1921 census (General)

by fredb , Sunday, July 12, 2009, 16:35 (5687 days ago) @ fredb

I did think about starting this post, it may be ignored and sink without trace. This subject of the 1921 census and personal information. I know my granmother had a son 3 years before she married, he's there in 1911 with my grandmothers surname not my grandfathers, but he died with my surname Beach. It was when he died that my father first knew about it, and knowing my father well he would have just laughed "Sarah was a naughty girl was she"

A young girl from my family is in Monmouth workhouse with her illigitimate son in one census, a sad story but I say it is nothing to be ashamed of. Illigitimate is a terrible word, a child is a child no matter what.

My aunts family suffered a murder when an 8 year old daughter was strangled, it was 100 years ago, it's history. We have celebrities on TV again this week with "Who Do You Think You Are" happily taking us through their past and I think it's a wonderful thing finding out both good and bad things that happened.

The family of the man who murdered the little girl might not want people to know a relative was hung for murder, but they are not guilty of any crime, just why are people so opposed to a census being made public. Sorry to ramble on "But it bugs me man, peace" fred