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Member Since: December 2006 Posts: 103 Send Message	Sue	Report	16 Jul 2009 10:25
	Can anyone tell me why some families have one line and others two dividing them from their neighbours ( 1841 census) ? Many thanks Sue
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	16 Jul 2009 10:27
	If there is one line between families it usually means that they are living in the same house but as a separate household. If there are two lines then they are usually in the next house. Kath. x
Member Since: December 2006 Posts: 103 Send Message	Sue	Report	16 Jul 2009 10:34
	Thanks Kath, thats what I thought, but looking at the census for a Norfolk village there are about 7 families all with lots of children only divided by one line, who couldn't possibly be living in one house! Do you think they could be in a row of cottages?Sue
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	16 Jul 2009 10:38
	I suppose it could be, but you'd be surprised at how many people used to share houses. In the 1891 census my great grandparents were living in a boarding house in the town where I was born. The houses are still there today and although they are quite large Victorian terraced houses I wouldn't have thought you could get 50 people in them - but that's how many people there are living there on the census!!! Kath. x