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DianaCanada
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Re: Bizzare Census Facts
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Reply #108 on:
Sunday 13 November 05 01:37 GMT (UK) »
On the 1881 - 32 Eye but only 7 Iris!
28 Gums but only 1 Teeth!
g a r
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Re: Bizzare Census Facts
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Sunday 13 November 05 05:18 GMT (UK) »
1861 census for Nether Stowey, Somerset clearly transcribed as:
They Were Gone Early on Monday Morning
In this case the fiction is way funnier than the truth. Apparently a caravan of gypsies decided not to stay for the enumeration.
cheers,
gar
g a r
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Re: Bizzare Census Facts
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Reply #110 on:
Sunday 13 November 05 06:08 GMT (UK) »
I thought Brunch was a fairly modern thing but, obviously not!
1901
Brunch Jas Tiseo
Please tell me I'm not dreaming this!
Also, lots of Sarah's transcribed as Lunch. No Breakfasts, numerous Dinners and Suppers!
are you hungry yet?
Paul E
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Re: Bizzare Census Facts
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Reply #111 on:
Monday 14 November 05 12:25 GMT (UK) »
It's increasingly obvious to me that census transcribers and indexers are recruited from that small and exclusive club of former contestants on the popular ITV gameshow,
Catchphrase
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"Remember, say what you see..."
Paul
tazzie
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Re: Bizzare Census Facts
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Monday 14 November 05 14:10 GMT (UK) »
Couldn't resist coming back on this one....
1881
5 sherbert 36 lemons
1042 candy 4 floss
2 toffee 93 apple
150 book 31 worm
2 spider 88 fly 6 flea 388 moth
Tazzie
Liscoe -all
Green/Simpson/Underwood-Beds
Walker/Foulkes/Fookes/Fooks/Hedges/Lamborne-Bucks.
Stanton/Pattrick/Cooper/Fitzjohn/Holland/Spalding-London
Rewallin/Underwood -Devon
Casbolt-London/Cambridge
Favell/Favel - Lincs-Beds
This information is Crown Copyright from
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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