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Lodgers & boarders in 1921

QI have learned that, on the 1921 Census returns, ‘boarders’ are recorded on separate forms to the host household. So a household with 2 people staying who are classified as boarders will extend across 3 sets of forms.

I have come across such a case myself and am wondering what was the easiest (most efficient) way to see all the folks in the same dwelling is.

My example is Lily Gertrude Laidlaw at

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