tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post3449172768846172529..comments2023-04-20T12:46:11.858-06:00Comments on The Ancestry Insider: Darned Double EnumerationsThe Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-18523681643543662552011-11-21T12:06:15.517-07:002011-11-21T12:06:15.517-07:00Just came across these results on Ancestry and tho...Just came across these results on Ancestry and thought you might get a kick out of it. 1870 US Census, leave both names blank and specify New York State, Chautauqua County, Town of Busti. Seems the enumerator was not too patient.TomVotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07744193321159491189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-176612312970742672011-11-18T17:40:13.456-07:002011-11-18T17:40:13.456-07:00A distant cousin was enumerated for 1900 (enumerat...A distant cousin was enumerated for 1900 (enumeration dated June 6) as widowed wagon factory laborer, he and a toddler son living with his parents in Jefferson County, Iowa. He was also enumerated (dated June 5) in Chicago, a wagonmaker boarding in an unrelated household. I concluded that one of his parents told the enumerator that he resided in their household, although he probably was absent. He could not have gotten between the two places in one day, but one of the enumerators might have obeyed the "as of June 1" instruction while the other did not.<br /><br />It is hard to read minds of enumerators and enumeratees.Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-51457254302814682662011-11-18T09:13:26.354-07:002011-11-18T09:13:26.354-07:00One of my unusual double enumerations:
Justus Mari...One of my unusual double enumerations:<br />Justus Marion Balcom and Maude Combs had two sons, Earl and Gordon in Arkansa. Maude died in 1912 shortly after Gordon was born. Her mother adopted the two boys, who changed their surname to Combs. Their father Justus returned to his original home in Michigan.<br /><br />In 1930 the two boys were enumerated in Arkansas with their grandmother, their surname Combs. They were also enumerated in Michigan with their father, their surname Balcom.<br /><br />1930 U.S. Kate Combs, 202 Cottonwood, Van Buren, Crawford Co. AR, ED17-30, p.7A, L29, dw142, fam168. enumerated April 11, 1930.<br /><br />1930 U.S. Justus Balcom, Muskegon, Muskegon Co. MI, ED61-34, Sh23A, L37, dw505, fam511. enumerated April 18, 1930.Grandma Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03826836436719529255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-20841575173069958592011-11-18T07:49:02.959-07:002011-11-18T07:49:02.959-07:00Working with the 1861 census of Toronto I have fou...Working with the 1861 census of Toronto I have found a lot of girls (and some boys) in their late teens and early twenties working as servants with other families and also listed at home with their parents. Since the census was supposed to give the location of a person on a Sunday night, either was possible, especially where the addresses were only a few blocks apart. <br />The enumerator for Division 3 of York Township (just outside Toronto) actually noted the second address for all servants he found in his area. Now that was golddust!Old Census Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292318972627916311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-26806402705896941452011-11-18T05:29:06.060-07:002011-11-18T05:29:06.060-07:00It doesn't require a census spread over two ye...It doesn't require a census spread over two years to encounter double-enumeration. I have encountered this in situations where the family is working on moving from the city to a farm property, or where a mother goes to be with a daughter about to have a baby. Sometimes I have seen the two enumerations happen as little as a week apart.<br /><br />Another common situation, especially in areas close to the border, shows up because the US census occurs in the 0 year (ie, 1900) and the Canadian census occurs in the 1 year (ie, 1901). I have lots of family who moved back and forth between Manitoba and North Dakota (or Ontario-Michigan or Ontario-New York) over a twenty or even thirty year span.cajflemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16763354063021806568noreply@blogger.com