Help reading a census?

Question

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jmg12/Census/1870%20Walton%20CO,%20FL/814b.gif

I need line #4. I thought the first name started with an "S", perhaps Sara E, but it doesn;t match the S's farther down teh page.

Anybody have an idea? Thanks :)

Answer 1

Line 4 reads "Housen Irena E" 29 Teacher. (The surname could possibly be "Houson", but looks more like Housen.)

Answer 2

On first seeing it I though it was Susan,  could you give me details of the census so that I can check it out properly for you.

Answer 3

I think it's Irene with an accidental pen trail, so it looks like Irena, Hanson. I'm not betting either.

Answer 4

In the 1880 census, there is an Irene Houston living with Jasper Finney and wife in AL.

Answer 5

its start from Harison eleana i think this name its cursive writing ,,,,,

Answer 6

I looked it up at ancestry.com using Jasper Finney (her son?) and it says the name is Irena E. Huson. The copy at ancestry is much clearer than the one in your link. After looking at it there isn't any question about the first name, it is Irena, but the last name may not be spelled correctly.

Answer 7

It looks more like 'Irene' to me. Does that help?

Answer 8

I vote for Irena HANSON.  But, it's a vote only, not a $50 wager.