So while I was noodling around in the Webb family tree...

[dee_burris]

I found something else.

Isn't that the way it always works?

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In 1880, there were some people unrelated to Robert Newton Caldwell and Selina Sophia Webb in their household in Fenter, Grant Co., AR.

And one of them had a line drawn through his name when I looked at the image of the form.

Name: George Dallas
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1880: Fenter, Grant, Arkansas
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi
Occupation: Work On Farm

When I finished looking at the form, I went back to the transcription of the record.

And saw that little hint in the sidebar.

So I clicked on the link.

U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885
Name: George Dallas
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Marital Status: Single
Place of Birth: Mississippi
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Age: 22
Month of Death: Aug
Cause of Death: Thrown From Horse
Census Year: 1880
Census Location: (City, County, State)
Davis, Grant, Arkansas
Enumeration District: 96

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So the 22 year-old farmhand, George Dallas, died in August 1879 after being thrown from a horse.

And his name was crossed out on the form why?

The instructions say the census year began June 1, 1879 and ended May 31, 1880.

Comments

[rainbow]

I'd think it was written down because he was alive on 1 June 79, when the census year started, and crossed out because he'd died before 31 May 80, when the census year ended.