1901 Census

Sunday March 31st, 1901 was census day - and here we are on Easter Sunday, March 31st, 112 years later, and I have been going through the 1901 census pages  today.  There were a few things I was able to fill in, but not a huge amount of new information. Much of what I found was a repeat of the 1911 census.  The older generations that I was hoping may have lived until 1901 seem not to have done, so nothing new revealed there.  Lionel Waller was in China, according to his military records, so he was not included in the 1901 census.  His sister, Edith, appears to have been an officer in the Winchester Prison; how would a young woman from a village in Kent end up as a prison officer in Hampshire?  What are the stories that go with the facts?

It has been a glorious Easter Sunday here in Eastern Canada.  At last, the snow is (very nearly) gone and there are all kinds of shoots coming up in the garden.   And there are LOTS of birds to watch through the windows.



Annabel at the window

And While We're At It...

...Another birthday.



Doris Greed and her little sister Isabelle (aka Babs).

Today would have been my maternal grandmother's 102nd birthday.  And what a dear soul she was.  Born when King George V and Queen Mary ruled Britannia, three years before the outbreak of WWI, and seven years before the first handful of women were allowed to vote in the United Kingdom, she was a gentle, fascinating character and I loved her very much.  Here was a woman who could tell a story.  Everyone regrets that they did not write down or tape her conversations while there was still time to do so.  A library of information was lost when we lost her.

It might be a good idea to get another page started with some small biographies of the nearer relations than the ones I have been tracing here that I never had a chance to meet.  One day sooner than I care to think about, there will be no one to remember the nearer ones in detail either.