In the England and Wales census records all of them except the 1841 include relationship to head of household. However experienced users are cautious and do not assume that the wife is the mother of all the children listed. Even when the first name of the wife is the same we must carefully check that age and birthplace are the same from one census to the next.
In the US, the 1900 and 1910 Census is a great set of records that helps me "check the kids". The females had two columns, How many Children did they have and How many were still alive. I look at those two bits of information to see how I am doing. Several times, I found I had too many children, even more, didn't have enough children.
Russ Worthington over this side of the pond the 1911 census has been useful in the same way as they had to state the number of years married and the number of children dead and alive. Sometimes they didn't answer in the right place or got confused but it helps remind you to look for children who never get entered on a census.
In the England and Wales census records all of them except the 1841 include relationship to head of household. However experienced users are cautious and do not assume that the wife is the mother of all the children listed. Even when the first name of the wife is the same we must carefully check that age and birthplace are the same from one census to the next.
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ReplyDeleteIn the US, the 1900 and 1910 Census is a great set of records that helps me "check the kids". The females had two columns, How many Children did they have and How many were still alive. I look at those two bits of information to see how I am doing. Several times, I found I had too many children, even more, didn't have enough children.
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Russ Worthington over this side of the pond the 1911 census has been useful in the same way as they had to state the number of years married and the number of children dead and alive. Sometimes they didn't answer in the right place or got confused but it helps remind you to look for children who never get entered on a census.
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