Census 1901 1911 Residents of a house

my_ancestors

Hi All,

Just wondering when it says Residents of a House 14, is that an actual house number or just a number used for census. Reason I ask is that I have found relations in 1901 census with Residents of a house 14 but for 1911 census its says Residents of a house 16.

Thanks

hjr

Just a census number as majority of houses would never have had actual numbers.

L1011

On streets in cities it is usually, but not always, the number and outside of cities it is rarely if ever. You should check the house returns to see if the description matches - although they could have made improvements between the dates even then.

pinkypinky

Yep, don't consider the numbers at all, unless it's an urban dwelling. The enumerators assigned numbers to ensure they counted everyone.

pedroeibar1

'House number' can be very misleading in the Irish Census and I generally ignore them, even in cities. It usually depends on which end of the street the enumerator starts. In the countryside it is even more erratic but as L1011 says the building returns often provide a clue.In the US there was (is?) a rule on which way the enumerator should register his route, following a wall and even going into lanes/courts. Also, streets often were re-numbered.

Earnest

In the 1911 census it is usually the actual street number, if there is one. In the 1901 census No. 1 is simply the 1st house the enumerator went to, and so on. In rural areas No. 1 [name of townland] is the 1st house in the townland that the enumerator went to.

pinkypinky

Guys, we've had a lot of threads about this before so I'm going to close this one now.