From a one-hour-old baby who went on to become a war hero to ‘three Donalds in a tent’, discover the stories behind the most unusual records in the 1921 Scottish census <\/p>

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Margaret H Kidd, age 21, from Carriden<\/strong><\/p>\n
Margaret Henderson Kidd (third down) was another pioneering woman in the field of law. Her profession here is given as \u2018Law student\u2019. She qualified as a lawyer and became Britain\u2019s first woman King\u2019s Counsel in 1948.<\/p>\n
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(not christened), son of Edward G. Batchelor, age 26, and Jenny L. Batchelor, age 24, from Angus<\/strong><\/p>\n
This unnamed baby (sixth down), whose age is given as 1 hr, is the youngest person in the census. He led a long and extraordinary life. His name was Lockhart Edward Robert Batchelor Frain-Bell. Dr Lockhart Frain-Bell served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Burma in the Second World War<\/a> and had a renowned career in medicine after the war, becoming a consultant radiologist. He died on 2 September 2020, aged 99. You can read his obituary here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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James Todd, age 109, Dumfries<\/strong><\/p>\n
At the opposite extreme, James Todd is the oldest person in the census \u2013 although a note on this record by the census taker says that they thought his age was closer to 50!<\/p>\n
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Don A McKinnon, age 17, Knockbain<\/strong><\/p>\n
This record is notable for showing \u2018three Donalds in a tent\u2019 \u2013 Don A McKinnon (eleventh down) and Don S Munro, age 17, and Don Miller, age 16. Their address is given as \u2018Tent\u2019 and they were all born in Inverness, but appear to be on holiday in Knockbain on the Black Isle. The 1921 census was originally due to take place on 24 April but was postponed to 19 June due to strikes, so many people were recorded on holiday rather than at their home address.<\/p>\n
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James Arthur Cleland, age 44, Blackpool<\/strong><\/p>\n
This record of the Cleland family is found in the England and Wales 1921 census<\/a> collection on Findmypast, not on ScotlandsPeople. However, it\u2019s notable for being a rare surviving example of the original Scottish census forms. The other Scottish census records are copies created by the enumerators while the originals were destroyed. But this is a Scottish census form that James, from Kirkcudbright, apparently took with him and filled in while on holiday in Blackpool.<\/p>\n
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