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understanding the 1841 census

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toto

toto Report 24 Oct 2007 21:37

Hi All
Is there any one who understand the 1841 census, under profession it has what looks like CR
anyone know what it means
Babs

Carrie

Carrie Report 24 Oct 2007 21:41

Maybe you can tell by the area they are in or look on other names they may have same occupations.. or search the 1851 see if that helps.

°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o°

°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° Report 24 Oct 2007 21:41

If you would like to post the details someone will have a look

toto

toto Report 24 Oct 2007 21:55

Hi Claire
Thank you for your reply. His name is Thomas Hume age 25 born scotland and lived in the borough of lambeth, parish of st Mary Newington, Surrey and it look's like Leafalgar st. The one i am looking for was a book keeper on the 51 census and then he was in Liverpool
Babs

Sam

Sam Report 24 Oct 2007 22:01

I don't know if its just me but I can't find him in 1841? Can you post the reference?

Sam x

toto

toto Report 24 Oct 2007 22:04

Hi
do you mean this
RG number:
HO107 Piece:
1064 Book/Folio:
7/19 Page:
30

Registration District:
St Mary Newington Sub District:
St Peter EnumerationDistrict:
Ecclesiastical Parish:


Civil Parish:
St Mary Newington Municipal Borough:
Lambeth Address:
Trafalgar Street, St Mary Newington, Lambeth County:
Surrey

Sam

Sam Report 24 Oct 2007 22:06

Weird, I've found him now but he definately doesn't come up if I search by name!

I would say he lives in Trafalgar Street, still working on the occupation...

Nope, sorry! I would say it was more like Cl but I still have no idea what it could stand for, it's not one I've come across before. On the next page there is another one, it looks like that particular enumerator had his own set of abbreviations!

Sam x

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 24 Oct 2007 22:13

What about ...... clerk?

Ozi.

Look what I found.
Cl. ~ Clerk (1841-61 Census)

This is from a list of census abbreviations on this website http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/abbrcen.html

Angela now in Wilts (not North Devon)

Angela now in Wilts (not North Devon) Report 24 Oct 2007 22:14

I haven't looked at the image, but if it looks like Cl, could it be Clerk (bearing in mind he was a book-keeper?)

Angela

snap Ozi :-))

toto

toto Report 24 Oct 2007 22:23

Thank you all so much for all you help you have made me look at it differently and now i think it is ck for Clark and that is what i hope
thank you again
babs

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 24 Oct 2007 22:32

No it is "Cl" with the collator's mark crossed through it so it looks like "Ck".

Ozi.

°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o°

°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° Report 24 Oct 2007 22:49

It makes sense that he was a clerk, Scottish children were more likely to be educated than those in England & Wales.