Actually, the census is correct. It is important to understand the rules about
census data:
"The census day was NOT the day the enumerator arrived at a household; it was
the day for which all the statistics of the census were collected. The
instructions given to all the U.S. Marshals just prior to the 1820 census
explain:
"All the questions refer to the day when the enumeration is to commence, the
first Monday in August next. Your assistants will thereby understand that
they are to insert in their returns all the persons belonging to the family
on the first Monday in August, even those who may be deceased at the time
when they take the account; and, on the other hand, that they will not
include in it infants born after that day."
Similar instructions have been given for every census since 1790, but with
different census days. The table below shows the census day for each census,
1790 to 1930, and the time allowed to take the census:
Census Year / Census Day / Time Allowed
1790 / 2 August / 9 months
1800 / 4 August / 9 months
1810 / 6 August / 10 months
1820 / 7 August / 13 months
1830 / 1 June / 12 months
1840 / 1 June / 18 months
1850 / 1 June / 5 months
1860 / 1 June / 5 months
1870/ 1 June / 5 months
1880 / 1 June/ 1 month
1890 / 1 June / 1 month
1900 / 1 June / 1 month
1910 / 15 April / 1 month
1920 / 1 January / 1 month
1930 / 1 April / 1 month"
He was alive on 1 April 1930, albeit, for only 10 hours, but he was alive, so
the census is correct.
CE
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To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Dates
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 22:48:26 -0500
>snip< My great grandfather died on April 1, 1930 at 10am, but he is listed in
>the 1930 census on April 5, 1930 as father to head of household. I was told
>the day the census taker came to his house he was lying in a casket in the
>front parlor. The census form shows to name "each person whose place of abode
>on April 1, 1930 was in this family." His occupation would have ceased at
>10am on April 1, 1930. Anyone just using this census would not know he had
>died before April 5, 1930 unless they had seen an obituary. According to
>records, he was actually buried on April 4 so the date of the census or that
>family lore about being in the casket in the parlor seems to be wrong. It's
>ironic that he was a big practical joker then died on April Fool's Day. Bill
>Boswell
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