Michelle & Marie:
Thank you for your responses. To summarize, ChasH said that the
instructions to the enumerators in 1880 were that, in this case, the jailer
(i.e., superintendent) was the head of household. Jennie suggested using the
Event description to show that the person was the S
Jennie:
Thank you for the suggestion of using the notes to explain the situation.
Howland Davis
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From: Jenny M Benson
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Sent: Mon, Mar 4, 2013 7:57 am
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question
On 03/03/2013 21:09
ehold" in the citation.
Michele
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From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk]
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 7:56 AM
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question
On 03/03/2013 21:09, Howlanddavisii wrote:
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On 03/03/2013 21:09, Howlanddavisii wrote:
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> Luggers:
>
> I have an ancestor who was a supervisor in an asylum for the insane per
> the 1880 census. The first person listed for the dwelling is the
> superintend
On 03/03/2013 21:09, Howlanddavisii wrote:
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> Luggers:
>
> I have an ancestor who was a supervisor in an asylum for the insane per
> the 1880 census. The first person listed for the dwelling is the
> superintendent of the facility. When I write a citation for the census, is
> he the head
ChasH:
Thank you for the information. Looks like Edward Cowles is the head of a
very large (employees and inmates) and somewhat crazy family.
Howland Davis
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From: Ch
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Sent: Sun, Mar 3, 2013 7:01 pm
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of
I don't know if this can answer your question but here is the 1880 US
Census Instructions to Enumerators, see at:
https://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/inst1880.shtml
"...The word family, for the purposes of the census, includes persons
living alone, as previously described, equally with fami
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