So Harry Chris Holding is in Detroit, (District 3), Michigan, for the 1920 U.S. Federal Census! The date of enumeration is 5 January, 1920. People went where the jobs were: Harry's occupation is butcher at the meat packing complex.
Or sometimes, maybe, folks may have followed relatives to a location or vice versa; they moved, for example, to be closer to the wife's family?
Harry (aka "Chris") and his wife, Blanch (no "e" in this record), now have five children! There are also a couple of boarders in the household. They are working as teamsters at the trucking company.
Harry, here, is reported to be age 30, Blanch(e) is age 25, "Kathrine", (misspelled), Holding is age 10; Harry, Jr. is age 8, Laura is age 7, Samuel is age 2 and there is a baby, Eugene, age 3 months.
Looking at this census page, I see a couple of familiar names--there is a Blanche Clark and an entry for a Mr. Yeager from Kentucky. Harry's mother was a Yeager. Blanche's maiden name was Clark! Not sure whether these are relatives, yet. Or related. But chances are good that they are!
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