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Census

The distribution of the Greathead name over the years
      Distribution in 1881 Distribution in 1901     

Distribution in 

2001  

The Greathead families seem to have originated from the North East of England.
We have been interested in measuring data on population since the time when the Doomsday Book was complied.
The first full census however was taken in 1801, both to gauge possible resources available during the Napoleonic Wars and to find out whether the population was growing or not.
Census returns were taken in the UK every 10 years from 1801 to 1831 and gave genealogists very little information on individuals.  A more detailed return was taken in 1841.  However those taken from 1851 to current times have had far more information gathered.  Copies of the enumeration sheets are only available up until 1911, the others are subject to the 100 year confidentiality rule.   

England, Wales, Isle of Man and Channel Isles

Year Reference Night of Census 

Number of Greathead entries

 
1841 HO107  6 June 1841 379  
1851 HO107 30 March 1851 377  
1861 RG9    7 April 1861 438  
1871 RG10    2 April 1871 419  
1881 RG11  3 April 1881 451  
1891 RG12  5 April 1891 513  
1901 RG13    31 March 1901 612  
1911 RG14 2 April 1911 860  

America

1790 M637 2 August 1790 0  
1800 M32 4 August 1800 0  
1810 M252 6 August 1810 0  
1820 M33 7 August 1820 0  
1830 M19 1 June 1830 6  
1840 M704 1 June 1840 21  
1850 M432 1 June 1850 28  
1860 M653 1 June 1860 23  
1870 M593 1 June 1870 43  
1880 T9 1 June 1880 57  
1890 M407 1 June 1890 Much was destroyed by fire on 10 January 1921 only records of 6,160  out of 62,979,766 remain
1900 T623 1 June 1900 114  
1910 T624 15 April 1910 96  
1920 T625 1 January 1920 110  
1930 T626 2 April 1930 132  

Canada

1911 T20326-20460 1 April 1911 5  
I have copies of all enumeration sheets where the full source details are given, do contact me if you want more details from the sheet.  Where I record no full source I have not yet obtained a copy of the enumeration sheet, if you have one and are happy to share it with me I would love to hear from you. There are some interesting statistics on occupations given on census sheets

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