READ FROM THE CENSUS IMAGE BY CLAUDE in Owen's signed-in Chrome, 1 Aug 2026 (not from the index — see the two index errors this caught). Ancestry coll. 8054 rec. 16998665. NARA RG29 M432 Roll 196 p. 7b, line 3, dwelling 97 family 98. Image 4193962-00442, 14 of 95. Ambrose Bush 72 Farmer real estate $6,900 b. VIRGINIA Julia Bush 23 · Robert Berry 23 ⭐ IDENTIFICATION: Ancestry's own tree-match labels this record 'In your tree: James Ambrose BUSH 1779-1873, 5th great-grandfather' = [1086]. He was enumerated under his MIDDLE name, which is why a first-name search returned nothing — the project's 'try the clerk's spelling' rule paying out again. ⛔ [1087] JEANETTE 'JANE' QUISENBERRY IS NOT IN THIS HOUSEHOLD. The tree has her b.1782 d.1859; she should be here, aged 68. CONFIRMED ON THE IMAGE — dwelling 97/98 holds Ambrose 72, Julia 23 and Robert Berry, and nothing else. THREE LIVE POSSIBILITIES, NONE PREFERRED: she was enumerated elsewhere; her 1859 death date is wrong; or this household is misidentified. THE ABSENCE IS RECORDED AND NO DEATH IS INFERRED FROM IT. She is not linked to this citation and REMAINS UNSOURCED. ⚠️ 'Julia Bush 23' does NOT fit [1121] Nancy Julia Bush b.1820, who would be 30. NOT LINKED. ⭐ CORROBORATION, NOT LINKED: the next dwelling, 98/99, holds 'Pleasant Bush 25' with Sally Ann 20, Robert S 6 and William C 4 — [1100] Pleasant Bush b.1823, his son (F412). Father to married son in adjacent dwellings, as with the Quisenberrys above. ⭐ AND THE TWO KENTUCKY HOUSEHOLDS CORROBORATE EACH OTHER: Bush at dwelling 97 and Quisenberry at dwelling 168 are in the SAME enumeration district on the SAME roll — and Jane Quisenberry married James Bush. Two independent identifications supporting one another.

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Audited 1 Aug 2026 — his first, and his first citation. 1850 census, District 2, Clark Co., Kentucky, dwelling 97: 'Ambrose Bush, 72, Farmer, real estate $6,900, b. VIRGINIA'. ⭐ HE WAS ENUMERATED UNDER HIS MIDDLE NAME, which is why a first-name search on James returned nothing — Ancestry's own tree-match resolves the record to 'James Ambrose BUSH 1779-1873, 5th great-grandfather'. ⭐ The identification does not rest on him alone: the next dwelling holds 'Pleasant Bush 25' = [1100], his son. ⛔ HIS WIFE IS ABSENT — see [1087]. ⚠️ 'Julia Bush 23' does not fit [1121] Nancy Julia b.1820 and is not linked. ⭐⭐ THE GENERATION'S FINDING, from the four households read together: A MIGRATION COHORT IN SILVER CREEK, RANDOLPH CO., MISSOURI. Two unrelated families arrive in the same township within a few years of each other in the 1830s, from two different states — MANSFIELD from Virginia (flip at Elizabeth, 17) and CAVENS from Kentucky (flip at Margaret E, 12). That is REGION x ERA x ANCHOR as `stopping-rules.md` sec.3 asks for it: Randolph Co., Missouri, the 1830s, the push west, with four named ancestors standing in it. THIS IS CARPENTER'S ERA HOOK AND IT DID NOT EXIST BEFORE 1 Aug 2026. ⛔ THE LIMIT, STATED: in both households the entries above the flip are DITTO MARKS whose referent is inferred from the parents' state. Each flip is legible; the extent above it is not. Re-read at higher zoom before either bracket is written as a fact. Worksheet: ancestry/carpenter-gen7-census-worksheet-2026-08-01.md

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