiaz]

These boats are good!

On the Boadicea, I think someone was just making up names for a foreign crew (or Kroo as they all seem to be listed as Kroomen!)

Theres
Tom Cocoa
Flying Jib (two of them actually!)
Prince
Sampson
Jim Crow
Tom Tree
King Solomon
and Prince of Wales
RG11
  Piece / Folio   5640 / 51 - 58
  Page Number   18 - 58


There's Jack Neverfear on the Dido (listed as being from Kroo Country, Africa), a few called Sea Breeze and theres Bottle of Beer and a Ginger Beer, a fair number of Princes of Wales on various ships, and Flying Jib seems to be quite a popular name in Kroo Country, Africa. One poor chap on the Orontes is listed as John Or Jack WESLEY OR ROPEYARN. (RG11, 5641 / 102, 8 ) 

On the Mosquito (RG11, 5642 / 4, 3) theres Ah Chu


Just checking through, and George Howard, the AB I mentioned before is not the only AB. It seems to be a ship thing!

Glen

[kizmiaz]

Must get on and do some work, but I've just spotted that on 1881 there is only 1 Spock (Mary Jane, RG11/4066, 53, 15 ) and only 1 Vulcan (Harry, RG11/3921, 52, 4)


Live Long and Prosper!!

Glen