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I hope none of these are your missing ancestors!!!

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Liberty64

Liberty64 Report 20 Aug 2005 01:21

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Liberty64

Liberty64 Report 20 Aug 2005 01:23

I found this little lot on the 1861 census, I looked at the Image and not one is named! Fifty Two Boys abt 1851 Bristol Pupil Bristol St Augustine Gloucestershire Forty Five Boys abt 1850 Bristol Pupil Bristol St Augustine Gloucestershire Sixteen Boys abt 1852 Bristol Pupil Bristol St Augustine Gloucestershire Thirty Three Boys abt 1849 Bristol Pupil Bristol St Augustine Gloucestershire Three Boys abt 1853 Bristol Pupil Bristol St Augustine Gloucestershire Twenty Eight Boys abt 1848 Bristol Pupil Bristol St Augustine Gloucestershire RG9/1724 Registration district: Bristol Sub-registration district: St Augustine ED, institution, or vessel: 20 Folio: 78 Page: 22 (click to see others on page) Household schedule number: 115 GSU Number: 542857 Lib

Irene

Irene Report 20 Aug 2005 10:21

Just think all those boys belong to some family and their names are all missing from the census. What chance would anyone have finding out their names. Irene

Liberty64

Liberty64 Report 28 Aug 2005 23:23

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An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 28 Aug 2005 23:45

This is a classic example of someone obeying the law to the absolute letter but not one step further. The purpose of the census was (and still is) to ascertain how many people there are, of various ages, so that planning projections can be made, such as: 15 million children under the age of ten means we will have a workforce of 15 million to replace the 9 million who will retire in 10 years time, and we will need xxx more Doctors, houses and so on. The census was never concerned with the INDIVIDUAL - names were only really required as a rough check that everyone had been counted. So whoever filled in this return was aware of these facts and decided to save himself some unnecessary work. Bet it was the Maths teacher! Olde Crone