My understanding is that the master of the vessel was to turn in the census forms when next he returned to port. So being at sea on census night was not an excuse to be "missing". Lou On 1 May 2006 at 9:50, John Bartlett wrote: > On Mon, 2006-01-05 at 17:38 +0100, Chris Baker wrote: > > Does anyone have any info on John BUSHELL who is listed on the 1881 > > census at 18, Staffordshire Street with my great-grandmother Mary > > Bushell shown as a lodger? She had married shortly before, and her > > husband Herbert Joseph BUSHELL was a mariner & could well have been at > > sea on census day. > > > > Hi all, > > I too am missing a few fishermen/mariners but they were supposed to be > enumerated and listed when they next docked. I don't know what happened > if they were in international waters on census night though. Does anyone > have any ideas? > -- > John Bartlett on Vancouver Island Canada > My walls - Peter BARTLETT Kent 1810 and Catherine DEVERE Bermondsey 1870 > http://members.shaw.ca/bart34/genealogy.html > I use Archive CD Books for my research: http://www.archivecdbooks.org/ > >