Genealogy Lesson #21: Vital Records: A Different Death Index

In the last lesson, posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, we moved from searching the NYC Municipal Death Records Index on the German Genealogy Group (GGG) website to the NYC Municipal Death Records Index provided by FamilySearch.org.

If you were able to find the death of my 3rd great aunt, Gertrude Joyce-Sheridan (born circa 1865 - died 1934) in the FamilySearch index, you can see their index provide much more detail about the death certificate. FamilySearch’s index provides the following data:

Gertrude M. Sheridan
New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949

Name: Gertrude M. Sheridan

Event Type: Death

Event Date: 21 Apr 1934

Event Place: New York City, Queens, New York, United States

Address: 905-Troy Ave

Residence Place: B'klyn, N.Y.

Gender:Female

Age:70

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Occupation: Domestic

Birth Year (Estimated): 1864

Birthplace: U. S. A.

Burial Date: 24 Apr 1934

Cemetery: Calvary Cemetery

Father's Name: John Joyce

Father's Birthplace: U. S. A.

Mother's Name: Mary O'Neil

Mother's Birthplace: Ireland



These are details taken from the actual death record. The name of her parents and thus Gertrude’s maiden name confirms that this indeed is MY Gertrude Sheridan.

This death certificate could now be ordered if one desired or one could got to their local Family History Center and view an image of the document for free.

It is good to also see the actual document because sometimes there are details that are not in the index, such as the cause of death, which might be of use or interest to the researcher.

You can certainly see though that not all indexes are built the same. Some of you might wonder why then anyone would look at this New York City Municipal Deaths Index anywhere other than FamilySearch. In short, human error. That is to say that sometimes there are records that make it into one index and not the other. 

When doing genealogy research you want to make sure you look everywhere possible and thus conduct what is known as an exhaustive search. It should be noted that there is also an index for New York City Municipal Death Records on Ancestry.com if you have access to that database.

Before moving on to marriage records, in the next lesson I will write about death records outside of New York City.

Genealogy Lesson #20: Vital Records: A Different Death Index

In the last lesson, posted on Friday, April 24, 2020, we investigated the NYC Municipal Death Records Index as provided by the German Genealogy Group (GGG).

Looking for my 3rd great aunt, Gertrude Joyce-Sheridan (born circa 1865) who died sometime between 1930 and 1940. Using just her name in the GGG’s New York City Municipal Archives Death Records Index should have resulted in 5 hits.

Using Gertrude’s estimated date of birth, 1865, which I derived from census records we can do some simple math to compare the ages of the individuals listed in our search results.

• Gertrude #1 born in 1919 - died at age 4 = born in about 1915
• Gertrude #2 born in 1925 - died at age 40 = born in about 1885
• Gertrude #3 born in 1934 - died at age 70 = born in about 1864
• Gertrude #4 born in 1945 - died at age 54 = born in about 1890
• Gertrude #5 born in 1945 - died at age 45 = born in about 1900

It is Gertrude #3 that is likely our Gertrude Sheridan. However, there isn’t enough information in this index to really know for use.

Ordering this document from the New York City Municipal Archives would cost you about $20. I think that is a very expensive good guess. Before taking that step, let’s look at the New York City Municipal Archives Death Record Index through another source.

Sign into your FamilySearch.org account.

Click on Search. This is usually located in the top navigation bar.

Choose Records. This is usually accessible by hovering on the work “Search” in the top navigation bar.

Go to the “Find A Collection” section of the search page. This section is usually on the bottom right.

Type into the search box “New York, New York” and you will see a drop down menu appear for the New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949.

Do a search again for Gertrude Sheridan with the date of death range 1934 to 1934.

Can you find her death record in the index? If so, what other details have you learned from the data listed? 

I will share with you what I have found in my next post.

Genealogy Lesson #19: Vital Records: Death Certificates

Vital records are the documentation of life events kept under governmental authority. In other words, official birth, marriage, and death records. Just like with our census research we are going to work backwards through time beginning with someone’s death and moving back to the person’s marriage, if they had one, and then their birth.

Vital records are managed by the individual states in which the event occurred. There is no centralized location of birth, marriage, and death (BMD) records for all of the United States. Therefore it is critical for you to know where the event occurred.

