Jeanne,
The
children are actually enumerated in the Coffman Household. This is actually a
very interesting problem. John and Mary Orhood are listed in household 178 on
the bottom of page 24. These three children are listed in household 191 on the
top of page 27. It is possible that the Coffmans and Orhoods are related.
However, the fact that four of the Coffman family listed in the 1880 Census, who
were living in 1870 are not
anywhere in the 1870 census implies to me that there is a copying
problem.
1870 Census is one of those
where a copy was made in the County. The original stayed and the copy was sent
to the State. At the State another copy was made from their copy and sent the
Fed. The microfilm of the 1870 Census we have today is of the copy sent to the
Federal Government. Somehow in one of the copies the Coffman children appear to
be lost and the Orhood children were moved to fill in the gap left in the
Coffman family. We missed this when we indexed the 1870 Census. The Ancestry.com
index and images caught it but indexed the children in both families and
actually changed the surnames of the children in their index for the Coffman
family. I think they didn’t know what to do about it and did the obvious and
indexed them both ways.
So
with all that. Here’s a new listing of the Orhood
famly:
1870
Census of Brown County, Illinois, Missouri
Twp
178/178 (p. 24) enumerated
13 June 1870
John W. Orhood 41 m farmer
Illinos
Mary Orhood 31 f New
York
Thomas Orhood 14 m
Illinois
James Orhood 12 m
Illinois
Emma Orhood 9 f
Illinois
191/191 (p.
27)
John Orhood 7
m Illinois
Arthur Orhood
5 m Illinois
Robert Orhood 1 m Illinois
Spelling of the surname is
as it is found in the Census. If the correct spelling is Orahood, you’ll have to
use another source to show
it.
I
don’t know that we have explained what happened but at least we have an
explanation that helps us put the family back together
again.
Sincerely,
Ken
Huffman
-----Original
Message-----
From: Jeanne Crews
[mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 6:57
PM
To: Ken and Laurie
Huffman
Subject: Re: Brown
County (1870 Census Index)
Ken,
Thanks
for your help. I just don't understand why these Orahood children are
indexed
in the Coffman household. I know that they are the children of John
and Mary
Orahood. Maybe it's just a matter of the children appearing on top
of a new
page. That would explain it.
Jeanne
----- Original Message -----
From:
"Ken and Laurie Huffman" <[email protected]>
To: "Jeanne Crews"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 11:50
AM
Subject: RE: Brown County (1870 Census Index)
>
Jeanne,
> Here is the information you requested:
>
> 1870
Census of Brown County, Illinois, Missouri Twp
> George W. Coffman 56 m
farmer Kentucky
> Deliah Coffman 54 m Kentucky
> Nancy Coffman 34 f
Illinois
> John Orhood 7 m Illinois
> Arthur Orhood 5 m
Illinois
> Robert Orhood 1 m Illinois
>
> Sincerely,
>
Ken Huffman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeanne
Crews [mailto:[email protected]]
>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 3:04 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject:
Brown County (1870 Census Index)
>
> Orhood, John
M191
>
> Could I please have a look-up for Orhood, John
M191?
>
> I already have the information for this entry
>
"Orhood?, John W. M178" but I notice that the above John is in a
different
> household.
>
> Thanks very much,
>
Jeanne
> [email protected]
>
>