Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Finding My Folks in the 1940 U.S. Census on Ancestry.com - Post 2: Richmond Line

In my previous post, I found some of my Seaver family members in the 1940 U.S. Census, but not all of them.  My grandmother was missing, as was my uncle Edward R. Seaver.  See Finding My Folks in the 1940 U.S. Census on Ancestry.com.

In this post, I'm going to look for my Richmond relatives.  My grandmother, Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) had a number of siblings, and aunts, uncles and cousins.  I made a list of the Richmond relatives to search for in the 1940 U.S. Census.  Here is my list, and what I found:

1)  Grace (Richmond) Shaw (1876-1963, sister to Alma Richmond), a widow, resided in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts at 103 Walton Street. [1 correct]



2)  Fred R. Shaw (1909-1967, son of Grace (Richmond) Shaw), resided with his wife and daughter at 13 Tremont Street in Maynard, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: [3 correct]


3)  Emily (Richmond) Taylor (1879-1966) resided with her husband, George, her daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter at 4601 Terrace Drive in San Diego, San Diego County, California.  



Emily's last name was indexed as "Tayler" rather than "Taylor."  That is what the enumerator wrote! [4 correct, 1 enumeration error]

4)  William B. "Bud" Richmond (1909-2003, nephew of Alma Richmond) was not found in the 1940 U.s. Census on Ancestry.com, despite using all of my search tricks.  He should be residing in Santa Barbara, California.  I searched all of California.  I did find his mother, Jessie (Brown) (Richmond) Marcy residing in Santa Barbara with her husband, Charles. [2 correct, 1 missing]

5)  Earle R. Pickford (1890-1972, Alma Richmond's nephew) resided at 41 East Washington in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont with his wife and daughter. [3 correct]



6)  Henry W. Pickford (1895-1987, Alma Richmond's nephew) resided at 129 Walnut Street in Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts with his wife and son. [3 correct]



7)  Alice (Corey) Richmond (1885-1979, Alma Richmond's sister-in-law) resided at 41 Arlington Street in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts with her sister Nellie Corey (indexed as "Cosey"). [1 correct, 1 indexing error]




8)  Hannah (Richmond) Smith (1859-1947, born in R.I., aunt of Alma Richmond), married or a widow of Frank Smith, was not found in the 1940 U.S. Census.  She may have another married name. [I won't count this one]

9)  John Henry Richmond (1865-1947, born in R.I., uncle of Alma Richmond) and his wife Mary A. (Ramsey) Richmond (1866-1954, born in England) could not be found in the 1940 U.S. Census, despite using all of my search tricks in all states.  They resided all of their adult life in Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut. [2 missing]

10)  Thomas H.M. Richmond (1902-1987, born in Conn., cousin of Alma Richmond) and his wife Helen (1904-1999) and their four sons could not be found in the 1940 U.S. Census, despite using all of my search tricks in all states.  They resided all of their adult life in Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut.  [6 missing]

The totals are:

*  17 correctly enumerated and indexed
*  9 missing from the census (or I can't find them)
*  1 erroneous enumeration
*  1 erroneous index entry

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