Allison Royce Drake Part 5: Chewing on the 1870 US Census

Then there was an Eleanor Whitney.  She was born in 1837 in Ohio.  She was enumerated in Woodbridge, Hillsdale County, Michigan with her husband and family on 12 August 1870.

And lastly, there was and Elinor Camelin in Reading, Hillsdale County, Michigan.  According to the census, she was born in New York in 1828.  She, along with her family, was enumerated on 08 July 1870.

So what do we got?

• Elenor Vanelstine -- the spelling of the first name is not the same.  Birth year is not the same as Lucia, but she was born in Michigan.
• Eleanor Whitney -- the spelling of the first name is not the same, the birth year is not the same AND she was born in Ohio.
• And lastly -- Elinor Camelin.  Spelling of the first name is the same and the birth year not too far off but born in New York.

Now the Elinor listed under John Stout Drake has the correct birth year and she was born in Michigan.

So let's just step outside the box and say for a second that the Census Taker was wrong.