October 3, 2015 - 31 Days to Better Genealogy - Day 3

31 Days to Better Genealogy - Day 3 Day 3 - Review the Census Your To-Do Take a look at the censuses you have for the ancestors you're working on. Do you have all of them, from their first one as a child to the last one before they died? If not, make a list of the ones you're missing and go look for them. (And if you do have all of them for your ancestors, go find all of the ones for their siblings. You never know what you'll find!) Updated my table, and now have the following questions, based on Census data available and reviewed: Big gaps still remain between the 1880 and 1910 census. Three children are reported in the 1910 census being born in Oklahoma. And, with the reported dates of birth, they were born in Oklahoma Territory.  Need to review state census for intermediate years. Oh, my table is now including the relevant citation format from Evidence Explained (2015). DATE AGE NAME PLACE SOURCE 5 Oct 65 Omaha, Nebraska Verified US. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. George Milton Rice. Father Jacob W. Rice, Mother Cornelia M. Reynolds. 1866 George Milton Rice Born Verified Find A Grave, Find A Grave, database with images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 October 2015), memorial 43054971, George M. Rice (1866-1958), Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, gravestone photograph by Judy Mayfield EE (2015), 5.16 1870 4 Merreck County, Nebraska Verified 1870 United States Federal Census, Post Office Chapmans Precinct No. Three, Merreck County, Nebraska, Page 3. PP 243, Dwelling 21, Family 20, Rice, Jacob (Head, 49, Birthplace: Pennsylvania), Rice, Cornelia, (Wife, 42, Birthplace: New York), Rice, Marrarh (Daughter, 12, Birthplace: Iowa), Rice, Simon (Son, 8, Birthplace: Iowa), Rice, Henry (Son, 6, Birthplace; Colorado), Rice Milton (Son, 4, Birthplace: Nebraska), Rice, Delilah (Daughter, 10/12, Birthplace: Nebraska) EE (2015), 6.27 1877 Spouse, Edna Virena Rice, born Verified Find A Grave, Find A Grave, database with images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 October 2015), memorial 43054946, Edna Virena Rice (1877-1933), Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, gravestone photograph by Judy Mayfield EE (2015), 5.16 1880 15 Cedron Township, Lincoln County, Kansas 1880 United States Federal Census, Cedron Township, Lincoln County, Rice, Jacob (Head, 55, Birthplace: Pennsylvania) [Father birthplace Pennsylvania; Mother birthplace Ireland], Rice, Cornelia (Wife, 51, Birthplace: New York) [Father birthplace New York; Mother birthplace New York], Rice, Simon J. (Son, 19, Birthplace: Iowa), Rice, Henry S. (Son, 16, Birthplace: Colorado), Rice, Milton S. (Son, 15, Birthplace: Nebraska), Rice, Delia, S. (Daughter, 10, Birthplace: Nebraska), Rice, Annie (Daughter, 9, Birthplace: Nebraska), Page 31, SD 3, ED 136, PP 499 EE (2015) 6.28 1910 43 Creswell Township, Cowley County, Kansas Verified 1910 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, ED 52, SD 3, Sheet 12 B, Visited 196, Family 203. Rice, Milton G. (Head, 43, Birthplace: Nebraska, Father’s birthplace: Pennsylvania, Mother’s birthplace: New York, married 10 years), Rice, Virena (Wife, 33, Birthplace: Missouri, Father’s birthplace: Missouri, Mother’s birthplace: Indiana, married 10 years; 4 children born, 3 children living), Rice, Beulah (Daughter, 9, Birthplace: Oklahoma), Rice, Nathalee (Daughter, 7, Birthplace: Oklahoma), Rice, Etta (Daughter, 3, Birthplace: Oklahoma ). EE (2015), 6.31 1920 54 Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas Verified 1920 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, ED 46m SD 103, Sheet 14A, Dwelling 359, Visited 359, Rice, George M. (Head, 54, Birthplace: Nebraska, Father’s birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother’s birthplace New York), Rice, Virena (Wife, 42, Birthplace: Missouri, Father’s birthplace Missouri, Mother’s birthplace Indiana), Rice, Buella A. (Daughter, 20, Birthplace: Oklahoma), Rice, Natheader W. (Daughter, 16, Birthplace: Oklahoma), Rice, Etta J. (Daughter, 15, Birthplace: Oklahoma), Rice, Ernest W, (Son, 6, Birthplace: Kansas) EE (2015), 6.31 1930 64 Arkansas City, Creswell, Cowley County, Kansas Verified 1930 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, ED 18-4, SD 12, Sheet 12 B, Dwelling 317, Family 350. Rice, George M. (Head, 64, Birthplace: Nebraska) [Father, Pennsylvania; Mother, New York], Rice, Virena (Wife, 52, Birthplace: Missouri) [Father, United States; Mother, Indiana], Rice, E. Woodrow (Son, 17, Birthplace: Kansas), Roberts, Leslie L. (Son in law, 31, Birthplace: Kansas, Father’s birthplace Illinois, Mother’s birthplace Illinois) EE (2015), 6.31 1933 Spouse, Edna Virena Rice, dies Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas Verified Find A Grave, Find A Grave, database with images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 October 2015), memorial 43054946, Edna Virena Rice (1877-1933), Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, gravestone photograph by Judy Mayfield EE (2015), 5.16 1940 74 Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas Verified 1940 United States Federal Census, WIDOWED, House 219, Family 420. 219 S 8th St. Rice, George M. (Head, 74, Birthplace, Nebraska), Roberts, Leslie L. (Son in Law, 42, Birthplace, Nebraska), Roberts, Nathalie (Daughter, 37, Birthplace, Oklahoma), Roberts, Rachel (Granddaughter 7, Birthplace Oklahoma ), Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, Population Schedule, Sheet 17 A, SD 3, ED 18-5 EE (2015), 6.31 1958 George Milton Rice Died Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas Verified Find A Grave, Find A Grave, database with images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 October 2015), memorial 43054971, George M. Rice (1866-1958), Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, gravestone photograph by Judy Mayfield EE (2015), 5.16