Joseph Danner ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Baptism Notes:

Reformed Church
Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1850 US Census, 30 July 1850, Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland, United States. ² 1850 US Census
Page 179A, Dwelling 844, Family 891
Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland
Jos. Danner..26..MD..Tailor

(Living with wife and 1 son.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 3 Jan 1822, then his age should have been 28 instead of 26.

2. 1860 US Census, 5 August 1860, Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland, United States. ³ 1860 US Census
Page 210, Dwelling 1526, Family 1641
Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland
Joseph Danner..40..MD..Tailor

(Living with wife and 3 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 3 Jan 1822, then his age should have been 38 instead of 40.

3. 1870 US Census, 3 June 1870, Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland, United States. ⁴ 1870 US Census
Page 16, Dwelling 139, Family 142
Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland
Joseph Danner..44..MD..Merchant Tailor
(Living with wife and 3 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 3 Jan 1822, then his age should have been 48 instead of 44.

4. 1880 US Census, 25 June 1880, Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland, United States. ⁵ 1880 US Census
Page 38, Dwelling 368, Family 385
Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland
Joseph Danner..Head..58..MD..Tailor

(Living with wife and daughter.)

5. 1880 US Census, 25 June 1880, Mechanicstown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 471C, Roll 0510, District 88, Family 422
Mechanicstown, Frederick, Maryland
Joseph Danner..Head..57..MD..Tailor

(Living with wife, daughter, and married son and his family.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 3 Jan 1822, then his age should have been 58 instead of 57.

6. 1900 US Census, 26 June 1900, Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland, United States. ⁶ 1900 US Census
Sheet 17B, District 72, Dwelling 391, Family 405, Roll 628
Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland
home owned, no mortgage
Joseph Danner..Head..Jan 1822..78..MD..Widowed..Tailor

(Widowed and living with married daughter, Eugene, and her husband.)

Joseph married Elmira Dagenhart, daughter of Job Christian Dagenhart and Esther Easterday, on 17 August 1844 in Washington, Maryland, United States.¹ (Elmira Dagenhart was born on 29 October 1828 in Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland, United States,^{1 2 4} died on 30 November 1896 in Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland, United States and was buried in December 1896 in Boonsboro Cemetery, Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1850 US Census, 30 July 1850, Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland, United States. ² 1850 US Census
Page 179A, Dwelling 844, Family 891
Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland
Jos. Danner..26..MD..Tailor
Elmira Danner..21..MD
Geo. L. Danner..1..MD
Amelia Zeigler..18..MD

2. 1860 US Census, 5 August 1860, Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland, United States. ³ 1860 US Census
Page 210, Dwelling 1526, Family 1641
Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland
Joseph Danner..40..MD..Tailor
Almira Danner..30..MD
George Danner..12..MD
William Danner..6..MD
Clara Danner..3..MD

3. 1870 US Census, 3 June 1870, Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland, United States. ⁴ 1870 US Census
Page 16, Dwelling 139, Family 142
Boonsboro, Washington County, Maryland
Joseph Danner..44..MD..Merchant Tailor
Elmira Danner..41..MD..Keeping House
George Danner..21..MD..Tailor
William O. Danner..18..MD..Learning Tailoring
Clara L. Danner..12..MD..At Home

4. 1880 US Census, 25 June 1880, Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland, United States. ⁵ 1880 US Census
Page 38, Dwelling 368, Family 385
Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland
Joseph Danner..Head..58..MD..Tailor
Elmira Danner..Wife..52..MD..Keeping House
Clara L. Danner..Daughter..21..MD..At Home

NOTE - Their married son, William, and his wife lived next door.)

5. 1880 US Census, 25 June 1880, Mechanicstown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 471C, Roll 0510, District 88, Family 422
Mechanicstown, Frederick County, Maryland
Joseph Danner..Head..57..MD..Tailor
Elmira Danner..Wife...51..MD..Keeping House
Clara Danner..Daughter..21..MD
George L. Danner..Son..31..MD..Tailor
Mary C. Danner..Daughter-in-Law..25..MD
Joseph L. Danner..GrandSon..6..MD

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage index lists their names as Joseph Danner and Ellen Dagenhart.
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There is something very strange about the family and the 1880 US Census. They were enumerated twice on the very same day of 25 June 1880. Once in Boonsboro and then again in Mechanicstown which is about 20 miles away using modern highways.

However, the family listing is not identical. The one enumeration from Mechanicstown includes the married son, George, along with his wife and his son. On the same day, the enumeration in Boonsboro eliminates the married son, George, and his family. And as is typical of most census enumerations, the ages of the parents, Joseph and Elmira, vary by one year.

I've seen double enumerations before but they usually were a week or two apart which means the family moved during that time period. I have never seen a double enumeration on the same day in two different towns. Maybe one was taken early in the morning, then the family moved during the day, and the second enumeration happened later that evening in the new location. Or perhaps the date entered on the census form by the enumerator was wrong.

Because all previous and subsequent census records for Joseph were in Boonsboro, I suspect that on that one day in 1880, the family might have been visiting the married son, George, who had moved his family to Mechanicstown. The census enumerator for Mechanicstown stopped by and assumed the elderly Joseph was the head of the household. After the visit, Joseph returned back home to Boonsboro only to receive a visit from a different census enumerator in that location.
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