Sylvia, Jen & David, In 1891, the information was recorded by an enumerator. The language used therefore may be more representative of the enumerator than the family. 1911 may be a better indicator, where the sheets are as written by the family - usually though not always by the head of household. Dai cenquest@tiscali.co.uk wrote: > Dear Jen and David > > On the 1891 census for the parish of Cilgerran, 49 of the 1099 people > recorded in that parish, responded totally in Welsh. Using penteulu for > head of household as you mentioned and Gwraig for wife etc. > 707 are recorded as speaking Welsh only and if that was the case then > I presume somehow the responses were translated. 36 spoke english only > and the remainder spoke both languages. > > Best Wishes > Sylvia > > > ................................................................. > Pembrokeshire Census, Memorials, Hearths, > Orielton CD's and Baptist Sketches at > www.cenquest.co.uk > > > > > > Fun games for all the family from Tiscali Play - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/play > > > ================================ > Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >