Comments on: Fertility in the 1911 census

By: Joan Johnson

Joan Johnson — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:00:55 +0000

I have found 1911 census very good and easy to use but I am unable to find my husbands grandfather and his family in 1911, they were there in 1901 and I know that they were there in 1917 because his grandmother was at him birth. In 1901 George A Scott 1865, Jane Scott 1864, Children - Mabel N 1889, Ethel M 1890, Percy Wm 1895and Berty s 1897 ( Berty was killed in 1917 in France ) Mabel was my Husbands Mother. Can anyone throw some light on their whereabouts?

By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:03:43 +0000

I find the 1911 census incredibly helpful but then I use it alongside other websites like freebmd.
I especially like the fact that the number of years marriage is mentioned as it sometimes helps me locate the marriage if I hadn’t found it already and the number of living children as I sometimes find that a child disappears between census’ and I do not know whether is it death or not so knowing how many children did not survive can lead me to then search for deaths of the missing ones.
The only thing I find is that I want to go further once I have found someone on the 1911 census and that won’t happen for a long time until the 100 year rule is up so it is almost frustrating to find something.
I suppose the benifit I have is that having a subscription to findmypast and having effectively free access to the 1911 census means I can keep looking even if I get several bad matches. When I used to pay for each record it could be rather tiresome when you constantly had to top up and ended up spending £30 for only 1 or 2 matches.
I think the census’ online is a wonderful feature as it can be difficult to find the time to visit record offices or it can be a bit of a trek depending how close you live. As for Scottish relatives, I would suggest if the 1911 website does not help, that people try googling Scottish census’ and following links. It is frustrating but until you attempt to transcribe records (as I have done in the past) you cannot appreaciate the time and effort it takes to put this information on one website and I think we should all be grateful for what is currently available and wait patiently for anything further.
Just my humble opinion

By: Fiona

Fiona — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:17:29 +0000

For scottish records go to http://www.Scotlandspeople.gov.uk. you can search the scottish records for free there and if you get a match fior 1 credit (20p) you can view the index results of your search.
If you can then identify the correct record and it is bith over 100 years ago, marriage over 75 years or death over 50 years then for 5 credits (£1) you can view a scan of the actual record which you can print or save to your computer.
This means if you are looking for historical records then it is much cheaper to get the records that you need from Scotland, rather than from the English / Welsh equivalent

By: Carol Howarth

Carol Howarth — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:45:43 +0000

By finding my grandfather’s (William Elkin) 1911 census return it helped to establish the information I had found via other records was correct. It also told me of 5 other childbirths who had died in infancy. I have been able to trace the birth and death records of 4 of the 5. By obtaining the certificates it has also given me an insight into life in those early 1900s as 2 of them died of tuberculosis, probably from the use of unpasteurised milk.

By: wells hurt,wise, andworton

wells hurt,wise, andworton — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:08:10 +0000

Should have read my father put my mother addreess as his so he avoided paying for the banns to be read in his own parish that i believe was a common thing and possibly still happens now I now believe my worton kin went to the usa in 1936 but left there children in this country

By: geoff king

geoff king — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:56:10 +0000

I have enjoyed finding many ancestors and relations, and found the search options easy to use. Also, the opportunity to record transcription errors is good. I was amused to find a relative claiming to have been married 12 years, thus appearing to legitimise their daughter born in 1899. They in fact married in 1901.

By: Doreen Coupar

Doreen Coupar — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:46:42 +0000

l echo Elizabeth Gilchirsts remark about the lack of Scottish records on your site. My sister-in- law, herself a born and bred Scot, told me that Scotland itself likes to hold on to their records. l do not know if this is correct or not.
It makes my research a bit more costlier though.

By: wells hurt,wise, andworton

wells hurt,wise, andworton — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:25:46 +0000

i found my wells, wise, and worton families thefirst two boththen loved in whiston street shoreditch haggerston the wortons were in hoxton i believelaterthey moved into talavera place that while it is now gone used to be between whiston street and the regents canal its where iwas bornon 1.12.1936,
Youwllnote on the 1911 that william wells who was my father did much latermarry mymother minnie violet maddox who did live with her family in 18 morning lane but was not born in 1911 but in 1912they married in 1935 in st.johns hackney william wells had put downhe lived with his wife on the certificaie thiswasdone so he could marry in my wifes parish andnot have the extra expence of having to pay for the banns to be read in his own parish to

By: wells hurt,wise, andworton

wells hurt,wise, andworton — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:24:07 +0000

i found my wells, wise, and worton families thefirst two boththen loved in whiston street shoreditch haggerston the wortons were in hoxton i believelaterthey moved into talavera place that while it is now gone used to be between whiston street and the regents canal its where iwas bornon 1.12.1936,
Youwllnote on the 1911 that william wells who was my father did much latermarry mymother minnie violet maddox who did live with her family in 18 morning lane but was not born in 1911 but in 1912they married in 1935 in st.johns hackney william wells had put downhe lived with his wife on the certificaie thiswasdone so he could marry in my wifesprish andnot have the extra expence of having to pay for the banns to be read in his own parish to

By: wells hurt,wise, andworton

wells hurt,wise, andworton — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:22:24 +0000

i found my wells, wise, and worton families thefirst two boththen loved in whiston street shoreditch haggerston the wortons were in hoxton i believelaterthey moved into talavera place that while it is now gone used to be between whiston street and the regents canal its where iwas bornon 1.12.1936,
Youwllnote on the 1911 that william wells who was my father did much latermarry mymother minnie violet maddox who did live with her family in 18 morning lane but was not born in 1911 but in 1912they married in 1935 in st.johns hackney william wells had put downhe lived with his wife on the certificaie thiswasdone so he could marry in my wifesprish andnot have the extra expence of having pay for the banns to read in his own parish to