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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:19:01 +1000
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Grandaugher without parents?
Tks to all who replied. I appreciate the help. One think though, I read an
article recently re
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Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Grandaugher
Hi, Richard
Think I'm going round in circles here smile
This was my understanding
Person A age 60 = head of house
Persons B C age 11 and 8 = grandchildren (according to at least one census)
There is nothing in the ages to rule out a grandparent:grandchild
relationship. So I would take the census
Hi Richard
It probably sounds odd, but I add a child to the parents AB and name
the child Placeholder for AB's grandchildren, then add the
grandchildren to the Placeholder. I have several of these
Placeholders because I've got the names of the descendants, but I
haven't yet been able to connect
I also have a case where a person was enumerated in the house of her
grandmother, and a month later was enumerated with her father. The
census taking in New Jersey that year must have been slow, because it
took two weeks to get from Phillipsburg to Harmony, in the same county.
In the US Census each year-decade had different rules
about who to count and the date to do it. Some took
over a year. People were frequently asked by the
census takers 'Who was living here on the date of ?
(may be a few months ago)'. This accounts for some of
the duplicates. My grandparents moved
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Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:19 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Grandaugher without parents?
Tks to all who replied. I appreciate the help. One
I have obtained a Census re my Ancestors. However, also listed on the Census
are two entries. One is a male, with a different Surname, but listed as
Granson, 11 yrs old. The other is the main family Surname, listed as
Grandaughter (5 yrs old). I have know ideat who the parents were at this
stage.
Hi, Richard
I feel these grandchildren are part of the family and must be linked.
Create two ghost children for the grandparents. Mark them as
unknown gender and attach a grandchild to each. When you have more
info. you can put name and gender to the ghosts, or merge with known
children.
It's
I have several such situations. I create an Unknown given name under the
Surname, with an explanation in the Notes, then create the Grandson or
Granddaughter, again with an explanation in the Notes.
At some point you will (hopefully) figure out the relationship. Then it
is a simple
Thanks Mary. Re these Grandchildren, I agree that they are part of the
family. In fact in later census (cenci?) the female granddaughter is still
with the famiy head, thirty years later. However, just taking the age of the
femal, 8yrs old and that the eldest of the sibling in the rest of the
Hi Richard,
Without further evidence, I wouldn't assume that the children weren't
real grandchildren. You appear to be indicating that you know all of
the head's children - but children aren't always home on census
night. My great grandfather and some of his siblings weren't home in
the 1841
Richard
I have a very similar situation. My great great grandmother's sister
crawled into a hole and took the hole with her...vanished into thin air.
In the course of trying to track her down, I located her death
certificate that hadher granddaughter listed as the reporter of
Tks to all who replied. I appreciate the help. One think though, I read an
article recently re Census in England that said that the Census information
for the address was the people who NORMALLY stay their. That could mean that
a person could be listed at that address on the night of the Census,
There can be a large difference between how the Census was *supposed* to
be taken and how each census taker actually *did* the field work ;-)
I'm only familiar with the US censuses, but I know that the census takers
did *not* always verify who *lived* in the house versus who was *in* the
house
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