Evidence dossier · Census · DR-1900-001
Citation-only releaseThomas and Josephine in the Weston census, 1900
The 1900 census records Thomas Dobes, 73, and his wife Josephine, 62, in Weston. A 1915 probate petition supports identifying her as a later wife who was not the mother of all Thomas's heirs.
Source says
The census reports Thomas as head of dwelling 81/family 83, born January 1827 in Austria, and Josephine as his wife, born January 1838 in Austria.
We conclude
The census directly establishes the 1900 household. The later-wife identification is a correlation with the probate petition, not a statement made by the census.
Still uncertain
These two records do not establish Josephine's maiden name, prior married name, remarriage date, parents, or exact birth date.
Why this record matters
The census supplies the dated household. The 1915 petition names Josefa Dobesh as Thomas's wife and states that she was not the mother of all his heirs, supporting the later-wife conclusion without supplying her maiden or former married name.
Claims and their states
| Claim | Value | State | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Household | Dwelling 81, family 83 | Source fact | [1] |
| Thomas | Age 73; born January 1827 | Source fact | [1] |
| Josephine | Age 62; born January 1838 | Source fact | [1] |
| Later-wife correlation | The 1915 Josefa was not mother of all heirsThe probate copy lacks a case, docket, book, or page locator; it supports only the narrower later-wife conclusion. | [1] [2] |
Exact source occurrences
Principal people and correlated identities on this page
- Thomas Dobes — headNamed directly in the source [1]Reported born January 1827; eligible under the 120-year publication rule. [1]
- Josephine / Josefa Dobesh — wife; correlated across the 1900 census and 1915 petitionCorrelated identity across cited sources [1] [2]Reported born January 1838; eligible under the 120-year publication rule. [1]
Every displayed person meets the documented-death rule or the conservative 120-year historical publication presumption; that presumption is not an identity conclusion or proof of death, and the record has been data-minimized.
Sources and citations
- Evidence state
- Census reviewed; probate control has a provisional locator
- Identity state
- Later-wife correlation; not stated by the census
U.S. National Archives
- Repository or publication
- U.S. National Archives
- Full citation
- 1900 U.S. census, Nebraska, Saunders County, Chapman precinct, Weston village, ED 176, sheet 4A, dwelling 81, family 83; NARA microfilm T623.
- Access
- Subscription required
- Locator state
- Exact locator and hashed local copy
Petition for Letters of Administration
- Repository or publication
- Saunders County Court; family archive copy
- Full citation
- Petition for Letters of Administration, Saunders County Court, Nebraska, sworn 22 June 1915; family archive copy; case, docket, book, and page not yet identified.
- Access
- Offline family copy
- Locator state
- Provisional locator—case details still missing
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Editorial note
Proposed maiden and former-married surnames and an ordinal 'second wife' are deliberately not asserted from these two sources. The probate locator remains provisional.