Segal Family in the New Jersey, State Census, 1905

As I was writing about the Segal / Siegel / Seigle family in New Jersey, I realized that I had never looked for Simche Segal's family in the 1905 state census for New Jersey. State censuses were taken in New Jersey every ten years from 1855 to 1915, and Ancestry recently made more of these records available. Most are also available on FamilySearch.org (a free website). This is great for finding families who may have moved between the federal censuses taken every ten years in years ending in 0.

In 1895 (see Census Searching) and in 1900 (see More on Simche Segal Family), the family was in Dennis, Cape May County, New Jersey. In 1903, the Borough of Woodbine was incorporated, so the 1905 New Jersey State Census shows that the family lived in Woodbine.

I recently spent some time exploring the 1905 New Jersey state census in Woodbine for my husband's relatives. (These records can be found at both FamilySearch and at Ancestry, though Ancestry had mis-indexed the county for Woodbine - it's Cape May, which was totally missing, not Camden. Yes, I reported this error to Ancestry.)

1905 New Jersey State Census, Cape May County, population schedule, Borough of Woodbine, p. 3B, dwelling 40, family 53, Sam Segal; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https:www.familysearch.org : accessed 10 February 2018).

I don't know if it was due to a language barrier, but I found many discrepancies between what the 1905 census reported for ages (and some names) and other records.

Segal, Sam, born Oct 1849, age 55, married, born in Russia
------, Rebecca, born Jan 1871, age 34, married, born in Russia
------, Lena, born May 1890, age 15, single, born in Russia
------, Louis, born July 1898, age 6, single, born in New Jersey
------, Israel, born June 1902, age 3, single, born in New Jersey

Sam was more commonly known as Simche, and in various records, his age varies dramatically (born anywhere from 1835 to 1849).
Rebecca, also known as Blume, has reported birth years from 1865 to 1879.
I found out what happened to daughter, Lena, when I connected with a half third cousin of my husband. (See Analyzing a DNA Match.)
Other records for Lewis have birth years between 1898 and 1901 (the last of which isn't possible, as he is listed in the 1900 federal census.) I have been in touch with a descendant of Louis, who shared Simche's death certificate and photograph of his gravestone with me.
Israel, later known as Edward, settled in Philadelphia, married there, and had one daughter.

Sometime between 1905 and 1910, Sam / Samuel (Simche) Segal moved from Woodbine to Holly Beach, both in Cape May County, New Jersey. (Holly Beach became Wildwood in 1912; see Wikipedia.)