1911 Census query

Hi

I was looking at this image, and wondered why 6 of the occupants appear to have been crossed out and aren't included in the total figures - I can't see the crossed-out people anywhere else

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...=&pid=20546932

Class: RG14; Piece: 21367.

[Merry]

This is just a guess, but are the last four of the crossed through people the four dec'd children of the head of house?

My other guess is that the first two crossed through might be two of ther daughters who had left home and as thy are listed as married maybe they are on the census elsewhere but with different surnames?

I think Merry is right without looking at image. All sorts of reasons though I have a few of the 1911 census where both the scenarios Merry has mentioned has happened. I think the column where it says how many children to marriage probably confused them so they feel they have to put their names whether married and living somewhere else or even deceased.

You know what forms are like today...

One starts by answering the questions and by the time you get to the next one the last one is redundant and in those days it would have been especially daunting probably one of the few forms they had to actually fill in.

Originally Posted by Merry

This is just a guess, but are the last four of the crossed through people the four dec'd children of the head of house?

My other guess is that the first two crossed through might be two of ther daughters who had left home and as thy are listed as married maybe they are on the census elsewhere but with different surnames?

Thanks Merry - that would make sense.

I had thought that the first crossed- out person, was Arnie, but maybe it is Annie!

[Merry]

lol! Well, I was mainly going by the age which is in the female column! Having said that the ages of the little ones who come after are all in the males column though they are girls.

I noticed that, Merry! It's very confusing

I can't see any obvious births or deaths for the 4 children, apart from a possible birth for Agnes - I'll have a beter look! - If the children were dec'd, I wonder whether the ages given for them were the ages they would have been if still alive, or the ages at which they died?

awww do you think the 1911 census form utterly confused them?

LOL Maggie

You could be right!

[Merry]

If the children were dec'd, I wonder whether the ages given for them were the ages they would have been if still alive, or the ages at which they died?

Ages at death I would think. One of them says three weeks, and I bet she didn't die in the previous three weeks.

Thanks Merry - I'll have another hunt!