I am trying to find out what that number (2) after a name means.

I ran into it on a census containing surname Williamson in the state of New 
York.  enumeration John (2)

Later it turned out there was a John head of household and a son John Jr. 
head of another family in the same household.

Still I cannot just assume that the (2) means two Johns in the same house.

donkelly


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I can't speak to the matters of Campbell County, VA, but I have only
occasionally seen the number "1" and even more rarely, the number #2.  Since
it was but few census entries that carried either of those numbers, I have
presumed that the enumerator was revealing how many visits he made to that
residence in  order to gain the info.  Further, while my inference is built
on but the slightest of evidence, it did seem to me that the homes where
such numbers appeared were of some affluence.  ????

Paul

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In several 1850 Campbell Co., VA census records, there appears the number 1
in parentheses after a person name. This is always after a name other than
the “head of household” and may be seen on one or more names in that family
unit. What is the enumerator trying to tell us?

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