on 13/1/05 10:58 am, Pat Powell at pat@pcubed.demon.co.uk wrote: > Hello Gerry > > You ask about col 16??? there are only 12 colums in the 1861 census - > but the last column (12) is the one that states Blind, Deaf etc. > > (the same as column 17 in the 1891 census) > > > The "dwarf" was actually shown in the occupation column. > That column is sometimes used by enumerators for comments other than > occupation - e,g " twin" " wife's son" etc etc so Dwarf may just be a > description , or in a very small number of cases could actually be an > occupation if someone works in a circus or a fair etc. > > However in this case as she always seemed to be at home with her family > and in 1861 is 39 I would guess this is just a description. > > I was intrigued as I had found no mention in any other census against > her name and wondered how I could find out if she really was a dwarf or > not. > > Cheers > > Pat Hello Pat My apologies, I was referring to the 1891 census where there are 17 columns, forgetting that most censuses differ from others. In my transcribing of the 1891 census of Pembrokeshire I have not come across the description "dwarf", but have found 4 "cripple/crippled from birth" entries in column 16. Gerry Lewis