Citation · C0898 · record
1950 United States Federal Census
National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 1537; Page: 23; Enumeration District: 103-1548
Weight of this evidence
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- record
- Confidence
- ●●○○ normal
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Transcription and reasoning
Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 2/4, tier record.
The image shows Alois J. Tauber, 37, born Illinois, in Chicago in the 1950 census. This is consistent with a 31 May 1912 birth in Chicago but cannot confirm the exact date or city. The record is a good identity match but only weak support for the specific birth claim.
Matches: Line 24 reads "Tauber, Alois J.", Head, White, male, age 37, married, born Illinois; Age 37 on the census date (April 1950) fits a birth on 31 May 1912, since he would turn 38 a month or so later; Birthplace Illinois fits Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Household of wife Irene E. (35) and son Ronald A. (12) is in Chicago, Cook, ED 103-1548, matching the citation
Limits: A census gives an age and a state of birth, not a birth date or city, so the 31 May 1912 date and Chicago are not stated; Alois is not on a sample line, so parents' birthplaces are not recorded for him; The sheet number is handwritten and hard to read (looks like 83 or 33), while the citation says page 23; this is probably just the Ancestry image number; The record does not name Alois's middle name in full (only the initial J.)
What it supports
- Born · 31 May 1912 · Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA — Alois Joseph Tauber