crazy kin

i wish i could know what my relations were thinking when census takers came to doors asking about how old they were and where they were from. i have a particular grandmother who is straight incooperative with these census takers. for instance, her born name i can only assume was katherine glover b. 1856, then in 1880 she listed as ailsy glover, then in 1885 she was kit glover, then married some dude ten years her junior in 1900 and became ailsey davis. after becoming a widow she was back to kit glover and then only when she died would she ever use the surname davis, dying a. mrs.elsie davis. this kinna shit makes it so hard for me to trace their steps and her sister patsy is even worse when it comes to the name change game. thank god the naming tradition of the clan is still intact in our families. makes it SOMETIMES easier to deduce who came from who or named for who.