USGenWeb Free Census Project, Notices, Key to 1885 Census Columns
Key to 1885 Census Columns: | |
Abbreviation | Description |
LN | Line Number |
STREET | Name of Street |
HOUSE | House Number |
HN | Dwelling house numbered in order of visitation |
FN | Families numbered in order of visitation |
Firstname | First Name |
Lastname | Last Name |
C | Color - White, W, Black B, Mulatto, Mu, Chinese, C, Indian, I |
S | Sex - Males (M.). Females (F.) |
Age | at last birthday prior to June 1, 1885. If under 1 year, give months in fractions, thus: 8//12 |
MO | If born within the Census year, give the month. |
RELATION | Relationship of each person to the head of this family - whether wife, son, daughter, servant, boarder, or other. |
S | Single |
M | Married |
W | Widowed, X, or Divorced, D |
Y | Married during Census Year |
OCCUPATION | Profession, Occupation or Trade of each person, male or female. |
DIS | Number of months this person has been unemployed during the Census year. |
HEALTH |
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. |
B | Blind |
D | Deaf and Dumb |
I | Idiotic |
N | Insane |
M | Maimed, Crippled, Bedridden or otherwise disabled |
S | Attended school within this Census year |
R | Cannot read |
W | Cannot write |
BIRTHPLACE | Place of Birth of this person naming State or Territory of United States or Country, if of foreign birth. |
FATHER | Place of Birth of the Father of this person naming State or Territory of United States or Country, if of foreign birth. |
MOTHER | Place of Birth of Mother of this person naming State or Territory of United States or Country, if of foreign birth. |
Remarks | Transcriber's Remarks Remarks by transcriber. NOT part of the official Census. |