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Relationship to Head of House - 'Servant'

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Belinda

Belinda Report 1 Jun 2003 21:45

I am a newbie and wondered if it was common for the sons of a 1901 family all to be listed as 'servant'(even one 7 months old?), when the daughters were listed as daughters?

Martin

Martin Report 1 Jun 2003 21:50

Is that on the original page or a transcription of it? Even the original pages have been rewritten from the census forms so you got plenty of obvious mistakes. It sounds as if someone has got made a mistake transcribing. Martin