In 1901 and James Craig and his wife Margaret appeared in the Whitehaven Union Workhouse. In this census, a pen line runs through the column recording James' age, making it difficult to read. Ancestry has transcribed it as 57, but it could also be 67. His occupation was given as retired iron miner, and this was the only census to record his birth place as Perth, Scotland. However, these discrepancies could easily be explained by the likelihood that someone else was reporting the facts to the census taker, and that they may have been making certain assumptions. James' age has been very inconsistent throughout the census years, and it may be that he didn't really know his age. Although his birth place has been previously consistently reported as Ireland, his wife's was also consistently reported as Scotland. Whoever was reporting to the census taker may have been assuming that husband and wife were from the same location. ^[1][2]

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1. ↑ 1901 census of England, Cumberland, Whitehaven Union Workhouse, Low Road, Whitehaven district, Mount Pleasant ecclesiastical parish, municipal borough of Whitehaven, ward of municipal borough of Newtown, parliamentary borough of Whitehaven, town of Whitehaven, folio 175, page 9, James Craig, line 21; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 Jan 2020); citing PRO RG 13/4893.
2. ↑ 1901 census of England, Cumberland, Whitehaven Union Workhouse, Low Road, Whitehaven district, Mount Pleasant ecclesiastical parish, municipal borough of Whitehaven, ward of municipal borough of Newtown, parliamentary borough of Whitehaven, town of Whitehaven, folio 175, page 9, Margaret Craig, line 22; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 Jan 2020); citing PRO RG 13/4893.