John Stacy Norman (1815–1885) and Family

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Family Table

	Actual		1840	1850		1860		1870		1880
Child #	Name	Birth Date	Age	Name	Age	Name	Age	Name	Age	Name	Age	Find A Grave
Husband	John Stacy Norman	31 Dec 1815	20-29¹	John S.²	33	John S.³	44	John S.⁴	54	John⁶	64	76418239
Wife	Susan Westbury (née Quarterman)	22 Sep 1822	15-19¹	Susan W.²	27	Susan W.³	37	Susan W.⁴	48	Susan W.⁶	57	76418237
1	Unknown	1839-1840	0-4¹	d. bet. 02 Jun 1840 and 31 May 1850								—
2	Lawrence W.	1842		Lawrence W.²	8	Lawrence³	18	d. 1863				—
3	John Calvin	07 Jan 1844		John C.²	6	John³	16	John C.⁵	26	John C.⁷	36	43647213
4	Anna J.	01 Jun 1846		Anna J.²	4	Ann³	12	Ann J.⁴	23	Anna J.⁸	34	—
5	Mary S.	01 Nov 1848		Mary S.²	1	Mary³	11	Mary S.⁴	21	Mary⁶	31	60388165
?	undocumented child?	1849-1852		d. 1849-1860								—
6	Clifford Augusta	24 Aug 1853				Clifford³	7	Clifford A.⁴	16	Clifford A. Grice ⁹	25	46785131
7	Lafayette Stewart Quarterman	27 Apr 1856				Stewart³	4	Stewart Q.⁴	14	Quarterman⁶	24	116436042
8	Lura Alice "Allie"	24 Jun 1858				Laura³	2	Lura A.⁴	12	Lura⁶	22	76418238
9	Aurelia America	14 Sep 1860						Aurelia A.⁴	9	Aurelia⁶	19	76418234
10	Joseph Elbert	29 Jan 1863						Joseph E.⁴	6	Joseph⁶	17	78477223
11	Homer Harlan	30 Jan 1866						Harlan H.⁴	3	Harlan⁶	14	183094316

L E G E N D
Male: in household	Male: out of household
Female: in household	Female: out of household
Not yet born	Deceased
Data that may be wrong or needs further study

John and Susan had one child in 1840. Since they were married on 05 Mar 1839, the child was born no earlier than late-1839. This child is definitely not Lawrence who was born in 1842, after the 1840 census. This first child was born before the 1840 census day (01 Jun 1840). If the first child had lived to the 1850 census, he/she would have been 10-14 years old, but since the oldest child in 1850 (Lawrence) was only 8 years old, we conclude that the first child died before the 1850 census day (01 Jun 1850).
John and Susan may have had another (undocumented) child. The birth rate in this family is once every 2-3 years, but there is a gap of nearly five years after Mary (child #5) was born. It's reasonable to conclude that another child was born during this interval, and that, as of the 1850 census, the child was either not yet born or had already died. Since this prospective child was also not enumerated in 1860, he/she would have been no older than 9 years old at the time of his/her death.

Note	Year	State	County	Precinct	Enum. Dist.	Series	Roll	Page	Line	Dwelling	Family	Head of Household
1	1840	GA	Liberty	Dist. 8	—	M704	45	194	10	—	—	John S. Norman
2	1850	GA	Liberty	Dist. 16	—	M432	75	313B (stamped)	36	84	85	John S. Norman
3	1860	GA	Liberty	District 17	—	M653	129	758	1	228	208	John S. Norman
4	1870	GA	Liberty	McIntosh	—	M593	162	167A (stamped)	1	1	1	John S. Norman
5	1870	GA	Glynn	Brunswick	—	M593	152	124B (stamped)	4	76	80	John C. Norman
6	1880	GA	Liberty	G. M. D. 17	69	T9	149	92B (stamped)	6	2	2	John Norman
7	1880	GA	Glynn	Brunswick	56	T9	149	45A (stamped)	42	—	443	John C. Norman
8	1880	GA	Screven	G. M. D. 36	86	T9	164	242D (stamped)	14	252	258	D. Wm. Norman
9	1880	GA	Tattnall	G. M. D. 401	91	T9	166	482A	19	76	75	William E. Grice