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1871/1881 census Could they avoid it?
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Denise | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:36 |
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Why is there no record of my family in 71/81. Is there a reason? was it easy to avoid? I have searched over and over. All other census filled in. Deno dinosaur. |
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Unknown | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:38 |
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The usual reason for not finding a family on a census is that they've been mistranscribed. Who are you looking for? |
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KathleenBell | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:38 |
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Who are you looking for? It is more likely that they are mistranscribed, unless they were the sort of family who might have gone abroad. Kath. x |
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Jay (Jacqueline) | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:41 |
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It was easy to avoid - my family all managed to do so at one time or another - they were circus people and seemed to have a deep distrust of anything official. Even my grandparents in more recent times refused to open the door to the census man! |
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Denise | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:47 |
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They were Elias Bowmer born 1867 and his father was William Bowmer born 1834 Heage Derbyshire. |
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Gary | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:51 |
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Having studied court cases in the Derby Paper from 1840 to 1900+ i often collected names of people convicted of crimes, and then later looked for them on the census and i would say 60% of people in the courts were not on the nearest census to the case, almost like there was an underclass that never filled a census in. |
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KathleenBell | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:51 |
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Is this them in 1871:- (the image looks like Bowmer) Alice Bownes abt 1870 Heage, Derbyshire, England Daughter Ripley Derbyshire >>>Elias Bownes abt 1868 Heage, Derbyshire, England Son Ripley Derbyshire Herbert Bownes abt 1862 Heage, Derbyshire, England Son Ripley Derbyshire Joseph Bownes abt 1854 Heage, Derbyshire, England Son Ripley Derbyshire Mary Ann Bownes abt 1832 Milford, Derbyshire, England Wife Ripley Derbyshire >>>William Bownes abt 1834 Heage, Derbyshire, England Head Ripley Derbyshire William Bownes abt 1865 Heage, Derbyshire, England Son Ripley Derbyshire William's occupation is Coal Miner. Source information: RG10/3585 Registration district: Belper Sub-registration district: Ripley ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Folio: 19 Page: 31 Kath. x |
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Unknown | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:55 |
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1881 West Ardsley Yorkshire William Bulmer abt 1834 Belper, Derbyshire, Head Mary Ann Bulmer abt 1827 Milford, Derbyshire, Wife Joseph Bulmer abt 1855 Belper, Derbyshire, Son William Bulmer abt 1865 Belper, Derbyshire, Son Elias Bulmer abt 1867 Belper, Derbyshire,Son Alice Bulmer abt 1868 Belper, Derbyshire, Daughter Hiram Bulmer abt 1873 Belper, Derbyshire, Son |
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Denise | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:55 |
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It looks very possible, I cannot believe how quickly you did that. I will check it out straight away Thanks |
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Unknown | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:57 |
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Denise It helps that Elias is a relatively uncommon name. I just searched for Elias born Derbyshire within a year of 1868. nell |
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KathleenBell | Report | 20 Jun 2006 20:59 |
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That's what I did too, Nell. Much easier to leave out the surname if you think it might be mistranscribed. Kath. x |
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