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0 pointsWarOnPrivacy1y ago0 comments

> The hypothesis Newman is implicitly presenting in TFA is that Tinniswood is indeed very old,

I'm curious why the census isn't presented as evidence of location. UK census are very informative and the 1921 census is the most recent one available.

I'll note that a very small percentage of individuals aren't found (illegible, record loss, issue at taking) but it's exceptional.

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handelaar1y ago· 3 in thread

And John Alfred Tinniswood is in fact listed in the 1921 census, born 1912 in Manchester, a resident of Wavertree, West Derby, Liverpool, Lancs.

WarOnPrivacyOP1y ago

From there I'd see where his parents were in the 1911 census. If it's the same location, odds are high that's where he was born.

Exceptions are possible. To help rule them out, I'd research and build-out the extended family. In that day, siblings/cousins banded together; local migration shows up when viewing the lateral family.

Fatnino1y ago

Is it not possible that there really was a John Alfred Tinniswood living in 1921 but the man who now claims to be him in 2024 is actually someone else who stole the original's identity when he died unrecorded?

gizajob1y ago

Liverpool was the second city of the British empire at this point, so again, its “roughness” could be debatable.

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