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1. Is the age to get on electoral rolls 21? 2. If someone is listed as living at Eccles St, what does in the last column from the electoral rolls successive Eccles St and Diamond St mean??

The age requirement depends on what year electoral roll you are looking at,the earlier ones didn't have females listed,the first time women could vote they had to be 30+,it reduced as the years went by. Think Emily Pankhurst and her fight to get the vote,it took years for the voting age to be consistent for both genders. Glen

Hi Glen Have been looking at years 1902 - 1914

The age someone is on the electoral rolls, depends on when you are talking about. It is anyone who is eligible to vote, so at the moment the age would be 18. In earlier times it would have been 21. Not sure about the address, unless one road runs off another larger road. Kath. x

pre 1918-male householders only 21 or above post 1918 -as above plus females 30 or above married to householders 1929- as above but female age 21 1969-reduced to 18 plus for both sexes.

I've never used themto be honest,but there was a thread a while ago on the subject,but i didn't bookmark it unfortunately. Glen

Marie....you wont find any women for those years. At that time men had to be over 21. If you don't find them under householder at the end of the district you are looking at there is a section for lodgers and they could be there. Never seen the last part of your question so no idea what that means. Jean x.

if it hadnt been for the first world war and the efforts displayed by the female workforce,the introduction probably would have been later :~)

Thanks for the replies. Wondering if the 'successive' bit meant that they owned 2 properties.

Can you say exactly what it says with the successive bit?

You can be on an electoral roll a year or two before your 18th birthday, although you can't vote.

One of the look ups I found was 1906 Eccles james - 50 Eccles St - (last column) Successive 58 Eccles st & 15 Diamond St & 50 Eccles St

you should only be on an electoral role pre voting the yearbefore feb>>>feb with the date of the day you are eligible which will be your birthday......it is usually printed on the same line as your name,sometimes before in italics. re 3 addys-could be he changed addy 3 times in one year.

thanks for that Ego James Eccles did live at 58 Eccles St in 1905, so it looks like you may be right and its the different addresses he lived in for that year. thank you.