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2022 ACS 1990 1% 1940 1% 1870 1%
2021 ACS 1980 1% 1930 1% 1860 1%
2016 ACS 1970 Form 2 Metro 1920 1% 1850 1%
2011 ACS 1970 Form 1 Metro 1910 1%
2006 ACS 1960 1% 1900 1%
2000 1% 1950 1% 1880 1%
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2022 ACS
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2. How is this person related to Person 1? ?

[ ] Opposite-sex husband/wife/spouse
[ ] Opposite-sex unmarried partner
[ ] Same-sex husband/wife/spouse
[ ] Same-sex unmarried partner
[ ] Biological son or daughter
[ ] Adopted son or daughter
[ ] Stepson or stepdaughter
[ ] Brother or sister
[ ] Father or mother
[ ] Grandchild
[ ] Parent-in-law
[ ] Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
[ ] Other relative
[ ] Roommate or housemate
[ ] Foster child
[ ] Other nonrelative

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2021 ACS
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2. How is this person related to Person 1? ?

[ ] Opposite-sex husband/wife/spouse
[ ] Opposite-sex unmarried partner
[ ] Same-sex husband/wife/spouse
[ ] Same-sex unmarried partner
[ ] Biological son or daughter
[ ] Adopted son or daughter
[ ] Stepson or stepdaughter
[ ] Brother or sister
[ ] Father or mother
[ ] Grandchild
[ ] Parent-in-law
[ ] Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
[ ] Other relative
[ ] Roommate or housemate
[ ] Foster child
[ ] Other nonrelative

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2016 ACS
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2. How is this person related to Person 1?
[ ] Husband or wife
[ ] Biological son or daughter
[ ] Adopted son or daughter
[ ] Stepson or stepdaughter
[ ] Brother or sister
[ ] Father or mother
[ ] Grandchild
[ ] Parent-in-law
[ ] Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
[ ] Other relative
[ ] Roomer or boarder
[ ] Housemate or roommate
[ ] Unmarried partner
[ ] Foster child
[ ] Other nonrelative
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2. If the person is related to Person 1 by birth, marriage, or adoption, but is not the Husband or wife, Biological son or daughter, Adopted son or daughter, Stepson or stepdaughter, Brother or sister, Father or mother, Grandchild, Parent-in-law, Son-in-law or daughter-in-law, of Person 1, mark the "Other relative" box. Therefore, a niece or nephew of Person 1 would be categorized as "Other relative."

If a person is not related to Person 1, mark the applicable box. A "Roomer or boarder" is someone who occupies room(s) and makes cash or non-cash payment(s). A "Housemate or roommate" is someone sharing the house/apartment (but who is not romantically involved) with Person 1. An "Unmarried partner," also known as a domestic partner, is a person who shares a close personal relationship with Person 1. A "Foster child" is someone under the age of 21 who is involved in the formal foster care system. For all other people who are not related to person 1, mark the "Other nonrelative" box.


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2011 ACS
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2. How is this person related to Person 1?
[ ] Husband or wife
[ ] Biological son or daughter
[ ] Adopted son or daughter
[ ] Stepson or stepdaughter
[ ] Brother or sister
[ ] Father or mother
[ ] Grandchild
[ ] Parent-in-law
[ ] Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
[ ] Other relative
[ ] Roomer or boarder
[ ] Housemate or roommate
[ ] Unmarried partner
[ ] Foster child
[ ] Other nonrelative
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2. If the person is related to Person 1 by birth, marriage, or adoption, but is not the Husband or wife, Biological son or daughter, Adopted son or daughter, Stepson or stepdaughter, Brother or sister, Father or mother, Grandchild, Parent-in-law, Son-in-law or daughter-in-law, of Person 1, mark the "Other relative" box. Therefore, a niece or nephew of Person 1 would be categorized as "Other relative."

If a person is not related to Person 1, mark the applicable box. A "Roomer or boarder" is someone who occupies room(s) and makes cash or non-cash payment(s). A "Housemate or roommate" is someone sharing the house/apartment (but who is not romantically involved) with Person 1. An "Unmarried partner," also known as a domestic partner, is a person who shares a close personal relationship with Person 1. A "Foster child" is someone under the age of 21 who is involved in the formal foster care system. For all other people who are not related to person 1, mark the "Other nonrelative" box.


