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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 8 101 Send Message	dutch	Report	1 Aug 2007 09:53
	im trying to sort out some of my family,now i have my grandparents on the 1901 census with there children,but on the 1901 census there is my g,grandparents with two og there grandaughters,just wondered why two were with the parents and two with the grandparents,can someone tell me why ,thank you joyce from holland
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 4 475 Send Message	Janice	Report	1 Aug 2007 09:57
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 4 475 Send Message	The census only records where you are on census night, not where you live. Perhaps they were staying with granny and granddad - who couldn't cope with 4 in one go!! Janice
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 247 Send Message	Kendo	Report	1 Aug 2007 09:58
	Perhaps they were visiting on the day of the census. Ken
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 8 101 Send Message	dutch	Report	1 Aug 2007 10:12
	thank you for your help it was just that they were only 5 and 6yr olds joyce
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 4 475 Send Message	Janice	Report	1 Aug 2007 10:19
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 4 475 Send Message	That's not too young to stay with grandparents. Perhaps the 2 at home with Mum and dad were ill and the other 2 had been sent there out of the way. Janice
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 8 101 Send Message	dutch	Report	1 Aug 2007 10:43
	yes thats athought as the boys were 4 and 7