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From: "jim @frome" <>
Subject: Re: [MON] Merchant Seamen at census time
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 21:25:35 +0000 (GMT)
In-Reply-To: <c40.7b3f1fe.3283a369@aol.com>


--- wrote:

> Hello Roy,
>
> Normally if on Vessels that was ashore it would be a case of searching for
> the person on the Census and if located would show Vessels, but I believe
> that
> those on the sea away from the shores of the UK would not be listed because
> they were out of the Country.

Not sure about earlier censuses, but in 1901 ANY ship was supposed to complete
a census form. One of my RMLI relatives was on the Royal Yacht in SUEZ at the
time of the census - en route to Australia, New Zealand etc

Details of the tour (from the perspective of a Petty Officer) are in a book
titled "Royal Tour 1901 or The Cruise of HMS Ophir - being a lower deck account
of their Royal Highnesses, The Duke & Duchess of Cornwall and York's voyage
around the British Empire"

ISBN 0 906671 10 8



Jim Parsons
http://www.payman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
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