Frequently the state in which an individual dies is also the state in which they were born but this is certainly not always the case. Often we also assume that the individual died close to home but that is also not always the case. I have several ancestors who were away from home when they died. You might know where the family lived for decades but you may come to find out your relative died in say an accident that occurred far from home. I offer the example of my 3rd great grandfather, John Joyce.

The Joyce family owns a huge plot in Calvary Cemetery in Queens County, New York; one of the largest cemeteries in the United States. I was certain John had to be interred in that plot. Unlike so many of my family gravesites, their plot had a huge headstone. John’s name does not appear on that stone. Sometimes a family doesn’t keep up with the engraving on a headstone; maybe they can’t afford to. For whatever reason I have discovered many interments not listed on a headstone but recorded in the cemetery’s records.

Calvary Cemetery charges an exorbitant amount of money to tell you the names of all the individuals buried in one plot. I paid them only to find out John Joyce is not buried in the Calvary plot he paid for.

For years I combed through the NYC Death Indexes available through several databases looking for John; convinced he had to have died in NY. Then last year a little shaky leaf appeared on John’s name in my family tree suggesting records from the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938. I sincerely doubted these could be records for my John Joyce; a man with a very common name. Upon careful review of the image of the document I saw the name of his wife listed; also a very common name, Mary Ann Joyce. 

What was not common about the record though was the family’s address. Listed right there was the address I knew to be that of my Joyce family in New York City in 1910. So as it turns out John Joyce died in a Soldier’s Home in Dayton Ohio. His death certificate will therefore be in Ohio.

Be careful to recognize what you know AND what you think you know.

For this exercise we are going to compare the New York City Death Index as recorded in a variety of databases.

For the first part you will need to use the website: https://www.germangenealogygroup.com/

They provide free access to the New York City Municipal Archives Death Records Index as they were one of the groups who originally volunteered to index the New York City Municipal Archives Death Records.

Why are we using New York City records, you might ask, as opposed to looking at records for your specific ancestors located wherever they may have died. Well, because it is estimated that approximately 40 percent of all Americans are descended from people who immigrated through Ellis Island during its years of operation; 1892 to 1954. Although not all of those immigrants ultimately settled in NYC, potentially a good percentage of you will have some relative who experienced some life event in NYC.

Go to https://www.germangenealogygroup.com/

On the left navigation bar, click Database Searches. That will expand the list and several boxes down you will see a button for Death Records. Click on the link for Death Records. That will expand again and several boxes down you will click on the link to NYC Municipal Archives. That link will open a search page for you.

Note that it will show you want date ranges are available for each county of New York City. Scroll down a bit and you will see a green button that reads “Continue to Database Search Form.” Click on that button.

Search for Gertrude Sheridan. She is my 3rd great aunt; the daughter of the aforementioned John Joyce. Therefore her maiden name was Joyce. She appears in the 1930 U.S. Census but I can’t find her in the 1940 census. I am assuming she died in the 1930s. According to census records she was born in about 1964 or 1965.

Can you find a death record in the German Genealogy Group’s index of NYC Death Records for Gertrude?

If so, record all the given details provided in the index.

Last Name, Given Name, Age, Date, Year, Certificate Number, and County.

Genealogy Lesson #18: End of Working with the Census and Introducing Vital Records

First, here are the answers to the scavenger hunt questions from lesson #17 posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2020.

Looking in the 1850 Census:

1. Where is the family of Leonard and Lydia Losee living in 1850?

• Leonard and Lydia Losee were living in Huntington, not Freeport Long Island. Huntington is a town on the North Shore of Long Island while Freeport is on the South Shore.

2. What is Leonard’s occupation?

• In the 1850 census Leonard’s occupation is listed as Hotel Keeper as opposed to Fisherman in the 1860 census.

3. Name the children living with Leonard and Lydia?

• Three children are living with Leonard and Lydia Losee. Mary J. Losee (age 10), John M. Losee (age 9), and Theodore Bennett (age 2)

Who the heck is Theodore Bennett and where are the children from the 1860 census that should be in the 1850 census, Benjamin F. Losee (should be age 7), Leander Losee (should be age 5)? These questions remain unanswered for me. 

One good records often answers some questions but stirs a few more.

What we have learned through using the census, though, is that it helps genealogists to see a family line evolve. It helps us to move back through time watching parents regress to children, as it were, and their parents become children as well. 

