Has anyone proven that the same person appears twice on the same page of the census, only a few houses apart? I'm sure this is a possibility (anything's possible with the census), but I'd like to hear accounts of the same kind of irregularity happening elsewhere. The 1850 census of Albemarle County (p. 270A) includes these three contiguous households: Samuel Wade age 23 Spicie Wade age 17 [as noted below, she was actually more like 19] David Wade age 50 Louisa Wade age 35 [actually more like 40, per later census records] 6 children listed Smith Toms age 53 Nancy Toms age 50 Chastine age 31 Wilton age 22 Ann age 19 Naamon age 18 Malinda age 14 Lavinia age 12 2 younger children listed Samuel is believed to be David's son, and Spicie is believed to be Smith's son, but neither of these is proven. Currently, I'm working on the allegation that Spicie was a daughter of Smith Toms. Spicie's maiden name was Toms, per the record of her marriage to Samuel in 1849. Smith Toms consented to the marriage without stating his relationship to Spicie, and Chastine Toms was the bondsman. According to the 1900 census, Spicie was born July 1831, meaning that she actually would have been 19 in 1850 — the same age as the Ann listed in Smith's family (the 1860 and 1870 censuses give her a BD of about 1832). Also, although I have primary-source marriage records for all of the other children listed in Smith's family, there is no recorded marriage for Ann. These facts lead me to wonder whether Spicie might be the same person as "Ann." NOW, PLEASE NO ONE JUMP ON ME AND SAY THAT I CAN'T JUMP TO THIS CONCLUSION (this has happened in response to past postings). THIS IS NOT A CONCLUSION, FOLKS -- JUST A SUSPICION. AND I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE SUSPICION IS CORRECT. Has anyone proven that the same person appears twice on the same page of the census? If so, could you describe the situation to me, please? Thanks for reading this far! Scott __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html