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I was looking through census and found this and we were killing ourselves laughing (see below)

Household Record 1881 British Census Search results | Download Previous Household Next Household -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability BARAK Other M Male Bombay Naturalized British Subject, India Seedie SODAWATER Other M Male Zanzibar Naturalized British Subject, Africa Seedie PHILIP Other U Male Naturalized British Subject, Seychelles Seedie LEMONADE Other M Male Naturalized British Subject, Africa Seedie SEA BREEZE Other U Male Naturalized British Subject, Africa Seedie BOTTLED BEER Other U Male Abyssinia Naturalized British Subject, Africa Seedie IZAN Other M Male Mozambique Naturalized British Subject, Africa Seedie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Vessel "Philomel" Census Place Royal Navy, England Family History Library Film 1342354 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 5634 / 122 Page Number 6

are you sure you wern,t on the phone to one of these call centres in india?it sounds about right ,you spend five minutes on the phone and get nowhere .Fred.

When I was very young I remember my mum completing a census form and complaining at how intrusive some of the questions were. She maintained for years that she had listed our two pedigree cats on the form using their certified names: Mocka Misk Mogo, aged 2 from Burma (Burmese cat we called Flo!!) and Lumsdale Sam, age 1 from Siam (our Siamese cat called Sam!!) I never have managed to get the truth out of her, and dread to think what our ancestors will think if she genuinely went through with it lol

I was doing a bit of transcribing for Freeden the other day and came across a poor servant girl who gave her birthplace as Dog Kennel, Yorkshire! Jeanette