Making sense of an Iowa census 1925

[brigidmac]

I've looked at original census for Rockwell city and cant reconcile it with the Ancestry transcription .

The column for house numbers is not in consecutive order,
So I'm not sure who is living with who.

I didn't realize where the  information about parents came from until I looked at the next page ...it's wonderful that their names ,origins and place of marriage is given ..


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Unfortunately the handwriting is very bad so I'm not sure if information is transcribed correctly .

I'm interested in line ,129 especially if George Lan.... was born in Ireland, where according to transcription his parents married .

He's at house 13
.. the head of house ?

Who are the people several lines above also at house ,13

Is he related to "Ellen TAYLON in line 130 ?
Transcribed as wife but in house ,12 !

Other anomalies later in columns
 he's been in Ohio 67 years
 in USA for 70
but he will be  66 next birthday ( backwards maths ?)

If you can see original could you confirm what I found ...mother's name phepa CULVER

Here,s a clip from  first page

[Erato]

How about giving a link to the census page you're interested in.

[brigidmac]

How do i do that erato ?
When i click on ref it justs opens the census

Sorry im still a technophobe.

Ive asked for this post to be put on handwriting board but will post about the man and his connection s if its the right person .

[brigidmac]

https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1084/

Is that it?

* .no it doesn't seem to be
Its George H LANGDON b abt 1858 ireland
Residing 1925 rockwell ioha

[Erato]

I don't have Ancestry.  I can get the 1925 Iowa census at FamilySearch but I don't know what page you're looking at.  What is the name of the person you're looking at?

[Christine53]

I think this is the page in question :

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99XG-D632?i=240&cc=2224537&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQKQW-5MJM

[Erato]

Line 129:  Taylor, George, born in Indiana, both parents born in Ohio, married in Indiana

[JenB]

Other anomalies later in columns
 he's been in Ohio 67 years
 in USA for 70
but he will be  66 next birthday ( backwards maths ?)

If you are talking about the chap in line 129, he's 67 at his next birthday, has lived in the USA for 67 years and in Iowa for 40 years.

[JenB]

The column for house numbers is not in consecutive order,
So I'm not sure who is living with who.

The writing in the 'house number' column is completely different to the other writing on the page. I think it might have been added later, and doesn't necessarily relate to house numbers (although what it does relate to I'm not sure).