Question about Indian Census Rolls

Question

My questions concerns the 1929 Great Lakes Indian Census Rolls. It contains information that none of the others I've checked does. There are two columns, one for "Surname" and one for "Given"; both columns are under the heading "English". There are entries that have the surname 'Condecon' in the Surname column, but in the Given column has the following names: Caroline Hall, Joseph Hall, Jr., John Robert Hall, Ruth Julia Bear, Julia Maria Bear. Some of the othernames in the given column make more sense: Jack, Thomas Percy, Cecelia A., Edward, Margaret, etc. It's the surname 'Hall' stuck in the Given column that I'm curious about. I have a small amount of North American Indian DNA according to Ancestry, and my Hall surname has been my biggest brick wall. I have an Ancestry DNA match with someone with Condecon ancestors, but we can't figure out where we connect. Her maternal ancestors are Ojibwe, and she doesn't know anything about any Halls. Can someone help explain the presence of the surname Hall mixed with Condecon on this census? I'm trying to figure out how to pursue this lead. Thank you.

Answer 1

Looking at these rolls over the years it appears that Caroline's maiden name/surname was "Condecon" and her spouse's name was "Hall."   If you look at the 1920 U.S. Census you will see Caroline Hall and her children Joseph and John living with her parents John and Julia Condecon.  "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFVN-69G : 4 February 2021), Caroline Hall in entry for John Condecon, 1920.

Her husband Joseph Hall had apparently already died by 1920 and it looks like Caroline remarried since she had two children, Ruth Julia and Marie, with a surname of "Bear" born in the 1920's.