England Census 1851,1861 and 1871
While living in England James and Catherine were part of 3 census in 1851,1861 and 1871. The following is from those census
1851
The 1851 census gives use a huge amount of information on the Blanford family,it includes where they lived “Number 5 Prosper place , Bromley “,how many people lived in the house on the night of the census , On 30 March 1851 there were 2 adults ,James and Catherine Blanford there 5 children 4 boys and 1 girl and there were 2 lodgers staying in the house with them. The census also shows there age and where each member of the household was born. Occupation or Profession of all the adults or children of working age is also shown, James Blanford in this case worked as a Labourer
One thing that I did note about this Census is that the family were living in the same area as where all the children were born, both parents were from other places in Middlesex England
The only other thing on this document that I’m having problems with is the places the 2 lodgers were born .. to hard for me to read
The original documents was found at
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I can only give you a link to the Home page of the ancestry site not a link to the original documents on this site as this is a pay to view site so I cant show you the original on my web site
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1851
The 1851 census gives use a huge amount of information on the Blanford family,it includes where they lived “Number 5 Prosper place , Bromley “,how many people lived in the house on the night of the census , On 30 March 1851 there were 2 adults ,James and Catherine Blanford there 5 children 4 boys and 1 girl and there were 2 lodgers staying in the house with them. The census also shows there age and where each member of the household was born. Occupation or Profession of all the adults or children of working age is also shown, James Blanford in this case worked as a Labourer
One thing that I did note about this Census is that the family were living in the same area as where all the children were born, both parents were from other places in Middlesex England
The only other thing on this document that I’m having problems with is the places the 2 lodgers were born .. to hard for me to read
The original documents was found at
www.ancestry.com
I can only give you a link to the Home page of the ancestry site not a link to the original documents on this site as this is a pay to view site so I cant show you the original on my web site
For more information on this and other helpful web sites go to Helpful Web Sites Page 4
http://blanfordfamilytree.weebly.com/helpful-web-sites-page-4.html
1861
From this census you can see the Blanfords moved from 5 Prosper place to 13 Bow common
What was the reason they moved ?
Was the house not big enough for there family or did they have to move because of work ?
There family had gone from 5 children to 10 children ,the home may have been too small but in 1851 they did have lodgers, I dont think that was the reason In the 1861 census it shows that they worked as a green grocers rather than a labourer.. the move could have been work related
The census shows the children as scholars Which school did the children go too?
In 1839 the parents signed there marriage certificate with a “X” or there mark so this shows they were not educated at the time but by 1851 he was a green grocer
I have 4 questions that puzzle me about this census
1 It is unclear but it looks like it to me that Marys middle name started with a “ A” but I’m not 100% with that
2 The list I have of there ages is right as per document but there are 2 ,George and Emma that could show different numbers ie George could be 14 or 16, Emma could be 5 , 6 or 8 years old
3 On the Occupation for James (junior) there is something after the Labour part that I cant read
4 The families birth places are hard to read but after looking at another census you can see they are the same as the earlier census, but they are still hard to read
The original documents was found at
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1871
There is very little information on this census that has changed since the 1861 census other than there ages .Each year they give a age but it makes them born in a different year. I think a lot of this is due to a lack of education and more so with the parents as the 1861 census said the children were scholars so they had some education
The original documents was found at
www.ancestry.com
I have a copy of the original document and a transcribed copy of this document as the original is very hard to read
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I have a copy of the original document and a transcribed copy of this document as the original is very hard to read
Every 10 years there is a Census, the above copies are from
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I can only give you a link to the Home page of the ancestry site not a link to the original documents on this site as this is a pay to view site so I cant show you the original on my web siteFor more information on this and other helpful web sites go to Helpful Web Sites Page 4
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I can only give you a link to the Home page of this site not a link to the original documents on this site as this is a pay to view site so I cant show you the original on my web site
The original data has been copied by Ancestry .com from Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851,1861 and 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851 ,1861 and 1871.
The 1851 Census for England was taken on the night of 30 March 1851. The following information was requested:
1 Name of street, place or road
2 Name or number of house
3 Name and Surname of each person who abode in the house on the Night of 30 march 1851
4 Relationship to head of the family
5 Condition ( Person's marital status)
6 Age at last birthday (sex is indicated by which column the age is recorded in)
7 Person's rank, profession, or occupation
8 Person's place of birth (if outside of England or Wales, only the country may be given)
9 Whether blind, or deaf and dumb
The 1861 Census for England was taken on the night of 07 April 1861. The following information was requested:
1 Name of street, place or road
2 Name or number of house
3 Whether property vacant or inhabited
4 Name and Surname of each person who abode in the house on the Night of 07 April 1861
5 Relationship to head of the family
6 Condition ( Person's marital status)
7 Age at last birthday (sex is indicated by which column the age is recorded in)
8 Person's rank, profession, or occupation
9 Person's place of birth (if outside of England or Wales, only the country may be given)
10 Whether blind, or deaf and dumb
The 1871 census for England was taken on the night of 2 April 1871. The census contains detailed information on each individual who spent the night in each household including name, relationship to the head of the family, marital status, age at last birthday, gender, occupation, and birthplace. Additional information about the dwelling and property was also collected.
