Cleaver Family Counted Twice in the 1940 Census

I was just looking through my census records, reorganizing them and making a checklist of the ones I have for each person when I realize that William Cleaver and his large +10 family is counted twice in the 1940 census, in two different townships in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Now, I have seen a few times individual people being counted twice in different households... but a whole family?


If the family wasn't so big it could have just been a coincidence, but a 10+ family size with all the children's names the same and the same ages? I think not.

The two townships they were listed in was Upper Bern and North Heidelberg, looking at the map they are not even next to each other, and these censuses were taken less than a week apart and were taken by two different enumerators, so someone messed up big time. I know that they owned a farm, and in both of these census records it is listed they live on a farm, also this census asks where they were living in 1935 and both say they were living in the same place... not even a bit possible.

The only thing I can think of is William owned multiple farms in Northern Berks County around the Bernville area, so they counted the family twice since they lived in both farms. Maybe the family was split into two at the time and when the enumerator came to visit they listed everyone, not just the ones that were there. Something definitely went terribly wrong because this is not suppose to happen and now I don't know where everyone was at this time.. :-(

(fast forward a few days)
I just checked the recorder of deed for Berks County, Pennsylvania and I found multiple deeds, along with mortgage, right of way, and easement records for William S Cleaver, listing his wife Katie R Cleaver as well. Some listing property in Upper Bern and North Heidelberg! This find was really exciting, so I know for sure they had property in this area at the time of these census records. The fact remains the same though that all the family members should not have been placed in both census documents.

Sources:

• 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Berks County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, North Heidelberg, Enumeration District 6-68, Sheet 5B, Family 85; William Cleaver; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 November 2014), citing National Archives microfilm publication T627, Roll 3434.
• 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Berks County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Upper Bern, Enumeration District 6-100, Sheet 61A, Family 112; Wm. D. Cleaver; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 November 2014), citing National Archives microfilm publication T627, Roll 3436.
• Berks County, Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds