I believe you have to read more carefully.... For clarity, here's the entry as taken from www.familysearch.org: Charles NIGH Male English 28 New Brunswick Farmer Baptist Elizabeth NIGH W Female English 31 New Brunswick Baptist Jane E. NIGH Female English 13 New Brunswick Baptist John H. NIGH Male English 11 New Brunswick Baptist Mary A. NIGH Female English 8 New Brunswick Baptist Emma A. NIGH Female English 9 New Brunswick Baptist Melisia A. NIGH Female English 6 New Brunswick Baptist William A. NIGH Male English 4 New Brunswick Baptist Pheobee NIGH W Female English 73 New Brunswick Baptist NOT, he is not listed as married or widowed (Charles), but Elizabeth IS listed as widowed. This means the enumerator listed Charles as head of household, but not as husband of Elizabeth. If Charles was Allen's brother, perhaps after Allen died, his family moved in with his brother Charles??? Jared > In the 1881 census there is an entry listing Charles Nigh as the head of a > household (#184, District 31 Carleton County, Sub-district a Woodstock > Parish, page 41). However, the wife, children and mother living at this > location are clearly those of Allen Henry Nye. Could the census taker be > that wrong? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------ Jared "Jed" Handspicker [email protected] Cantate Domino canticum novum