The information requested on the census included:
1 Address (name of the street, avenue, or road; house number)
2 Occupant (name of each person who spent the night in the house; their birthplace and relationship to head of family on the night of the census 2 April 1871)
3 Residence (whether home was inhabited; number of rooms occupied)
4 Personal (sex, age, marital status)
5 Occupation (whether employer, employee, or neither)
6 Health (whether blind, deaf, dumb, imbecile, idiot, or lunatic)
The original documents was found at
www.ancestry.com
Enumeration forms (census forms) were distributed to all households a couple of days before census night and the complete forms were collected the next day. All responses were to reflect the individual's status as per the night of the census for all individuals who had spent the night in the house. People who were traveling or living abroad were enumerated at the location where they spent the night on census night.
The census is based on an individuals presence on the night of the census and not if they were permanently living at the returning address. This could give rise to the situation of children living at a house without parents - should their parents be staying the census night elsewhere - or the appearance of families living together. Is that aunt visiting or living with the family
The censuses were undertaken at a time when up to half the adult population were illiterate or semi-illiterate. Many householders would, therefore, have found it difficult to read and interpret the instructions, and this would have led them to give inaccurate and incomplete information. moreover, it seems likely that, because of poor spelling and poor presentation, enumerators would have found it difficult to read some of their census schedules
It should be mentioned that the spelling of surnames only gradually became standardised after 1837 with the state registration of births, deaths and marriages. In the early years of last century many people did not know their correct ages, and for older people age-data should, therefore, be treated with some caution. At a time when the age of consent was 21 householders below this age often had an incentive to falsify their ages in order to rent accommodation and enter into legally-binding contracts. Similarly the ages of child workers appear on occasion to have been falsified to circumvent the various factory ages.
Problems arise in identifying stepchildren, the parents of grandchildren, and relationships among lodgers, boarders and visitors.
The problem affected in particular how lodgers, boarders and different families renting rooms in the same houses .In some instances families of lodgers appear to have been treated as occupiers in their right. On other occasions families co-residing at the same address have been treated as lodgers.
These are just a few of the mistakes or problems that occurred in the Census
To find a full list of problems and census information go to
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Each registration district was divided into a number of enumeration sub-districts, each of which was the responsibility of an enumerator.
All of the details from the individual forms were sorted and copied into enumerators' books ( CEBs ) The CEBs were then sent to London where census clerks used them to compute various local and national statistics. Although the original census schedules 1841 to 1901 have long been since destroyed the CEBs were kept these are the records we can view images of today on the ancestry.com site
Census returns were collected according to registration district A full reference number for a census record includes the PRO class number which changed each year of the census
(HO 107) 1841 on the night of 6 June 1841
(HO 107) 1851 on the night of 30 March 1851
(RG 9) 1861 on the night of 7 April 1861
(RG 10) 1871 on the night of 2 April 1871
(RG 11) 1881 on the night of 3 April 1881
(RG 12) 1891 on the night of 5 April 1891
(RG 13) 1901 on the night of 31 March 1901
A piece number. The registration districts were divided into sub-districts and assigned consecutive piece numbers for reference purposes. The piece numbers begin in London with number one and work roughly south to north. There may be hundreds of pieces within a county.
In addition to the piece number, each page of the returns includes a folio number and/or a page number. The folio number was stamped onto every other page before microfilming and is located in the upper right hand corner of the image. The page number is part of the printed form and is found on every page in the upper right hand corner. The page numbers start over at the beginning of every enumeration district
A full reference number for a record in the 1851 census includes the PRO class number (HO 107), the piece number, the folio number, and the page number.
www.ancestry.com
I can only give you a link to the Home page of the ancestry site not a link to the original documents on this site as this is a pay to view site so I cant show you the original on my web siteFor more information on this and other helpful web sites go to Helpful Web Sites Page 4
http://blanfordfamilytree.weebly.com/helpful-web-sites-page-4.html
I can only give you a link to the Home page of this site not a link to the original documents on this site as this is a pay to view site so I cant show you the original on my web site
The original data has been copied by Ancestry .com from Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851,1861 and 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851 ,1861 and 1871.