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2006 ACS
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2. How is this person related to Person 1?
[ ] Husband or wife
[ ] Biological son or daughter
[ ] Adopted son or daughter
[ ] Stepson or stepdaughter
[ ] Brother or sister
[ ] Father or mother
[ ] Grandchild
[ ] Parent-in-law
[ ] Son-in-law or daughter-in-law
[ ] Other relative
[ ] Roomer or boarder
[ ] Housemate or roommate
[ ] Unmarried partner
[ ] Foster child
[ ] Other nonrelative
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3. Mark the appropriate category to describe the relationship of each person to Person 1. If the person is related to Person 1 by birth, marriage, or adoption, but is not the Husband or wife, Son or daughter, Brother or sister, Father or mother, Grandchild, or In-law, of Person 1, mark the "Other relative" box. Therefore, a niece or nephew of Person 1 would be categorized as "Other relative." A parent-in-law, son/daughter-in-law, or brother/sister-in-law of Person 1 would be categorized as an "in law."

If a person is a stepchild or an adopted child of Person 1, mark the "Son or daughter" box.

If a person is not related to Person 1, mark the applicable box. A "Roomer or boarder" is someone renting a room/space in the house. A "Housemate or roommate" is someone sharing the house/apartment (but who is not romantically involved) with Person 1. An "Unmarried partner," also known as a domestic partner, is a person who shares a close personal relationship with Person 1. A "Foster child" is someone under the age of 18 who is involved in the formal foster care system. For all other people who are not related to person 1 mark "Other nonrelative".


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2000 1%
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2. How is this person related to person 1?Mark [X] one box.
[] Husband/Wife
[] Natural-born son/daughter
[] Adopted son/daughter
[] Stepson/stepdaughter
[] Brother/sister
[] Father/mother
[] Grandchild
[] Parent-in-law
[] Son-in-law/daughter-in-law
[] Other relative - Print exact relationship
[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]

If NOT RELATED to Person 1:
[] Roomer, boarder
[] Housemate, roommate
[] Unmarried partner
[] Foster child
[] Other nonrelative


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1990 1%
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2. How is this person related to PERSON 1 [the head of household]?

Fill ONE circle for each person. If Other relative of person in column 1, fill circle and print exact relationship, such as mother-in-law, grandparent, son-in-law, niece, cousin, and so on.

[Person 1 was not to answer this question.]
If a RELATIVE of Person 1:

[] Husband/wife
[] Natural-born or adopted son/daughter
[] Stepson/stepdaughter
[] Brother/sister
[] Father/mother
[] Grandchild
[] Other relative:
____________________

If NOT RELATED to Person 1:

[] Roomer, boarder, or foster child
[] Housemate, roommate
[] Unmarried partner
[] Other nonrelative

"Fill one circle to show how each person is related to the person in column 1. If Other relative of the person in column 1, print the exact relationship such as son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, nephew, niece, mother-in-law, father-in-law, cousin, and so on. If the Stepson/stepdaughter of the person in column 1 also has been legally adopted by the person in column 1, mark Stepson/stepdaughter but do not mark Natural-born or adopted son/daughter. In other words, Stepson/stepdaughter takes precedence over Adopted son/daughter."


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1990 1%

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1980 1%

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1970 Form 2 Metro

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1970 Form 1 Metro

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1960 1%
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(P3) What is the relationship of each person to the head of this household? (For example, wife, son, daughter, grandson, mother-in-law, lodger, lodger's wife)

____________________


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1950 1%
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8. Relationship:

Enter relationship of person to head of household, as
Head
Wife
Daughter
Grandson
Mother-in-law
Lodger
Lodger's wife
Maid
Hired hand
Patient, etc.
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109. Item 8. Relationship to household head.-For the head of the household, that is, the person who is regarded as head by the members of the household, enter the word "Head." For other members of the household write "Wife," "Son-in-law," "Grandson," "Cousin," etc., according to the particular relationship that the person bears to the head of the household.

110. Nonrelative of head.-For persons not related to the household head) enter a term such as "Lodger," "Partner," "Chauffeur," "Maid," "Hired man," "Employee," "Ward," "Foster child," etc. If you cannot find a specific term, enter "Lodger."

For lodgers, and for maids, hired hands, chauffeurs, etc., who may have relatives living with them in their employer's home, enter the relationship of the relatives to the lodger, maid, or hired hand. As examples, a lodger and his wife should be listed as "Lodger" and "Lodger's wife"; and a maid and her daughter, living in the home of the maid's employer, should be listed as "Maid" and "Maid's daughter."

111. Partners.-If two or more persons who are not related by blood,, marriage, or adoption share one dwelling unit as partners, write "Head" for one and "Partner" for the other(s).


