Missing Sibling

As mentioned in the earlier blog postings when adding up all the children from the 1870 and 1850 census for the Drown family there is a total of nine. Clark's obituary said he was from a family of ten; because this could not mean a family totaling ten persons this must mean a family with ten children. In order to explain the process in how this child was found a few pieces of information must be pointed out.
In the 1870 and 1850 censes the parents names where Calvin and Janet Drown. Different family trees compiled by decedents of  Clark Drown have listed Clarks Parents as a Calvin Drown and Janet Baxter. Nettie Drown, the sister of Clark, her death record said her mother was Janet Baxter. Searching for Calvin Drown and Janet Baxter reveled a death recrod for a Alvin Albert Drown. In the death record for Alvin his parents were listed as Calvin Drown and Janet Baxter alvin was born and died in Ohio. Alvin age at death was 77 years old. His birth date was listed as the 13 of August 1850. It is most likely that Alvin had not been born yet when the census taker came and recorded the family in the 1850 census. But because just assuming that is not enough as mentioned in the the blog post Two Census Part 2 there needed to be more evidence to show that Alvin is part of this family.
In 1870 Alvin was not living in the household of Calvin and Janet Drown. He would have been 20 Years of Age. There is a Alvin Drown working as a Farm Laborer in the 1870 Census living in the same place as the Drown family in 1870. Alvin is listed only seven pages way form his family in the census record. this places Alvin very close. However there is even one more fact that is worth mentioning to anchor Alvin to this family even more. In 1910 Alvin is still living in the county he was born in and in which the family lived in in 1850.  In the 1910 census a brother is living with Alvin named Charles. This is that same brother that moved around each ten years and shows up living with multiple family members in the Drown family.
This information along with the parents listed at Alvin death and his birth place are strong evidence that shows that Alvin was one of the ten children to Calvin and Janet Drown. Make sure that as you continue to do your research on your family that you are crossing you "T's" and doting your "I's" making sure that your research is completely correct and accurate.