The father could have died between December 1 and 10. I would use the date of birth rather than the registration date. I have an example:
My great grandfather died on April 1, 1930 at 10am, but he is listed in the 1930 census on April 5, 1930 as father to head of household. I was told the day the census taker came to his house he was lying in a casket in the front parlor. The census form shows to name "each person whose place of abode on April 1, 1930 was in this family." His occupation would have ceased at 10am on April 1, 1930. Anyone just using this census would not know he had died before April 5, 1930 unless they had seen an obituary. According to records, he was actually buried on April 4 so the date of the census or that family lore about being in the casket in the parlor seems to be wrong. It's ironic that he was a big practical joker then died on April Fool's Day. Bill Boswell From: robs_familytree . [mailto:robs_familyt...@hotmail.ca] Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 9:41 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates Hi Sherry and Michele: Leo's question about dates has me thinking, and I'm curious about your answers. For the example below: Name: Bob Smith Born: December 1, 2013 Father: John Smith Occupation: Farmer Residence: Toronto, Ontario Registered by John Smith / Father Date Registered: December 10, 2013 I can see December 1 as the date of the event itself. But because the event was not registered the same day as the birth, would it not be truer to assume that the Occupation and Residence of the father was probably "as of" December 10, the registration date? Or am I too focused on minutia? Thanks very much, Rob Miller Toronto, ON Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
