Richard Hallford wrote
read an article recently re Census in England that said that the
Census information for the address was the people who NORMALLY stay
their. That could mean that a person could be listed at that address on
the night of the Census, but not actually be there. I was initially
under the impression that it was only those in the house on the night,
but that might not be so. Any thoughts or info?
Whoever wrote that article was incorrect. although they reached the
right conclusion!
The instruction was to record *everyone* who was present in the house on
Census night - family, lodgers, boarders, visitors, etc.
However, that's not to say that that is what always happened. Mistakes
were made. I have at least one instance of a person being enumerated in
two different places and there is no way of telling which house he was
actually in at the time.
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Jenny M Benson
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