The census groups together family sets that we can watch grow and diminish, separate and come together. It is a handy, handy tool for genealogists. A tool that was not created for the needs of genealogists but one we most certainly benefit from. So fill out your 2020 census for the sake of generations to come.

For the next few lessons we are going to examine vital records. Vital records are the documentation of life events kept under governmental authority. In other words, official birth, marriage, and death records.

Just like with our census research we are going to work backwards through time beginning with someone’s death and moving back to the person’s marriage, if they had one, and then to their birth.

I encourage you to search in your own family documents to see if you own a family member’s death certificate. In our next lesson we will be dissecting the critical bits of data supplied by a death certificate and comparing death records to death indexes.

Genealogy Lesson #17: The 1850 U.S. Federal Census

First, here are the answers to the scavenger hunt questions from lesson #16 posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

In the 1860 census you were look John Losee who was born on 17 August 1841 and his father Leonard Losee.

1. What is John Losee’s occupation?

• Fisherman

2. Is John’s occupation the same as his father Leonard’s?

• Yes, Leonard Losee is also listed as a fisherman.

3. How many children do Leonard and Lydia have living with them?

• 5

4. What are the children’s names?

• Mary Jane (age 20), John (age 19), Benjamin F (age 17), Leander (age 15), Sarah (age 4)

5. Which of the kids attended school in 1860?

• Benjamin and Leander.

6. What town and “Post Office” is this family residing in?

• Town of Hempstead, Post Office: Hempstead

Now, try your hand at finding my Losee line in the 1850 census.

As you recall, you can access the individual U.S. Federal Census record sets through a multitude of databases, however, we were using FamilySearch.org.

Sign into your FamilySearch.org account.

Click on Search. This is usually located in the top navigation bar.

Choose Records. This is usually accessible by hovering on the work “Search” in the top navigation bar.

Go to the “Find A Collection” section of the search page. This section is usually on the bottom right.

Type into the search box “United States Census” and you will see a drop down menu appear listing all the U.S. Census records sets.

Choose United States Census, 1850.

The 1850 census is the first to list every household member by name. Keeping in mind that enslaved people were not listed by name, instead they were listed on what are known as the Slave Schedules. Whereas the 1870 census often proves to be a stonewall for African-American genealogy researchers, the 1850 census often proves to be a barrier for those with Early American non-enslaved (white) lineage.

We won’t be examining the 1840-1790 census for now as those records only list the head of household followed by marks to indicate the number of family members categorized by race, sex, and age. Instead, we will be moving on to discuss other important genealogical resources; specifically, the vital records.

This 1850 census, though, is a curious census for me. Let’s see if your review of my Losee line in the 1850 census brings up the same questions for you as it does for me.

Look for John Losee (born on 17 August 1841) living in the household of his father Leonard Losee (born in about 1817). Remember that Leonard’s wife’s name is Lydia A. She was born in about 1820.

1. Where is the family of Leonard and Lydia Losee living in 1850?
2. What is Leonard’s occupation?
3. Name the children living with Leonard and Lydia?

Have fun and stay tuned!

Genealogy Lesson #16: The 1860 U.S. Federal Census

First, here are the answers to the scavenger hunt questions from lesson #15 posted on Tuesday, April 14, 2020.

1. Being that John Losee Jr. was born in 1870, he may not appear in the 1870 census. Although maybe he does. Can you find him?

• You should be able to find him.

2. If you can find John Jr., how old is he on the record?

• John Jr. is listed as being 2/12 in the 1870 census which means 2 months old. This is actually the record in which I learned his month of birth. Unlike the 1900 census which we learned listed everyone’s month of birth, the 1870 census listed the month of birth for anyone born within a year of the census which was taken in June of 1870. It clearly lists that John Jr. was born in March. Thus he was almost 3 months old.

3. What are the names of John Sr.’s children?

• John Losee St. is living with his wife and 4 children in his parents’ home; Leonard and Lydia Losee. His children’s names are Benjamin F (age 6), Georgianna (age 4), Oliver (age 2), and John Jr. (age 2 months)

4. John Sr.’s has a sister living in the household. What is her name?

• Right below John’s mother Lydia’s name, we see John’s younger sister Sarah Losee (age 14) listed as living in the household too.

