Yesterday, June 3rd, 2010, the 1901 Census of Ireland became available for free on the internet. All thirty-two counties for both 1901 and 1911 are now available on the National Archives of Ireland website at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/
If you go to http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/ and enter the search terms 1901, Robert Cuthbert, County Dublin and Age 65, you will find Christopher Cuthbert’s grandson, Robert Cuthbert (my great grandfather), on Rutland Square East. Click on his first name and you will find him listed at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Dublin/Rotunda/Rutland_Square_East/1331824/ along with all of the residents of 1 Rutland Square East. Click “show all information” to see the complete transcription.
I took some photos of the large Georgian house at 1 Rutland Square when I was in Dublin a few years ago and will attempt eventually to put copies on this Cuthberts of County Wicklow blog or somewhere on the net, maybe on Facebook. The house is now used as a school.
If you click on Household Return (Form A) you will get to the handwritten form at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai003770895/ where you will see Robert with his daughter, Annie (Cuthbert) Vodrey, who is shown as head of the family. By that time, Annie was the widow of the late Frederick Vodrey, the famous Irish art potter who had died in 1897. Their children, Frederick Cuthbert Vodrey, age 8, and Eileen Gladys Vodrey, age 7, are there at 1 Rutland Square, along with five boarders or paying guests and two domestic servants.
Annie’s signature is at the bottom of the form. She has signed as Annie Marion Vodrey, although on her 1867 birth registration she was listed as Margaret Cuthbert and on her 1891 marriage she was shown as Annie Margaret Cuthbert.
Other relatives of the Cuthberts may be found on the 1901 census of Ireland. So happy searching everyone!
