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Any of your family member's labeled witches or idiots?

  • 29-07-2014 9:34am
    #1
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,510 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Taken from broadsheet.ie
    They had a way with words back in Census 1871, just a wee snapshot of some of the descriptions used under the Religion / Note tab from a parish in Meath…

    census-1024x652.jpg

    more here http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/meath/census/1871-drumconra.txt


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  • #2
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,420 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    ^^^ Interesting to see that both the Carrolls and the Flemmings had a grandchild in the house, but assuming the grandkid took the father's name, no sign of the father.


  • #3
    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,671 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Think the genealogy forum would enjoy this too.
    Is it ok to cross post?

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #4
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    LOL that was back in the day when you weren't allowed to fill out your own census form. Nowadays of course, everyone is highly educated and highly skilled, fluent in Irish and often several other languages which they have picked up while on a 2 week package tour...

    Is a glass more than a drop, or is one whiskey and the other beer?

    Absent fathers may well have been off in India or South Africa; the empire was a big employer in terms of army and navy.


  • #5
    ShooterSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    lol at the occupations too

    Corstown 1 | Patrick Taaffe | 60 | | Labourer Drunkard | See Drumconra


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