United States Census 1880

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Content
1880 Census was taken beginning 1 June 1880, for two weeks to thirty days. The following information was recorded by the census taker:

1880—1 Jun 1880—30 days or two weeks for communities with 10,000+ populations 1) Name 2) Race (W, B, M, I, C—see 1870 Purpose) 3) Sex 4) Age 5) Month of birth if born within year 6) Relationship to head of household 7) Single, married, widowed, divorced 8) Married within year 9) Occupation/months unemployed 10) Birthplace 11) Parents’ birthplace 12) School attendance within year 13) Whether unable to read if age 10+ 14) Sick or temporarily disabled when enumerated &amp; reason 15) Blind, deaf-mute, idiotic, insane or permanently disabled

1790-2000 Information: http://www.census.gov/prod/2000pubs/cff-2.pdf

HCP entry is an occasional footnote in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints abstract of the 1880 U.S. census.

Value
The 1870 census can be used to:1

 Birthplace of parents-immigrant information  May supplement birth/marriage info. Due to relationship info.  Relationships—surnmae sof married daughter, mother-in-law, cousins, other relatives  Wife may not be mother of kids  Clues to genetic symptoms or diseases

1850-1930 Search Tips: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/1850-1930.html

Unique Features and Problems

 * Asked the relationship to the head of household
 * Asked marital status
 * Lists the name of the streets and house numbers of some of the urban homes
 * Lists an illness or disability on the day of visitation
 * Lists number of months unemployed
 * 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
 * Soundex: Lists only families with children under the age of 10 years

 Provide street name &amp; house # for urban households  Identify relationship to head of household  Identify illness/disability at time of census  Number of months unemployed during the year  Birthplace of parents  People born/died after 1 Jun 1880 were not to be included.

States Covered and Missing

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


 * No states missing 

Territories

 * Arizona
 * Dakota
 * Idaho
 * Montana
 * New Mexico
 * Utah
 * Wyoming

Web Sites
1790-2000 Info: http://www.census.gov/prod/2000pubs/cff-2.pdf

1850-1930 Search Tips: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/1850-1930.html

Bibliographic Citations
1. Szucs, Loretto Dennis and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking. The Source: A Guide book to American Genealogy. 3rd ed. (Provo, UT: Ancestry, 2006.)

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