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From: Carolyn Ybarra <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Census Questions
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 10:02:47 -0800
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I have had this happen, two people with the same uncommon name, one in
state prison, but the other not appearing in that census. I thought
for a minute it might be the same person, but the one in prison was
about 15 years older than the person missing from the census. I have
tracked the prisoner to previous years, while the younger guy appears
in a different county with his family.

The very brief prison record, found at the state archives, gives his
county of origin and shows he was "counterfeiting coin." I believe but
haven't proved these two people were distant cousins, both named after
an older relative.

Of course I have no idea how common this is, but it only has to happen
once, right? Statistics may not help you.

Carolyn

Carolyn Ybarra, Ph.D
Family Research Services
1017 El Camino Real #332
Redwood City, CA 94063

On Jan 5, 2007, at 7:28 PM, wrote:

> From: Debbe Hagner <>
>
> A man with an uncommon name whom I have been researching, appeared
> twice in the 1880 census-one registered at the Cook county jail and
> another with the same uncommon name listed with his family in Chicago.
>
> I also found the same uncommon name in the 1900 census for the Joilet
> prison and also with his family in Chicago.
>
> My cousin said that two different people were registered--one who had
> a
> prison record and another who had a family in Chicago. Because the
> surname is so uncommon, I don't believe this and wondered about the
> odds of the same person's name occuring in different locations in a
> federal census.
>
> Within a given year, what is the percentage of the same person's name
> occuring in the census more than once?
>
> Debbe Hagner, AG

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