MARK: It may not help you, but I found that if one finds guardianship records, sense sometimes can be made of the people in a household. Young children of a different name mostly could only be there if the head (or wife later) was appointed by the court, and I think perhaps always some kinship is required. In other cases relatives & non-relatives were included as farm laborer or maid to help the family. Sometimes just a neighbor youth. Old widows of either the wife's line or his are sometimes found and are a good clue to consorts. In one case I had 8 extra people in 1850 in a household - well old Silas Manning had a quarry. Salem Twp., especially Port Jefferson in 1850 ++ was a center for barging so many were involved in river traffic and unloading, etc. The epidemics 1850 & earlier changed family numbers. What surprised me and was verified by professional researcher is that young men and women late teen & early 20's often died "of natural causes", accidents & diseases at a rate higher than say aunt Ida or uncle Billy ages in the 30's and 40's. Morris LeFever