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Re: Even More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #27 on: Sunday 25 January 09 21:29 GMT (UK) »
2 Toilet Ladies, one only 14 years old :'(

39 year old Michael Murphy must have been a cheerful sort, his occupation was Smiling.
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Re: Even More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #28 on: Sunday 25 January 09 22:24 GMT (UK) »


20 people were LOST

and an amazing

341 people were FOUND
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BERRY-Wexford, Ireland>England
BERNEY- Tullowbeg, Co. Carlow
MUSTY- Oxfordshire>Wiltshire>India
PUFFITT-Filkins,Oxfordshire
HARNESS- EastRiding,Yorks. & Lincolnshire
LANE- India
STOLLERY-Suffolk
HERCLIFF -East Riding, Yorks

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Re: Even More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #29 on: Sunday 25 January 09 23:14 GMT (UK) »
I wonder how many of these occupations are actually written in the census, and how many of them are added by bored transcribers on a Friday afternoon? Just a thought...  ::)

Great work, everyone... can't believe how this thread has ballooned since I contributed on about page 3!

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Re: Even More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #30 on: Sunday 25 January 09 23:30 GMT (UK) »
7 gave their occupation as Parrot  ::)


Susan
Herefordshire: Mytton.
Lincs: Ingham
Northants: Knight (Welford); Linnell;  Gaudern.
Staffs (Brierley Hill, Kingswinford): Wood; Eades.
Somerset: Bailey; Lewis
Warwickshire: (Alcester, Henley in Arden) Lewis; Casey/Keasey
Warwickshire (Birmingham suburbs) Knight
Yorkshire (Bradford):  Ingham


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Re: Even More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #31 on: Monday 26 January 09 08:17 GMT (UK) »
I wonder how many of these occupations are actually written in the census, and how many of them are added by bored transcribers on a Friday afternoon? Just a thought...  ::)

Great work, everyone... can't believe how this thread has ballooned since I contributed on about page 3!

I get the feeling that some are the result of partial searches, i.e. search for parrot and you'll find parrot importers, and unless you look at the actual pages or transcripts, you won't know for sure.

Still good fun, though  ;)
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Re: Even More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #32 on: Monday 26 January 09 09:15 GMT (UK) »
12, including one man  ;D were Lady of the House.

Any of them called Hyacinth? :D

177 assorted Hyacinths 
18 Buckets   
40 Mops
3888 Brooms
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Sussex - Knapp. Nailard. Potten. Coleman. Pomfrey. Carter. Picknell
Greenwich/Woolwich. - Clowting. Davis. Kitts. Ferguson. Lowther. Carvalho. Pressman. Redknap. Argent.
Hertfordshire - Sturgeon. Bird. Rule. Claxton. Taylor. Braggins

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Re: Even More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #33 on: Monday 26 January 09 09:45 GMT (UK) »
Keith, perhaps you can enlighten us; why would 26 people have the occupation of "Sherwood"? ;D ;D ;D  All male, many living in Nottinghamshire .......
Sussex, Burwash/Somerset/South London: PANKHURST/FABLING/GREEN/KING/PARROT/POPE/PEMBROKE
Notts/Leics/London: POLLARD/BELAND/FELLS/MORRISON/MARYSON/CLARKE
Northants: MARRIOT/T
Suffolk: LINGLY/LINGLEY/LINDLY/LINDLEY/ SEAGER /SIGGER/SEGGAR/VINCE
Gloucs: WINDOW Glamorgan: JENKINS Cardiganshire: JONES
Poland: OZIEMKIEWICZ France: LINETTE

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Re: Even More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #34 on: Monday 26 January 09 10:07 GMT (UK) »
Perhaps the entries were, for example; Woodsman, Sherwood Forest
Perrins - Manchester and Staffs
Honan - Manchester and Ireland
Hogg - Manchester 19 cent
Anderson - Newcastle mid 19 cent
Boullen - London then Carlisle then Manchester
Comer - Manchester and Galway

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Re: Even More Revelations from the 1911 Census
« Reply #35 on: Monday 26 January 09 10:10 GMT (UK) »
21 fancy pieces - mostly from Skipton