Looking for 1910 census records for Emanuel County, Georgia

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In my cyclical quest to connect the people on my watchlist, mostly leftovers from my initial GEDCOM  upload, I am constantly confounded by the same ones. One of the bits of info that came with the upload is that LU (Lu? Lou? Louise?) Moseley is present on the 1910 census for Emanuel County Georgia. I don't have enough information on her for Familysearch to be much help, and I haven't found much pursuing other paths. I know the 1890 census records were mostly destroyed by fire, but I thought that was before 1910, so I don't know why the 1910 records are eluding me. Anyone know where I can find this information? If I hve to read every single name on the record, I will, to get this person sourced and connected.
WikiTree profile: Lee Alford
in Genealogy Help by Debi Matlack G2G6 Mach 9 (93.5k points)
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It might be easier for us to help you find her if you threw in some more information, parents, siblings, husband children, do you know anything else about her?
by Jeanie Roberts G2G6 Pilot (139k points)
See, Jeanie, that's the problem, I don't know anything more about her.
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There are a few unsourced trees listing her father as George Lawrence Moseley 1861-1915. They list her name as Luretta.

This is the closest census record I can find:

Name: Lawrence Mosley
Age in 1910: 49
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1910: Militia District 50, Emanuel, Georgia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lucy Ann Mosley
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Gen Farm
Employer, Employee or Other: Employer
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Free
Farm or House: Farm
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 25
Out of Work: N
Number of weeks out of work: 0
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Lawrence Mosley 49
Lucy Ann Mosley 53
Manie Mosley 21
Sallie Mosley 18
Alice Mosley 16
George Mosley 15
Lawson Mosley 13

 

Source Citation

Year: 1910; Census Place: Militia District 50, Emanuel, Georgia; Roll: T624_186; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0094; FHL microfilm: 1374199

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
Thank you Doug! I wasn't finding much, sometimes it just takes a different pair of eyes. Of course it's on Ancestry, that I do not have access to. Do you happen to have a link for the census information or a .pdf?
Thank you Greg. I guess this source will remain a mystery to me, unless Ancestry has a freebie day sometime. I appreciate the effort.
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Debi:  I found two "L" Mosleys born in 1903 in the Emanuel Co. 1910 census.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLK2-S1S

Her father's name is George; hers is Lee.  

There is also a Lottie B. -- her father's name is William

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLK2-HD8

I looked at what you wrote and decided to just should look for any "L" name. 

I didn't find either girl in the GA marriages but FS doesn't have any of the Emanuel Co. marriages up yet.  I was indexing Emanuel Co. marriages a few weeks ago so hopefully, those will be available online soon.  Also, if the girl was young, a lot of girls and their beaus ran off to South Carolina to get married.  Apparently it was easier to "adjust" their age to get married without parental permission.

Good luck!

 

by Kathy Zipperer G2G6 Pilot (462k points)
Thanks Kathy! I did not know that about South Carolina, sort of like the Gretna Green of the South.
Walterboro in Colleton Co., South Carolina.  I couldn't think of the place when I was looking for census info.  I definitely think it's like a Gretna Green.  I believe that North Augusta in Aiken Co., SC used to also serve the Augusta GA area as such.  Numerous members of family have RUNNOFT there.
Mrs. Hogwallop must have been the first! LOL!!!
Excellent!   One of my favorite movies.
AAAnnnnddd Lee Moseley was the correct identification! I wallowed through the 1910 census, adding a source for some of my other Moseleys in the process and when I got the her, her profile number was one up from her brother who was part of that mass upload GEDCOM mess. So I have accomplished a lot with sorting out this one person: got Lee connected, sourced and several others sourced that were not (but sadly were not on the Unsourced list so I won't be claiming them as part of my sourcing efforts this month). I can close approximately 7,371 browser windows and take a break. Thanks again!!

(and I love that silly movie, too. "Dew. Nawt. Seek. Thuh. Treyshore..."
Debi:  You can count any profiles you source for the monthly sourcerer's challenge.  They do not have to have the Unsourced category.  You just couldn't for Source-A-Thon.  Yeah!  one more mystery solved.
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This is what I came across,

 

 

Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA

About 1910 United States Federal Census

This database is an every name index to individuals enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census, copied from the National Archives and Records Administration microfilm, T624, 1,784 rolls. (If you do not initially find the name on the page that you are linked to, try a few pages forward or backward, as sometimes different pages had the same page number.)

This new index (released June 2006) maintains the old head of household index and adds to it a new every name index (including a re-keying of the heads of households). As a result, for many heads of households you will see two names - a primary, and an alternate. The primary name is the newly keyed name. The alternate name is the name as it appeared in the original head of household only index. Alternate names are only displayed when there is a difference in the way the name was keyed between the two indexes. By making both names available to researchers, the likelihood of your being able to find your head of household ancestor has increased. Likewise, researchers who were once able to find their head of household ancestor under a particular spelling will still be able to easily find that ancestor.

What Areas are Included:

The 1910 census includes all fifty U.S. states and Washington D.C., as well as Military and Naval Forces, and Puerto Rico.

Why Census Records are Important:

Few, if any, records reveal as many details about individuals and families as do the U.S. federal censuses. The population schedules are successive "snapshots" of Americans that depict where and how they were living at particular periods in the past. Because of this, the census is often the best starting point for genealogical research after home sources have been exhausted.

Some Enumerator Instructions:

The 1910 Census was begun on 15 April 1910. The actual date of the enumeration appears on the heading of each page of the census schedule, but all responses were to reflect the individual's status as of 15 April, even if the status had changed between 15 April and the day of enumeration. For example, children born between 15 April and the day of enumeration were not to be listed, while individuals alive on 15 April but deceased when the enumerator arrived were to be counted.

The following questions were asked by enumerators:

Location:

  • Name of street, avenue road, etc.
  • House number or farm
  • Number of dwelling in order of visitation
  • Number of family in order of visitation

Name and Relation:

  • Name of each person whose place of abode was with the family
  • Relationship of person enumerated to the head of the family

Personal Description:

  • Sex
  • Color or race
  • Age at last birthday
  • Marital status - whether single, married, widowed, or divorced
  • If married, number of years of present marriage
  • For mothers, number of total children born and number of children living

Nativity:

  • Place of birth
  • Father's place of birth
  • Mother's place of birth

Citizenship:

  • Year of immigration to United States
  • Whether naturalized or alien
  • Whether able to speak English; or if not, language spoken

Occupation:

  • Trade, profession, or particular kind of work done
  • Industry, business, or establishment in which at work
  • Whether employer, employee, or working on own account
  • If an employee, whether out of work on 15 April 1910 and number of weeks out of work during 1909

Education:

  • Whether able to read
  • Whether able to write
  • Whether attended school any time since 1 September 1909

Ownership of Home:

  • Owned or Rented
  • Owned free or mortgaged
  • Farm or house
  • Number of farm schedule (applies only to farm homes)

Military:

  • Whether a survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy

Disabilities:

  • Whether blind (both eyes)
  • Whether deaf and dumb

There were separate Indian population schedules for 1910 in which the tribe and/or band was also recorded.

Taken from Chapter 5: Research in Census Records, The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy by Loretto Dennis Szucs; edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Incorporated, 1997).

ED Description data came from The National Archives and One-Step by Stephen P. Morse.

 

This came from ancestry.Com

by Mary Bornhoeft G2G1 (1.2k points)

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