I have my great grandfather and family listed in Pendleton, Demossville P.O in 1870 and then again in 1870 in Kenton, Stephenson PCT. My grandfather was 2/12 and a young baby. Later he was 8/12. This is the same family. If a person was in the process of moving could they be counted twice? I know he was a school teacher in the Walton Area and the family lived there for years. Did KY take Census as early as June and then in December?

There are many examples of families being counted twice in the same census. This is usually due to a move, but there are other reasons as well. One of my SENTIF ancestor families is actually listed in 2 different states in 1860 because they moved from Cincinnati, OH to Newport, KY (directly across the Ohio River.) The date the count was made is usually listed at the top of the census page, but many times the recorder did not fill this in. Don't get too hung up on the fact that the listed ages don't always agree. My Frank Sentif is listed as 47 in the Cincinnati enumeration and as 49 in the Newport listing. I know it's the same family as all the names & occupations match up. Most of the birth dates, however, are a year or 2 off. Jan Lester "Genealogy By Jan" At 10:27 AM 3/19/2005 -0500, you wrote: >I have my great grandfather and family listed in Pendleton, Demossville >P.O in 1870 and then again in 1870 in Kenton, Stephenson PCT. >My grandfather was 2/12 and a young baby. Later he was 8/12. This is the >same family. >If a person was in the process of moving could they be counted twice? I >know he was a school teacher in the Walton Area and the family lived there >for years. >Did KY take Census as early as June and then in December? > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Dear Winifred, Could be possible. Look up at the heading of the Federal Census on top of page and it should tell you the date when each one of the Federal Census was taken. Then you would be able to possibly gauge if they moved or if this is another family. Rebecca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Winifred K Miller" <winnie.miller@worldnet.att.net> To: <KYKENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 9:27 AM Subject: [KYKENTON] Two Census in one year >I have my great grandfather and family listed in Pendleton, Demossville P.O >in 1870 and then again in 1870 in Kenton, Stephenson PCT. > My grandfather was 2/12 and a young baby. Later he was 8/12. This is the > same family. > If a person was in the process of moving could they be counted twice? I > know he was a school teacher in the Walton Area and the family lived there > for years. > Did KY take Census as early as June and then in December? > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Just a thought, it could be possible that a former neighbor gave the information in one place & thus some discrepancy in ages (although age discrepancies are common from one census record to another). My husband's ancestor is listed twice in the 1860, with his brother-in-law and also as a farm laborer with another household. I guess that's why I can't find him at all in 1850 nor his father in 1820, but they were there, other records confirm that. My father is not listed in the 1930 census, but he was 1 month old. My husbands father cannot be located in the 1920, but he was somewhere....... Hubby says "probably fishing" but that census was in Jan., so don't know what the weather was like in Jan. 1920. My g-great grandmother can't be found in 1930, nor several other relatives known to have been living in Kenton Co. at the time. If you find them twice, at least you found them. Census records are great, but they aren't perfect. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Winifred K Miller" <winnie.miller@worldnet.att.net> To: <KYKENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 10:27 AM Subject: [KYKENTON] Two Census in one year > I have my great grandfather and family listed in Pendleton, Demossville P.O in 1870 and then again in 1870 in Kenton, Stephenson PCT. > My grandfather was 2/12 and a young baby. Later he was 8/12. This is the same family. > If a person was in the process of moving could they be counted twice? I know he was a school teacher in the Walton Area and the family lived there for years. > Did KY take Census as early as June and then in December? > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >