1921 census

[Gibel]

I thought I’d look for my mother, I know her name, date of birth, address, father’s name, mother’s name but nothing! So I tried her sister, brother, mother, father nothing. I tried just with Christian names nothing. I’ve tried the first 3 letters of the surname nothing.

I thought I’d do an address search but the address doesn’t exist! I checked the Liverpool Electoral Roll to make sure I have the correct address even though I know it from my mother’s birth certificate in 1917.

What else can I try?

[PaulineJ]

Tell someone which address you are looking for.
We might not be able to give the entry, but we could see if we agree that it's awol.

[Romilly]

I got on as soon as it went live at 12.00am, but am quite disappointed…
The only new info that I got was that my Grandfather William James Wilson was 61 years and 4 months old in June 1921!

Romilly

[Pheno]

Anybody know exactly the date of the census.  I know it asks for the details on the night of 24th April 1921 but was there a time limit on return as my aunt is on there and she was born on 5 June 1921 so obviously was not in the house on 24 April.

Pheno

[Gadget]

   19 June 1921

[rogerb]

On one of the pages I have downloaded, someone has used a date stamp of 19th June over the top of the original April date.  Presumably the census got put back at some point.

And even though I should be working, I did a quick Google and it turns out that it was put back because of the "Black Friday strike by coal miners, railwaymen and transport workers"

[Zaphod99]

The 1921 census could do with its own section, subdivided into topics like, Help, Costs, Technical, Successes etc.

Zaph

[ReadyDale]

Well, after the initial slowness (lo-res images, then hanging - not unexpected) and the oft-asked query about the address, it has all been quite smooth.
Have concentrated on the higher priority ones on my side of the tree so far. Nothing too unexpected. However a couple of nice nuggets - my maternal grandparents both reporting their (presumably) first jobs - one is as a porter in the turnery dept of Harrods, the other in what I am currently reading as a concession within an Army & Navy store.
The most interesting news was that my paternal great grand-parents had already separated (earlier than expected). He was living with his new "lady friend" and she as a housekeeper (along with 3 of her kids, including my g-father) at the house of the person who 8 years later notified her death.
On my OH's side, the only one I have bought so far is for my wife's father. No new info, but possibly the only document where he and his father will both appear - one born 1918 the other dies 1926.

[carol8353]

I got on as soon as it went live at 12.00am, but am quite disappointed…
The only new info that I got was that my Grandfather William James Wilson was 61 years and 4 months old in June 1921!

Romilly

Oh blow (or words to that effect!)

I loved to be able to see where my grandparents all worked,doesn't that part of the census help at all?