Hi Robin, It is very possible. My second great grandfather was born in Canada, Massachusetts, and New York according to the various censuses, and my third great grandfather was born in RI, NY, and CT. It just depends how accurate the informant's, information was. Good luck with finding the correct state. Sally On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 14:57:54 EST RHamill380@aol.com writes: > My Roy Bowers was listed in the 1910 census as his father being > from OH and > mother being from PA. How possible is it that this information > could be > different in the 1880 census?