Thomas Jefferson Gaston (1858–1938) and Family

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Family Table

	Actual		1900		1910		1920		1930
Child #	Name	Birth Date	Name	Age	Name	Age	Name	Age	Name	Age	Find A Grave
Husband	Thomas Jefferson Gaston	11 Apr 1858	Tom Gasten¹	40	Thomas J.²	50	Thomas J.⁴	58	Thomas⁸	69	45829532
Wife	Lillie O. (née Freeland)	02 Mar 1867	Lillie Gasten¹	33	Lillie O.²	43	Lillie O.⁴	54	Lillie O.⁸	63	50831169
1	Henry Hiram	17 Nov 1885	Henry¹	14	– not found –		– not found –		Henry H.⁹	44	50819420
2	Walter B.	02 Nov 1887	Walter¹	12	Walter B.²	22	William B.⁶	33	Walter B.¹⁰	41	50816039
3	Curtis Napoleon	09 May 1890	Curtis¹	10	Curtis N.²	19	Curtis M.⁷	29	Curtis N.¹¹	39	83710086
4	Louis J.	09 Dec 1892	Louis¹	7	d. 1902						50831189
5	Jesse V.	22 Oct 1895	Jessie V.¹	4	Jessie²	14	Jessie V.⁴	23	Jessie V.⁸	34	50831141
6	Infant	1897	d. 1897								50831213
7	Roy Levi	18 May 1898	Roy¹	2	Roy²	11	Roy F.⁴	21	Roy¹²	32	65250524
8	Clarence L.	03 Nov 1901			Clarence L.²	8	Clarence L.⁴	18	Clarence L.¹³	28	40608646
9	Floyd Brock	12 Jun 1904			Floyd B.²	5	Floyd B.⁴	15	Floyd B.¹⁴	25	40608651
10	Lillie Mae	10 Jul 1906			Lillie May²	3	Lillie M.⁴	13	Lillie M. Fields¹⁵	23	229985022

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Female: in household	Female: out of household
Not yet born	Deceased
Data that may be wrong or needs further study

Thomas and Lillie were married on 20 Oct 1884. Thomas died 15 Sep 1938, and Lillie was living alone at the time of the 1940 US Federal Census. Lillie died on 31 Dec 1944.
Thomas' headstone gives his birth date as 11 Apr 1858. However, his age as given in various censuses imply a birth year of 1857, 1858, 1860, 1861, or 1862. In fact, in 1900, his birth date is explicitly given as Apr 1860. We trust the birth year of 1858 because he was enumerated as being age 2 in 1860. It is improbable that a census taker would have mistaken a newborn infant for a 2-year-old, even in pre-Civil War Alabama.

Note	Year	State	County	Precinct	Enum. Dist.	Series	Roll	Page	Line	Dwelling	Family	Head of Household
1	1900	AL	Mobile	Grand Bay	92	T623	31	177B (stamped)	58	53	55	Tom Gasten
2	1910	AL	Mobile	Grand Bay	74	T624	26	130B (stamped)	57	402	403	Thomas J. Gaston
4	1920	AL	Mobile	McGills	89	T625	34	81A (stamped)	49	13	13	Thomas J. Gaston
6	1920	AL	Mobile	McGills	89	T625	34	81B (stamped)	56	14	14	William B. Gaston
7	1920	AL	Mobile	McGills	89	T625	34	81B (stamped)	60	15	15	Curtis M. Gaston
8	1930	AL	Mobile	Pct. 14, Lloyd Abbots	24	T626	40	208B (stamped)	80	89	90	Thomas Gaston
9	1930	AL	Mobile	Pct. 14, Lloyd Abbots	24	T626	40	208B (stamped)	77	88	89	Henry H. Gaston
10	1930	AL	Mobile	Pct. 14, Lloyd Abbots	24	T626	40	208B (stamped)	56	84	85	Walter B. Gaston
11	1930	AL	Mobile	Pct. 14, Lloyd Abbots	24	T626	40	208B (stamped)	62	85	86	Curtis N. Gaston
12	1930	AL	Mobile	Pct. 24, Henry Pierces	34	T626	41	18A (stamped)	5	24	24	Roy Gaston
13	1930	AL	Mobile	Pct. 31, Bon Air	40	T626	41	51B (stamped)	64	13	15	Clarence L. Gaston
14	1930	AL	Mobile	Pct. 14, Lloyd Abbots	24	T626	40	208B (stamped)	83	90	91	Floyd B. Gaston
15	1930	AL	Mobile	Pct. 15, Union Church	25	T626	40	223A (stamped)	5	298	303	Gilbert S. Fields