Ancestors that appear on every census

[clairec666]

Is this a record? I have EIGHT direct ancestors who appear on all censuses. There are two married couples, and four widowed ladies.

One of the ladies should appear on the 1921 census, too.

[coombs]

Thomas Groves born in 1839. He is on every census from 1841 to 1911. He died in May 1921, just before the 1921 census which was taken in June.

I do have another one who was alive for every census from 1841-1911 but her entire family are missing from the 1851 census yet they had children baptised at their local church on the 30th March 1851.

[jbml]

I have none.

My great great grandparents were all born after the 1841 census; and my great x3 grandparents all died before the 1911 census.

[Richard Knott]

There are several thousand in the 1939 register who claim to have been born in 1841 or earlier (but perhaps the dates are a little unreliable as there are people claiming to have been born in 1809, 1810, 1812, 1813, ...).

Richard

[Andrew Tarr]

On a slightly different tack, I found a living person on a census, about 12 years ago.  My mother died in 2006 aged 102, not long after the Irish censuses for 1901 and 1911 appeared online.  She was with an aunt in Roscrea aged 7 in 1911.

PS  -  I actually read the census in the Dublin office.  I think it went on-line a bit later.

[lisalucie]

I have one! My great x4 grandmother was born in 1829 and died in 1916.
I have a filliation order for her when she was born, have found her in every census (maiden name was unusual but spellings differ) and then I have a copy of the inquest into her death...she's my favourite find!
Lisa

[StevieSteve]

I have 1.

I was thinking that it was probably pretty common but out of 2800 in my FH software born before the first census, I only have death dates for 39 after 1911

That figure would be increased by those unrelated individuals I won't be following up and those who were in the 1911 census that I don't have a death for, but it's a back-of-a-fag-packet estimate of 1.5%

[Kay99]

My OH's side has one born 1836 and died 1919.   More interestingly we have a photo of her post 1911 with her daughter, granddaughter and great granddaughter.

[Richard Knott]

Is this a record? I have EIGHT direct ancestors who appear on all censuses.

You beat me, as I only have six; but my children (aged 25-32) have nine (and their children will have more than that). The younger you are, the more you are likely to have.

I also have three more who made it to 1911 but were born in 1842, so they were close! (In fact one of those went past 1939 as well).

Richard