DATE family, USA, Connecticut, 19th century
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DATE family, USA, Connecticut, 19th century
I call attention to the Connecticut USA family of David B. Date.
In the 1880 US census, the name is transcribed for the index as “Data.” But when I look at the original handwritten census image for 1880, I see that the name entered was Date with an “e,” matching the handwriting of the enumerator elsewhere on the page.
There is a senior and there is a junior. First the junior David B. Date. In the 1880 census he is 33 and living in Franklin CT. In the 1870 census he is 23, born in Connecticut, and living in Middletown CT. In the 1850 census he is three years old and lives in Lyme (New London County) CT with his parents, David B. and Mary Date, and his younger sister Ellen. The senior David B. Date was 39 in 1850, and Mary was 25. All were born in Connecticut. The boy’s middle initial is “B”--as in the case of the 1880 David.
I found the Date family in the 1860 census, still living in Lyme. (The index has them as "Dale" instead of Date. You will see that the crossing of the "t" was wide of the mark.) The elder David B. Date is missing in 1860, and Mary is described as "Farming Widow." The daughter listed in 1850 as Ellen is now listed as "Helen." Additional children are Hiram and Frederic.
One can find Hellen Date in the 1870 census, living in Colchester (New London County) CT. She is 22 and single, and she works in the "Rubber Mill" or "Roller Mill." She is entered and transcribed as "Hellen," and the last name is transcribed correctly this time.
I am not related to this family but instead picked up the trail in response to a census challenge.
In the 1880 US census, the name is transcribed for the index as “Data.” But when I look at the original handwritten census image for 1880, I see that the name entered was Date with an “e,” matching the handwriting of the enumerator elsewhere on the page.
There is a senior and there is a junior. First the junior David B. Date. In the 1880 census he is 33 and living in Franklin CT. In the 1870 census he is 23, born in Connecticut, and living in Middletown CT. In the 1850 census he is three years old and lives in Lyme (New London County) CT with his parents, David B. and Mary Date, and his younger sister Ellen. The senior David B. Date was 39 in 1850, and Mary was 25. All were born in Connecticut. The boy’s middle initial is “B”--as in the case of the 1880 David.
I found the Date family in the 1860 census, still living in Lyme. (The index has them as "Dale" instead of Date. You will see that the crossing of the "t" was wide of the mark.) The elder David B. Date is missing in 1860, and Mary is described as "Farming Widow." The daughter listed in 1850 as Ellen is now listed as "Helen." Additional children are Hiram and Frederic.
One can find Hellen Date in the 1870 census, living in Colchester (New London County) CT. She is 22 and single, and she works in the "Rubber Mill" or "Roller Mill." She is entered and transcribed as "Hellen," and the last name is transcribed correctly this time.
I am not related to this family but instead picked up the trail in response to a census challenge.