Donald I Good
2002 Jan 15, Revised 2004 Mar 22
 

Who is this man? That was the question I asked in 2002. It now appears that he probably is Louis, a brother of Ulysse Huguenin. The remainder of this note is esstential as I wrote it in 2002.

The name above appears on line six of page 11 of the 1880 US Census for Branch Township of Marion Co., KS (1), just a few lines above the Ulysse Huguenin family. The surname on line six appears to be spelled "Huguinan", whereas Ulysse's surname (line 20) appears to be "Huguenan." The given name on line six appears to be spelled "L...sa." The images of this census page suggest that this census taker was quite careful about dotting the letter "i." So the two dots above the given name may indicate two "i's" in the name, or they may be specks on the microfilm reader!

Line six states that L... is a single, white, male, farm laborer who was 32 years old on 1880 Jun 1, and that he and both of his parents were born in Switzerland. Lines 4-5 state that he was living with 60 year old Morgan Young and his 50-something year old wife Hanner. Perhaps this indicates that he was living with them as a hired hand or simply helping this older couple in some way.

The top of the census page seems to indicate that all information on the page was recorded on the same day, 1880 June 18. This would indicate that L... probably lived fairly close to the Ulysse Huguenin family, at least within a day's travel time. Taking all of this census information together, it is easy to speculate that L... and Ulysse were related.

Ulysse, his wife Eugenie, and L... are recorded as being about the same age. Henri Ulysse is 36, and both Eugenie and L... are 32 (on 1880 June 1). Ulysse is recorded as a "farmer" whereas L... is recorded as a "farm laborer", and the census taker regularly distinguishes between those two occupations. Perhaps this distinction simply means that Ulysse was regarded as the head of household, whereas L... was not.

Notes

1. "Branch Twp., Marion Co., Kansas" in 1880 Federal Population Census (US Census Bureau, 1880 Jun 18). Also www.dgatx.com/family...sse-Huguenin/hs.html. Microfilm available through US National Archives. Ulysse Huguenin..