1911 census

[Sloe Gin]

Well, that's bit of a swizz, but may explain why one of my rellies appears as the only person in the household.  She too is described as a boarding house keeper.  I thought it was odd that there were no boarders.  However, I've no chance of finding them (if there are any) until they allow searching without a surname. 

[Sloe Gin]

Now that I think of it, in previous censuses families boarding in someone's house were classed as separate households, weren't they, as long as they occupied separate rooms?  You can get two "heads" in the same house, and there's a pen stroke dividing the "households" on the enumerator's sheet.

But charging more than once for the same address is just plain unfair, if it isn't an institution running to several pages. 

[genjen]

Quite a lot, Jen. did you see my foatloller of last night 

There seem to be a considerable number of transcriber errors highlighted on this thread and the previous Beta one.

the error reporting is a nuisance as well. i had to submit 3 error reports for one household transcription (one for each person who was wrongly transcribed) rather than one. More work for those of us who have already paid!

Gadget

I did indeed see it. I felt it wouldn't have looked out of place on the index of old occupations but couldn't quite come up with a definition for it.

[eagleye]

I take it the 1911 will eventually be free to view at libraries like the others?

[hiraeth]

But charging more than once for the same address is just plain unfair, if it isn't an institution running to several pages. 

Cats Ears

I'm beginning to think there is quite a bit unfair about this census and the manner in which it is being sold/presented    Are there going to be enumerator's pages available later or were they destroyed?  The handwriting on the two pages I have downloaded so far look suspiciously like they were written by the same person, so probably done by the enumerator and not my relatives even though they were both literate.  It's also going to cost a fortune to look for any related households in the same area.   

H

[plimmerian]

Newton-le-Willows, Lancs

maybe found as:

Newtonle Willow, Lance

Richard as Ritchard
Ethel as Eathel
Florrie as Florie
Annie as Aniey
Selina as Selnia

Simm as Timms

ironically for the first time ever all my "Plimmer" lot were spelt correctly!

 

[Evie]

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Fair enough, thank you for your reply.

Evie

[essexdavid]

Further to my earlier post about an ancestor Henry Corben being indexed as HERNY, I did a search for hypothetical Herny Smith and Herny Brown.
There are 23 such Smiths and 8 Browns.
While one can understand that the minims in handwriting can cause confusion between "r" and "n" these transcription errors must sadly indicate that as with the 1901 census, there is a basic lack of knowledge of UK names and geography.
Unless of course they really ARE called Herny..................

[peterbmillzz]

Hi all
any suggestions for alternative spellings to this one "FERNYHOUGH", she was born in 1902, first name Muriel.
Any help greatfully received.
Peter