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From: Eileen Sarajak <>
Subject: Re: [LIMERICK] Age problem
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 07:19:34 -0400
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yes you are right re census info - we found many errors on names and
especially ages - we even found one man listed as a "border" who was
actually the husband and father - guess whomever gave the info didn't
think too highly of him or maybe he wasn't home that much?

wrote:
>
> 'In the 1900 US Census, my great grandparents..'.
> Dennis, This is a pretty common problem. A cousin found our great
> grandparents in the 1900 US census just by chance. The last name was very
> badly spelled and the names and ages were wrong. The clue was that the names
> listed were their nicknames,which were the names usually used in daily life,
> but never on anything official. I later read that if the family wasn't home,
> the neighbors would be asked about the the family. Of course, if they weren't
> close friends, they would be guessing about ages and would know only the
> nicknames, so Christiana becomes Ann, and she's 'about 40'. Just one of those
> traps we have to watch for. John Schroeter
>
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