Census Key: Agriculture
1880 U.S. Census: Agriculture Schedules for HadleyTownship, Pike County, Illinois
When the original enumerator’s schedules were assembled, page 5 was changed to page 8 and pages 6, 7 and 8 were changed to 5, 6, and 7. The page numbers were crossed out and changed. The original page 5 was moved to the page 8 position.
We examined the dwelling numbers, family numbers, names, ages, and places of birth. We concluded that this page switch was an error on the part of the enumerator or someone at the Census Bureau. In order to keep family members and neighbors listed together, we have returned these listings to what we believe to be their original, and correct, positions. We have used the original numbers. Researchers viewing images of the original schedules should be mindful of this discrepancy.
All census takers made errors, but the 1880 enumerator for Hadley Township was particularly unreliable with regard to places of birth. He consistently spelled both Jesse and Jessie as Jessee, Elizabeth as Elizebeth, Rachel or Rachael as Racheal, Margaret as Margret, and Michael as Micheal. His handwriting is difficult to distinguish between Mary and May. He frequently marked “Maimed, crippled, bedridden, or otherwise disabled” when he likely intended to mark “Attended school within the census year.”
| Original Enumerator’s Schedule |
New Philadelphia Project Database Field |
Explanation |
| ID |
Each record (one person) has a consecutive number. |
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| Page |
See notes above regarding pages 5 through 8. |
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| Name of street |
Omitted, none in Hadley Tp. |
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| House number |
Omitted, none in Hadley Tp. |
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| Dwelling houses numbered in order of visitation |
Dwelling |
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| Families numbered in order of visitation |
Family |
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| The name of each person whose place of abode on 1st day of June 1880 was in this family |
FirstName |
Names are as the enumerator spelled them. Sic is used rarely. See Comments field for alternative surnames. |
| LastName |
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| Personal description: Color {white, black, mulatto, Chinese or Indian |
Color |
w = white; b = black; m = mulatto |
| Personal description: Sex |
Sex |
m = male; f = female |
| Personal description: Age at last birthday prior to June 1, 1880 |
Age |
Age in years. For children under 1, we entered 0. |
| AgeMos |
For children under 1, their age in months. |
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| If born within the census year, give the month |
BornInYear |
✓= yes |
| Relationship of each person to the head of this family – whether wife, son, daughter, servant, boarder, or other |
Relation |
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| Civil condition: Single |
CivilCondition |
m = married; w = widowed; s = single; d = divorced |
| Civil condition: Married |
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| Civil condition: Widowed, divorced |
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| Married during the census year |
MarriedInYear |
✓= yes |
| Occupation: Profession, occupation or trade of each person, male or female |
Occupation |
Spelling is corrected. |
| Occupation: Numbers of months this person has been unemployed during the census year |
MosUnemployed |
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| Is the person (on the day of the enumerator’s visit) sick, or temporarily disabled, so as to be unable to attend to ordinary business or duties? If so, what is the sickness or disability? |
Health |
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| Blind |
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| Deaf and dumb |
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| Idiotic |
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| Insane |
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| Maimed, crippled, bedridden, or otherwise disabled |
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| Education: Attended school within the census year |
School |
✓= yes |
| Education: Cannot read |
Illiterate |
✓= cannot read, cannot write, or can do neither |
| Education: Cannot write |
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| Nativity: Place of birth of this person, naming the state or territory of United States, or the country if of foreign birth |
PlaceOfBirth |
We use standard USPS abbreviations for states. Foreign countries are written out in full. Spelling is corrected. |
| Nativity: Place of birth of the father of this person, naming the state or territory of United States, or the country if of foreign birth |
FatherBorn |
We use standard USPS abbreviations for states. Foreign countries are written out in full. Spelling is corrected. |
| Nativity: Place of birth of the mother of this person, naming the state or territory of United States, or the country if of foreign birth |
MotherBorn |
We use standard USPS abbreviations for states. Foreign countries are written out in full. Spelling is corrected. |
| AgSched |
✓= This farmer is listed on the 1880 agriculture schedule. |
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| Comments |
(Alternate surname spellings found in 1850-80 censuses for Hadley Tp.) Discrepancies between names on this population schedule and the 1880 agriculture schedule. Problems encountered in reading the enumerator’s handwriting. Extra notations by enumerator. |