Re: Andrew Eaton & Sarah Royster
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Andrew Eaton & Sarah Royster
Lindsey Daniels 3/15/09
Your great grandfather and his parents are found in the 1920 census:
Washington, Tacoma, Ward 3
Samuel S. Wilcox44yoborn: NebraskaFather: United StatesMother: United States
Bessie A. Wilcox 35yoborn: MontanaFather: IllinoisMother: Iowa
Darrell Wilcox 5yoborn: Washington
There are a couple of inconsistencies but I think that this Bessie A. Wilcox is almost certainly the same as the one in the 1900 census:
http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=004118876_00097&fn=Bessie+A&ln=Eaton&st=r&ssrc=&pid=73100400http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=004118876_00097&fn=Bessie+A&ln=Eaton&st=r&ssrc=&pid=73100400
Skookumchuck, Lewis, Washington
Andrew W. Eatonb. Dec. 1845 Indiana married 23 years Father: Tennessee Mother: Indiana
Sarah J. Eaton b. Nov. 1855 Iowa Father: VirginiaMother: Virginia
Wm W Eatonb. April 1978 Wyoming
Carrie M. Eaton b. Feb. 1880 Wyoming
Bessie A. Eaton b. Nov. 1883 Montana
Edgar C. Eaton b. July 1887 Montana
Raymond V. Eaton b. April 1894 Washington
Comparing the two records there are a couple of inconsistencies.First the age of Bessie A. is off by a year.She should be 36 in 1920 instead of 35.I have seen this a number of times where people just round their ages when giving it to the census taker or fudge to make themselves younger.The other is she gets her fathers place of birth wrong.I’m guessing she was probably unsure of where her parents were born, again not uncommon.Too many other items add up (name Bessie A., parents named Andrew and Sarah, birthplace Montana) for these 2 not to be the same person.
http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7884&iid=WAT624_1667-0473&fn=Bessie&ln=Eaton&st=r&ssrc=&pid=29981542http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7884&iid=WAT624_1667-0473&fn=Bessie&ln=Eaton&st=r&ssrc=&pid=29981542
Though she also didn’t know where her parents were born 10 years earlier in the 1910 census when she was single and not living with her parents:
Bessie Eaton roomer age 25 b. Montana Father: IowaMother: United States
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