Last Sunday I wrote about Ulysses Jollett’s widow Sadie
and my inability to find her in the 1940 census. Fortunately finding Leanna Jollett Knight’s
widowed husband James Mitchell Knight was a snap.
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James Mitchell Knight (75) was living as a widower with one
of their eleven children, son James Frank Knight (37 – probably incorrect age)
and family including James’ wife Maggie (47), son Edward (20) and daughter
Margrette (15). Mitchell was listed as
UNABLE to work and had lived with his son in White Hall in Albemarle County,
Virginia, at least since 1935, the year before Leanna’s death. At the
time of the previous census, Mitchell and Leanna had been living on their own
farm in Nortonsville, Albemarle County, Virginia.
James Frank owned his house valued at $700 and was a
farmer. His son Edward was a farm
laborer, likely working for his father who was listed as an EMPLOYER.
No one in this family had much education. Mitchell, his son James Frank, and grandson
Edward each had completed only 4 years of school. Maggie completed 6 and Margrette only 3. Based on an earlier census, I believe
Margrette’s age is incorrectly recorded as 15 but should be only 10, which makes
3 years of school appropriate.
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| Jollett spouses with James Franklin Jollett at a reunion about 1928 Will Sullivan, Decatur Breeden, Mitchell Knight, Sadie Jollett, Walter Davis, Jack Coleman, James Franklin Jollett |
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Mathias. All rights reserved.
While I generally appreciate census records, it is frustrating to see the record include such incorrect information as those ages. I guess if you take the information and weave it into a much bigger picture, the variants don't seem as crucial.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had an easier go of finding this widowed spouse than you did last week!
I've grown accustomed to inconsistencies from census to census. Now it's like getting a present when someone is actually 10 years older in the next record.
DeleteIsn't it fun to score an easy genealogy find once in a while?! That's a great photo too. Look at all those vintage cars in the background. Too cool!
ReplyDeleteI love this picture and its companion which is all the Jollett children lined up with their father. The cars are really cool and I wonder whose they were.
DeleteWhile the cars are cool, look at the beard on Jack Coleman. And is that a beard that James Franklin is sporting?
ReplyDeleteYes, both bearded men. If you need better views, click on their names under the Labels section to the right.
DeleteCool picture. Would have loved to have known them!
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