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1950 1%
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8. Relationship:

Enter relationship of person to head of household, as
Head
Wife
Daughter
Grandson
Mother-in-law
Lodger
Lodger's wife
Maid
Hired hand
Patient, etc.
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109. Item 8. Relationship to household head.-For the head of the household, that is, the person who is regarded as head by the members of the household, enter the word "Head." For other members of the household write "Wife," "Son-in-law," "Grandson," "Cousin," etc., according to the particular relationship that the person bears to the head of the household.

110. Nonrelative of head.-For persons not related to the household head) enter a term such as "Lodger," "Partner," "Chauffeur," "Maid," "Hired man," "Employee," "Ward," "Foster child," etc. If you cannot find a specific term, enter "Lodger."

For lodgers, and for maids, hired hands, chauffeurs, etc., who may have relatives living with them in their employer's home, enter the relationship of the relatives to the lodger, maid, or hired hand. As examples, a lodger and his wife should be listed as "Lodger" and "Lodger's wife"; and a maid and her daughter, living in the home of the maid's employer, should be listed as "Maid" and "Maid's daughter."

111. Partners.-If two or more persons who are not related by blood,, marriage, or adoption share one dwelling unit as partners, write "Head" for one and "Partner" for the other(s).


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1950 1%
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e. Hotel, large rooming house, institution, military installation, etc. (name, type, line numbers of residents)
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Special types of living quarters

84. Item e-Hotel, large rooming house, institution, military installation, etc.-If you are enumerating the population of a hotel, a large rooming house, an institution, a military installation, etc., enter the full name of the place in the space provided.

In the space provided for "Type," enter the kind of place, such as "Hotel," "YMCA," "Army camp." If it is an institution, indicate the kind of person cared for and the kind of agency which operates the institution. For example: "State mental hospital," "Private home for the aged," "County poor farm," "Private nursing home," "State prison."

For each place, enter also the numbers of the lines which you use on that schedule for persons enumerated at the place.

Paragraph 89 shows a list of the kinds of places for which entries should be made in item e.

89. Special types of living quarters to be described in item e.-Following is a list of the types of places for which entries must be made under "Hotel, large rooming house, institution, military installation, etc.," in the heading of the schedule:


a. Institutions:

1.Correctional and penal institutions:
Federal prisons.-
Include: Penitentiaries, reformatories, correctional institutions, prison farms and camps, and detention headquarters operated by the Federal Government.

State prisons.-

Include: Prisons, penitentiaries, reformatories, prison farms and camps operated by State governments.

Jails.-

Include: Jails, workhouses, penitentiaries, prison farms and camps, and police station detention cells or lockups operated by county and city governments.
Public schools for juvenile delinquents.-
Include: Training, parental, or industrial schools operated by Federal, State, county, or city governments.

Private schools for juvenile delinquents.-
Include: Private schools for delinquents such as, "House of the Good Shepherd," "Boys Town," etc.

Detention homes.-
Include: State, local, and private detention and receiving homes.
2. Mental institutions:
Federal mental hospitals.-

Include: Hospitals for mental diseases (including Veterans' Administration neuropsychiatric hospitals) and hospitals for the treatment of alcoholics and drug addicts operated by the Federal Government.

State and local mental hospitals.-
Include: Hospitals for mental diseases, and hospitals for the treatment of alcoholics and drug addicts operated by State, county, and city governments.

Private mental hospitals.-
Include: Private hospitals and sanatoriums for mental diseases and private hospitals for the treatment of alcoholics and drug addicts.
Public homes and schools for mentally handicapped.-
Include: Homes and training schools for mental defectives, and homes, training schools, colonies, and villages for epileptics, operated by Federal, State, county, and city governments.

Private homes and schools for mentally handicapped.-
Include: Private homes and training schools for mental defectives. Also include homes, training schools, colonies, and villages for epileptics.
3. Homes for the aged and needy:

Federal and State homes for the aged and needy.

Local homes for the aged and needy.-
Include: Homes for the aged and needy, almshouses, poor farms, soldiers' and sailors' homes, etc., operated by county and city governments. Include homes providing care for both adults and children.
Nonprofit private homes for the aged and needy.-
Include: fraternal or religious homes for the aged and needy and those operated by nonprofit associations. Include homes providing care for both adults and children.

Commercial homes f or the aged.-
Include: Commercial boarding homes for the aged and needy. Include homes providing care for both adults and children.
Public homes for neglected and dependent children.-

Include: Orphan homes or asylums and children's homes operated by State, county, and city governments. Exclude foster-family homes.

Private homes for neglected and dependent children.-
Include: Private orphan homes or asylums and children's homes. Exclude foster-family homes.

