I was looking for an ancestor in the census records and came across something peculiar. The census had one of my ancestors listed as the daughter of a man with an entirely different last name. The woman listed as her mother in the census also had a different surname apart from the man and the girl. What the heck is this? does anyone have any suggestions to what this might mean? Thanks.
Here are some links:
Ancestry.com : http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=154428913
Familysearch.org: https://www.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http://pilot.familysearch.org/records/trk:/fsrs/rr_1157548184/p_577144803&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D
The mother's name is not listed in the above link, but the actual papers record Blanch's mother as a Mary M. Johnson.
Thanks again!
It is weird how the woman is not listed specifically on the census, but is listed as both the girl's mother and the man's wife.
Thanks for the 1900 link. I think Emma was dead by 1910, and Mary was actually Charles' second wife, but she kept her last name, and had a bunch of her family living with her.
Here are some links:
Ancestry.com : http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=154428913
Familysearch.org: https://www.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http://pilot.familysearch.org/records/trk:/fsrs/rr_1157548184/p_577144803&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D
The mother's name is not listed in the above link, but the actual papers record Blanch's mother as a Mary M. Johnson.
Thanks again!
It is weird how the woman is not listed specifically on the census, but is listed as both the girl's mother and the man's wife.
Thanks for the 1900 link. I think Emma was dead by 1910, and Mary was actually Charles' second wife, but she kept her last name, and had a bunch of her family living with her.