In the 1870 Census an important detail disappeared from the recorded data. It didn’t list the relationships between the head of household and the people in the house. So you are left making assumptions about the relationships. For instance, is the younger woman really the wife and the little ones all that man’s children or could, on the rare chance, that younger woman really be the head of the household's widowed sister living there with her brother and her children? These things most certainly happened. 

In genealogy it is important to recognize the difference between what is stated in documentation and conclusions you are drawing on your own.

For now, try your hand at finding my Losee line in the 1860 census.

John Jr. won’t be there as he was after 1860, as were all his siblings. Look instead for his father John Losee who was born on 17 August 1841 in Freeport, NY and John Sr.’s father Leonard Losee. Also remember that Leonard had at least one other child, Sarah Losee who was born in about 1856.

After you find the census record answer the following questions:

1. What is John Losee’s occupation?
2. Is John’s occupation the same as his father Leonard’s?
3. How many children do Leonard and Lydia have living with them?
4. What are the children’s names?
5. Which of the kids attended school in 1860?
6. What town and “Post Office” is this family residing in?

Answers to these questions will appear in the next lesson as long as a bit of info on the 1850 census.

Have fun!

Genealogy Lesson #15: The 1870 U.S. Federal Census

Before delving into the significance of the 1870 census, here are the answers to the scavenger hunt questions from lesson #14 posted on Monday, April 13, 2020.

1. What are the first names of the other married couple in this household?

• The other married couple at the address Leonard Losee (age 64) and Lydia A. Losee (age 60)

2. How do you suppose the other married couple is related to John Sr.?

• Leonard and Lydia are John Losee Sr.’s parents

3. For how many months, if any, was John Sr. unemployed?

• 3 months. The question asks how many months the person has been unemployed in the census year, not in the last 12 months. This census was taken in June 1880 and already John Sr. has been unemployed for 3 months.

4. What was John Sr.’s occupation?

• John Sr. is an oyster planter as is his father, Leonard.

5. What is John Sr.’s wife’s name?

• Susan A. Losee

6. How was John Jr. feeling on the day this census was taken?

• John Jr., who was only 9 years-old on the day this census was taken, is listed as ill. He, along with his older brother Oliver C. (age 11) have chills and fever.

Now, the 1870 Census is of critical importance for those doing African-American family history research because it is the first one in which formerly enslaved individuals are recorded by name; meaning this may be the furthest back one can find their African-American ancestor in a U.S. Federal census record. Making the jump from the 1870 census back to the 1860 census can often prove to be challenging, if not impossible, for most African-American genealogy researchers. For a lot of African-American family lines 1870 is the brickwall. However, that is not always the case. So if you are of African-American descent, don’t resign yourself to thinking 1870 is the end of your research. It may be the end of researching that line in the census but it is not the end of your research.

Some African-American genealogy researchers may come to find that their people were actually free people of color in 1860 though, or they may be able to see how their surname was derived from a white slave owner and pinpoint the owner in the 1860 census. This is presented in many genealogy reality shows such as Finding Your Roots.

However, there are also other significant records that may extend one’s African-American research, such as the U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, which I will post about in the future.

For now, try your hand at finding my Losee line in the 1870 census.

To facilitate your search recall that my great-great grandfather, John M. Losee Jr. was born March 1870 in Freeport, NY and died 24 May 1940 in Freeport, NY. His father, John Losee was born on 17 August 1841 in Freeport, NY and died on 10 February 1918 in Freeport, NY.

After you find the census record answer the following questions:

1. Being that John Jr. was born in 1870, he may not appear in the 1870 census. Although maybe he does. Can you find him? 
2. If you can find John Jr., how old is he on the record?
3. What are the names of John Sr.’s children?
4. John Sr.’s has a sister living in the household. What is her name?

Answers to these questions will appear in the next lesson as long as a bit of info on the 1860 census.

Genealogy Lesson #14: The 1880 U.S. Federal Census

This week we’re going to finish up our scavenger hunt through the U.S. Census using my Losee family line.

As you recall, you can access the individual U.S. Federal Census record sets through a multitude of databases, however, we were using FamilySearch.org.

Sign into your FamilySearch.org account.

Click on Search. This is usually located in the top navigation bar.

Choose Records. This is usually accessible by hovering on the work “Search” in the top navigation bar.

Go to the “Find A Collection” section of the search page. This section is usually on the bottom right.

