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 Please note that the census was accurate more often than not, even when it pertained to African-Americans. I am a professional genealogist. The census is a verifiable source. A difference of four years in the 1900 census and a difference in the month she was born is too drastic of a difference to blame on the census taker. The same changes in ages given to census takers occurs every ten years for many people, regardless of ""race.""  "