Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question

2013-03-04 Thread Howlanddavisii
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

Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question

2013-03-04 Thread Howlanddavisii
Jennie: Thank you for the suggestion of using the notes to explain the situation. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Mon, Mar 4, 2013 7:57 am Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question On 03/03/2013 21:09

Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question

2013-03-04 Thread MVMcgrs
ehold" in the citation. Michele -Original Message- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 7:56 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question On 03/03/2013 21:09, Howlanddavisii wrote: &

RE: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question

2013-03-04 Thread Michele Lewis
ubject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question On 03/03/2013 21:09, Howlanddavisii wrote: > > 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

Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question

2013-03-04 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 03/03/2013 21:09, Howlanddavisii wrote: > > 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

Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question

2013-03-03 Thread Howlanddavisii
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 -Original Message- From: Ch To: LegacyUserGroup Sent: Sun, Mar 3, 2013 7:01 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of

Re: [LegacyUG] Census Head Of Household Question

2013-03-03 Thread Ch
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