ANY IDEAS BECAUSE I DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO FIND HIM!
WHERE WAS CHARLES TAZE RUSSELL IN 1880 CESUS?
by badboy 10 Replies latest jw friends
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Junction-Guy
That's a good question, also how old would he have been in 1880?
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Elsewhere
If a person is not listed in a census, it simply means that the census takers never interviewed him. The purpose of the census is not to interview every single person. Instead the census takers will interview a sample population and then extrapolate the overall makeup of a given area.
If the function of the census was to interview every single last person, I don't think the police would have a very hard time tracking down missing criminals.
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drew sagan
I think he was at the beach.....
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badboy
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN BORN ABOUT 1852 MAKING HIM ABOUT 28 IN 1880.
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jgnat
Not quite, Elsewhere. The census counts and names everyone on a certain date. Entire households will be named. It's one of the reasons genealogists love them so much. If a household does not name everyone because they do not trust the government, those records may not be complete. I personally witnessed a Hungarian household refuse to answer the census. Being a lifetime civil servant, I was horrified. Now, modern privacy laws are changing all that. I have yet to find my Great Uncle Christie on the census. But I've found all his family. I suspect he was off trapping or panning for gold somewhere when the census taker came by. Where's Leolaia? She's great at looking this stuff up. Where would Charles Russell most likely have been living in 1880?
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jgnat
Here are four possible hits I found on the LDS searchable database for the 1880 census, all "Charles Russell"'s born between 1850 and 1854. Where was he most likely living? If you find the right 1880 census page, you can also find out who was living with him at the time. That can help you determine if you have the right record.
2. Charles T. RUSSELL - 1880 United States Census / Connecticut Self Gender: Male Birth: <1850> CT 20. Charles T. RUSSELL - 1880 United States Census / Pennsylvania Son Gender: Male Birth: <1850> PA 31. Chas. T. RUSSELL - 1880 United States Census / Massachusetts Son Gender: Male Birth: <1851> MA 69. Charles T. RUSSELL - 1880 United States Census / Kansas Self Gender: Male Birth: <1852> WI -
ellderwho
LMAO, @ Drews post! "Very nice"
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badboy
HE NOT THE ONE WHO APPEARS AS A FLOUR SELLER?
AMANDA RUSSELL HOUSEHOLD.
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jgnat
Badboy, you are too obtuse. Give more detail for the search. Where was he most likely living in 1880? What were his parent's names?