This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Royal, Royals Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DU.2ADE/497.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The names are listed in the census as "Rail, M." and "Rebecca." They live in the house with the number I listed and, because some houses contain more than one family, they also have a family number assigned to them; both numbers were assigned by the census taker. Between Modecai and Rebecca's house and that of his two daughters is another house, which is why their house and family numbers differ by 2. If you look at the census page where you found the two daughters, you'll find Mordecai ("M.") and Rebecca "Rail" in the second house above the girls. I'm not related to the Royals, but just trying to help.