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THE 1911 CENSUS HOUSEHOLDER'S SCHEDULES IN WELSH

INTRODUCTION, 
AND THE WELSH 
ALPHABET 
NAME AND 
SURNAME 
RELATIONSHIP 
TO HEAD OF 
FAMILY 
PERSONAL 
OCCUPATION 
BIRTHPLACE, 
AND POSTAL 
ADDRESS 
BIRTHPLACE IF 
OUTSIDE WALES, 
& NATIONALITY 
OTHER 
COLUMN 
HEADINGS 
1911 CENSUS - SCHEDULES IN WELSH:
TRANSLATIONS FROM WELSH INTO ENGLISH

BIRTHPLACE IF 
OUTSIDE WALES: 
TOWNS & CITIES 		 BIRTHPLACE IF OUTSIDE WALES: COUNTRIES
CENEDLAETHOLDEB = NATIONALITY
BIRTHPLACE IF 
OUTSIDE WALES: 
COUNTRIES 

Findmypast.com provide a list on the 1911census.co.uk website of the Birthplace Codes that the census clerks added to the Household schedules for analysis purposes. These codes also cover nationality (as well as status - residential or visitor), and fall into distinct ranges:


CODES
ENGLISH WORDS
WELSH EQUIVALENT

000-440 & 493EnglandLloegr
450-492 & 494WalesCymru
495 & 497Isle of ManYnys Manaw
496 & 498Channel IslandsYnysoedd y Culfor
500-583ScotlandYr Alban
600-695IrelandIwerddon
700-857 & 981Foreigner (i.e. not British Subject)Estron, Tramorwr
860-917 & 983British Subject (by parentage)Deiliad Prydeinig o Rieni, Rhieni
920-977 & 985Naturalised British SubjectDeiliad Prydeinig Brodoredig

The following table lists the Welsh words for the main areas and countries of the world that existed at the time of the 1911 census and translations of those words into their English equivalents:

WELSH NAME
ENGLISH EQUIVALENT
WELSH NAME
ENGLISH EQUIVALENT


AffricaAfricaLloegrEngland
Aifft, YrEgyptLlychlynScandinavia
Alban, YrScotlandLlydawBrittany
Almaen, YrGermanyLwcsembwrgLuxembourg
AmericaAmericaMecsicoMexico
Ariannin, YrArgentinaNorwyNorway
AwstraliaAustraliaPeriwPeru
AwstriaAustriaPerwPeru
BrasilBrazilPortiwgalPortugal
BwlgariaBulgariaPrydainBritain
CanadaCanadaRwmaniaRumania
CoreaKoreaRwsiaRussia
CretaCreteSbaenSpain
De AffricaSouth AfricaSeland NewyddNew Zealand
De AmericaSouth AmericaSwdan, YSudan
DenmarcDenmarkSwistir, YSwitzerland
Dwyrain AffricaEast AfricaTsieinaChina
Eidal, YrItalyTwrciTurkey
Ffindir, YFinlandUnol Daleithiau, YrUnited States
FfraincFranceVwylPoland
Gogledd AffricaNorth AfricaY FfindirFinland
Gogledd AmericaNorth AmericaY SwdanSudan
Gorllewin AffricaWest AfricaY SwistirSwitzerland
GroegGreeceYnys ManawIsle of Man
Gwlad BelgBelgiumYnys yr laIceland
Gwlad VwylPolandYnysoedd y CaribiWest Indies
Gwlad Y ThaiThailandYnysoedd y CulforChannel Islands
Gwlad Yr laIcelandYr AifftEgypt
HwngariHungaryYr AlbanScotland
India'r GorllewinWest IndiesYr AlmaenGermany
IsalmaenHollandYr EidalItaly
Iseldiroedd, YrNetherlandsYr IndiaIndia
IwerddonIrelandYr IseldiroeddNetherlands
JapanJapanYr Unol DaleithiauUnited States
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