Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

Here's an unusual situation, the 1851 census was for the night of 30th March but the census-taker arrived at the house the following morning to find that a family member had died at half past one in the morning of the 31st. They correctly recorded her on the census but decided to write a note to that effect on the 'occupation' column. I wonder if occupation = dead is the most unusual one on the census?

Oh bless her. I'm almost ashamed to admit that my thoughts also were of the ancestors researching the family, who were able to tell from that entry, exactly what date she died.