United States Census 1870

1870 Census

Dates: 1 June (5 months)

Uniqueness: -Asked if the father or mother of the individual were foreign born -Asked if born within the year and to give month. -Asked if a male citizen over 21 years of age -Asked if a male citizen over 21 years of age, who has had their rights to vote denied other than because of the grounds of rebellion or crime. -If a male individual is missing in this Census, it may serve as a clue that he may have been a casualty of the Civil War.

Problems: -The census was to list only those abiding in the house as of June 1 (those who may have died since may be missed or children born after that date but by the time the enumerator came would not have been accounted for but again they may have. -It has been said that many people were missed in the South.

States Covered: Alabama Missouri Arkansas Nebraska California Nevada Connecticut New Hampshire Delaware New Jersey Florida New York Georgia North Carolina Illinois Ohio Indiana Oregon Iowa Pennsylvania Kansas Rhode Island Kentucky South Carolina Louisiana Tennessee Maine Texas Maryland Vermont Massachusetts Virginia Michigan West Virginia Minnesota Wisconsin Mississippi District of Columbia

States Missing: (none)

Territories: Arizona Dakota Montana Utah Wyoming Colorado Idaho New Mexico Washington