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Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Libby WREN
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:50:41 +0000 (UTC)
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Thanks for the tidbit about women "fudging"their birthdays once they hit their thirties. I have come across the same issue with my relatives-their year of birth seems to be different on several sources.



Does anyone know if a single women(an aunt) would list her niece/nephew as her own daughter/son in a census? Has anyone run across this situation before?



Thanks you all the great info!



Vic
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marianne Arnold" <>
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Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 8:07:51 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Libby WREN

She may have fudged her age a few years for the census. If she was  
born in 1852 she would have been 28 in 1880 and 38 in 1900. It was  
usually around 30 that the women started "dropping" a few years. I  
have a great-grandmother who "lost" nine years between 1880 and 1900.  
Also, could her name have been Mary Elizabeth, Mary being a common  
first name, then the second name the one actually used. Marianne Arnold
On Aug 14, 2009, at 8:59 AM, AnnEllen Barr wrote:

>
> I am at my wits end trying to find my grandfather's sister, Elizabeth
> "Libby" WREN (b. 1852) who remained in West Troy area when rest of the
> family moved to Wisconsin in 1863.
>
> I understand she was in "househould service" as an 11 year old; then
> In time married and stayed in that area raising her children.
>
> I wrote to Thomas Hanley, IHM Archivist in Watervliet who kindly sent
> Information about a Mary WREN who married a John TAGGART in West Troy
> At St. Patrick's Church in 1878.  He even sent info about the children
> Of this marriage baptized at St. Patrick's.
>
> I spent hours at our local library and accessed the Census listings
>> From 1880 and 1900 for the couple and also for the witnesses to the
> baptisms.
>
> I am not "comfortable" that this Mary was our Libby since it would
> Appear that this Mary was born (per 1880 Census) in 1856, not the 1852
> We Know to be our Elizabeth's date of birth.  While I know Census
> records are not always right, the different name and date of birth  
> make
> be
> Wary of accepting it.
>
> I hope that someone in your society might have knowledge of their
> Great-grandmother being our Libby WREN and contact me.
>
> AnnEllen Barr
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