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Could somebody be on census TWICE ?

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Paul

Paul Report 14 Nov 2008 20:26

What is the chance of a person being on the 1861 census twice ...... once at the family address and once as a "visitor" elsewhere ?

I'm fairly convinced I have the same person twice but how unlikely is that ?

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 14 Nov 2008 21:08

It is likely.I have one who was a monthly nurse. she is listed at her place of work ie where she was nursing the new mum ,and at her home address too. Its anyones guess which house she was actually at on the census night.

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Ericthered

Ericthered Report 14 Nov 2008 22:30

Very likely......I have a number of instances of this in my own 'tree'

Chica in the sun ☼

Chica in the sun ☼ Report 14 Nov 2008 22:35

Yes, I have found this to be quite common. I have one where the mother was working at a laundry down the road and the father was at the family home. They both put down the same child. Of course it is possible the lad ran down the road from one place to the other and was therefore included on both!

Heather

Heather Report 14 Nov 2008 23:18

This query comes up about once a month and YES they can appear twice, particularly if they are entered as visitor at one address.

Paul

Paul Report 14 Nov 2008 23:38

Thank you

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 15 Nov 2008 09:35

Yes I have an example too. My ggg grandmother is on the 1861 census twice. Once at home and again visiting a friend, about a quarter of a mile away at the other end of the village.

snowfairy

snowfairy Report 15 Nov 2008 10:50

Yes, I have an instant in the census 1861 where the names of the family are all spelt atrociously and living in one place and then the other all nicely worded and with another address. They are one and the same not two different families as I first thought.Makes life difficult when researching.

Researching:
Devon,Wilts. Dorset, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire

Heather

Heather Report 16 Nov 2008 16:27

I found an opposite problem: 2 wives and five children transcribed on ancestry when the original clearly shows 1 wife and 2 children. I guess everyone has bad days.

Carol

Carol Report 16 Nov 2008 23:18

I found my great aunt twice on the 1901 census, she was shown at her parents address and again on her sister's address.

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 17 Nov 2008 00:09

Oh so glad this is common. I have Thomas Holland and his wife Jane, registered in both Bollington and Coppenhall, Cheshire in 1881. I guess the daughters of his new wife just told the enumerator that they normally lived in Bollington.

Margaret

mgnv

mgnv Report 17 Nov 2008 03:16

I found the same family enumerated twice in Aberdeen, once at their front door and once (in a different ED) at their back door.