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From: "mbkitts" <>
Subject: Re: [GFO] Re: Census searches with initials
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 15:08:01 -0700
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Carole,

That is a delightful story.
Of course it is now part of her genealogy?

Maggie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carole Hammond" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [GFO] Re: Census searches with initials


> Speaking of practical jokers, my great-grandma was
evidently put-off by the
> attitude of the census taker so she made up a wild tale
about being born on
> board a ship off the coast of Spain. She also threw in
the fact that her
> mother was a Spanish lady.
>
> Great-granny was born in Sangamon Co., IL and never left
until she came to
> Oregon about 1875....I have her in census records since
she was 3 years old
> and except for 1920 her place of birth was IL.

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