Both of these snippets are from the 1861 Census of Canada. Both of them are for my great great grandparents, Louis Charles Couvrette and Philoméne Chauvin. I wasn’t even looking for the second one, because I’d already found them, presumably living with her parents. But then I found a record that had been indexed under the name Celia Couvrette. Who the hell is Celia? So I looked, and lo and behold, Celia is really Louis C.
I don’t know the specific dates each census page was taken, so it’s possible that a small amount of time elapsed between them. Maybe they were visiting her parents, were enumerated there first, went home, and were enumerated a second time? Or maybe they were actually living with her parents, were enumerated, then moved to their own home before that area was enumerated?
We’ll never know. But either of those scenarios would reasonably explain why they were double entered. It would also sadly explain why some people get missed. Move in the opposite direction, and you don’t get enumerated at all.
Oh, and I’m totally amused at the description of his occupation: Capt. de Steamboat. Holy creole, Batman!
red paper boat 