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From: "Jeremy Howat" <>
Subject: [SOUTH-AM-EMI-L] Re: Argentine Census of British immigrants (1)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 21:00:42 -0000


Thanks to the researching done by Maria in La Plata,
Argentina, it is
proposed to post on the List the names of immigrants from
Britain
that feature on the 1869 or 1895 Argentine Censuses.

Maria has sent the details to me and I have translated the
Spanish to English.
I have the original text if anyone would like to have it.
Alternatively
susbscribers can mail Maria direct at:


This is the first part of Maria submission:

1869 and 1895 Argentine Census Returns

Some observations:

1: The 1869 Census was taken by three separate people,

each working by their own criteria.

2: The number of older single people is noticeable, and
there

may be religious reasons for this. It was only later that
the laws

were passed that allowed civil marriage, and established the
Civil Registries.

3: It is very possible that the people, who are named as
illiterate,

were in fact only so in the sense that they did not
understand or

write Spanish. But the facts will never be established.

4: The way the surnames were recorded was undoubtedly
modified

in certain cases according to what the census-taker
understood.

There were also mistakes made when the original records were

further transcribed.

List of British nationals who figure in the 1869 Census of
the

Partido de 9 de Julio, Province of Buenos Aires

Atkinson, Engracia, illiterate

Atkinson, Frank, illiterate

Atkinson, Mary, illiterate

Batchelor, (unknown),

Batchelor, Edith,

Batchelor, Mary,

Batchelor, Mary M. de,

Beckham, Walter,

Campion, Arthur, single, Labourer, literate

Corning, Mary, married, Sewing woman, literate

Corning, Robert, married, Labourer, literate

Cothcarbi (?), William, married, Labourer, literate

Darbyshire, Frank, single, Estanciero, literate

Darbyshire, Henry, single, Estanciero, literate

Dick, John, Widower, Estanciero, literate

Farleigh, John, single, Estanciero, literate

Fleetwood, James,

Frort, John, single, Estanciero, literate

Goullan, Patrick,

Gree, Frank,

Hennyht, Frederick, single, Cowherd,

Jackson, George, single, Estanciero, literate

Jackson, Richard,

Kenyon, Charles, single,

Martin, Charles,

Noon, William, single,

Perrey, Walter, single,

Stephenson, Walter, single, Estanciero, literate

Thomas, Judin (?), single, Farm labourer,

Watson, Francis,

White, John, single, illiterate

Worsivick, John

If anyone can better interpret the literally transcribed
names

like "Cothcarbi" it would be a great help.

Jeremy

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