Type into the search box “United States Census” and you will see a drop down menu appear listing all the U.S. Census records sets.

Choose United States Census, 1880.

My great-great grandfather was John M. Losee Jr.(born March 1870 in Freeport, NY - died 24 May 1940 in Freeport, NY) Being a junior (Jr.) we can safely assume that his father was John Losee Sr. Although, one should keep in mind that Senior (Sr.) is not part of a man’s official name until he names a son after himself. For most of John Sr.’s life he was just known as John Losee. My 3rd great grandfather, John Losee was born on 17 August 1841 in Freeport, NY and died on 10 February 1918 in Freeport, NY.

You can search the 1880 Census for either John Losee, Jr. or Sr., as both would have been alive and well in 1880.

Answer the following questions:

1. What are the first names of the other married couple in this household?
2. How do you suppose the other married couple is related to John Sr.?
3. For how many months, if any, was John Sr. unemployed?
4. What was John Sr.’s occupation?
5. What is John Sr.’s wife’s name?
6. How was John Jr. feeling on the day this census was taken?

Stay tuned for answers in tomorrow’s post.

Only at Weddings and Funerals

I am taking a pause from posting genealogy lessons. The last few days have been especially rough as associates and family members are reporting more and more cases of Covid-19.

A colleague at work lost her husband to coronavirus and on Monday, April 6, 2020, my great aunt, Anna Marie Henry-Cramer succumbed to it at the age of 92. Her passing is especially painful in that the family cannot gather. Her children, most of which live outside of NY, are cousins we rarely get to see.You know that terrible fact that some relatives only get to see each other at weddings and funerals; well, not this time.

Genealogy Lesson #13: The 1890 U.S. Federal Census

I hope that you used this past weekend’s lack of lessons to reflect on what you have learned so far; especially from the maternity questions in the 1910 and 1900 census records.

You should have seen that Flora Losee had two children between 1900 and 1910; both of whom had survived until 1910. The one child she lost died before 1900.

A look at the numbers of births compared to living children on those two census records for all the adult women reveals a sad rate of infant mortality. Miscarriage is still common today, much more common than most people realize, but children born today have a much better chance of survival than they did 110 - 120 years ago. Thank God.

Turning our attention to the one more step back in the census, today’s info is about the 1890 Census.

The 1890 census, as most genealogy researches are sadly aware, was destroyed as a result of a fire where they were stored in the Commerce Building in Washington, D.C. on January 10, 1921. The the first census to be tabulated by a machine known as Hollerith’s Machine, didn’t actually go up in flames, though. It suffered water damages and was later destroyed in 1935. Many years after the fire, the Bureau of Census sent a list of papers no longer needed to the Librarian of Congress. The list included item 22, "Schedules, Population . . . 1890, Original." The Librarian didn’t identify the item as permanent and thus Congress authorized its destruction on February 21, 1933. The actual destruction didn’t take place for at least another 2 years. You can read more about the 1890 Census’s fate here: https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1996/spring/1890-census-1.html

It really is a terrible loss for genealogists because based on the existing aggregate data it represented a population increase of about 25% since the 1880 Census. That increase was in part the result of a tremendous amount of immigration that took place between 1880 and 1890. It also would have reflected a great amount of westward migration.

About 1% of it did survive though. Perhaps you are lucky enough to find your ancestors in the fragments that exist from Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, and the District of Columbia. Give it a shot. Take a look. My family isn’t in there though.

Genealogy Lesson #12: The 1900 U.S. Federal Census Uniqueness

1900 is my favorite census because it is the only one which records every person’s month of birth; not just the year. This is really helpful when you are looking for birth certificates. In a few days we’re going to start to discuss vital records. Vital records are birth, marriage, and death records. For now though, let’s reflect on the maternity questions which only appear in two censuses; 1910 and 1900.

In Lesson # 11, we looked for Ethel Losee-Earle’s mother, Flora Losee, and her answers to the maternity questions in the 1910 Census. It was reported that Flora had given birth to 7 children, 6 of which were alive in 1910.

Today when you look for Flora Losee (born about 1875), wife of John Losee Jr. of Freeport, New York, in the 1900 census you will see the answers gathered for the same maternity questions. Compare Flora’s 1910 answers to her 1900 answers. What can you deduce from both sets of responses?

