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Shelfanger Census
Surname: COBB

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The National Census is a head count of everyone in the country on a given day. A census has been taken in England and Wales, and separately for Scotland, every ten years since 1801, with the exception of 1941.
In the censuses of 1801, 1811, 1821 and 1831 lists of names were not collected centrally, although some are held in local record offices. Other lists were sometimes compiled which are often referred to as census ‘substitutes’. The Brigham Young University Early British Census Project has some information on a few places in Norfolk, and is searchable. Unfortunately, the 1931 census for England and Wales was destroyed by fire in 1942, and no census was taken in 1941 because of the Second World War.
The British government undertakes the census for policy and planning purposes, and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes the results in printed reports. Public access to individual census returns in England and Wales is usually restricted under the terms of the 100-year rule (latest available census to view is 1921). The object of the census was not to obtain detailed information about individuals, but to provide information about the population as a whole; listing everyone by name, wherever they happened to be on a single night, the most efficient way to count everybody once, and nobody twice.
The national decennial censuses of the general population started in 1801, championed by the statistician John Rickman. The censuses were initially conducted partly to ascertain the number of men able to fight in the Napoleonic Wars. Additionally, it was hoped to provide a measure of the industrious population, show the numbers of men who were required for conscription reflecting the area’s population, count the number of seamen, produce a plan for the production of corn and to know the number of people it had feed, and to indicate the Government’s intention to promote the public good.
The dates the censuses (for the currently available data to view) were held are: 6 June 1841, 30 March 1851, 7 April 1861, 2 April 1871, 3 April 1881, 5 April 1891, 31 March 1901, 2 April 1911, and 19 June 1921.
The intended date for the 1921 census was 24 April, but was postponed due to industrial unrest
In every census year a form was delivered to each household in the country for them to complete. The heads of household were instructed to give details of everyone who slept in that dwelling on census night, which was always a Sunday. The completed forms were collected a few days later, and defaulters ‘chased’. From 1841 to 1901 the information from the schedules was then copied into enumeration books. Once the enumeration books had been completed, most household schedules were destroyed, although there are some rare survivals.
The 1841 census was the first to list the names of every individual, which makes it the earliest useful census for family historians. However, less information was collected in 1841 than in later census years.
On 24 April 1966, the UK trialled an alternative method of enumeration - long form/short form. Every household was given a form to complete, while a sample of the population was given a long form to collect more detailed information. The short form was used for the population count and to collect basic information such as usual address, sex, age and relationships to other household members. This was the first and only time that a five-yearly census was carried out in the UK
The General Register Office was responsible for taking the census, and it used the administrative framework already in place for the registration of births, marriages and deaths.
Unlike earlier censuses, the 1921 census (and later censuses) are subject to the Census Act 1920, as amended by the Census (Confidentiality) Act 1991 which makes it an offence to disclose personal information held in them until 100 years after the date they were conducted, but statistical information from these censuses is openly available. The Act of 1920 also legislates a fine of up to £1,000 for those who refuse to complete their census forms.
Special enumeration books were completed for institutions such as workhouses, armed forces barracks and hospitals in every census year from 1851, including 1911. Special schedules for vessels were introduced in 1851, although none are known to survive from that year, so 1861 was the first year to include returns from the Royal Navy and merchant shipping, at sea and in ports at home and abroad. In 1861 all returns from the RN and merchant vessels are at the end of the series, but after that vessels in home ports are listed at the end of the districts where they were moored, and only those in foreign waters are grouped together at the end.
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Records found = 31 from 124504
ID	Year	H/H	No.	Name	Gender	Role	Status	Age	Disability	Occupation	Born in	Address
48737	1901	40	1	COBB Albert	M	Son	S	1	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48732	1901	39	2	COBB Alice	F	Wife	M	32	-	-	Wingfield, Suffolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48823	1901	55	5	COBB Ernest	M	Boarder	S	20	-	Agricultural labourer	Bury, Suffolk	Hall Lane, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48735	1901	39	5	COBB Healey S	M	Son	S	6	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48731	1901	39	1	COBB Herbert	M	Head	M	32	-	Agricultural labourer	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48733	1901	39	3	COBB John H	M	Son	S	9	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48734	1901	39	4	COBB May H	F	Daughter	S	7	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48708	1901	35	3	COBB Robert	M	Boarder	S	77	-	Living on own means	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Spa Farm, The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48696	1901	31	10	COBB Stimpson	M	Boarder	W	78	-	Shoemaker (retired)	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48736	1901	39	6	COBB Willie E	M	Son	S	3	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	The Street, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48283	1911	14	5	COBB Albert	M	Son	-	11	-	Scholar	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48280	1911	14	2	COBB Alice	F	Wife	M	42	-	-	Wingfield, Suffolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48288	1911	14	10	COBB Dora Mary	F	Daughter	-	1	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48285	1911	14	7	COBB Dorthley Agnes	F	Daughter	-	7	-	Scholar	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48284	1911	14	6	COBB Douglas	M	Son	-	9	-	Scholar	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48287	1911	14	9	COBB Edgar	M	Son	-	2	-	-	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48406	1911	42	6	COBB Edgar	M	Servant	S	37	-	Farm labourer	Scole, Norfolk	New Boyland Farm, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48481	1911	55	4	COBB Hedley Stimpson	M	Servant	S	16	-	Domestic servant	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Manor Farm, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48279	1911	14	1	COBB Herbert	M	Head	M	42	-	Cowman on farm	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48281	1911	14	3	COBB John Henry	M	Son	S	19	-	Farm labourer	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48286	1911	14	8	COBB Lily Beatrice	F	Daughter	-	5	-	Scholar	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48545	1911	71	3	COBB Robert	M	Boarder	W	85	-	Old age pensione	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48282	1911	14	4	COBB Willie	M	Son	-	13	-	Not working	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shelfanger, Norfolk
48101	1921	51	3	COBB Albert	M	Son	S	27:11	-	Farm labourer, casual, at no fixed place	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48100	1921	51	2	COBB Alice	F	Wife	M	53:02	-	Home duties	Wingfield, Suffolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48104	1921	51	6	COBB Dora Mary	F	Daughter	Both alive	11:02	-	Scholar, full time	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48103	1921	51	5	COBB Edgar Methun	M	Son	Both alive	13:00	-	Scholar, full time	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
47975	1921	13	4	COBB Gertrude May	F	Daughter	M	25:00	-	Home duties	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Common Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
47976	1921	13	5	COBB Hedley Stimpson	M	Son	M	26:00	-	Farm labourer, employed by P. Bailey, Red Houser Farm, Shelfanger	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Common Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48099	1921	51	1	COBB Herbert	M	Head	M	54:02	-	General labourer, employed by Samuel Baker, farmer, Shelfanger	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
48102	1921	51	4	COBB Lily Beartis	F	Daughter	S	15:04	-	Home duties	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Diss Road, Shelfanger, Norfolk
SQL: " SELECT * FROM Complete WHERE ParishCode='SHLF' AND EventType = 'Census' AND Surname = 'COBB' ORDER BY EventYear, FullName"