help with 1871 census .....

karenc · Post by **karenc** » Mon May 15, 2006 2:36 pm

Hi there, i am researching an ancestor, Susan Parsell. I have her in the 1841, 1851 and the 1861 census

. On all three she is in carluke, lanarkshire. I found her death certificate in 1873, and she was still in Carluke. The problem is i cant seem to find her anywhere on the 1871 census

. On the 1861 census she is 79 and when she died in 1873 her age was 90.

I also know that members of this family changed their name fron Parsell to Percival, I tried looking under both names but with no luck. Although she should still be Parsell on the 1871.

If anyone can help me with this i would be very grateful, or if anyone else is researching these people i would love to know

Thanks, Karen

Russell · Post by **Russell** » Mon May 15, 2006 4:00 pm

Hi Karen

This could possibly be a case of mis-transcription. A name like Parsell could be mis-read as Purcell. Have you tried using 'wildcards' on scotlandspeople?
I would try putting in P*r*l. It may bring up some unexpected variations but 1 credit for the whole list is better than wasting credits on dud searches.
I hope you have opened out her possible age as well and made her 85 to 95 since relatives did not always get the ages right (or for that matter the names of her parents either!)
The two 'wildcards' available are '*' and '?'
'?' replaces only one letter in a name while '*' will substitute for several letters or none (e.g. for the name McDougall I would put in M*D*g*l. Even if it has been spelt MacDugul this will find it. My mistake was to forget that it can also be spelt McDuguld so we spent a small fortune first!!!)
Think of possibilities no matter how bizarre and try them.

Russell

karenc · Post by **karenc** » Mon May 15, 2006 4:08 pm

Hi Russell,

I did widen the ages but didnt seem to get anything and i did try spelling variations but didnt use a wildcard search, so i will go back and double check using that.

I have found stuff for the family on the IGI and there is a few spelling variations and it is the same family

.

Thanks for your help

Karen

karenc · Post by **karenc** » Mon May 15, 2006 4:12 pm

Hi again Russell, I have just went back to SP and tried the wildcard suggestion but still nothing is coming up

.

Oh well, I guess i will just have to try and come up with other ideas to find her.

Thanks

Karen

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:54 pm

Hi Karen,
Was Susan PARSELL's address in 1861 the same as on her 1873 DC?
Even if different, it would do no harm to look at them both in the 1871 Carluke census film.
Failing that, then scroll through the film in the hope that Susan is in the town - somewhere!
Jack

karenc · Post by **karenc** » Wed May 17, 2006 9:20 pm

Hi Jack,

its two different streets she stayed in between the 1861 census and her death in 1873.

Im hoping to go throught the actual census on microfilm at some point soon just to make sure she hasnt been missed during the indexing or something like that

Thanks for the help
Karen

nelmit · Post by **nelmit** » Wed May 17, 2006 11:20 pm

Hello Karen,

I'm sure you will know this but there is a 17 year old Susan Parcell in Carluke in 1871. Have you looked at that one in case of error?

Regards,
Annette M

karenc · Post by **karenc** » Wed May 17, 2006 11:43 pm

Hi Annette,

I had noticed this one before and was going to look at it, but then i dismissed it because of the age. Now im thinking that i maybe should check it in case of an error.

will do that when i next get some credits

Karen