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One a 1901 census record i have recieved for PERCY WADE - the relation to head is Dr SON and the brother Stanley says the same thing does anyone know what DR SON is Thanks

Is the head of the household a Doctor I would guess at Doctors Son but without seeing it can't be sure? Regards Jill

I think it's Do which is short for ditto. I assume it means they are the children of the daughter. Rose

Yes i thought daughters son but just need to confirm - the Head is of the house is margaret a widow and she is not a doctor i have the original census document which is a great help just needed to clarify this Dr thing thanks

Beverley I agree with Rose the most likely explanation is meaning 'as above' I have seen.. ditto, di, ', and dr used to explain the surname/relationship of the named to the first named before the ditto ect began.... Hope that makes sense :) If you post the RG/13 reference, or just some more details to enable the family to be identified, then I am sure people will take a look to confirm it. Chris

Hi Chris RG13/5122 pembrokeshire 1901 census code 138 Margaret wade margaret wade percy wade stanely wade all help appreciated Thanks

Hi I have had a look at the image, and the first thing that I find odd is that Percy is only nine year old and his brother Stanley is only one year old and their mother Margaret is 68 years old and thier older sister Margaret is 25. I cannot work out what the Dr Son is, so decided th check previous census reports to see if the father was a doctor, but I was unable to find the family, Sorry cant help more than this but do find the ages odd Ann

Hi, I agree Beverley, I think it states daughters son ( Dr son) Regards Vera

Hi Beverley Birth June 1891 Percy Wade 11a 1150 Pembroke Stanley Wade Dec 1899 11a 1091 Pembroke Regards Vera

Had a good look at image and to me it looks like D and then 2 with a line underneath.Its not as though its scrawled cos looked at all the other images and this person only puts ' when something is the same and actually writes everything in full even if they can put ditto etc.In all the images the word ditto or do does not appear.The person transcribing this might have put the nearest they could think of to what is there.Does not look like Dr to me.Is there a possibility (as dumb as it sounds) that this could mean Daughter 2.Was there another sister who wasnt present and these are her children as the older Mary seems too old to have children this young as someone else has said.Wanda.

Second duaghter would make more sense - than the young lady having two children outside marriage in the early 1900s I will see what i can find I only said Dr as on a different site it had re typed census records and they had typed Dr , only when i downloaded the original does it put the `r` into question Thanks Bev

Hi Beverley, Normally they just put grandson or granddaughter, regardless of whether the parents are on the census. Very strange !! The only way to find out who the parent/parents were of the children, is to send for a certificate. Regards Vera

I have today recieved all certificates and they don't help at all no fathers names and DR is definatley Doctor Son ? if anyone is experienced at family trees that could help i would appreciate the help I have drawn a blank Thanks Bev

I read the records as 'daughter's son'. Having two children whilst unmarried was not as unusual as you may think. I have one 'lady' with four children and no husband in the 1860's.......... The certs must give you name of the mother in each case......... Reg

As no father's name is given on the certs, then the children are illegitimate. They cannot be the elder Margaret's children, so, if their mother is Margaret, they are HER children. 'Doctor' is a red herring here and the dr either stands for ditto (Granny is passing off the children as her own to the nosey enumerator) or dr stands for 'daughter' - Granny is anxious to express her disapproval of the events. Illegitimacy is nothing unusual - statistics show that the illegitimacy rate has hovered around 10% since records began in 1542. OC

Hi...could the dr be gr for grand..son? Suzanne