Wow! That's fascinating. I just never saw anything like this before and it made me curious. I guess there's a first time for everything. :-) Thanks for the stories though, it does help to straighten out a lot. Linda. > I have a pair of ancestors Arminta and Henry, who were married in 1871. > They > only appeared together in the 1880 census. They had one child after > 1880, > and then sometime before 1890 she moved back in with her parents. > Armintas dad > signed for her oldest daughters marriage in Aug 1890, with the written > permission of the Arminta. She was still with her parents in 1900 in > Lincoln Co, > WV, and with her daughter and son-in-law in 1910 and 1920, still listed > as > married. Henry died in 1928, and was listed as married. I have no idea > what > happened, but the surely weren't in the same place in census years after > 1880. > > Don Clark