Posted by Leeann Boone on December 11, 2009 at 6:45pm
Interesting details discovered during the process of indexing the British 1881 Census. (Found in the Ensign magazine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, March 1996, p. 58.)* The wife, mother, and daughter of James Christmas were all named Mary Christmas* Frank Guest was listed as a visitor* Harriet Goodhand was listed as a domestic servant* The families of William Lovegrove, Henry Dearlove, and William Darling all lived on the same block in Oxfordshire* A woman named Rose married Robert Garden* Emma Boatwright married a seaman* Mr. Thorn lived in Rose Cottage* Robert Speed, a bus driver and post runner* Robert Robb, a detective officer* Phoebe Brain, a scholar* One woman's birthplace was listed as "in stage coach between Nottingham and Derby"* John Pounder, a blacksmith* William Scales, a piano maker* Herman Hamberger, born in Greece* Curious occupations: dirt refiner, hoveller, moleskin saver, piano puncher, sparable cutter, spittle maker, tingle maker, and whim driver* Twin four-year-olds named Peter the Great and William the Conqueror* Brothers named Seaman and Landsman* The occupation of three daughters was entered as "They toil not, neither do they spin"http://genealogyfix.tripod.com/poems.html
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