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From: lena yager <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Davidson - Rhonda
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 08:40:40 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <004201c5ef75$24b1eea0$6401a8c0@dell3000>


I have a great aunt whose givin name is Ethel Louise Sexton. I always new her as Helen and she is listed as Helen in the census records. The story behind the name discrepency is this. The baby arrivied and was named Ethel Louise and after she was born a letter was received from one of the grandmother's asking that the baby be named Helen. So the census information has her listed as Helen. I was in my early twenties before I knew that her name was Ethel Louise and I spent time with this great Aunt every time I went to see my grandmother. There is sometimes a logical and even a good story behind the census discrepency if you ask someone before it is too late.
Lena

Vera Reeves <> wrote:
Just remember there's no tell who gave the information and maybe they hadn't
quite decided on her name yet.
If grannie was there and gave the name she might have wanted it to be Mary
and she gave the info. One of my families all the children's names were
wrong in the 1870 census. I think the census taker must have gotten the
names from the family down the hill because he was to lazy to climb up. The
boys in this family were named after presidents but the names given were for
the wrong presidents and the girls names were all wrong.

In the case of Laura / Mary I think it was the same person just that the
census taker screwed up.

Have a good day! Gotta get to cleaning this nasty house.


> The age would probably be correct for Mama but I don't know who Mary
> could be unless it was someone who was living with them at the time. I
> can ask her.
>
> This is all so interesting! Thanks so much,
>
> Rhonda Tygart
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vera Reeves [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 8:40 AM
> To:
> Subject: [ARIZARD-L] Davidson - Rhonda
>
>
> We all know we have to use the census as a tool.
> One thing I was trying to point out was the fact there was a daughter 1
> yr 6
> months in house in the 1930 census and the middle name was A. If I
> remember
> correct Laura Alice was listed with no age. I thought maybe this was she
>
> because of the age.
>
>> Laura Alice is my mother born in 1928 and no, she was never called
>> Mary. Don't know who that could be.
>>
>> Rhonda Tygart - Claremore OK
>
>
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