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Mary,
I did some census tracking for Walter and family. From what I found it looks like he had
two wives, with similar first names, notice the age change of his wife in 1920 from 1910,
and the age at first marriage for his wife in 1930.
1900 census list birth month and year-age, Walter and Ada listed they were married for 7
years and parents of 3 children and 3 living.
in 1900 Census Justice Precint 3, Hunt Co. Texas
Carr Walter E head Mar 1871 age 29 Tx Ala Ala farmer
Ada E wife Jan 1874 age 26 Tx Tx Tx
Marry E daug May 1894 age 6 Tx Tx Tx
Jewel daug May 1897 age 3 Tx Tx Tx
Dora B. daug Oct 1899 7/12 months Tx Tx Tx
1910 Census 6th Prec. Hunt County Texas
(family is indexed under Walter E. Car )
Carr Walter E head 38 m 17 yrs Tx Ala Ala
Addie wife 34 m 17 yrs Tx Tx Tx
Mary daug 16 single Tx Tx Tx
Jewel dau 13 single Tx Tx Tx
Dora dau 10 single Tx Tx Tx
Earl son 8 Tx Tx Tx
1920 Census Commerce, Hunt Co. Texas
(he is indexed as W T Car) (change of wife and her age)
Car W. ?. head 48 Tx Ala Ala
Luan wife 33 Tx Tx Tx
Jewel dau 22 Tx Tx Tx
Dora dau 20 Tx Tx Tx
Earl son 18 Tx Tx Tx
1930 Census Prec 6 Hunt Co Texas
Carr Walter E. head 59 (age first marriage 21) Tx Tx Tx
Lucy wife 44 (age first marriage 30) Tx Tx Tx
I don't know about wives, but they seem to be the only major change in the census, the
age change between the wives is large between 1910 and 1920, 1930 about wraps up the fact
he was married twice, since wife Lucy in 1930 first marriage was at age 30. Walter did
change parent's birthplaces in 1930 to Texas.
Age changes are common in census I have seen up to 5 years, I have never seen them become
younger by 10 years. Ex: Addie 34 in 1910 and Luan 33 in 1920.
In 1930 Walter Carr lived next door to a Hubert Davis age 28, wife Bessie age 26, daug
Moselle F. 6 and daug Billy J age 2, broth- in law Louis Blanch 21 resided with the Davis
family. I don't know if Hubert Davis is Hault Davis or his wife Bessie
is Dora, (recall 1900 census her middle was B.) I checked for a Hault Davis in census and
nothing popped up.
Chris