There seem to be a lot of knowledgeable people on this list, so I'm wondering if someone can answer my question. Reading the 1910 and 1920 census records, there is a young man age 1 in 1910 and age 11 in 1920 with his parents. In 1930 he is still with his parents, but shown as "ab son". He is age 21, and has no occupation shown. Further down the page, there is a 17-year old "son ab", also with his parents and no occupation shown. I'm sure he was not adopted. Can anyone tell me what those entries would mean? Thanks, Darlene

absent??? as in away at school, working out, etc. Kathy --- Darlene Casteel <dcasteel@masterpiece.metrobbs.com> wrote: > There seem to be a lot of knowledgeable people on > this list, so I'm wondering if someone can answer my > question. Reading the 1910 and 1920 census records, > there is a young man age 1 in 1910 and age 11 in > 1920 with his parents. In 1930 he is still with his > parents, but shown as "ab son". He is age 21, and > has no occupation shown. Further down the page, > there is a 17-year old "son ab", also with his > parents and no occupation shown. I'm sure he was > not adopted. Can anyone tell me what those entries > would mean? > Thanks, > Darlene > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to OREGON-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message >

Seems plausible. ----- Original Message ----- From: "KATHY HUGHES" <heweys@prodigy.net> To: <oregon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [OREGON] General census question > absent??? as in away at school, working out, etc. > Kathy > > --- Darlene Casteel > <dcasteel@masterpiece.metrobbs.com> wrote: > >> There seem to be a lot of knowledgeable people on >> this list, so I'm wondering if someone can answer my >> question. Reading the 1910 and 1920 census records, >> there is a young man age 1 in 1910 and age 11 in >> 1920 with his parents. In 1930 he is still with his >> parents, but shown as "ab son". He is age 21, and >> has no occupation shown. Further down the page, >> there is a 17-year old "son ab", also with his >> parents and no occupation shown. I'm sure he was >> not adopted. Can anyone tell me what those entries >> would mean? >> Thanks, >> Darlene >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to OREGON-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OREGON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message