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"british subject by parentage"

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Henry

Henry Report 27 Jan 2014 08:10

Please can anyone tell me the exact definition of "british subject by parentage" in the Nationality column off the 1911 Census

Many thanks,

Henry

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 27 Jan 2014 08:34

It normally means that the parents were British though the child was born abroad. ....


:-)

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Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 27 Jan 2014 08:34

Could be like our son, we were overseas when he was born but he's British due to us being British. :-)

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Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 27 Jan 2014 08:37

Our granddaughter was born in Germany where her dad was based in the army her birth was reg at the British Consulate and where her parents renounced her
German nationality

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Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Henry

Henry Report 27 Jan 2014 11:55

Thanks for that, what is strange is the woman in question Helena has her brother lodging with them and he is described as Nationality "German". I mistake somewhere.


H

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 27 Jan 2014 12:08

Bearing in mind that this was the first census when all the householders were expected to complete the form, sometimes they messed up.

One of mine has 'British by Parentage' - he was born in England as were both his parents. :-D

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Henry

Henry Report 27 Jan 2014 13:02

Good point, thanks

jax

jax Report 27 Jan 2014 14:03

I would agree with DET

I have seen many with 'British subject by parentage' where they have been born in the UK

As with the other columns, not all read the form properly and would put years married when they were widowed or names of children who had died even giving their ages as would be, if lived

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Nothing much