Ever wondered how our ancestors were enumerated if they died on the day a census was taken?
The 1871 census was taken on 2nd April that year. A census schedule would have been given to each household to fill in, which would have been collected by the census enumerator. In the case of one household member in Crook, County Durham, however, the enumerator wrote that they were "dead since schedule served".
The census enumerator has spelled schedule as "sheudle" - but to be honest it is a difficult word to spell!
Finding out who this individual was may prove difficult, as the household is shown as 'uninhabited' so presumably they were a single resident with no other occupiers living with them. Burials for April 1871 of Crook however may lead to possible candidates to see who this person was.
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