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From: "Carol J. Markillie" <>
Subject: Re: Person in 1891 Census not in 1881 why?
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 08:09:15 -0800


Hi:
I've found young people away at school or working and living in someone
else's house at early ages. I would suggest looking at the census data from
nearby towns.
Carol in California

> It may be that she was simply absent on the
>day. I had a case of eldest daughter age 12 appearing in 1851 census with
>her parents but absent ten years earlier in 1841. However I discovered her
>maternal grandparents lived nearby and found grand-daughter was staying
>with grandpa and grandma on the night of the 1841 census!

>>> If Sarah Louisa PRESLAND 27 yrs shows up in Yarmouth St Georges Census
>>> 1891 at 9 Row 117 Yarmouth - why dosen't she show up in the 1881
>>> Censuses> of Yarmouth?

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