Hi Bonnie: William McRobie wasn't the only one enumerated twice that year, and information in one recording didn't always agree with the other. Benjamin and Abraham Moon were enumerated once as "Moon"; once as "Moore". I think undoubtedly it was politics leading up to the Civil War. Redistricting followed the census, so I'm pretty sure the recounts were done for political purposes. Sam Bonnie McCroby Wuensche wrote: > My question may have a simple answer - but I sure haven't been able to find > it... > > It looks like my 2nd great grandfather was enumerated twice in the 1860 > census. The children are the same, even the servant - but the neighbors are > different. Also, the Personal Value is abt 10x more on one of the entries > than another. > > I thought that the information was as applied on Jun 1, 1860. What happens > if a person moved during the census year - and what were the dates for the > census? Some of the pages have a January date with the 1860 shown with a > line drawn through the 0, and on some of these, a 1 is written in beside it > I went over some pages and saw Dec 1860 then about Jan 4, some of the pages > look like described above. How long did they have to collect the data? And > was a person supposed to answer with that day's information, or in > retrospect? > > Help! > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Carol Hepburn, at chepburn@cox.net.

Sam - that is very interesting! The McRobie I was talking about was Andrew - and there is another Andrew who was born at nearly the same time, but the son of a different brother - and would you beleive that BOTH Andrews were at one time a neighbor of Benjamin Moon!!! Look at this: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Here briefly are the names of the 2 Andrews: Andrew McCroby, (son of John William and Unknown?) born abt 1815, Maryland married abt 1838 died bef 1891 spouse S (name and parents Unknown) children Archibald 1840, Daniel 1843, Jane 1845, Isaac 1847, William 1849 Andrew F McRobie (son of Elisha DeWitt McCrobie and Miss Furley) born 3 jan 1829 Allegany MD died 11 Jun 1887 Garrett, MD married 28 Jun 1887 spouse Elizabeth Ann Murphy children Harriet Susan, Lucinda Jane, John ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Here are the names as they appear on the census: Name, Age, Sex, Race, Occupation, Value of Real Estate, Value of Personal Property, Place of Birth 1. December 29, 1860 1860 Maryland> Allegany> 1-Dist> Oakland Post Office (Census Book Sheet 284) M635 Roll: 456 Page 641 Dwelling #2083 – Family #2009 Andrew F McCrobie, age 41, M, , Farmer , 100, 369, b Md Elizabeth “ “ , age 31, F, , , , , “ “ Harriet “ “ , age 12, F, , , , , “ " Lucinda S “ “ , age 10, F, , , , , “ “ John Wagner, age 57, M, , Blacksmith, 0, 40, “ “ Rachel " " , age 58, F, , , , , " " John " " , age 24, M, , Blacksmith, 0, , " " Henry " " , age 18, M, , Laborer , , , " " Neighbor Dwelling #2084 - Family #2010 John T Delawder (can't make out all the names, exept John) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- 2. January 8, 1860 1860 Maryland> Allegany> 10-Dist> Oakland Post Office (Census Book Sheet 322) M635 Roll: 456 Page 678 Dwelling #2338 - Family #2264 Andrew McRobie, age 44, M, , Farmer , 10000, 13660, b Md Daniel " " , age 17, M, , , , , " " Isaac , age 14, M, , , , , " " William Taylor " " , age 11, M, , , , , " " Mary Willson, age 35, F, , Servant, , , " " Elizabeth " " , age 11, F, , , , , " " Neighbor Dwelling #2338 - Family #2265 Michael Pendergast, Mary, Thomas, Michael, Martin ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- 3. January 12, 1860 (0 crossed out and replaces with 1) 1860 Maryland> Allegany> 10-Dist> Oakland Post Office (Census Book Sheet 328) M635 ROll 456 Page 694 Dwelling #2442 - Family #2375 Andrew McRobie, age 40 , M, , Laborer, , 340, b Md Elizabeth " " , age 30 , F, , , , , " " Susan " " , age 14 , F, , , , , " " Jane " " , age 11 , F, , , , , " " Neighbor Dwelling #2443 - Family #2376 Wm Galloway, Margaret, Thomas, Sarah, Rebecca, William ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- 4. January 12, 1860 (0 crossed out and replaces with 1) 1860 Maryland> Allegany> 10-Dist> Oakland Post Office (Census Book Sheet 341) M635 ROll 456 Page 697 Dwelling #2459 - Family #2392 Andrew McCrobie, age 45 , M, , Laborer, 100, 87, b Md Archibald " " , age 21 , M, , " " , , " " Daniel " " , age 17 , M, , " " , , " " Isaac " " , age 13 , M, , " " , , " " William " " , age 11 , M, , " " , , " " Mary Wilson, age 40, F, , Servant, , " " Elizabeth Massie, age 11, F, M, , , " " Neighbor Dwelling #2460 - Family #2393 Benjamin Moon Ester, Margaret, Isaiah, Mary, Eliza, William, Alexander, Elijah, Drusillia, Emily, Ester, Abraham, Daniel, Zachariah, Dorie, Solomon note: #1 above - lives 2 doors away from a Benjamin Moon Benjamin, Hester, Margaret A, Josiah, Mary A, Eliza P, William H, Alexander, Elijah, Drucilah, Emily. Next door to him lives - Abraham Moon ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- 5. August 9, 1860 1860 Virginia> Preston> 4-Dist> German Settlement Post Office (Census Book Sheet 137) Dwelling #(illegible) - Family #924 Archibald McCrobie, age 22, , , Laborer, , , b Md Living with Moses Gower Moses, Elizabeth, Sarah J, Louis McIntires, Margaret, David, Rasrn, Alexander?, Archibald McRoby, John A Wilt Living next door as a Domestic, to David Stemple, is Catherine Stall, age 18, b Pa, who became Archibald's wife. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- -------Original Message------- From: MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 21:43:52 To: MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] Census Locations and other ???? Hi Bonnie: William McRobie wasn't the only one enumerated twice that year, and information in one recording didn't always agree with the other. Benjamin and Abraham Moon were enumerated once as "Moon"; once as "Moore". I think undoubtedly it was politics leading up to the Civil War. Redistricting followed the census, so I'm pretty sure the recounts were done for political purposes. Sam Bonnie McCroby Wuensche wrote: > My question may have a simple answer - but I sure haven't been able to find > it... > > It looks like my 2nd great grandfather was enumerated twice in the 1860 > census. The children are the same, even the servant - but the neighbors are > different. Also, the Personal Value is abt 10x more on one of the entries > than another. > > I thought that the information was as applied on Jun 1, 1860. What happens > if a person moved during the census year - and what were the dates for the > census? Some of the pages have a January date with the 1860 shown with a > line drawn through the 0, and on some of these, a 1 is written in beside it > I went over some pages and saw Dec 1860 then about Jan 4, some of the pages > look like described above. How long did they have to collect the data? And > was a person supposed to answer with that day's information, or in > retrospect? > > Help! > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator Carol Hepburn, at chepburn@cox.net. ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Carol Hepburn, at chepburn@cox.net.