Who are you, Joe? – a research case study – part 2

… continued from last time.

I had to wait a few days before I could head the local Family History Center to look up Ada Rose Taylor’s 1880 US Census. So I thought I might search for a Joseph Taylor on FindAGrave.com, and narrowed the search to Utah. There were 60 matches! And remember, I didn’t know his birth date or even death date. I tried to look through those that died before 1880, because I thought since he wasn’t in the census with his family that he may have died already. But still, too many options. So I just had to wait.

Then, I finally got the image of the 1880 census –

Source:

Ada is listed with her mother.. Here’s the transcription:

Dwelling 72, Family 72, Lines 9-15
Line 9. Taylor, Hannah M. W, F, 45. Wife, Married, Keeping House. Pob: North Wales, father pob: North Wales, mother pob: England.
Line 10. —–, James H. W, M, 21. Son, Single, Farm Hand. Pob: Utah, father pob: Kentucky, mother pob: North Wales.
Line 11. —–, Heber. W, M, 20. Son, Single, Farm Hand. Pob: Utah, father pob: Kentucky, mother pob: North Wales.
Line 12. —–, Franklin D. W, M, 15. Son, Single, Farm Hand. Pob: Utah, father pob: Kentucky, mother pob: North Wales.
Line 13. —–, Ada Rose. W, F, 7. Daughter. Pob: Utah, father pob: Kentucky, mother pob: North Wales.
Line 14. —–, Eveline. W, F, 5. Daughter. Pob: Utah, father pob: Kentucky, mother pob: North Wales.
Line 15. —–, Elizabeth. W, F, 88. Mother, Widowed. Infirmity from age, maimed, crippled, bedridden or otherwise disabled.  Pob: Virginia, father pob: Virginia, mother pob: Virginia.