Census Mystery - Help! .....

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G.Love
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Census Mystery - Help! .....

Post by G.Love » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:01 pm

Can anyone help me - I am mystified.

Last year I found my grandparents on the 1901 census and I made notes of there whereabouts and who was living with them in my notebook.

Today I went back to Scotland's People just to check something - and they've completely disappeared from the census. I've tried all sorts of permuations but just cannot understand where they have gone.

The details are: William McColl aged 30, wife Jane aged 28, living at East Crawford Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire. Why can't I find this census record anymore?
seeking McColl from Donegal and Greenock, McKay from Antrim and Greenock;
Whiteford from Ballycastle and Greenock; Tucker from Port Glasgow, and McGinty.
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Post by AnnieMack » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:11 pm

No Year Surname Forename Sex Age District City/County GROS Data Image Extract
1 1901 MCCALL JANE F 16 GREENOCK EAST /RENFREW 564/01 019/01 013 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER
2 1901 MCCALL JANE F 49 GREENOCK EAST /RENFREW 564/01 044/01 032 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER
3 1901 MCCALL JANET M F 21 GREENOCK WEST /RENFREW 564/02 036/02 013 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER
4 1901 MCCALL JANET R F 12 GREENOCK EAST /RENFREW 564/01 044/01 032 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER
5 1901 MCCOLL JANE F 43 GREENOCK EAST /RENFREW 564/01 037/01 002 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER
6 1901 MCCOLL JANET F 20 GREENOCK WEST /RENFREW 564/02 015/02 019 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER
7 1901 MCCONNELL JANE F 16 GREENOCK EAST /RENFREW 564/01 019/01 018 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER
8 1901 MCCONNELL JANE A F 14 GREENOCK EAST /RENFREW 564/01 019/01 005 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER
9 1901 MCCOSKELL JANE F 3 GREENOCK EAST /RENFREW 564/01 052/01 046 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER

I used m*cc*ll to find this lot - hope one of them is the one you are looking for.

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G.Love
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Post by G.Love » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:25 pm

Nope! That's not them. Jane (or Jean) is 28 and they are living with son William aged 6 and daughter Mary aged 11 months.
Thanks for trying though.
seeking McColl from Donegal and Greenock, McKay from Antrim and Greenock;
Whiteford from Ballycastle and Greenock; Tucker from Port Glasgow, and McGinty.
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nelmit
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Re: Census Mystery - Help!

Post by nelmit » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:32 pm

G.Love wrote:Can anyone help me - I am mystified.

Last year I found my grandparents on the 1901 census and I made notes of there whereabouts and who was living with them in my notebook.

Today I went back to Scotland's People just to check something - and they've completely disappeared from the census. I've tried all sorts of permuations but just cannot understand where they have gone.

The details are: William McColl aged 30, wife Jane aged 28, living at East Crawford Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire. Why can't I find this census record anymore?
Hello,

I don't have enough credits to check but there is a 28 year old Jane Mc*ll female and a 30 year old William Mc*ll at Greenock in 1901.

Hopefully this is them.

Kind regards,
Annette M
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G.Love
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Post by G.Love » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:44 pm

Yes Annette, that's them. So how come it's not coming up for me when I check?
seeking McColl from Donegal and Greenock, McKay from Antrim and Greenock;
Whiteford from Ballycastle and Greenock; Tucker from Port Glasgow, and McGinty.
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nelmit
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Post by nelmit » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:48 pm

G.Love wrote:Yes Annette, that's them. So how come it's not coming up for me when I check?
I entered mccoll/mccall/mcoll/mcall as the the surname but then I just tried mc*ll (one c) and that gave a hit with both ages and first names. I haven't a clue what the surname is indexed as so it may not be them but it's definitely worth a look.

Fingers crossed.

Annette M
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G.Love
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Post by G.Love » Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:57 pm

THanks very much. I'll away and have another go.
Cheers.
seeking McColl from Donegal and Greenock, McKay from Antrim and Greenock;
Whiteford from Ballycastle and Greenock; Tucker from Port Glasgow, and McGinty.
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G.Love
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Post by G.Love » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:40 pm

I see what's happened. I was searching on 'McColl' which is what their name was, but Scotlands People are reading the cenus return as 'McCall'.
seeking McColl from Donegal and Greenock, McKay from Antrim and Greenock;
Whiteford from Ballycastle and Greenock; Tucker from Port Glasgow, and McGinty.
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DavidWW
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Post by DavidWW » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:58 am

Aye weel, what does everone else think ?

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... ?pos=-1028

BTW, it's not Jane or Jean either ...... :wink:

See Poll at viewtopic.php?p=58905#58905

David
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AndrewP
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Post by AndrewP » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:14 am

Here is a sharper copy of the same portion of census page.

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... ?pos=-1029

I read them as William, Jeanie, William and Mary McColl. To judge the surname, you need to see the whole page to allow comparison to the enumerator's handwriting in other entries. See the other thread with the poll on this matter.

All the best,

AndrewP
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