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1881 UK Census what does 'O' mean in the marrital

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Jeremy

Jeremy Report 11 Sep 2006 19:04

Well I suppose that the question is self explanatory. The head of household was a women her occupation was 'Firemans Wife At Sea ' and the Marrital status column was 'O' anyone got any ideas? thanks jeremy

Peter

Peter Report 11 Sep 2006 19:44

Can you post the reference? Not come across it before, it might make more sense to see it in context on the page. Peter

Andrew

Andrew Report 11 Sep 2006 19:45

'O' is an LDS abbreviation for 'Other'. My understanding is that they used it in their transcriptions when there was anything unusual for that column in the enumerator's schedule. If you give me the details, I'll look up the census image for you.