Maternity homes for unmarried mothers.-
Include: Private maternity homes for unmarried mothers, such as "Florence Crittenton Homes," "Phyllis Wheatley Homes," and Salvation Army Homes. Also include any maternity homes of this type operated by State, county, or city governments.
4.Homes and hospitals for the chronically ill or handicapped:

Federal tuberculosis hospitals.-
Include: Tuberculosis hospitals, including Veterans' Administration tuberculosis hospitals, operated by the Federal Government.

State and local tuberculosis hospitals.-
Include: Tuberculosis hospitals and sanatoriums operated by State, county, and city governments.

Private tuberculosis hospitals.-
Include: Private tuberculosis hospitals and sanatoriums.

Chronic hospitals.-
Include: Chronic hospitals, cancer hospitals, and homes for incurables.

Public homes and schools for physically handicapped.-
Include: Homes and schools for the blind, for the deaf, and for the crippled, operated by Federal, State, county, and city governments.

Private homes and schools for physically handicapped.-
Include: Private homes and schools for the blind, for the deaf, and for the crippled.

Nursing, convalescent, and rest homes.-
Include: All nursing, convalescent, and rest homes. The homes are usually small (frequently fewer than 10 or 15 beds) and provide bed, board, and nursing care. In some cases such places may actually provide convalescent care, in others care is provided for elderly chronic patients.

b. Other special types of living quarters:

1. Nurses' homes.
2. Convents and monasteries.
3. Dormitories for workers.
4. Crew quarters on inland vessels.
5. Military installations.
6. College dormitories fraternity houses, and lodging houses devoted to students.
7. General hospitals.
8. Hotels, missions, "flophouses," etc.
9. Large lodging houses, residential clubs.
10. MCA YWCA, YMHA, YWHA.
11. Summer camps, tent camps, trailer camps, tourist courts, and motels.
12. School dormitories in schools below college level.

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1940 1%
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8. Relationship of this person to the head of the household, as wife, daughter, father, mother-in-law, grandson, lodger, lodger?s wife, servant, hired hand, etc..
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447. Column 8. Relationship of This Person to the Head of the Household.-For the head of the household, that is, the person who is regarded as the head by the members of the house, whether husband or father, wife, widow, or unmarried person of either sex, write the word "Head" in this column. For other members of the household write wife, son, daughter, father, mother, grandson, daughter-in-law, aunt, nephew, lodger, boarder, servant, hired hand, etc., according to the particular relationship that the person bears to the head of the household. (See illustrative example.)

448. For lodgers, and for servants, hired hands, chauffeurs, etc., who may have relatives living with them in their employer's home, enter the relationship of the relatives to the lodger, servant, or hired hand. As examples, a lodger and his wife should be listed in col. 8 as "lodger" and "lodger's wife"; and a servant and her daughter, living in the home of the servant's employer, should be listed as "servant" and "servant's daughter."

449. Occupants of an institution, prison, school, etc., living in the institutional building or buildings, should be designated as officer, inmate, patient, pupil, etc.; and in the case of the chief officer, his title should be used, as superintendent, warden ,principal, etc., instead of the word "Head." Enter the prisoner's number in col. 8 for an inmate of a penal institution that identifies its prisoners by number; enter "prisoner" for a prisoner not identified by number.

450. For hotel households (see par. 425), enter the term that describes the relation of the person to the hotel, as manager, cashier, bellboy, housekeeper, guest, etc.

451. If two or more persons who are not related by blood or marriage share a common dwelling unit as partners, write head for one and partner for the other or others.


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1940 1%
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8. Relationship of this person to the head of the household, as wife, daughter, father, mother-in-law, grandson, lodger, lodger?s wife, servant, hired hand, etc..
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447. Column 8. Relationship of This Person to the Head of the Household.-For the head of the household, that is, the person who is regarded as the head by the members of the house, whether husband or father, wife, widow, or unmarried person of either sex, write the word "Head" in this column. For other members of the household write wife, son, daughter, father, mother, grandson, daughter-in-law, aunt, nephew, lodger, boarder, servant, hired hand, etc., according to the particular relationship that the person bears to the head of the household. (See illustrative example.)

448. For lodgers, and for servants, hired hands, chauffeurs, etc., who may have relatives living with them in their employer's home, enter the relationship of the relatives to the lodger, servant, or hired hand. As examples, a lodger and his wife should be listed in col. 8 as "lodger" and "lodger's wife"; and a servant and her daughter, living in the home of the servant's employer, should be listed as "servant" and "servant's daughter."

