I think there was a mistake ...as a later document spells it Davenport. Thanks Barb C. JSDDOC@aol.com wrote: > Barb: > > Thank you for advising of the Census enumerations of Devenport of Presque > Isle, Maine. Was that the way the family spelled the name or the way that > the Census enumerator spelled the name? I have little faith in Census > enumerators as spellers, prefer to rely on how the Davenport or Devenport > concerned spelled the name. You should see what one moderately literate > enumerator did to the German names in Vandenburgh County, Indiana, in one > Census. JSD