1880 Code

• # = line number
• A = name of street
• B = House Number (usually blank in rural areas)
• 1 = Dwelling House Number in Order of Visit
• 2 = Family Number in Order of Visit
• 3a = Last Name (Surname)
• 3b = Given name(s)
• 4 = race (W = white, B = Black, M = Mulatto, C = China, I = Indian)
• 5 = M (Male) or F (Female)
• 6 = Age at last birthday PRIOR to June 1, 1880
• 7 = Birth month (if the baby is listed less than 1 year of age)
• 8 = Relationship of each person to the head of this family (wife, son, daughter, servant, boarder or other)
• 9 = Single (if marked)
• 10 = Married (if marked)
• 11 = Widowed or Divorced (W or D)
• 12 = Married during the year prior to June 1, 1880 (if marked)
• 13 = Occupation
• 14 = Months unemployed (prior to June 1, 1880)
• 15 = Sick or Temporarily disability at time of the visit, nature of sickness or disability
• 16 = Blind (if marked))
• 17 = Deaf and Dumb (if marked)
• 18 = Idiotic (if marked)
• 19 = Insane (if marked)
• 20 = Maimed, Crippled, Bedridden or otherwise disabled (if marked)
• 21 = Attended school within the census year (the year prior to June 1, 1880)
• 22 = Cannot read (if marked)
• 23 = Cannot write (if marked)
• 24 = Place of birth, naming State or Territory of US or Country, if of foreign birth
• 25 = Place of birth, of father
• 26 - Place of birth, of mother

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