Pedigree of Brian L. Lightfoot George B. Linn

Moses Linn
(1819-1892)

Hannah Darner
(1824-1889)

Thomas Jefferson Carney
(1824-1901)

Isabel Williams
(1824-1898)

James Cleveland Linn
(1844-1922)

Mary Carney
(1851-1940)

George B. Linn
(1876-1961)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Claudia Ethel Hutchinson

George Dewey Linn+

2. Nettie Bell Howe

George B. Linn ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰

Born: 31 August 1876, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰
Marriage (1): Claudia Ethel Hutchinson on 27 October 1897 in Springdale, Cedar, Iowa, United States ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵
Marriage (2): Nettie Bell Howe in October 1948 in Rochester, Cedar, Iowa, United States
Died: 28 March 1961, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States at age 84 ¹⁰
Buried: 1 April 1961, West Bethel Cemetery, Cedar, Iowa, United States ¹⁰

bullet General Notes:

Farmed at one time in Sulphur near Belle Fourche, South Dakota and later returned to Cedar County, Iowa.
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bullet Burial Notes:

George and his first wife, Claudia, share one large monument marker of polished gray granite with the name LINN across the top edge in large block letters. In the lower left it reads "Claudia E., 1880-1946" while the lower right reads "George, 1876-1961".

Find A Grave Memorial #50759870
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

1. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁶ 1880 US Census
Page 169A, Roll 0331
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
George Linn..Son..3..IA

(Living with parents.)

2. 1885 Iowa State Census, March 1885, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁷ 1885 Iowa State Census
Page 389, Line 2, Family 128
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Township 79, Range 3, Section 10, NW Quarter of the NW Quarter
George Linn..8..IA

(Living with parents.)

3. 1895 Iowa State Census, January 1895, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁸ 1895 Iowa State Census
Page 482, Line 19, Family 148
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
George Linn..18..Cedar County, IA..Methodist

(Living with parents.)

4. 1900 US Census, 26 June 1900, Center Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 23, Family 197
Center Township, Cedar, Iowa
Farm rented
Married 2 years
George Linn..Head..Aug 1877..22..IA..Farmer

(Living with wife and son.)

NOTE - This census record shows a classic example of a supervisor making erroneous corrections on conflicting data entered by the original enumerator. George's age was originally entered correctly as 23 but somehow the enumerator calculated an incorrect birth year of 1877 when it should have been 1876.

The actual person was not always there face to face with an enumerator so sometimes these dates and ages came from spouses, children, or even neighbors. When the record was returned to the supervisor, the conflicting birth year and age were noticed but instead of changing the birth year, the supervisor changed the age from 23 to 22.

I believe that this was probably the standard procedure within the Census Office in that a persons age was changed to make it match whatever month and year were written down by the enumerator. This explains why there are many instances of ages being recorded that are off by one year. Most people knew how old they were but the celebration of a person's birthday that are common today was not celebrated in a similar fashion back then. Thus the true age would be given to the enumerator but many had problems doing the math calculation to come up with the correct birth year. The conversation probably went like this: "So, you are 53 years old right now. That means you were born in XXXX." If the calculation was done incorrectly, the supervisor would end up changing the age to match the calculation.

If his birth date was 31 Aug 1876, then his age should have been 23 instead of 22.

5. 1905 Iowa State Census, 1905, Muscatine, Iowa, United States. ⁹ 1905 Iowa State Census
, Muscatine County, Iowa
Geo. Linn..28..IA..Card B184

(Living with wife and son.)

6. 1920 US Census, 9 January 1920, West Branch, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ³ 1920 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 43, Household 175, Roll 482
West Branch, Cedar, Iowa
Orange Street; home owned, no mortgage
George Linn..Self..43..IA..Carpenter, House

(Living with wife.)

7. 1930 US Census, 17 April 1930, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁴ 1930 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 15, Household 124, Roll 647
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Home rented
George Linn..Head..53..IA..Farmer, General Farm

(Living with wife.)

