1894 State Census of Michigan: What the Numbers Mean

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1894 State Census of Michigan: What the Numbers Mean

1. Dwelling Houses Numbered in Order of Visitation
2. Families Numbered in Order of Visitation
3a. Last Name of each person whose place of abode on June 1, 1894 was in this Family
3b. First Name of each person whose place of abode on June 1, 1894 was in this Family
4. Age at last birthday prior to June 1, 1894. If under 1 year give months in the fractions. (Instead of fraction "3/12", given here as 3 months, etc.)
5. Sex - Male or Female
6. Color - White (W), Black (B), Chinese (Chi), Indian (Ind)
7. Designation of Heads of Family (Husband and Wife) and Relationship of each other persons enumerated to heads of this family, as Son, Daughter, etc.
8. Single, Married, Widow / Widower, Divorced
9. Married within census year, June 1, 1893 to June 1, 1894 - Write Yes or No
10. Mother of how many children
11. Number of these children living
12. Place of Birth of this Person naming the State or Territory of the U.S. or the Country if Foreign Birth
13. Place of Birth of the Father of the Person naming the State or Territory of the U.S. or the Country if Foreign Birth
14. Place of Birth of the Mother of the Person naming the State or Territory of the U.S. or the Country if Foreign Birth
15. Number of Males
16. Number of Females
17. Month of birth, if born within the year
18. Number of children previously born of same mother. (If there were no previous births, write None)
19. Profession, occupation or trade of each person Male or Female
20. Number of months this person has not been employed during the census year
21. Whether a soldier, sailor, or marine during the Civil War (U.S. or Conf.), or a widow of such person. Write U.S. Sol., U.S. Marine, or Widow of U.S. Soldier, etc.
22. 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 of Disability
23. Blind, Deaf, Deaf and Dumb, Dumb, Epileptic, Idiotic, Insane, etc.
24. Whether attended school within the year
25. If "yes", give number of months
26. Can the person read in any language
27. Can the person write in any language
28. Able to speak English. If not, the Language or Dialect spoken
29. Time of Residence within this state in years
30. Number of years in the United States
31. Whether a Prisoner, Convict, Homeless Child or Pauper. If either, designate, which as Prisoner, "Pauper", etc. If neither write No

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