1921 UK Census NEWS

[melba_schmelba]

This is just a personal impression, but I don't think people were asked for or used full date of birth in day-to-day life, until the Welfare State got into its stride after 1945.

The number of people I have come across in 1939 register who were out by one year suggests that people readily knew their birth day and month and how old they were in years, but not the birth year. A few couldn't do the maths correctly from "1939".

1921 seems to have fitted the common usages?

Hi Steve. Yes that may be the case, but it seems a bit hopeful that people could do accurate maths of working out how many extra months they were as well as how old they were in years.

[Pheno]

Have quickly looked through the preceding messages but couldn't see anywhere the actual date of the 1921 census.  Saw the note about it being a couple of months later than usual due to some industrial action but does anybody know the actual date it was taken.

No need to respond to this as Mr. Google has done so and come up with 19 June 1921.  Just thought I'd leave the post in case anyone else wanted the exact date.

Pheno

[sirsimon]

Looking forward to seeing what it contains 

[ugo]

My first look up would be my grandfather he managed to avoid the 1891,1901 & 1911 census, he died in 1927.

[CarolA3]

Have quickly looked through the preceding messages but couldn't see anywhere the actual date of the 1921 census.  Saw the note about it being a couple of months later than usual due to some industrial action but does anybody know the actual date it was taken.

No need to respond to this as Mr. Google has done so and come up with 19 June 1921.  Just thought I'd leave the post in case anyone else wanted the exact date.

Pheno

Excellent news!  That means my Dad will be on there - born 8 June - and I'll know whether his parents were still living with his grandparents

Carol

[drhewitt]

I will solve a few family tree dead ends when the 1921 census is released.

[macwil]

Full list of all UK Census dates HERE (Wikipedia)

[Kaybron]

Hopefully I will be able to find further details about my grandmother. I am not any further advanced than what I was 8 years ago so just a little bit of extra detail might provide something that leads onto finding out exactly when and where she was born.

[Romilly]

And so now we know that it was taken on the 19th June 1921...

And that age should have been given in years and months...

And so (fingers crossed) it might give me some assistance in pinning down a DOB for my elusive Grandfather William James Wilson (1860 - 1937).

Only 3 or so years to go now!!

Romilly.