[PW] 1880 handwriting conundrum

[John P. Dyson]

Quoting AllenAmet at aol.com:

> Allen,  The name looks like "Latte" to me.  That is the way
> Ancestry.com indexes him as well.  Dorothy
>
>   That seems to be the consensus, although we have gotten some  imaginative
> alternatives as well, with the first letter of S for L.
>
>  It should have been Leo or Albert, based on other family data. What  could
> the Census Taker have misheard?

Allen, during the census-taker's weekly working hours, the informant
was probably the Czech-speaking mother. (Wouldn't the Alsatian
step-father be at work then too?) You might inquire whether Lalte is a
Czech nickname or pet name for Leo or Albert or Leo Albert that might
have made it into the rolls.

John Dyson