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hi does anyone know if the 1911 census was 100% complete??

i ask because i can not find some of my realtions on it, sometimes whole families and i know they were alive at the time

thanks

As far as I know it was. Have you looked around the 1911 census site to see if there is any info on there about its completeness or otherwise?

I must say that I can't find everyone I look for ... I'm not sure how good the transcribing has been so it may be a case of cutting down on the number of search fields you are using - or using wildcards - in case they've been mistranscribed.

Jill

I have had some difficulty too finding some of mine. The problem seems to be transcribing some of the writing, I found one hopelessly transcribed but when I looked at the actual page its was understandable the writing was awful It was only that I knew the name that I was able to know it was the right one.
Also the head of house may have been off with his info. My paternal grt gran was a visitor at one of her married daughters, Hubby filled in the census ,had her younger than she was and said born Whitechapel London. She was born in Bethnal Green ,All attempts at finding her first failed it was only when I thought would look for grandfathers siblings families that she popped up!! also had one of grandads sons from his previous marriage with her with the wrong place of birth and age !!

thankyou for yur posts everyone all very useful to me, i will keep looking for them.

i have searched for a couple of individuals and not found them but later found them living with brothers/sisters.

I'd forgotten about the Suffragettes ...

But the transcriptions reminds me of a classic in my partner's tree on the 1911. Dad had written down ALL of the children in the order in which they were born, including the 6 who had subsequently died. The enumerator crossed out the deceased ones but the names were legible. Dad had also included married daughter - even though she also shows with her husband and child at a completely different address! (So, he completely misread the instructions but I am so pleased he did bless him as I have the names of the whole family!)

And, just to confuse the issue even more - I have never found a marriage cert for this couple (and I think they just lived together) but the enumerator had "guesstimated" how many years they had been married by adding a year to the age of the eldest surviving child. (Completely ignoring the eldest child who had died aged about 2.) So confusing and no nearer to finding their marriage cert!

Jill

p.s. Rebecca - try posting a few details here and see if other eyes can spot them!

thankyou Jill.

I will do if anyone fancies having a look for me the people i cant find are

Thomas Atherton born 1883, Preston (he doesnt appear with rest of family and he wasnt married yet)

The battersby family
Robert battersby 1868-1942 lea town, Preston farmer
Sarah Ann1866
and there two children
Ann 1986
John 1898

Is this the family you're looking for? Note name is transcribed Battersy

Only found them on a free search so they may not all be in the same household

BATTERSY JOHN GLADSTONE M 1897 14 Preston Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD BATTERSY ANN F 1896 15 Preston Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD BATTERSY GEORGE M 1894 17 Preston Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD BATTERSY MARION F 1901 10 Preston Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD BATTERSY ROBERT M 1879 32 Preston Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD BATTERSY SARAH ANN F 1867 44 Preston Lancashire

Christine

I've not looked at the image - but two of the children seem to match:

BATTERSY, Robert Head Married M 32 1879 Farmer Dairy Lancashire England VIEW
BATTERSY, Sarah Ann Wife Married
17 years F 44 1867 Farmer Dairy Lancashire England VIEW
BATTERSY, George Son No M 17 1894 Son Working On Farm Lancashire England VIEW
BATTERSY, Ann Daughter No F 15 1896 Daughter Dairy Maid Lancashire England VIEW
BATTERSY, John Gladstone Son No M 14 1897 Son Working In Farm Lancashire England VIEW
BATTERSY, Marion Daughter No F 10 1901 School Lancashire England VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
25250 Reference:
RG14PN25250 RG78PN1446 RD476 SD2 ED7 SN107

Registration District:
Preston Sub District:
East Preston Enumeration District:
7 Parish:
Preston

Address:
Butterlands Farm Ribbleton Preston County:
Lancashire

Robert is 42 on the image.

Jill

Could this be your Atherton chappie?

Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation Where Born Original
census
image

BALL, Alice Head Widow F 9 1902 West Leigh Lancs VIEW
BALL, Alice Daughter Single F 19 1892 Typist West Leigh Lancs VIEW
BALL, Annie Daughter Single F 16 1895 Winder West Leigh Lancs VIEW
ATHERTON, Thomas Francis Boarder Single M 29 1882 Weaver's Overtcooker Preston Lancs VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
23192 Reference:
RG14PN23192 RG78PN1356 RD460 SD2 ED1 SN33

Registration District:
Leigh Sub District:
Culcheth Enumeration District:
1 Parish:
Leigh

Address:
1 Mosscropt St Leigh County:
Lancashire

wow thankyou everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i never thought of changing the spelling of the name slightly, then again on some sites you can ask it to look for alternative surnames

thanks again mystery solved x : )

This could be the right thomas but there is no middle name on the birth record however his grandads name was francis and he was the first born child so it is highly possible thankyou

If you're using GR to search you have to use an exact surname don't you?

You can do a free search on the site below using variants then if you find it mistranscribed you can use that name on GR.

http://www.1911census.co.uk/

Christine

Try on here
http://www.1911census.co.uk/
or find my past
as well as genes reunited if you cannot find it.
Happy hunting :-)

thankyou for the tips Christine and Joy

He may have had a middle name added at baptism. My mother did. Her birth reg'n does not show the name added later.

Jill

i have searched the batism records on parish clerk online and havent found any of the family on there.