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In the street
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GypsyJoe | Report | 12 Jan 2009 21:17 |
I'm wondering if anyone else has come across in a census the address as in the street. |
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Sam | Report | 12 Jan 2009 21:31 |
There are some very strange descriptions on the census - I've seen people described as 'man in a barn', living behind a hedge and in a ditch! |
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GypsyJoe | Report | 12 Jan 2009 21:44 |
I wonder if the census were done during the day back then? |
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Sam | Report | 12 Jan 2009 21:48 |
You can see lots just by going to the census (i'm looking at 1871 at the moment) and just putting 'Man' or 'tramp' in the first name box and nothing else. |
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GypsyJoe | Report | 12 Jan 2009 22:21 |
LOL I'll have to check that out. |
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Chica in the sun ☼ | Report | 12 Jan 2009 23:56 |
Never thought to do that. I got a bit bored with man and woman, so thought I would go up market abit and put in Prince /Princess and wow what an insight !! |
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GypsyJoe | Report | 13 Jan 2009 11:15 |
I'll defiantely be having a lookie look when I get home from work today. |
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mgnv | Report | 13 Jan 2009 11:34 |
A couple of years back, I went for a hike to Cheakamus Lake, and in the middle of the forest, abt 5km from the trailhead, there's a sign nailed to a tree which reads: |
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GypsyJoe | Report | 13 Jan 2009 12:44 |
mgnv I wonder if that appears on his birth certificate? |
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mgnv | Report | 13 Jan 2009 14:05 |
Well, it would beat lugging a 30m high Douglas fir around. |
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Chica in the sun ☼ | Report | 13 Jan 2009 22:53 |
So what goes on a birth cert then if you are born outside? |
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mgnv | Report | 14 Jan 2009 00:24 |
I did wonder why one would name a kid Austin. |