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"Catholic" vs. "Roman Catholic" on the 1901 Census

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    Waitsian
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    RGM wrote: »
    I found this record in the 1901 census: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Munterevlin/Kinrush/1727925/

    The head of the house is listed as "Catholic," while his wife and kids are listed as RC. Is there any significance to this?

    Also, I've never come across the surname Sheeky before. Any ideas on potential sources for it?


    To the first question - I imagine not RGM. I've also seen the Cathoilc religion recorded as 'Church of Rome' and even 'Papist' in Irish and Canadian censuses.

    From the little I could garner online Sheeky appears to be an Ulster variant of Sheehy.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=surnamemap&Surname=Sheeky&UserID=


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    RGM
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    Right, I've seen it described different ways. It just seemed odd that they would write something different for members of the same family on the same sheet of paper.


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    L1011
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    It likely just means RC; but its not unheard of "high church" Anglicans to refer to themselves as Catholic or Anglo-Catholic; emphasis on the absence of Roman.


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    lottpaul
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    Catholic/Roman Catholic (and the other variants above) would have been totally seen as the same religion in 1901. Most Anglicans would have said C of I, C of E, Irish Church, Episcopalian etc.

    I notice that Catholic is written on the first line - perhaps the person filling it in thought twice and added Roman Catholic for exactness in the second? And the other entries below are just Do.
    In 1911 they are all listed as "Catholic religion" so terms often changed.


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    owenc
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    No its the same thing. If it was anglican it would say anglo catholic


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