Absent wife 1871 census!

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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 100 Send Message	Mark	Report	22 Sep 2009 21:17
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 100 Send Message	They would of all been men in those days, other than a dress maker or working on the looms in the textile trade in those days most women in my family are homemakers. I believe my 3 x great grandparents were separated as she was living and died in Yorkshire and he died alone in Lancashire,he had moved to Lancashire for some bizarre reason. I just find it odd to call her a absent wife.
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 49,638 Send Message	Ann	Report	22 Sep 2009 21:11
	One can only speculate the enumerator was a man, dont they blame us for everything! lol Annx
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 100 Send Message	Mark	Report	22 Sep 2009 21:08
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 100 Send Message	Hi Everyone My 3 x great grandmother is noted as a absent Wife on the 1871 census but i had to laugh at such sexism because its my 3 x great granddad who is absent,living elsewhere but he's not noted as a absent husband, What i am getting at is they lived at the same place on the 1861 census as on the 1871 census, and on the 1871 census its my 3 x great granddad who is absent. Is it typical to blame the woman as a absent wife,when its the husband absent? Mark