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Levi i East Chicago, IN 1930 med hustru och barn:
Love Gustafson 28
Edith Gustafson 27
Howard Gustafson 11/12
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Does it means that Howard Gustafson is borned the 11:th of december 1930?
U.S. censuses only provide an age (except for 1900, when that census also provided a month and year of birth). Howard was 11/12 of a year old, so that means he was eleven months old at the time of the census enumeration. This is NOT a specific date of birth.
If you check the actual census form, you will find the date of enumeration. You have to go back eleven months from that date to find when Howard was born.
I looked on Ancestry.com and found that family in the 1930 census. I know you have this information already, but I'm looking for the date of the enumeration.
Household Members:
Name Age
Love Gustafson 28
Edith Gustafson 27
Howard Gustafson 11/12
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: East Chicago, Lake, Indiana; Roll: 601; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 107; Image: 408.0.
Name: Love Gustafson (The form doesn't say Love, but I can't quite figure out what the name should be.)
Home in 1930: East Chicago, Lake, Indiana
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1902
Birthplace: Sweden
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Edith Gustafson
Race: White
Name: Edith Gustafson
Home in 1930: East Chicago, Lake, Indiana
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1903
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Love Gustafson
Race: White
Name: Howard Gustafson
Home in 1930: East Chicago, Lake, Indiana
Age: 0
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1929
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: Love Gustafson
Mother's name: Edith Gustafson
Race: White
The enumerator didn't write the date of enumeration on this particular page, but the census form says that the information is supposed to be for 1 April 1930. Of course the enumerator could not possibly visit every home on that date.
Based on the 1 April date, I suppose that Howard was born about May 1929.
Judy
(Meddelandet ändrat av Judy Olson Baouab 2011-05-02 21:18)
(Meddelandet ändrat av Judy Olson Baouab 2011-05-02 21:20)