[or-roots] More Census headache

[RondaRed at aol.com]

I wanted to share my Census Headache and the interesting twist.
I searched for a very long time for my James Preston Johnson in the 1880  
census in the household of his father. After a while we had reason to believe  
his father was Shadrick Johnson. We had an old photograph also that had Doc  
Johnson as the name of the man in the photograph. I searched and searched for  
James P. Johnson and could find no trace of him anywhere. I finally started  
searching the indexes for Shadrick Johnson and found one that was the right age  
and was even listed as a physician, but he was alone with no other Johnson's 
in  the household. I kept going back to this Shadrick Johnson as I just felt he 
was  the right person but I couldn't figure out where his family was. Then I 
took a  look at the census image and a light bulb went on. In the household 
was his wife  and children but with a different surname. Go figure this one out. 
I will paste  the 1870 and 1880 census extraction here. 
 
** 1870 Census, Barry County Missouri, Roaring River, Page #4, Ancestry  
Image 4 of 17, 
Johnson, Shade    View Image Online  
Birthplace:  Kentucky  State: Missouri   
Age:  25  County: Barry  
Gender:  Male  Township: Roaring River  
Race:  White  Post Office: Cassville  
Year:  1870  Roll: M593_757  
Page:   717  Image: 143  
Johnson, Shade, Age 25, White Male, School  Teacher, b. Kentucky
Johnson, Mary, Age 25, White Female, b.  Illinois
Johnson, James P., Age 1, White Male, b. Missouri
 
** 1880 Census, Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas, District 226,  
Ancestry Image 22 of 24, Page 191B, Household 131, family 262
Dronville  TORBETT   Self   M   Male   W  Age  31   TN   Provisian Store   VA 
   TN  
Sophia TORBETT   Wife   M    Female   W   Age 26   AR   Keeping  House   KY   
TN  
George W. SMITH    Other   M   Male   W   Age  26   MO   Barber   MO   TN   
William CAMPBELL   Other   S    Male   W   Age 27   TN    Barber   SC   TN  
Shadrick  JOHNSON   Other   S   Male    W   Age 36   KY   Physicion    TN   
KY  
John C. EARL1   Self    M   Male   W   29   NC    Attrney At Law   NC   NC  
Mary  EARL   Wife   M   Female   W    36   IL   Keeping House   TN   KY   
James P. EARL   Son   S    Male   W   11   MO       KY   KY  
Sarah EARL   Dau    S   Female   W   7    MO      KY   KY  
Edward E.  EARL   Son   S   Male   W    3   KS      KY   KY   
****** I believe Mary Earl, James P. Earl, Sarah Earl, and Edward Earl are  
really the family of Shadrick Johnson, and that there was a mistake made on the 
 census. Mary, James P. and Sarah all match with Shadrick's  family.
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