Is there a census record that you've looked and looked for but cannot find?

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Census Records that seem not to exist?

Every genealogist has at least one example of an elusive census record!

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This answer became:

• a Topic Challenge in June 2015
• Weekly Topic Challenge #5:

using this Meta Q&A:

• Is there a census record that you've looked and looked for but cannot find?

Answer 1

During the week the challenge ran, the following questions about Elusive Census Records were asked:

• Where was Mary Ann Harper in the 1881 England census?
• Were James Smyth Stacy and family in London, Devon or elsewhere for 1841 Census?
• Where was Charlotte Hancock, usually of Lewannick, Cornwall, for the 1851 Census?
• Where was Matthew Nettell, of Illogan, Cornwall, for the 1861 Census?

These 4 questions attracted 3 answers (2 have already been accepted) and even though I am the organizer, I think my effort to ask three questions for the second successive week may be worth recognizing:

Answer 2

The second time this challenge ran, the following question about an elusive Census Records was asked:

• Looking for Francois Paul Leon Mouchet in 1930 census in Los Angeles?

It has received 5 votes so far and an answer (that has received 3 votes so far).