Traded in the kids?

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Traded in the kids?

Legg inn av clifto » 08 okt 2006 07:27:32

So in 1900 we find Boliver Sharp in St. Tammany Parish, LA. He's 36, married
8 years with four kids; Samuel is 7, David is 5, Joseph is 3 and Alice is 1.
Wife Viola is 34. (Roll 583, second page 33 of the Census.)

Now, appearances are that Boliver isn't a very common name, and indeed I
find only one person with that name anywhere. And in 1910 he's there on
roll 531, page 40 of the Census. Adjacent to the entry for his family is
his mother Caroline, now age 80 and widowed. (She preceded Boliver on
the 1900 Census page, age 70 and widowed.) The census taker is a little
dyslexic, to be sure, as lots of names don't look right on this page,
including wife Viola who's now Eolia V. See also Persey above, who was
Percy E. in the 1900 Census. But the kids...! It looks like Boliver
has traded them in. We've got Hermon L. age 18, Dallas C. age 17,
Charles A. age 14, daughter Doney C. age 10, and a fifth kid now, Zula M.
age 4.

Any ideas what gives here?

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Christopher Jahn

Re: Traded in the kids?

Legg inn av Christopher Jahn » 08 okt 2006 16:06:38

clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in
news:lbimv3-l7g.ln1@remote.clifto.com:

So in 1900 we find Boliver Sharp in St. Tammany Parish, LA.
He's 36, married 8 years with four kids; Samuel is 7, David is
5, Joseph is 3 and Alice is 1. Wife Viola is 34. (Roll 583,
second page 33 of the Census.)

Now, appearances are that Boliver isn't a very common name,
and indeed I find only one person with that name anywhere. And
in 1910 he's there on roll 531, page 40 of the Census.
Adjacent to the entry for his family is his mother Caroline,
now age 80 and widowed. (She preceded Boliver on the 1900
Census page, age 70 and widowed.) The census taker is a little
dyslexic, to be sure, as lots of names don't look right on
this page, including wife Viola who's now Eolia V. See also
Persey above, who was Percy E. in the 1900 Census. But the
kids...! It looks like Boliver has traded them in. We've got
Hermon L. age 18, Dallas C. age 17, Charles A. age 14,
daughter Doney C. age 10, and a fifth kid now, Zula M. age 4.

Any ideas what gives here?


WEll, It's like that one of the census takers got the names wrong
(since all the kids seem to be there on the second one, and are
the correct ages). The enumerators didn't always speak to the
actual households involved - if they weren't at home, a neighbor
might have supplied the information. If they didn't know the
family too well, names and ages are frequently off.

OR the enumerator didn't understand the name given, and
interpreted what they thought they heard. My great-great
grandmother was named "Transylvania." One census lists her as
"Frances Sylvia."

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Hugh Watkins

Re: Traded in the kids?

Legg inn av Hugh Watkins » 13 okt 2006 16:00:43

Christopher Jahn wrote:

clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in
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So in 1900 we find Boliver Sharp in St. Tammany Parish, LA.
He's 36, married 8 years with four kids; Samuel is 7, David is
5, Joseph is 3 and Alice is 1. Wife Viola is 34. (Roll 583,
second page 33 of the Census.)

Now, appearances are that Boliver isn't a very common name,
and indeed I find only one person with that name anywhere. And
in 1910 he's there on roll 531, page 40 of the Census.
Adjacent to the entry for his family is his mother Caroline,
now age 80 and widowed. (She preceded Boliver on the 1900
Census page, age 70 and widowed.) The census taker is a little
dyslexic, to be sure, as lots of names don't look right on
this page, including wife Viola who's now Eolia V. See also
Persey above, who was Percy E. in the 1900 Census. But the
kids...! It looks like Boliver has traded them in. We've got
Hermon L. age 18, Dallas C. age 17, Charles A. age 14,
daughter Doney C. age 10, and a fifth kid now, Zula M. age 4.

Any ideas what gives here?



WEll, It's like that one of the census takers got the names wrong
(since all the kids seem to be there on the second one, and are
the correct ages). The enumerators didn't always speak to the
actual households involved - if they weren't at home, a neighbor
might have supplied the information. If they didn't know the
family too well, names and ages are frequently off.

OR the enumerator didn't understand the name given, and
interpreted what they thought they heard. My great-great
grandmother was named "Transylvania." One census lists her as
"Frances Sylvia."

if the pages were copied column by column

sometimes the data is there but on the wrong line

have you looked at the images?

Hugh W

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Janette McLennan

Re: Traded in the kids?

Legg inn av Janette McLennan » 15 okt 2006 01:58:05

I am not sure what is happening, but if you come up with a solution let me
know. My ggg grandfather was listed on one census as Kirkbride S Countryman
(1850) but John S Countryman from 1860 census on!
Janette

Christopher Jahn

Re: Traded in the kids?

Legg inn av Christopher Jahn » 15 okt 2006 02:49:04

"Janette McLennan" <JaMc@bigpond.com> wrote in
news:xIfYg.47286$rP1.4474@news-server.bigpond.net.au:

I am not sure what is happening, but if you come up with a
solution let me know. My ggg grandfather was listed on one
census as Kirkbride S Countryman (1850) but John S Countryman
from 1860 census on! Janette



You need to look for them both until you clear it up. Like I
said, the census taker doesn't always talk directly to the people
they count. A neighbor could have confused the names, or they
may not have and there's something new to research.

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clifto

Re: Traded in the kids?

Legg inn av clifto » 15 okt 2006 17:16:11

Janette McLennan wrote:
I am not sure what is happening, but if you come up with a solution let me
know. My ggg grandfather was listed on one census as Kirkbride S Countryman
(1850) but John S Countryman from 1860 census on!

Several people I've found go by a first name in one census and a middle
name in another. Don't discount the possibility of multiple middle names.
Some nicknames have come up in my research, too.

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