I have a man in a workhouse in 1871 his wife is still alive but he says unmarried? any ideas why ? thanks
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Why would married man say unmarried while in workhouse ?
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could he have lied?
If he had a wife, would the workhouse have allowed him in?
Have you looked for, and found, his wife on that same census?My grandmother, on the beach, South Bay, Scarborough, undated photo (poss. 1929 or 1930)
Researching Cadd, Schofield, Cottrell in Lancashire, Buckinghamshire; Taylor, Park in Westmorland; Hayhurst in Yorkshire, Westmorland, Lancashire; Hughes, Roberts in Wales.
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the clerk would have filled in the census return from the Admissions book, he wouldn't have gone round the workhouse asking each inmate about themselves. He might have been careless filling in so many details, or the admission details might have been wrong.
Any living family would have been expected to make a financial contribution to the inmate's keep, so better for an inmate if they had no spouse or family. (Well, better for the family, probably!)
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