Evidence dossier · Census · DR-1910-001
Citation-only releaseA farm in Center precinct: Tomas and Francis Dobish, 1910
The 1910 census records Tomas Dobish, 45, and his wife Francis, 43, on a farm in Center precinct, Butler County. This household is the high-confidence match to Thomas and Mrs. Dobesh in the 1912 Brainard report.
Source says
Tomas is recorded as an Austria-born farmer working on his own account and owning a mortgaged farm. Francis is his wife. The schedule reports a twenty-year marriage and eight children born, all eight living.
We conclude
The census directly establishes this household in Butler County in 1910. Comparison with the 1912 notice supports—but does not directly state—the later identification.
Still uncertain
It does not locate the farm to a legal parcel or establish that the household had not moved by July 1912.
Why this record matters
This is the nearest dated household evidence before the 1912 Brainard notice and makes the later identification testable rather than anecdotal.
Claims and their states
| Claim | Value | State | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Tomas Dobish, 45 | Source fact | [1] |
| Wife | Francis, 43 | Source fact | [1] |
| Farm | Farmer, own account; mortgaged farm | Source fact | [1] |
| Children reported | Eight born; eight living | Source fact | [1] |
| 1912 couple correlation | High-confidence match to Thomas and Mrs. DobeshCounty and household roles align; no contemporaneous 1912 address or deed has been checked. | [1] [2] |
Exact source occurrences
Principal people and correlated identities on this page
- Tomas Dobish / Thomas Dobesh — head and farmer; correlated to the 1912 householderCorrelated identity across cited sources [1] [2]Reported age 45 in 1910, placing birth no later than 1865; eligible under the 120-year publication rule. [1]
- Francis / Mrs. Dobesh — wife; correlated to the unnamed wife in the 1912 reportCorrelated identity across cited sources [1] [2]Reported age 43 in 1910, placing birth no later than 1867; 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.
8 Additional names in the source are not displayed until each receives its own eligibility and publication decision.
Sources and citations
- Evidence state
- Census reviewed with a qualified 1912 comparison
- Identity state
- High-confidence couple correlation to the 1912 report
U.S. National Archives
- Repository or publication
- U.S. National Archives
- Full citation
- 1910 U.S. census, Center Precinct, Butler County, Nebraska, ED 3, sheet 7A, NARA T624 roll 839; FHL microfilm 1374852.
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Lightning Damage at Brainard
- Repository or publication
- Butler County Press, digitized at Newspapers.com
- Full citation
- “Lightning Damage at Brainard,” Butler County Press (David City, Nebraska), 25 July 1912, vol. 39, no. 50, p. 1; Newspapers.com image 673314062. The platform indexes the run as The Banner-Press; the issue masthead reads Butler County Press.
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Editorial note
Francis is retained exactly as recorded. A later fuller-name form is not presented as a literal census name, and no older held census comparison is used.