In looking at the 1870 Scottsboro, Jackson County, Alabama p6 census on Ancestry, I read
the individuals as:
Wenrick David 27 M W Carpenter ---- ---- Pennsylvania ........... mark as Male US Citizen
---------- Manerva 22 F W keeping house ---- ---- Georgia ....... mark as cannot write no
mark for citizenship
Willson William 68 M W ---------- ---- ---- D. leasolnia ...........mark as Male US
Citizen
Chansler Jo???hine 10 F W ---------- ---- ---- Alabama ..........marks as cannot read or
write
(dashes in front of given name indicate same married surname as male above other dashes
indicate blank in columns up to place/state of birth. periods indicate several blank
columns)
notes:
1. The image is quite clear with the problem being hurried penmanship.
2. William Wilson's P/SOB as I read the writing in keeping with enumerators penmanship
elsewhere and does not look to be in the US.
3. 10 year old child surname looks to be Chansler (note similar characters previous and
similarity with small S and small R.
4. 10 year old child given name looks to be: Jorsslnia - that odd looking 4th character is
old european indicating a double s.. Note the distinctive F in Safronia 6 lines before
her. The third character looks like it could be either an s or an r with ink blur seeming
to make it an s.
5. Old European cursive was the style of handwriting used by most educated individuals of
this time period but would carry depending on who was their teacher and the primer used.
6. The indication on the child that she could not read/write indicates there was no formal
education system in their area OR that the only school was located too far away and the
adults were probably illiterate as well.
7. Remember, the census taker wrote name phonetically irregardless of the individual
responder's education. This man seems to have been reasonably well educated, did a
fair amount of writing because of the reasonably consistency in the way his characters are
formed but seemed to be extremely rushed that seems to indicate his normal speed of
writing was somewhat slower resulting in some shortened characters, crowding of characters
in random places and varying scale (size) of characters.
This is my analysis of the image from over fifteen years of transcribing documents of this
and earlier years.
Sparkgapper
On 26 Jun 2015, at 10:34 PM, TOM F DUNKLIN via <chambers(a)rootsweb.com> wrote:
New to the list and wondering if my earlier post regarding a
Wilson-Chalmers/Chambers connection reached the list. My g-aunt, Manerva Wilson, was the
d/o William Wilson, born ca 1800 SC. She was born ca 1847 GA. The William Wilson family is
living in Amunchee, Walker Co GA for the 1850 census. Manerva and the William Wilson
family is in Lebanon, DeKalb Co AL for the 1860 census.
By 1870, Manerva Wilson is married to a David Wendrix/Windrix/Wendrich living in Jackson
Co AL. On the 1870 Jackson Co AL census, William Wilson is living in their home. He is
shown as being b ca 1801 SC. I believe this to be Manerva's father. Also in the home
is a Josephine Chalmers or Chambers, age 10, born AL. The surname is exceptionally faint.
I know of no connection of my Wilson line to the Chalmers/Chambers family and I have no
idea who she might be. Wondering if anyone has a Josephine that might connect to either my
Wilsons or a Wendrix/Windrix/Wendrich family. David Windrix/Wendrix was believed to be
originally from PA.
Thanks for any help.
Paula
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