Talk:Charles Frederick Lindauer I (1836-1921)

Birth years from a census?
Most censuses that I have examined record ages, not birth years. And where the census is in the first half of a year it is more than likely that a person has his or her next birthday in the same year, which means that a simple subtraction (census year minus age) will not give you the correct birth year. Transcribers and some big websites often make that mistake.

Still, in this case a census entry that says or suggests "1838" is clearly contradictory to any record that says "1836".

Good luck with finding the real date.

-- Robin Patterson (Talk) 01:27, September 19, 2016 (UTC)