Missing from 1911 Census

[Redroger]

I found my father, whose entry had been severely scrambled in the 1911 census (Enigma machine standard!) by entering his Christian names and date and place of birth!Incidentally the 1911 census taker had messed up that entry too! Waiting in anticipation for 1921 release to see if they score the hat trick!

[linnet27]

Hi Redroger

I read your post and decided to start again and search on any variant and look at anything that might be a possible.  Having searched pages and pages of information, I have not seen anything that could be him.  I even found a Joseph Freer which was a bit spooky, but sadly not him.

Not sure where to go next!

[Redroger]

What worked for me was to enter other information which I knew to be correct, i.e. place and date of birth, plus Christian names.Good luck

[jc26red]

I recently noticed a family missing from 1911. They hadn't moved as the father was listed in the London electoral registers for that year and for several years after.

I decided to try and look for him in the schedule books... And there he was with another male and one female at the same address, his wife and son same as in 1901.  I noted all the other families living close by and tried to search for them too hoping it would eventually lead to my missing family... But they were all missing!!!!  It seems only the lower numbers in the street have been scanned and the top half of the street is missing.

Hope you have better luck

[Bojalu]

I found my father, whose entry had been severely scrambled in the 1911 census (Enigma machine standard!) by entering his Christian names and date and place of birth!Incidentally the 1911 census taker had messed up that entry too! Waiting in anticipation for 1921 release to see if they score the hat trick!

Unsure if I have read your post correctly. I understood that the 1911 Census ,unlike previous census's were filled in by the householder, rather than the enumerator. Or were you refering to modern day transcriptions ?

[Warin]

I've 'missed' a census here. I was out wild camping at the time and the local census person did not know how to do that... So that census info is not 100%. I suspect the same can be said of any census.

[Redroger]

I found my father, whose entry had been severely scrambled in the 1911 census (Enigma machine standard!) by entering his Christian names and date and place of birth!Incidentally the 1911 census taker had messed up that entry too! Waiting in anticipation for 1921 release to see if they score the hat trick!

Unsure if I have read your post correctly. I understood that the 1911 Census ,unlike previous census's were filled in by the householder, rather than the enumerator. Or were you refering to modern day transcriptions ?

Unfortunately my own enigma machine had scrambled the post. It should have read "Incidentally the 1901 census taker had messed up that entry too! Hence the reference to a hat trick! Amending so it becomes clear.

[Redroger]

I found my father, whose entry had been severely scrambled in the 1911 census (Enigma machine standard!) by entering his Christian names and date and place of birth!Incidentally the 1911 census taker had messed up that entry too! Waiting in anticipation for 1921 release to see if they score the hat trick!

I dont seem to be able to amend the entry but the reference to 1911 after incidentally should read 1901!!!