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Hi Jax, yes i did see the original census for 1901 and thats why it all went pear shaped! All sorted now thanks to you kind people ... Sue x

It is very unlikely that the Enumerator completed the household schedule.

More likely, if the head of house was illiterate, it was completed by a literate son/daughter, neighbour or local busy body!

Enumerators only completed a schedule as a last resort.


Chris, tell me more. I thought the enumerator took notes on his rounds and then compiled them later? Pre 1911 of course

Ginny
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Julie I too am a Londoner living in Essex but lived very near Duxford for some years infact ex works there

Jules/Jax

Everyone south of Derbyshire has an accent to me lol

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Nah its the other way round Ginny anyone north of cambridge has an accent lol

jax

LOLOL..Ginny what you like :o))

There was a huge meet in Matlock a few years back there was at least 80 odd some from this site & some from FTF
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My son was prem & was born in Bury st Edmunds.....coming back down in the ambulance i could stop laugh the ambulance man sounded like one of the Wruzzels

Ginny

An Enumerator's 'paid' district was meant to be what he could cover, on one day, distributing household schedules to households before the census night and then collecting them, again on one day, after.

The Enumerators were paid a flat fee for distributing and collecting household schedules and entering the info into the enumeration book. Over a certain number of individuals the Enumerator entered into his book he could claim an additional payment.

Enumerators were not paid to spend time completing household schedules.....Any time they spent doing so was effectively eating into their 'daily rate'.

Chris

Err..Jules/Jax..Are you saying we are all like 'wrurzzells' up north..? I thought that was West Country?

Or for our Fanny...I’ve got a brand new combine harvester

Touché’ Ms Fans

Oh dear! i am somewhat confused! So are you saying then Chris, that actually the enumerator, who actually enters the details given into his book, is at faullt. Or do you think it is the fault of the family in question, taking into consideration that both Ida and her mother Rosa were Elementary school teachers? Sue

I just checked the 1901 census and there is no mention of them owning a Combine harvester! lol Sue.

On FMP 1891...

LITTLECHILD, Albert J Head Married M 37 1854 Lift Makers Foreman
Duxford
Cambridgeshire VIEW
LITTLECHILD, Rose E Wife Married F 35 1856 Assistant Teacher L S B
Staines
Middlesex VIEW
LITTLECHILD, Horace Brother Single M 30 1861 Tailors Cutter
Duxford
Cambridgeshire VIEW
LITTLECHILD, Edwin Son M 9 1882 Scholar
Wandsworth
London VIEW
LITTLECHILD, Ellen Daughter F 5 1886 Scholar
Wandsworth
London VIEW
LITTLECHILD, Ida Daughter F 2 1889
Wandsworth
London VIEW
JONES, Elizabeth Mother In Law Widow F 77 1814
Odiham
Hampshire VIEW
CLARK, Florence Visitor F 9 1882 Scholar
Birmingham
Warwickshire VIEW
CRANE, Alice Servant Single F 17 1874 General Servant Domestic
Battersea
London

(RG12 448 folio 51 page 41)

From Chris, a Duxford girl, recognising Scroggie and Littlechild surname! (though not these folks!)
Not sure how I talk, more Essex I think :-))

~~~~~~waves to Julie, the Urnless, lol.

Chris :)

Coooo Chris

Long time no see, how you been

You have a lovely accent

Julie xx

Nice one Chris for the 91 census....problem solved me thinks ;)

Edit; That 91 census is not on Ancestry, they must have missed that one! Ive contacted Ancestry with the details...maybe they can add it now!

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I tried looking on Ancestry using those RG,Folio & Page numbers and it wasn't coming up :o((

Susan

Sorry for delay in replying to your question yesterday at 21:55.

Once the enumerator had collected the household schedules he went 'home' and copied the information from them into the enumerator book and it is this book that we see online (except for the 1911 which are the actual household schedules).

So as with any document that is transcribed errors can occur.

Maybe who ever completed the schedule got info wrong.
Maybe the enumerar couldn't read the writing and wrote what he thought something read.
Maybe he 'employed' someone to do the transcriptions and they weren't as thorough as they should have been. An enumerator could employ an assistant but he had to pay them out of his own fee....Apparently a good few sons were 'employed'! But as to whether they were paid? lol
Maybe he had called in at the local 'watering hole' before he started writing the schedules up, not a good mix.

If you are interested in how the census was organised I would thoroughly recommend listening to the NA podcast 'Counting the People'.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/

Chris