Census Records
These have been transcribed from the original handwritten records with the usual provisos about spelling etc.
On the day after the census night (i.e.
the day after the date shown for each census), the enumerator collected forms
distributed earlier. If a form had gaps, the enumerator filled them in, with
varying degrees of accuracy. He (or possibly she from 1891) copied (possibly in
impeccable copperplate script, often in hurried scrawl)
the
information into the enumerator’s book to be sent, together with the original
forms, to the Census Office. Once checked, the original forms were destroyed.
Addresses can be difficult to identify
as there were no house numbers in Trusham, but locations might be guessed at by
tracking routes between named establishments such as farms.
1841 census
While the Census shows divisions into households,
relationships were not shown. Places of birth were not recorded, but indication
was given to show which individuals were born in the county. Enumerators were
told to round down ages of those of 15 and over to the nearest five years. This
instruction was sometimes ignored.
1851 census
Relationship to the head of the household was shown as was
marital status and place of birth.
1911 census
This used census returns completed by ‘Heads of Households’,
which have been retained. Information includes how long couples had been
married, how many children they had had and how many still survived.
Click on the links below to open the census data as a pdf in a new window.