This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jAC.2ACE/638.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Actually, the two 1920 census records you are quoting were taken 2 weeks apart. I have seen numerous instances where the same person is listed in two different households, either because they moved (and yes, I've seen this in less than 2 weeks apart) or because they happened to be in the other home when the censustaker was there. This happened to my own great-grandfather who was spending time with his mother when she was ill, so he is listed in both his mother's home as well as his own a month earlier. In Howard Smith's household, Mattie is listed as a sister-in-law to Howard, which makes her Hattie's sister. I don't know why her name would be Phipps unless the marital status of "single" is wrong....which happened many times if a person no longer was living with their spouse for whatever reason.