Daily AncestorM2 and M1
1910 U.S. Census, Canton Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district 10, sheet 2B
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Williams, Eliza | Grandmother | F | W | 78 | Wd | | 4 | 2
McBride, Henry C. | Head | M | W | 79 | M2 | 25
- Mary | Wife wf | F | W | 71 | M1 | 25 | 0 | 0
Fellows - Myron | Head | M | W | 83 | M1 | 61
- , Adeline | Wife wf | F | W | 80 | M1 | 61 | 6 | 5
Stone, Justin W. | Head | M | W | 64 | M2 | 19
- Emily | Wife wf | F | W | 62 | M2 | 19 | 2 | 1
Henry is marked "M2" and Mary "M1", both with 25 years of marriage. What does that tell you?
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In 1910 the marital column used S, Wd, D, M1 (first marriage) and M2 (second or later marriage). The next column is years of the present marriage, so 25 years points to a wedding around 1885. For Henry, M2 means an earlier wife, and any children from that marriage, are worth looking for. Mary's "0 0" means no children born and none living.
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