449. Occupants of an institution, prison, school, etc., living in the institutional building or buildings, should be designated as officer, inmate, patient, pupil, etc.; and in the case of the chief officer, his title should be used, as superintendent, warden ,principal, etc., instead of the word "Head." Enter the prisoner's number in col. 8 for an inmate of a penal institution that identifies its prisoners by number; enter "prisoner" for a prisoner not identified by number.

450. For hotel households (see par. 425), enter the term that describes the relation of the person to the hotel, as manager, cashier, bellboy, housekeeper, guest, etc.

451. If two or more persons who are not related by blood or marriage share a common dwelling unit as partners, write head for one and partner for the other or others.


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1940 1%
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State ________, Incorporated place ________. Ward of city _________; Unincorporated place [Name of unincorporated place having 100 or more inhabitants] _______________________. Enumeration District NO.___________. Supervisor?s District NO.__________. County _______________. Township or other division of county ________________________. Block Nos. ___________; Institution [Name of institution and lines on which entries are made] _________________________________.
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427. Institutional Households.-The officials, employees, and inmates of an institution who live in the institution building or buildings make up one household. But if any officer or employee and his family, if any, live in separate quarters (a detached house or structure containing no inmates), they should be returned as a separate household. Note the instructions to identify institutions (par. 410).

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1930 1%
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6. Relationship of this person to the head of the family.
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131. Column 6. Relationship to head of family.-Designate the head of the family, whether husband or father, widow, or unmarried person of either sex, by the word "head"; for other members of a family write wife, father, mother, son, daughter, grandson, daughter-in-law, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, boarder, lodger, servant, etc., according to the particular relationship which the person bears to the head of the family.

132. Home-maker.-Column 6 is to be used also to indicate which member of the family is the "home-maker," that is, which one is responsible for the care of the home and family. After the word "wife," "mother," or other term showing the relationship of such person to the head of the family, add the letter "H," thus: "Wife-H." Only one person in each family should receive this designation.

133. Occupants of an institution or school, living under a common roof, should be designated as officer, inmate, pupil, patient, prisoner, etc.; and in the case of the chief officer his title should be used, as warden, principal, superintendent, etc., instead of the word "head." Pupils who live at the school only during the school term are not usually to be enumerated at the school. (See par. 68.)

134. If two or more persons share a common abode as partners, write head for one and partner for the other or others.

135. In the case of a hotel or boarding or lodging house family (see pars. 123 and 124), the head of the family is usually the manager or the person who keeps the hotel or boarding or lodging house.


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1920 1%
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1910 1%
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4. Relationship of this person to the head of the family.
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103. Column 4. Relationship to head of family.?Designate the head of the family, whether husband or father, widow, or unmarried person of either sex, by the word "Head;" for other members of a family write wife, father, mother, son, daughter, grandson, daughter-in-law, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, boarder, lodger, servant, etc., according to the particular relationship which the person bears to the head of the family.

104. Occupants of an institution or school, living under a common roof, should be designated as officer, inmate, pupil, patient, prisoner, etc.; and in the case of the chief officer his title should be used, as warden, principal, superintendent, etc., instead of the word "Head."


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1900 1%
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4. Relationship of this person to the head of the family.
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125. Column 4. Relationship to head of family.?Designate the head of the family, whether a husband or father, widow or unmarried person of either sex, by the work "Head;" for other members of a family write wife, mother, father, son, daughter, grandson, d.-in-law, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece, boarder, lodger, servant, etc., according to the particular relationship which the persons bears to the head of the family. Occupants of an institution or school, living under a common roof, should be designated as officer, inmate, pupil, patient, prisoner, etc., and in case of the chief officer his title should be used, as warden, principal, superintendent, etc. Institutions whose inmates occupy different buildings should be enumerated as though they occupied one institution building. If more than one family resides in the institution building or buildings, group the members together and distinguish them in some intelligible way. (See paragraph 103.) If two or more persons share a common abode as partners, write "head" for one and "partner" for the other or others.

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1880 1%
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8. Relationship of each person to the head of this family ? whether wife, son, daughter, servant, boarder, or other.
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In entering names in column 3, the name of the father, mother, or other ostensible head of the family (in the case of hotels, jails, etc., the landlord, jailer, etc.) is to be entered first of the family. The family name is to be written first in the column, and the full first or characteristic Christian or "given" name of each member of the family in order thereafter. It is desirable that the children of the family proper should follow in the order of their ages, as will naturally be the case. So long as the family name remains the same for the several members, it need not be repeated, provided a distinct horizontal line or dash be drawn in the place it would occupy, thus:

Smith, John.
___, Elizabeth.
___, J. Henry.

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1870 1%

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1860 1%

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1850 1%

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