Hi All,
I was just wondering if anyone has come across any Irish immigrant ancestors giving false birth locations for their children to appear as if they had been in England for longer than they really had. I`ve got 2 families in the 1881 census, who both state all their children - some of which should be on both the 1871 and 1861 censuses - were born in England. I was just wondering if it was possible that they were lying, for example I read that they needed to have been resident for over 5 years to claim poor support, or I just need to dig deeper and look into mistranscriptions.
Thanks,
Craig
I was just wondering if anyone has come across any Irish immigrant ancestors giving false birth locations for their children to appear as if they had been in England for longer than they really had. I`ve got 2 families in the 1881 census, who both state all their children - some of which should be on both the 1871 and 1861 censuses - were born in England. I was just wondering if it was possible that they were lying, for example I read that they needed to have been resident for over 5 years to claim poor support, or I just need to dig deeper and look into mistranscriptions.
Thanks,
Craig
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