As a genealogist for 39 years, I have found that census takers were not always big on spelling. Since young Edison was called "Al" and not Tom, no doubt that they were trying to spell "ALVA", an odd name even in that day.
-Scott Corbett -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DanKj Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 4:51 PM To: Antique Phonograph List; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison's Birthday Let me correct myself - he is clearly ennumerated as "M" for Male - but still named "Alana". Maybe I saw him as "F" on one of the transcribed index sites. Anyway, here's the page with the Edison Family: https://app.box.com/s/p8det7pbqlon0joib3iw ----- Original Message ----- From: "DanKj" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Central TexasThomas Edison Birthday Party | Darn, I forgot the date! | | Happy 167th, TAE. | | ps - in the 1850 Census, he was a GIRL named "Alana" ! _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
