[#4720] Carl and Karl

[Gjest Brent Mikkelsen]

My great great grandfather is listed as Karl E. Andersen in the 1900 census, he was born in Aarstad in 1856. In the 1865 there is no Karl E. Andersen but there is a Carl E. Andersen born in Aarstads and he is 9 years old. Could this be the same person? Was is common for people to change the spelling of their names like that?

[Gjest Bjørn Davidsen]

Yes to both questions.