1911 Census released

admiralofthefleet

i was on that site for hours last night, the pictures and stories about life then are cool, and i found my great granfather

Morlar

That is class ! A bit wierd seeing your great grandfathers handwriting on the internet though.

luckat

LadyJ wrote: »

I'd prefer to see one from around the 1920s or 1930s.

There wasn't another one until the 1920s and the Free State; I assume that's next on the list - or rather, second-next, as the other counties in the 1911 census will be brought online next.

1911 would have been 32-county, whereas the post-partition censuses would be 26-county.

John Mason

i found my great grandparents and great or grand not sure which aunt/uncles

daveirl

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Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

free st8 4 lyf!

Blisterman

Is THE James joyce there?
There are about 10 James Joyces on there. I don't know which, if any are the writer.

interlocked

The first census in Ireland was taken in 1821 and every 10 years afterwards. So, the first three were incredibly important documnts as they recorded the population pre famine. The 1851 census was as important because it would have provide a detailed survey of post famine changes on an area and family basis. If you compare the 1838 OS maps to the 1850's Griffiths Valuation, you'll see instantly how many dwellings are literally wiped away in the Famine and subsequent emigration. To make matters worse the State didn't start recording Births Deaths and Marriages until 1864.

The census returns from 1821-1851 were stored in the Public Records Archive in the Four Courts.

The 1861-1891 returns were pulped in subsequent years,

When the Four Courts were shelled at the start of the Civil War. a shell hit the records depository in the middle of a courtyard and blew it up, I think the rebels may have stored ammo in it. Ernie O'Malley who was in the Four Courts when it happened, later wrote in his book, The Singing Flame that there was a deluge of paper and parchment raining down on the area in the aftermath, he grabbed one piece of paper as it was floating down, and it was a list of infomers in the 1798 uprising. The irony was savage.

At any rate that explosion was probably the single most devastating loss of historical data in the country's history. Material dating back to the medieval period was lost.

Some census returns remains for some counties like Laois and Offaly and some of the northern counties, but for the majority, the earliest surviving is the 1901 Census. Census returns are held from release under the 100 Year rule, but because of the peculiar circumstances, some years ago, the Government released the 1901 and 1911 returns much earlier, an intriguing anomaly because if I recall, the same years were still under lock and key in the North.

purple'n'gold

Blisterman wrote: »

Is THE James joyce there?
There are about 10 James Joyces on there. I don't know which, if any are the writer.

Joyce left Dublin in 1904, he visited Ireland very little after that and made his last visit in 1912. he died in Zurich in 1941.

seamus

Blisterman wrote: »

Is THE James joyce there?
There are about 10 James Joyces on there. I don't know which, if any are the writer.

The banner image on the site shows James Joyce's form

Except, it would appear that one's from the 1901 census. James Joyce lived in Treiste in 1911, so he wouldn't be on the census.

God bless wikipedia.

Malteaser!

Such a class site, found my great-grandfather...turns out they had 3 servants living in the house.

Can't find anybody from my dads side, coz my grandad was adopted from England so his family won't be there and my Nana is from the country.

Apparently they're releasing the cencus from the rest of the country over the next yea.

Dee5

Here is the 1901 from James Joyce

http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy/images/1901JoyceFamily.jpg

Lizzykins

I found my great grandfather on my father's side and as I didn't know a huge amount about him I was delighted to fill in a few blanks in the family history. Back in about 1985 I went to the Public Record Office and found my mother's family in the 1901 census so the records were available that far back. At the time my grandfather was still alive and he was amazed to hear details of his own grandfather's life. What amazes me is the whole range of jobs that people did that just don't exist now-carter,loco fireman etc. One of my grandfather's brothers was a loco fireman.

Dave!

Cool Found my mother's grandfather and his wife, and their son (my grandfather's brother).

My great great grandfather was a satirical lyricist, so I have copies of some of his work.
Everyone on that side of the family has truly awful handwriting and his is just the same.

watna

This site is cool. I went to a boarding school so I decided to look up and see who was in the school then, and I found the census records for it, with all the boarders and teachers there. I foud out the boys lived right near the school but the girls lived a 10 minute walk away in a completely different street. Very interesting!

gurramok

Still searching for my grandad. Problem is my surname was so common in the south inner city back then that i have to trawl through all the matching returns to find the right person, especially made harder when i didn't know his age!
That said, i know others who found theirs easily, lucky buggers!

luckat

watna wrote: »

One guy got life transportation for "administering unlawful oaths". i wonder what that was!

Signing people up as members of a secret society to resist bullying landlords.

crosstownk

Cool site. I managed to find all my grandparents - all under 10 at the time.

jameshayes

Well done to everyone who found someone they know, if you feel like donating to my personal charity for the egocentrics, you can send me money by paypal.

snickerpuss

I have a pretty uncommon surname and i managed to find my great grandmother who I knew since she lived to a very old age.
She was a servant, as were some of her sisters. Classy.
Weird seeing someone I remember listed there.

froosh69

found my granfather who was 3 months old at the time!

Mental!

Quality

i found my nanny, but am very confused, as we always new her sister as maureen and I find her name on the census is Mary Ann.
Its great to see this. Cant wait to show my dad. My Nanny and Grandad grew up on the same street so It is nice to see this as well!!!

Thanks a million for putting this up!!

luckat

Depeche_Mode wrote: »

I only found Thomas MacDonagh's form. There are probably more somewhere.

Look closely. He has stated no religion, but the baffled census officer has put a line up to this and written "RC?"

If you look for others in the area, you'll see that his friend the scientist David Houston, whose lodge he was renting, has put himself down as "Rationalist".

luckat

Here's Eamonn Ceannt: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/New_Kilmainham/Herberton_Lane/58017/ - beautifully written in the old Irish calligraphy - and Thomas Ashe: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Balbriggan_Rural/Darcystown/676/ and Thomas Clarke: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Drumcondra/St__Patrick_s_Road/28246/; Muriel and Grace Gifford who married Tomas MacDonagh and Joseph Plunkett, and their sisters Helen and Sidney, are here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Rathmines___Rathgar_East/Palmerston_Road/40039/

Padraig Pearse, also in Haroldsgrange, and writing the entry in the old Irish script used then: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Whitechurch/Haroldsgrange/57855/

jameshayes

luckat wrote: »

Look closely. He has stated no religion, but the baffled census officer has put a line up to this and written "RC?"

RC would be Roman Catholic no?

luckat

It would. The returning officer obviously couldn't deal with the concept of someone who didn't declare a religion.

seamus

luckat wrote: »

Look closely. He has stated no religion, but the baffled census officer has put a line up to this and written "RC?"

The concept of "No religion" was even more foreign then than now. There are still people today who have trouble understanding the concept.

Aedh Baclamh

I found Padraig Pearse's one earlier. He's 31 at that time (type in his Irish name). Unusual handwriting I must say.

philstar

Personally i find it facinating, the amount of people to a household was staggering in some cases, the conditions most have been harsh.

The professions of the time is also interesting....stable-hand, ropemaker, cooper, chimney-sweep, merchant banker etc.

I notice for the children some put down scholar.

Love the bit at the end for..lunatic, imbecile, idiot...esp considering the Dublin of today is full of them.


Wonder did Matt Talbot put himself down as a lunatic