This should never happen, of course, but it does.
I have come across two general situations:
1a. a family member (presumably normally at home) is away visiting; recorded in both places
1b. in one case, the head of the household plus wife (there are no children) are visitors elsewhere in the town but is also noted (without wife) at home, with a couple of servants and a visitor
2. a junior family member (perhaps no longer living 'at home') is working as a servant elsewhere; recorded in both places
I guess I have observed 5 or 6 cases in all out of around 14000 census entries noted. But there may be more - having found someone once in a census, I tend to stop looking!
Has anyone got a feel for how often this happens?
I have come across two general situations:
1a. a family member (presumably normally at home) is away visiting; recorded in both places
1b. in one case, the head of the household plus wife (there are no children) are visitors elsewhere in the town but is also noted (without wife) at home, with a couple of servants and a visitor
2. a junior family member (perhaps no longer living 'at home') is working as a servant elsewhere; recorded in both places
I guess I have observed 5 or 6 cases in all out of around 14000 census entries noted. But there may be more - having found someone once in a census, I tend to stop looking!
Has anyone got a feel for how often this happens?
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