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Tharston Census
Surname: FULLER

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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.
Further information:

Records found = 42 from 126676
ID	Year	H/H	No.	Name	Gender	Role	Status	Age	Disability	Occupation	Born in	Address
66807	1871	44	4	FULLER Alice M	F	Daughter	-	9	-	Scholar	Hempnall	The Street, Tharston
66812	1871	44	9	FULLER Arther Edw	M	Son	-	1	-	-	Tharston	The Street, Tharston
66804	1871	44	1	FULLER Charles	M	Head	M	40	-	Farmer 50 acres employing 2 men 2 boys	Edgefield	The Street, Tharston
66808	1871	44	5	FULLER Ellen G	F	Daughter	-	7	-	Scholar	Hempnall	The Street, Tharston
66811	1871	44	8	FULLER Florance R	F	Daughter	-	2	-	-	Tharston	The Street, Tharston
66810	1871	44	7	FULLER Fredrick C	M	Son	-	4	-	Scholar	Tharston	The Street, Tharston
66809	1871	44	6	FULLER Jane E	F	Daughter	-	6	-	Scholar	Hempnall	The Street, Tharston
66806	1871	44	3	FULLER Laura G	F	Daughter	-	11	-	Scholar	Hempnall	The Street, Tharston
66805	1871	44	2	FULLER Rachel H	F	Wife	M	34	-	-	Wingfield, Suffolk	The Street, Tharston
67135	1881	35	3	FULLER Alice M	F	Daughter	S	19	-	Farmer's daughter	Hempnall	Street, Tharston
67140	1881	35	8	FULLER Arthur E	M	Son	-	11	-	Farmer's son	Tharston	Street, Tharston
67133	1881	35	1	FULLER Charles	M	Head	M	51	-	Farmer	Edgefield	Street, Tharston
67143	1881	35	11	FULLER Edgar R	M	Son	-	4	-	Farmer's son	Tharston	Street, Tharston
67136	1881	35	4	FULLER Ellen G	F	Daughter	S	17	-	Pupil teacher	Hempnall	Street, Tharston
67141	1881	35	9	FULLER Fanny P	F	Daughter	-	9	-	Farmer's daughter	Tharston	Street, Tharston
67139	1881	35	7	FULLER Florence R	F	Daughter	-	12	-	Farmer's daughter	Tharston	Street, Tharston
67138	1881	35	6	FULLER Frederick C	M	Son	-	14	-	Farmer's son	Tharston	Street, Tharston
67137	1881	35	5	FULLER Jane E	F	Daughter	S	16	-	Pupil teacher	Hempnall	Street, Tharston
67134	1881	35	2	FULLER Rachel H	F	Wife	M	44	-	Farmer's wife	Wingfield, Suffolk	Street, Tharston
67142	1881	35	10	FULLER Sarah L	F	Daughter	-	7	-	Farmer's daughter	Tharston	Street, Tharston
67398	1891	13	1	FULLER Charles	M	Head	M	60	-	Farmer	Edgefield	Street, Tharston
67403	1891	13	6	FULLER Edgar Robert	M	Son	S	14	-	Scholar	Tharston	Street, Tharston
67402	1891	13	5	FULLER Fanny Patience	F	Daughter	S	19	-	-	Tharston	Street, Tharston
67401	1891	13	4	FULLER Florence Rachel	F	Daughter	S	22	-	-	Tharston	Street, Tharston
67406	1891	13	9	FULLER Frederick C Duncan	M	Grandson	S	4 mths	-	-	Southburgh	Street, Tharston
67404	1891	13	7	FULLER Frederick Charles	M	Son	M	24	-	Farmer	Tharston	Street, Tharston
67405	1891	13	8	FULLER Harriett Amelia	F	Daughter-in-law	M	19	-	Farmer's wife	Bishopsgate, London	Street, Tharston
67400	1891	13	3	FULLER Jane Elizabeth	F	Daughter	S	26	-	-	Hempnall	Street, Tharston
67399	1891	13	2	FULLER Rachel Hephzibah	F	Wife	M	54	-	-	Wingfield, Suffolk	Street, Tharston
67683	1901	13	1	FULLER Charles	M	Head	M	70	-	Farmer	Edgefield	Tharston St, Tharston
67687	1901	13	5	FULLER Edgar R	M	Son	S	24	-	Farmer's son	Tharston	Tharston St, Tharston
67686	1901	13	4	FULLER Fanny P	F	Daughter	S	29	-	-	Tharston	Tharston St, Tharston
67685	1901	13	3	FULLER Jane E	F	Daughter	S	36	-	-	Hempnall	Tharston St, Tharston
67757	1901	31	3	FULLER Jessie	F	Servant	S	17	-	General servant domestic	Forncett St. Mary	Low Tharston, Tharston
67688	1901	13	6	FULLER Martha P	F	Sister-jn-law	W	61	-	Living on own means	Norwich	Tharston St, Tharston
67684	1901	13	2	FULLER Rachel H	F	Wife	M	64	-	-	Wingfield, Suffolk	Tharston St, Tharston
68084	1911	42	1	FULLER Charles	M	Head	M	80	-	Farmer	Edgefield	The Street, Tharston
68088	1911	42	5	FULLER Edgar R	M	Son	S	34	-	Farmer's son	Tharston	The Street, Tharston
68087	1911	42	4	FULLER Fanny P	F	Daughter	S	39	-	Farmer's daughter	Tharston	The Street, Tharston
68086	1911	42	3	FULLER Jane E	F	Daughter	S	46	-	Farmer's daughter	Hempnall	The Street, Tharston
68085	1911	42	2	FULLER Rachel H	F	Wife	M 52 years	74	-	-	Wingfield, Suffolk	The Street, Tharston
65476	1921	63	2	FULLER Jane Elizabeth	F	Visitor	S	56:03	-	No occupation	Hempnall, Norfolk	-
SQL: " SELECT * FROM Complete WHERE ParishCode='THAR' AND EventType = 'Census' AND Surname = 'FULLER' ORDER BY EventYear, FullName"

Notes:

It must be noted that the original Census Returns are not 100% accurate because of inaccurate copying of details from the household form onto the summary. Also, some of the transcriptions may be flawed as a result of very poor quality copies of the documents and indifferent handwriting. However, every care has been taken to ensure as accurate a transcription as possible. There is also the possibility that the person submitting the information might have made an error, deliberately or otherwise.