According to the web, the census date was 01/01/1920 See the web page below. http://www.rootdig.com/adn/censuswanted.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:38:20 -0400 From: jpddigest1@aol.com Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] TNLINCOL Digest, Partin/Pardon, Adams To: tnlincol@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8CC1CC87F432EEF-56DC-A91D@webmail-d064.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello List, Could someone with access to the 1920 census tell me the date the census entry below was taken? Was it early in the year or midyear? I am trying to narrow down the time frame that Charlie died in 1920. Charles H. "Charlie" Partin/Pardon was a half brother of my direct ancestor, General Forrest Partin. As far as I know they lived in Giles and Lincoln Counties, TN most of their lives. 1920 Marshall Co TN Census (Old Civil District 2) Larwod? Road, ED 106, p 4A #75-76 ADAMS, Peter Head M W 43 M TN AL TN , Lizzie Wife F W 43 M TN TN TN , Julia Dau 18 S All Kids TN TN TN , John Son 16 S , Robert Son 14 S , James G. Son 10 S , Tishia M. Dau 7 S , Gladys Dau 3 5/12 S Pardon, Charlie Lodger 84
At the top of the census page it says this was done 29 January ________________________________ From: Diane Casey <iluvaz@cox.net> To: tnlincol@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 8:03:33 PM Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] 1920 Census enumeration date According to the web, the census date was 01/01/1920 See the web page below. http://www.rootdig.com/adn/censuswanted.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:38:20 -0400 From: jpddigest1@aol.com Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] TNLINCOL Digest, Partin/Pardon, Adams To: tnlincol@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8CC1CC87F432EEF-56DC-A91D@webmail-d064.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello List, Could someone with access to the 1920 census tell me the date the census entry below was taken? Was it early in the year or midyear? I am trying to narrow down the time frame that Charlie died in 1920. Charles H. "Charlie" Partin/Pardon was a half brother of my direct ancestor, General Forrest Partin. As far as I know they lived in Giles and Lincoln Counties, TN most of their lives. 1920 Marshall Co TN Census (Old Civil District 2) Larwod? Road, ED 106, p 4A #75-76 ADAMS, Peter Head M W 43 M TN AL TN , Lizzie Wife F W 43 M TN TN TN , Julia Dau 18 S All Kids TN TN TN , John Son 16 S , Robert Son 14 S , James G. Son 10 S , Tishia M. Dau 7 S , Gladys Dau 3 5/12 S Pardon, Charlie Lodger 84 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
The date at the top of any census page is the date the census was actually taken, but the information on the sheet is supposed to be accurate according to the CENSUS DATE, which in this case is 1 JANUARY 1920. So, if the census taker came on 28 January and a child had been born on 15 January, technically that child should not appear in the census. By the same token, if someone died on the 15th, they should appear in the census even though they were dead when the census taker visited the house. For 1920, the time to finish the census was one month. As most of us know, the CENSUS DATE varies from census year to census year, also, the length of time to complete the census varies. From 1830 to 1900 the CENSUS DATE was 1 June, but the length of time allowed to complete the enumeration ranged from 18 months, 1830, to 1 month, 1900. A good book for information about the censuses, census year by census year, is The Census Book by William Dollarhide, if you can find a copy. Marleen Van Horne