Take your pick. Joel w. Maupin born 1844 per 1850 census,born 1845 per 1860 census, ??1870 census, born 1848 per 1880 census, ?? per 1900 census and born 1845 per 1910 census. Hence my conjecture is that page 261 is a typo error in Dorothy's book. Pauline

Pauline, You may be correct about "1856" being a "Typo". However at this point in the book she was quoting from the records of Eugene Maupin and neither adding her information nor that from a submitter. You did bring light to an interesting situation. While the Federal Census is taken every 10 years, with some exceptions, it is not always taken on the same date. Some of the earlier census took 9 months (39 for 1820). A - Special Census - is usually taken when a territiry becomes a state. For example, Denver, Pueblo and Colorado Springs are all located in Arapahoe County, Kansas, at the time of the 1860 Census. That part of (now) Colorado, located west of the Continental Divide, was part of the Utah Territory. The Colorado Territory was formed in 1861, when Kansas became a state, and a state in 1876. A Special Federal Census was taken in 1875. At that time Kansas and Texas touched, there was NO panhandle to the "Indian Territory". There were two 3 corner points - KS, TX, CO and TX, NM. CO. Be very aware of: 1. The Census Day - which has varied from January 1 to August 1 with the individual Census. This is the - DAY - IN - TIME - for which ALL questions, on that census, are to be asked and answered. Even if the census taker gets there 6 months later. 2. The date of visitation - by the census taker. This is the day the census taker actually visited the residence. You need to check the top of the page and the page following. The census may have started the page on one date and finished it a day or two later. In otherwise he may have started page 111 on 15 July 1920 (a Friday), and started page 112 on 18 July 1920 (a Monday). The first 3 members of John Doaks family appear at the bottom of page 111 and the other 4 appear at the top of page 112. This would indicate that the information for all 7 members was entered on 18 July. Most census takers will that days business at the corner of a street or road junction - in the country. If there is a long time and/or a lot of residence since the beginning of this enumerators visitations he may tire. Instead of asking " How old was Johnny on July 1st?". It becomes "How old is Johnny?".I wish all censuses were like 1900 - "In what MONTH and YEAR was Johnny born?". pauline darnell wrote: > > Take your pick. Joel w. Maupin born 1844 per 1850 census,born 1845 > per 1860 census, ??1870 census, born 1848 per 1880 census, ?? per > 1900 census and born 1845 per 1910 census. Hence my conjecture is > that page 261 is a typo error in Dorothy's book. > Pauline > > ==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== > Please don't post private information about living people without permission. All posts are archived. To search RootsWeb list archives: > <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/search.html> -- Loren <kycollja@midusa.net> {:-)> HOKC *))))) TSG, USAF, Retired >From Iola, in the rolling hills of SE Kansas