Census Intrigue.

On an 1851 enumerator's form the last 9 rows are dedicated to one address,
eight of these to rows to one family - Mann. However the last row (also last

Eve McLaughlin...

9 entries in one family is by no means unusual.

row on page) has the name John Gott in all the columns such as relation,
condition, age, trade and where born are the abbreviation WK. Does anyone

Jenny M Benson...

I think you will find that is actually NK and stands for Not Known.

have any clues?

Eve McLaughlin...

If I have read this correctly, then possibly the final entry is either a
lodger in the Mann family named Gott; or a separate household with a
single man named Gott; I suspect that the WK is really NK, not known.
Perhaps Mr Mann filled in the entry and knew more or less nothing of his
lodger; perhaps the enumerator approched the door of John Gott and was
told only his name, then advised to go forth and multiply.

Martin Briscoe (2)...

Are you sure it is not "NK" i.e. Not Known

I have seen in some rural areas of Yorkshire whole familes with just
about every column "NK", I though they might be itinerant Irish farm
workers as some were shown as born in Ireland. Some pages had a whole
series of them, perhaps living in tents near the farms where they were
working.