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From: Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake <>
Subject: Re: 1831 Census
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 10:12:20 +0000


In article <>, TDoughe453
<> writes
>Hi-
> I'm looking for some information on the 1831 census. From what I've read
>about it, it didn't contain much information, but I'm trying to place a family
>in Bucks who had emigrated to the states by 1833. They were in Aylesbury in
>July of 1831 when my GG grandfather, Alfred SPENCER, was christened, but I'm
>sure they were not there long. Was the census taken prior to July or after?
>Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
The 1831 census was a headcount and names of individuals and heads of
families were not officially recorded. The 1841 census is the first
where that occurred.

Having said that, a number of the 1831 enumerators did keep their own
private records of who was where, and some of these have survived. The
Gibson Guide "Local Census Listings 1522-1930" is probably your best
source for what exists.

As far as Bucks goes there is no surviving data for Aylesbury, just for
Princes Risborough. Bucks also has what amounts to a census of males
aged 16-60 for the year 1798. This shows 27 SPENCERs in the county, not
surprisingly strung out over it, with one cluster in the
Wycombe/Marlow/Wooburn/Taplow area and another in the Newport
Pagnell/Olney area. If you are interested in that in database format,
there are details on my web site at the URL in the signature below.
--
Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake

Drake Software web site: http://www.tdrake.demon.co.u

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