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Same family in 2 places in 71 Census

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Dizzy

Dizzy Report 10 Mar 2008 19:27

This is the first time in 7 years of research that I have come accross the same family in two places in a Census. Can anyone expain how this can happen? The following info is from the 1871 Census:

Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 1331; Folio: 66; Page: 16; GSU roll: 828275

Civil Parish:Ridge
Town: Colney Heath
County/Island: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Barnet
Sub-registration district: South Mimms

James Mills 34 Labourer Hatfield, Herts
Mary Ann Mills 42 Do’s Wife Sleep Hyde, Herts
Sarah Ann 14 Servant Dom Ditto
Sophia 13 Hatter Ditto
Hannah 11 Ditto Ditto
Martha 9 Ditto Ditto
William Jas 6 Ditto
James Wm 4 Ditto

Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 1378; Folio: 128; Page: 15; GSU roll: 828466.

Civil Parish: St Peter
Ecclesiastical parish: Colney Heath St Mark
Town: Colney Heath and Sleaps Hyde and Smallford
County/Island: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Registration district: St Albans
Sub-registration district: St Albans

James Mills 34 Ag Lab Herts, Hatfield
Mary Ann 42 Hat Maker Herts, Sleaps Hyde
Sarah Ann 14 Ditto Herts, Colney Heath
Sophia 13 Ditto Ditto
Hannah 11 Ditto Ditto
Martha 9 Ditto Ditto
William 6 Ditto
James 4 Ditto


Any help much appreciated!

Dizzy

Stephanie

Stephanie Report 10 Mar 2008 19:33

unless the enumerator got mixed up, are the street addresses the same on both, could be two enumerators did that area

Dizzy

Dizzy Report 10 Mar 2008 19:36

The street address on both is just Colney Heath, in one the next "house" is a Bakers shop and in the other it's a Pub. All neighbours are different!

Dizzy

Stephanie

Stephanie Report 10 Mar 2008 19:37

thats very strange - could they have been visiting?

Stephanie

Stephanie Report 10 Mar 2008 19:41

just read this on a website when googling

" It is possible as I have seen other individuals enumerated twice where one works at a bussiness establishment. "

could they have owned the business next door

Dizzy

Dizzy Report 10 Mar 2008 19:46

I don't think they would have owned anything, he was an Ag Lab. It does seem that her brother is "next door" with his family in one of the Census. I think I need to look at old maps now to see where I am looking at!

mgnv

mgnv Report 11 Mar 2008 15:19

It could be that they were moving and lived at two addresses that week and just got enumerated twice. I saw a case where I think they lived on an enumeration district boundary, and one enumerator came to their front door and another to their back door, which gave them two completely different looking addresses.