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More_Cowbell

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5. I was just wondering about who answered the questions in 1940...

Reply to LiberalFighter (Reply #4)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 12:56 AM

Jun 2019

Last week, while looking up another relative, I saw the 1940 census for the house where I grew up, where at the time my great-grandfather was the owner and my grandparents (his son and daughter-in-law) and their kids also lived there.

My grandmother, who would have been 40, had her age listed as 35. I assume she was the one who lied about her age, not her husband or her father-in-law. Made me smile.

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No, the census has never been delayed. Even when it was really hard to conduct. [View all] Eugene Jun 2019 OP

I can't find anything to the contrary Raven123 Jun 2019 #1

Interesting info... LiberalFighter Jun 2019 #2

mrs. unblock was an enumerator for the 2010 census. it took about 6 weeks iirc. unblock Jun 2019 #3

I'm a genealogist. LiberalFighter Jun 2019 #4

I was just wondering about who answered the questions in 1940... More_Cowbell Jun 2019 #5

I've seen discrepancies like that. LiberalFighter Jun 2019 #6