Genealogy Lesson #11: The 1910 U.S. Federal Census Maternity Questions

Part of the reason I have chosen my Losee line for these exercises is that I have already traced this line though more than 100 years of U.S. Census Records. I want you to see what can be learned by really reading a record.

This line arrived on this continent in the mid-1600s. I am not oblivious though to the fact that you may not have ancestors who lived in the U.S. this far back or even as far back as the 1940 Census. If you have found your family in previous census searches you might have seen that years of immigration and naturalization status were part of the data collected. I have lessons coming on searching for immigration records in the near future. Let’s see these census searches through though.

The 1910 Census is one of my favorites because it is only 1 of 2 census that collected data for what are known as the maternity questions. In 1910 and 1900 all adult women were asked 2 questions; how many children had they given birth to and how many of those children were now living.

When you go looking for my great-grandmother, Ethel, at age 14 living in Freeport, NY with her parents John and Flora Losee, I want you to scroll up and down the page; take note of the difference between the numbers reported by each mother. The difference between the two columns often indicates that there were children who didn’t live long enough to be reported in any census records. Now granted there are instances when a child was alive in 1900 and didn’t live to see the 1910 census. Maybe those “children” were even adult children. We are going to see if that is the case when we compare today’s search of the 1910 census with tomorrow’s search of the 1900 census.

If you have any questions, just message me. AND please continue to explore census records for your own ancestors if you can.

Genealogy Lesson #10: Reflection on U.S. Census 1940, 1930, and 1920

A critical part of learning is reflection; pausing to ask one’s self what did I do, what have I learned, what more do I need to know, what worked, what didn’t work.

At this point you have looked at 3 datasets; The U.S. Federal Census records for 1940, 1930, and 1920.

Alongside looking for your own family in these record sets through FamilySearch.org, we learned a lot when looking for my great grandfather, Abram Earle.

Based on the 1930 Census, we hypothesized that Abram’s wife’s maiden name was Losee because there was a man living in the household named Forest Losee and Forest was listed as Abram’s brother-in-law. In Lesson #9 you were asked to examine the neighbors which revealed a Losee family living right next door.

In the 1920 census, the Losee family next door to Abram Earle was comprised of the following people:

• Losee, John Jr. Head 48
• Losee, Flora Wife 45
• Losee, Luman Son 25
• Losee, Forrest Son 22
• Losee, Marion Daughter 21
• Losee, Fred Son 17
• Losee, Chancy Son 10
• Losee, Georgianna Sister 53

Ah, there we see Forrest Losee. Even though the spelling of his first name is different from what we saw in the 1930 census, we can conclude that this is the same man. His name is unique enough and his age lines up with the man listed as the brother-in-law to Abram Earle in the 1930 census.

Spelling never counts. Think about the situation in which this record was created. A census taker came to the door and hand wrote what was said to him or her. You’re going to find a wide variety of spellings of surnames and first names as you go through records. You have to use the other details to help confirm if you have the right individual.

Based on the 1920 census we can now say that Ethel Losee-Earle was the daughter of John Losee Jr. & Flora Losee; the couple that lived next door. We can also see that Ethel was the second oldest child of at least 6 siblings; Luman, Ethel, Forrest, Marion, Fred, and Chauncy. It also appears that John Losee Jr., who will likely be the son of John Losee, had an older sister named Georgianna.

From the 1920 record we can also do some math and determine approximate years of birth for the family member. Like spelling, these dates may be off for several reasons. Perhaps the person who answered the door wasn’t sure of the household member’s age. Also, these censuses were taken in the spring so sometimes the family member hadn’t had his or her birthday yet.

• Losee, John Jr. Head 48 (born about 1872)
• Losee, Flora Wife 45 (born about 1875)
• Losee, Luman Son 25 (born about 1895)
• Losee, Forrest Son 22 (born about 1898)
• Losee, Marion Daughter 21 (born about 1899)
• Losee, Fred Son 17 (born about 1903)
• Losee, Chancy Son 10 (born about 1910)
• Losee, Georgianna Sister 53 (born about 1867)

We learned a lot from the census about the family and its members.

In the next lesson we will continue to push back through the U.S. Census. For now though, take some time today to reflect on what you have learned thus far about your family by looking at them in the 1940, 1930, and 1920 U.S. Census.

Message me if you need any help at all.