THE STUART FAMILY ARCHIVE
Original 1850 census and recent-marriage clue
Evidence reference: 100.10.019
Evidence status: Original census inspected; marriage date and William Wright relationship unconfirmed
Document date: 1850
Collection: 100_Stuart_Stewart
Original 1850 census image 317 of 610, Maryland, Otsego County, New York, household 332, lists Alexander Stewart, 25, farmer, born Ireland; Margaret Stewart, 24, born New York; and Wm Wright, 5, born Ireland. The original has marks in the Married within the year column for both Alexander and Margaret. This supports a marriage within the census reporting year, but is not an exact marriage date or a marriage certificate and does not establish Margaret’s maiden surname. William Wright’s relationship is not stated; he must not be classified as their biological child or Margaret’s child from an earlier marriage on this evidence alone. Household 332 is clear; the adjacent dwelling field is blank on the inspected rows, so the index’s dwelling 320 should remain index-attributed. The original confirms the indexed ages and birthplaces while leaving discrepancies with later censuses unresolved. This inspection supersedes C1850’s former index-only status. Index: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC1W-QRX.