The 1851 Census for England was taken on the night of 30 March 1851. The following information was requested:
1 Name of street, place or road
2 Name or number of house
3 Name and Surname of each person who abode in the house on the Night of 30 march 1851
4 Relationship to head of the family
5 Condition ( Person's marital status)
6 Age at last birthday (sex is indicated by which column the age is recorded in)
7 Person's rank, profession, or occupation
8 Person's place of birth (if outside of England or Wales, only the country may be given)
9 Whether blind, or deaf and dumb
The 1861 Census for England was taken on the night of 07 April 1861. The following information was requested:
1 Name of street, place or road
2 Name or number of house
3 Whether property vacant or inhabited
4 Name and Surname of each person who abode in the house on the Night of 07 April 1861
5 Relationship to head of the family
6 Condition ( Person's marital status)
7 Age at last birthday (sex is indicated by which column the age is recorded in)
8 Person's rank, profession, or occupation
9 Person's place of birth (if outside of England or Wales, only the country may be given)
10 Whether blind, or deaf and dumb
The 1871 census for England was taken on the night of 2 April 1871. The census contains detailed information on each individual who spent the night in each household including name, relationship to the head of the family, marital status, age at last birthday, gender, occupation, and birthplace. Additional information about the dwelling and property was also collected.
The information requested on the census included:
1 Address (name of the street, avenue, or road; house number)
2 Occupant (name of each person who spent the night in the house; their birthplace and relationship to head of family on the night of the census 2 April 1871)
3 Residence (whether home was inhabited; number of rooms occupied)
4 Personal (sex, age, marital status)
5 Occupation (whether employer, employee, or neither)
6 Health (whether blind, deaf, dumb, imbecile, idiot, or lunatic)
The original documents was found at
www.ancestry.com
Enumeration forms (census forms) were distributed to all households a couple of days before census night and the complete forms were collected the next day. All responses were to reflect the individual's status as per the night of the census for all individuals who had spent the night in the house. People who were traveling or living abroad were enumerated at the location where they spent the night on census night.
The census is based on an individuals presence on the night of the census and not if they were permanently living at the returning address. This could give rise to the situation of children living at a house without parents - should their parents be staying the census night elsewhere - or the appearance of families living together. Is that aunt visiting or living with the family
The censuses were undertaken at a time when up to half the adult population were illiterate or semi-illiterate. Many householders would, therefore, have found it difficult to read and interpret the instructions, and this would have led them to give inaccurate and incomplete information. moreover, it seems likely that, because of poor spelling and poor presentation, enumerators would have found it difficult to read some of their census schedules
It should be mentioned that the spelling of surnames only gradually became standardised after 1837 with the state registration of births, deaths and marriages. In the early years of last century many people did not know their correct ages, and for older people age-data should, therefore, be treated with some caution. At a time when the age of consent was 21 householders below this age often had an incentive to falsify their ages in order to rent accommodation and enter into legally-binding contracts. Similarly the ages of child workers appear on occasion to have been falsified to circumvent the various factory ages.
Problems arise in identifying stepchildren, the parents of grandchildren, and relationships among lodgers, boarders and visitors.
The problem affected in particular how lodgers, boarders and different families renting rooms in the same houses .In some instances families of lodgers appear to have been treated as occupiers in their right. On other occasions families co-residing at the same address have been treated as lodgers.
These are just a few of the mistakes or problems that occurred in the Census
To find a full list of problems and census information go to
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Each registration district was divided into a number of enumeration sub-districts, each of which was the responsibility of an enumerator.
All of the details from the individual forms were sorted and copied into enumerators' books ( CEBs ) The CEBs were then sent to London where census clerks used them to compute various local and national statistics. Although the original census schedules 1841 to 1901 have long been since destroyed the CEBs were kept these are the records we can view images of today on the ancestry.com site
Census returns were collected according to registration district A full reference number for a census record includes the PRO class number which changed each year of the census
(HO 107) 1841 on the night of 6 June 1841
(HO 107) 1851 on the night of 30 March 1851
(RG 9) 1861 on the night of 7 April 1861
(RG 10) 1871 on the night of 2 April 1871
(RG 11) 1881 on the night of 3 April 1881
(RG 12) 1891 on the night of 5 April 1891
(RG 13) 1901 on the night of 31 March 1901
A piece number. The registration districts were divided into sub-districts and assigned consecutive piece numbers for reference purposes. The piece numbers begin in London with number one and work roughly south to north. There may be hundreds of pieces within a county.
In addition to the piece number, each page of the returns includes a folio number and/or a page number. The folio number was stamped onto every other page before microfilming and is located in the upper right hand corner of the image. The page number is part of the printed form and is found on every page in the upper right hand corner. The page numbers start over at the beginning of every enumeration district
A full reference number for a record in the 1851 census includes the PRO class number (HO 107), the piece number, the folio number, and the page number.