Hi Laura, 1900 census states that Freida was born 1872 in Germany & arrived in the U.S. in 1872 along with her Mom. The rest of their children were born in NY. 1900 census states that Louisa gave birth to 12 children & six are living. Five of those children are living with the parents in 1900. It looks like Freida's dad consistently used the spelling "Benedick" on census, naturalization, etc. The info from Freida's 1900 marriage cert in NYC is transcribed at www.familysearch.org that she was born in NYC. Either the transcription is incorrect, or that's what Freida told the clerk, or the clerk made a mistake. Always best to look at the original document. About the changes in Freida's age - it's typical to see ages change on various documents, especially for the ladies. My husband's gm only aged 5 years between each Federal census. LOL Regards, Sherri