Hi folks, The following email was sent to the subscription-request email address instead of the posting address at can-nspictou-l@rootsweb.com. To me, it sounds as if someone was pulling the census taker's leg, or this was a transcription error by the census taker. (On a personal note, my maternal gg grandfather was recorded as being born in Nova Scotia in the 1871 Pictou County census but the 1891 census recorded his birthplace as Scotland...) Please reply to Nancy at "mailto:NKie105610@aol.com" if you have an answer. Just in case Nancy, The Whidden name is popular in Colchester County, Miller's book "Historical and Genealogical Record of the First Settlers of Colchester County, Nova Scotia" may have an answer. I believe it is on-line and accessible from the Colchester County GenWeb site. Cheers, Rick MacNeil Dear list members: Perhaps someone out there can assist me with a problem? After a long search I have found the elusive William Henry Whidden of Pictou, NS in Jersey City of all places. In going over a census record from 1920 it states he came to this country in 1860 and was naturalized in 1866....his marriage to Sarah Ann Baggett did not happen until 1876 in Mahone Bay. She is reported to have come to the USA in 1890, their son Richard came in 1900 according to the census. I know my grandmother, their daughter was born in Jersey City in 1886. This is all very confusing, then to add to the confusion it states his "mother tongue" is French. Now that is a real curve ball. I never would have thought that he spoke French. The Whiddens,I believe were Loyalists from New Hampshire to Nova Scotia. Samuel Whidden,1624/England to 1714/New Hampshire. How did they end up with French as a "mother tongue"?? I know I have the right guy, I sent for the death cert. and all the right names are in all the right ! places. This census info seems crazy though. Any thoughts on how it could all fit together? Nancy