8. 1940 US Census, 12 April 1940, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁵ 1940 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 16-15, Family 49, Roll 1145
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Same House
House rented, $10
George Linn..Head..64..IA..8th grade..Farmer

(Living with wife and widowed mother.)

George married Claudia Ethel Hutchinson, daughter of George B. Hutchinson and Mary Elizabeth Roberts, on 27 October 1897 in Springdale, Cedar, Iowa, United States.¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ (Claudia Ethel Hutchinson was born on 19 January 1880 in Cedar, Iowa, United States,² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁹ ¹¹ died on 1 September 1946 ¹¹ and was buried after 1 September 1946 in Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States ¹¹.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1900 US Census, 26 June 1900, Center Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 23, Family 197
Center Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Farm rented
Married 2 years
George Linn..Head..Aug 1877..22..IA..Farmer
Claudia Linn..Wife..Jun 1880..20..IA..Housewife..1/1
Dewey Linn..Son..June 1898..1..IA

2. 1905 Iowa State Census, 1905, Muscatine, Iowa, United States. ⁹ 1905 Iowa State Census
, Muscatine County, Iowa
Geo Linn..28..IA..Card B184
Claudei Linn..25..IA..Card B185
Dewey Linn..6..Card B186

3. 1920 US Census, January 1920, Springdale, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ³ 1920 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 43, Household 175, Roll 482
Springdale, Cedar County, Iowa
George Linn..Self..43..IA
Claudia E. Linn..Wife..40..IA

4. 1930 US Census, April 1930, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁴ 1930 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 15, Household 124, Roll 647
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
George Linn..Head..53..IA
Claudia Linn..Wife..50..IA

5. 1940 US Census, 12 April 1940, Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States. ⁵ 1940 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 16-15, Family 49, Roll 1145
Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Same House
House rented, $10
George Linn..Head..64..IA..8th grade..Farmer
Claudia E. Linn..Wife..60..IA..9th grade..Housewife
Mary Linn..Mother..88..IA..Widowed

George next married Nettie Bell Howe, daughter of Orlando Howe and Mary Esther Walters, in October 1948 in Rochester, Cedar, Iowa, United States. (Nettie Bell Howe was born on 6 February 1875 in Cedar, Iowa, United States,¹² died on 21 April 1969 in Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States ¹² and was buried after 21 April 1969 in Masonic Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States ¹².)

1 "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1805551 : accessed 15 Jan 2014), Name: George Linn; Spouse's Name: Claudie E. Hucheson; Event Date: 27 Oct 1897; Event Place:, Cedar, Iowa.

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Center Township, Cedar County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 23, sheet 10B, dwelling 197, family 197, George B. Linn and Claudia Ethel Hutchinson; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 30 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

3 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Springdale, Cedar County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 43, p. 7A, family 175, George B. Linn and Claudia Ethel Hutchinson; database with images, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1488411 : accessed 15 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 482.

4 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 0015, sheet 6A, family 124, George B. Linn and Claudia Ethel Hutchinson; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1810731 : accessed 15 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 647.

5 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 16-15, sheet 3B, household 49, George B. Linn and Claudia Ethel Hutchinson; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/2000219 : accessed 15 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1145.

6 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa, p. 169A; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1417683); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0331.

7 1885 Iowa State Census, Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa, p. 389, dwelling 119, family 128, line 2, James Cleveland Linn and Mary Carney; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803643 : accessed 14 Jan 2014).

8 1895 Iowa State Census, Iowa Township, Cedar County, Iowa, p. 482, dwelling 143, family 148, line 19, James Cleveland Linn and Mary Carney; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803957 : accessed 15 Jan 2014).

9 "1905 Iowa State Census," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2126961 : accessed 15 Jan 2014).

10 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 15 Jan 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50759870.

11 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 15 Jan 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50759858.

12 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 16 Jan 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48870770.

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