The wealthy widow, Edinburgh

Registration Office
Births, Deaths and Marriages
District of Newington
16 East Preston Street
Edinburgh, 7 April 1911

To the Chief Officer of Census,

Sir,

I have to report that Miss G H Jacob 34 Dalkeith Road & Mrs Duncan 62 Craigmillar Park have refused to fill in their schedules, writing across them "No Vote, No Census".

I am
Sir
Your Obedient Servant

James Craig
Registrar of Newington

[Endorsement initialled by James Patten Macdougall, Registrar General for Scotland.]

Let him have the Schedule filled in to the best of his ability.
J P M 10/4/11.

Letter book concerning 1911 census, GRO6/380/16

Grace Helen Jacob and Mrs May Duncan

Grace Helen Jacob (c.1867-1941) was a graduate in geology from Edinburgh University, and the daughter of a colonial engineer. By 1915 she was a science lecturer, and later became a curator at the Royal Scottish Museum.

May Duncan noted in the 1911 census enumeration book. — 1911 Census, Enumeration Book, Liberton, Edinburgh. Crown copyright, National Records of Scotland, 685/5/30 p6

Mrs May Duncan (1851-1917): 'No Vote No Return' has been copied by the Enumerator from the original schedule written by Mrs May Duncan of 62 Craigmillar Park, Edinburgh. Aged about sixty, she was the widow of Thomas Duncan, a wealthy boot-maker. In 1911 two unmarried daughters, and a governess, a cook and a housemaid, were living in the house.