Documents In Depth - #6 - the 1911 Census
Jun 12, 2020
4 minutes
KEY LEGISLATION
The 1911 Census was the last census to be taken under the terms of a specific Act of Parliament; namely, the 1910 Census Act. All censuses taken since 1921 are the result of the 1920 Census Act
Name & surname
It’s not at all uncommon to find full names recorded here, including middle names, which can be particularly helpful when it comes to searching the returns.
Particulars as to marriage
This heading covered five columns (columns 5 to 9), the first of which was the standard ‘marital condition’ which had existed in the census since 1851. Again, the word
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