Double Enumeration of My Family in the 1916 Census

What are the odds that two sisters: Millie Mellott and Bertha Wilson would both be double enumerated in the same census?

Double Enumeration of Mellott Family?

In Ben Mellott's homestead patent claim dated January 15, 1917 he states that his family resided upon the land from November 20, 1915 to December 14, 1915 and from June 20, 1916 to present; and that when absent they resided at Killam.² So that means in early June of 1916³ when the census was enumerated the family would have resided in Killiam, 41,13,4, Wheatland. My theory as to why they were also enumerated in Boyle, 64, 21, 4, Cartier, is that Ben's brother Jerry provided the information as he was enumerated on the same page.

Enumeration

Household Members

#1 - Mellotte

Ben (age 27)

Millie (age 22)

Charles (age 4)

Rennie (age 1)

#2 - Malotte

Ben (age 26)

Millie (age 22)

Charlie (age 4)

Renn (age 10/12)

Location

64, 21, 4, Cartier

41,13,4, Wheatland

Enumerator

Jos J Molford

Duncan McPhissour

Source Citation

Year: 1916; Census Place: Alberta, Edmonton East, 13; Roll: T-21950; Page: 12; Family No: 212.

Year: 1916; Census Place: Alberta, Red Deer, 21; Roll: T-21954; Page: 13; Family No: 155.

Double Enumeration of Wilson Family?

I am unsure why the Wilson family was enumerated twice by the same enumerator?

Enumeration

Household Members

#1 - Wilson

J Allen (age 56)

Bertha (age 28)

Eugene (age 8)

Karl (age 6)

#2 - Wilson

J. A. (age 54)

Bertha M (age 29)

Eugene (age 8)

Cook J (age 6)

Location

64, 20, 4, Cartier

Enumerator

Jos J Molford

Source Citation

Year: 1916; Census Place: Alberta, Edmonton East, 13; Roll: T-21950; Page: 13; Family No: 230.

Year: 1916; Census Place: Alberta, Edmonton East, 13; Roll: T-21950; Page: 8; Family No: 144.

Other Family in the 1916 Census

Sources & References

1 - (ALL 1916 Census) - Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 2009 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Canada. "Census returns for 1916 Census of Prairie Provinces." Statistics of Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm T-21925 to T-21956. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.

2 - Film # 2401 in Accession # 1970.313 at Provincial Archives of Alberta (pages 273 to 280) - https://archive.org/stream/albertahomestead2401cana#page/n274/mode/1up

3 - About the 1916 Census - http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1916/Pages/about-census.aspx

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