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1871 Census entry Query

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Robert

Robert Report 9 Mar 2015 16:01

Found an odd entry which ties into my tree as follows:

First Name Emma J
Last Name Chanter
Birth Year 1858
Age 13
Birth Place England
Birth Town
Birth County Devon
Gender Female
Relationship To Head of Household Daughter
Occupation
Condition
Street Clifton Road
Parish St Sidwell
Town
City Exeter
County Devon
Country England
Ecclesiastical District
Enumeration District 9
Municipal Ward St Sidwell
Parliamentary Borough Exeter
Registration District Exeter
Category Census, Land & Surveys
Record set 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Collections from Great Britain
Archive Reference RG10
Folio 103
Page 18
Piece Number 2062

The query is when looking at the original entry (which is over 2 pages) she is shown as daughter, with niece on next page but there is no Head of household or parents shown.

Were the parents not added for some reason - any ideas?? :-S

Researching:
Cowan, Watson, Hanson, Ramsden - Halifax; W Yorkshire

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 9 Mar 2015 16:08

If this is her father, he's a widower, and a Commercial traveller, so he was simply away from home on Census night, and the other record is accurate


1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Chisel Royal Victoria Lodge Hotel, Portland, Weymouth, Dorset, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Joseph H Hodosdon Head - Male 26 1845 - Middlesex, England Transcription
Frances Hodosdon Wife - Female 26 1845 - Dorset, England Transcription
Eliza Hodosdon Mother - Female 62 1809 - Surrey, England Transcription
Ellen E Lane Servant - Female 20 1851 - Dorset, England Transcription
Rd Chanter Visitor - Male 37 1834 - Devon, England Transcription

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Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 9 Mar 2015 16:09

Deaths Mar 1869 (>99%)
Chanter Elizabeth Jane 35 Exeter 5b 59

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GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 9 Mar 2015 16:09

Have you found her parents, Richard and Elizabeth Jane, in 1871

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alviegal

alviegal Report 9 Mar 2015 16:13


1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
32, Sanford Street, St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
>>Richard Chanter Head Married Male 27 1834 Counterman Shopman Exeter, Devon, England
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Elizabeth Jane Chanter Wife Married Female 27 1834 - Bradworthy, Devon, England
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Emma Jane Chanter Daughter Unmarried Female 4 1857 - Exeter, Devon, England



1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Clifton Road, St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Emma J Chanter Daughter - Female 13 1858 - Devon, England
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Ann M Heard Niece - Female 18 1853 - London, Middlesex, England


It is a strange way to record her but Jacqueline is correct with the census above and her explanation.

Robert

Robert Report 9 Mar 2015 16:16

Thanks for quick response

- mystery solved - that's why the niece is there to look after the 13 year old girl.

Researching:
Cowan, Watson, Hanson, Ramsden - Halifax; W Yorkshire