In a message dated 8/29/01 10:24:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jimgilmer@alaweb.com writes: << My guess would be that if a person was actually "living" with the family being enumerated, then they would be listed. If they were there just for a short visit; probably not. >> You just never can tell FYI, I have an Ellen Horton, age 12 ( d/o Joseph M. (Martin I think) & Margaret Caldwell) who is listed with her parents in 1850 Washington Co TN Census AND with her Caldwell grandfather and cousins in the 1850 Greene Co TN Census. She is the granddaughter of Isaac Horton & Margaret MARTIN, who I believe is the daughter of Joseph Martin, d. 1820s in Washington Co TN (about whom I did a post back in June I think). Still looking for info on Joseph and his family, ancestors (two sons Michael H. and Samuel). Best Regards, Janet (Baugh) Hunter

Janet, You are right; it just depended on how the census taker handled it. In the case you mention, most likely the census taker in Washington Co., Tenn took a list of all the children from the parent informant; whether or not he (the census taker)was aware that Ellen was away on a visit with her grandfather we'll never know. At the same time, the census taker in Greene Co., Tn included Ellen with the enumeration of her grandfather's family there. Again as to what details were given him about her "visit", we obviously don't know. So what your are saying, is to look in other family members' household censuses, if you might suspect someone was left off the census. It could have happened that under the same situation you described, in terms of a child visiting with grandparents, that the child was not listed in either place. Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: jleehunt1@aol.com [mailto:jleehunt1@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 9:40 PM > To: MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] Re: Martins] > > > In a message dated 8/29/01 10:24:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > jimgilmer@alaweb.com writes: > > << > My guess would be that if a person was actually "living" with the family > being enumerated, then they would be listed. If they were there > just for a > short visit; probably not. >> > > You just never can tell FYI, I have an Ellen Horton, age 12 ( > d/o Joseph M. > (Martin I think) & Margaret Caldwell) who is listed with her > parents in 1850 > Washington Co TN Census AND with her Caldwell grandfather and > cousins in the > 1850 Greene Co TN Census. > > She is the granddaughter of Isaac Horton & Margaret MARTIN, who I > believe is > the daughter of Joseph Martin, d. 1820s in Washington Co TN > (about whom I did > a post back in June I think). Still looking for info on Joseph and his > family, ancestors (two sons Michael H. and Samuel). > > Best Regards, Janet (Baugh) Hunter >

Hello Listmembers, The rule is that if a person was residing with a family who was not an immediate family member, then he/she was listed after the youngest member of that family. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <jleehunt1@aol.com> To: <MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] Re: Martins] > In a message dated 8/29/01 10:24:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > jimgilmer@alaweb.com writes: > > << > My guess would be that if a person was actually "living" with the family > being enumerated, then they would be listed. If they were there just for a > short visit; probably not. >> > > You just never can tell FYI, I have an Ellen Horton, age 12 ( d/o Joseph M. > (Martin I think) & Margaret Caldwell) who is listed with her parents in 1850 > Washington Co TN Census AND with her Caldwell grandfather and cousins in the > 1850 Greene Co TN Census. > > She is the granddaughter of Isaac Horton & Margaret MARTIN, who I believe is > the daughter of Joseph Martin, d. 1820s in Washington Co TN (about whom I did > a post back in June I think). Still looking for info on Joseph and his > family, ancestors (two sons Michael H. and Samuel). > > Best Regards, Janet (Baugh) Hunter >