Genealogy Chat

I came across my 3x grandmother on the census with her family , but then she is also down as being mother to 3 other grown -up people 2males and 1 female who were living next door to her on a previous census. Hazelx

I always make a note of the lodgers, you never know when you might come across them later on.

Hello Karen, it's something that i've just learned tonight dont dismiss anything until your sure lol Hazel

NEVER discount them.....

On a census return I found an elderly widower ancestor of mine 'lodging' with a large family, nowhere near his birthplace.

The family he was lodging with meant nothing to me, and I took no notice until years later when I was looking at it again, and the wife's birthplace kept bugging me - it was an unusual place, nowhere near the birthplace of her husband and their many children, or anywhere near where they'd always lived. It was, however, a country town very near to where my ancestor 'the lodger' had been born, some 70 odd yrs previously.


It kept niggling at me, so I felt compelled to look into it.
Turns out he, the 'lodger', was the wife's great uncle, and I had landed myself a whole new family to tie into my tree!!!!!

Happy hunting.
K

Hi Susan , Hi Lisa, thank you both for your comments and yes you are right i have just found one of my rellies lodging with a another family and he went on to marry the daughter, so in furture i will keep everyone that is on the census Hazel

My ancestor had someone living with them in Canada (1881 census). Turns out, thanks to a GR member's logical thinking, that she ties my ancestor to Ireland and his birthplace!

I have found that quite often siblings and even parents or in-laws are listed as boarders or lodgers, because of marriage or re-marriage their surname will be different - so I often make a note of who is in the house at census time.

Thanks for that Janice , only was'nt to sure what to do lol Hazel

Hi Hazel, I note down their names - just in case! Had a family where wife's 2nd marriage was to the lodger! Janice

when looking for your family on the census do you include lodgers/boarders. (not family) do you keep a note of them , or do you just forget them as they are not part of your family . i have just found a family member and they have 3 boarders Hazel