16 May Genealogist for Hire May 16, 2020
Posted at 11:59h
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Have people ever lied to the census takers? While researching a client's ancestry, I came across a Jennie May Morrison, who on April 6, 1940, was recorded as living with her two daughters, declaring herself to be a married woman, but there is no husband listed. 6 days later, she appeared again in the census as the wife of Paul Morrison, with two different daughters. How could that be? The second set of daughters were the children of Paul and another wife named Irma Fisher. Irma posed as Jennie May in the census, so that Paul couldn't be accused of being...
