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The amount of information listed varies, but the 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census records usually include a combination of the following information about your ancestor:
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The 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census was taken on the night of 7 April 1861 and gave the total population as 23,085,579.
Males between the age of 14 and 18 in the armed forces will not be on this list if they were serving abroad. However the census does include details of people resident in docked vessels and institutions such as prisons, workhouses, hospitals, and barracks.
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