Citation · C0833 · record
1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 29, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_345; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 1758
Weight of this evidence
- Tier
- record
- Confidence
- ●●○○ normal
- Review
- needs a look needs-human
- Held at
- Ancestry.com
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Transcription and reasoning
Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 2/4, tier record.
The image shows Vaclav Tauber at line 85, age 43, born in Bohemia, with wife Francis and sons. In January 1920, a man born 17 Nov 1876 would be 43, so the age fits exactly. The record supports only the broad outline (Bohemian birth, about 1876-77) and does not state the exact date or the village.
Matches: Line 85 shows a household head "Vaclav Tauber" (surname partly legible as Tauber), a Bohemian-born man, age 43, which is the Václav of the claim in a Czech/English form; Born in Bohemia, mother tongue Bohemian, which fits a birth in Mostiště, Rokycany, Bohemia; Immigrated 1907 and naturalized, which is plausible for the family; Wife Francis, sons Jerrie and James, all Bohemian-born, in a Chicago Ward 29 household
Flags: Age 43 in January 1920 implies a birth around 1876-1877, which fits 1876 only if the age is read as 43 at an enumeration before the November birthday; this is a small gap (about 1 year), not a clear contradiction; The census age of 43 for the wife Francis and 43 for Václav are identical, so the handwriting should be rechecked
Limits: A census gives an age, not a birth date, so 17 November 1876 cannot be confirmed; The census gives only 'Bohemia' as the birthplace, not Mostiště or Rokycany; Handwriting on the surname and age is partly hard to read at this resolution; The Ancestry citation says ED 1758, while the image header appears to read 1708; the difference is minor and may be a reading error
What it supports
- Born · 17 November 1876 · Mostiště, Rokycany, Bohemia — Václav Tauber