National Archive 1901 Census available on-line 3 June 2010

[muppet]

I have discovered that the enumerator, in part of the 1911 Monaghan census, was a half illiterate moron.
Not only did he record my sacred family name with serious spelling mistakes but he records the town as Ballybary and not Ballybay.
It turns out he was a constable in the RIC, stationed in the town barracks, a Cavan farmer's son!
The rational explanation does not help my mood.

A Ballybary man?

Did you dance on The Late Late when you were small?

[Main Street]

Wtf is a Ballybary man?

The only place Ballybary existed was in what passes for a brain in a RIC man, son of a Cavan farmer, who did not even know how to say or spell the name of the town he was posted in.

[tyssam5]

found my great grandfather's house in the 1901 census, but no sign of them at all in the 1911 census. Wonder why

[Ulick]

found my great grandfather's house in the 1901 census, but no sign of them at all in the 1911 census. Wonder why

Workhouse?

[tyssam5]

found my great grandfather's house in the 1901 census, but no sign of them at all in the 1911 census. Wonder why

Workhouse?

No that me. Fairly sure they were in the same house up to the 1940's

[ziggysego]

found my great grandfather's house in the 1901 census, but no sign of them at all in the 1911 census. Wonder why

Is it not a record of who's in the house the night of the census?

[tyssam5]

found my great grandfather's house in the 1901 census, but no sign of them at all in the 1911 census. Wonder why

Is it not a record of who's in the house the night of the census?

Found them, they were listed as Mac in 1911 not Mc

[omagh_gael]

I have just found my great great grandfather James Mc Donnell from Tullycorbet, you might know him Main Street? 

He moved to Drumhowan after marrying where half my current family now hail from.

Some spot Ballybary...do you ever be in my mum's cousins pub The Central? A wild spot altogether!

[Puckoon]

Shocking amount of families with servants!

Found my grandfather - 2 years old he was.

[tyssam5]

Shocking amount of families with servants!

Found my grandfather - 2 years old he was.

I saw my great-grandfather had one listed. But with 11 people in a 2 (maybe 3 room) cottage I don't think he was the butler type of servant! 15pr old to help out on the farm, probably the room and board a big part of the deal, also saved his own family same.

[A Quinn Martin Production]

Shocking amount of families with servants!

Found my grandfather - 2 years old he was.

Found my great-grandfather and he had TWO servants.  Right, I'm on the money trail!!  Some fecker must have diddled them put of it somewhere aong the line!!

[Maiden1]

I noticed that there was a lot of servants as well.  Also lots of relatives e.g. grandnephew living in the house, I wondered if it was because it was fairly common for parents to die at a young age so relatives took them in or even neighbours in the case of them having servants.

At that time you were taking your life in your hands if you got pregnant.  High blood pressure, pre-eclampsia, difficult labour, infections after, mastitis.  With no penicillin or Cesarean sections it was a dangerous time.

If you banged your toe and it turned septic you were on a bit of a sticky wicket.

[Olly]

That is very true. My grandfather told me that he was "cured" of the measles by getting a donkey to lick him all over. He says there were mad things done to donkeys then. They used to get a recently dead body and put it on the donkey and walk the donkey round and round the house before the mourners at the wake arrived. They'd arrive and see the dead man on the donkey trotting round and round the house. He said women would faint.

He also said they used to put dead people on the coathanger behind the front door. When people arrived at the wake they'd go to put their coat up and see the body hanging there and faint. He said also if a boy was dying on his deathbed, they would wait for him to die. Then they'd put the dead man under the bed and they themselves would get into the bed and call the solicitor in and change the will, pretending to be the dead person, leaving a lot of stuff to them.

He says also that they used to block the Holy River way up stream every night at midnight. Old people thought this was a miracle and would gather at the road where the rived ran under it and wait for the river to "stop" and then say prayers for this miracle. They didn't know but my granda was blocking the river with stones and rocks way up stream. That's why it is called the Holy River. It was called The River just before that.

[ziggysego]

Jesus Olly, your whole family's mad in the head.

[Main Street]

I have just found my great great grandfather James Mc Donnell from Tullycorbet, you might know him Main Street?  .
He moved to Drumhowan after marrying where half my current family now hail from.

I was inTullycorbert once in my life. Drumhowan is an upgrade, your GGF moved up in the world.

Some spot Ballybary...!

Ballybary???
If you can spell Tully fxckin corbert, surely you can spell Ballybay?
Ballybay  or Ballabay in the vernacular.
The next person who writes Ballybary will be shot.

do you ever be in my mum's cousins pub The Central? A wild spot altogether!

Whenever I am visiting the town, I try to maintain sobriety