1880 Census Morrill

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Explanation of Columns

L	S	H	D	F	Name of Person in Household	Description				R	Civil Condition				Occupation	U	Health	B	D	I	In	M	S	R	W	BP	FBP	MBP
						Color	Sex	Age	M		S	M	D	M
	a	b	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26

L	Line Number
a	Name of Street
b	House Number
1	Dwelling house numbered in the order of visitation
2	Families numbered in the order of visitation
3	The name of every person whose place of abode on the first day of June, 1880, was in this family
4	Color: White (W), Black (B), Mulatto (M), Chinese (C), Indian (I)
5	Sex- Male (M), Female (F)
6	Age at last birthday prior to June 1, 1880. If under 1 year, give months in fractios, thus 3/12
7	If born within the Census year, give the month.
8	Relationship of each person to the head of this family - Whether wife, son, daughter, servant, boarder or other.
9	Civil Condition: Single
10	Civil Condition: Married
11	Civil Condition: Widowed / Divorced (D)
12	Civil Condition: Married during Census year.
13	Occupation: Profession, Occupation or Trade of each person, male or female
14	Number of months this person has been unemployed during the Census year.
15	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 disablilty?
16	Blind
17	Deaf and Dumb
18	Idiotic
19	Insane
20	Maimed, Crippled, Bedridden, or otherwise disabled.
21	Attended school within the Census Year.
22	Cannot read
23	Cannot write
24	Place of Birth of this person, naming State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth.
25	Place of Birth of the Father of this person, naming State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth.
26	Place of Birth of the Mother of this person, naming State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth.

Notes

Note A	The Census Year begins June 1, 1879, and ends May 31, 1880
Note B	All persons will be included in the Enumeration who were living on the 1st day of June, 1880. No others will. Children BORN SINCE June 1, 1880, will be OMITTED. Members of families who have DIED SINCE June 1, 1880 will be INCLUDED
Note C	Questions Nos. 13, 14, 22, and 23 are not to be asked in respect to persons under 10 years of age.
Note D	In making entries in columns 9, 10, 11, 12, 16 - 23 an affirmative only mark will be used - thus /, except in the case of divorced person, column 11, when the letter "D" is to be used.
Note E	Question No. 12 will only be asked in cases where an affirmative answer has been given either to question 10 or 11.
Note F	Question No. 14 will only be asked in cases when a gainful occupation has been reported in column 13
Note G	In column 7 an abbreviation to the name of a month may be used, as Jan., Apr., Dec.

Contributed by Barbara Tourtillott

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