1901 Census

[tonymitch]

Can anyone unravel this conundrum?

I've been looking up Rebecca Furze in the 1901 census and found her in St Just (RG13/2257(2) Enumeration District 9 Folio 74 page 1 No 14) This tells me that she was living at St Just United Mine...aged 20 and is the Head

Taken at face value, this seems to imply that this 20 year old is living alone and is Head of a mine..... Does this mean that poor old Aunt Rebecca (I actually knew her) was living alone down the bottom of a mine shaft, or perhaps the engine house. If so, who brought her her pasties

Seriously....what the heck does this mean?

Anybody any ideas?

Also what is the meaning of the following entries Cape Cornwall u; Cape Cornwall v; Cape Cornwall v:

Tony M

[Deleted]

Hello Tony

I see that Rebecca is listed as the head of the household - implying simply that - she was the only one living in that building (which incidentally had four rooms) so she is automatically the head of the household as opposed to any other description e.g. son, daughter, mother, lodger or the like.

At Cape Cornwall there must have been three empty buildings, the first of which was "not in occupation. The second and third were "in occupation" but I assume that the inhabitants were not at home. The fourth building was inhabited by the widow Elizabeth Reynolds and her daughter Edith.

Lannanta

[tonymitch]

Thanks Lannanta,

I had assumed that she was 'Head' because she was the only one there, but what was the St Just United Mine? Was it a building at a working mine or what? How do you know that it had 4 rooms?

The Cape Cornwall bit.....I assume therefore that the 'u' = unoccupied and 'v' = no one at home.


Tony M