1910 Chicago census - marital status notation

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1910 Chicago census - marital status notation

Legg inn av saki » 10 nov 2004 19:21:02

I was reviewing the 1910 Cook County census for my great-grandmother's
family and noticed a curious notation on the marital status column; wonder
whether anyone has thoughts on this.

For the record of Thomas Mikkelsen (my great-grandmother's second husband)
the column asks for a designation of single, married, widowed or divorced.
In each case on that page an "m" entry is accompanied by a superscript 1, 2
or 3. It looks as though some other pages in this ward also have the
superscript numbers too.

Although the census doesn't seem to be asking about this, it would appear
that this is a notation about how many marriages that person has had. Does
it seem that way to anyone else?

The notation is correct for my great-grandmother (m2) but my step-great-
grandfather Thomas has an m3. I'm not sure whether I can take this to mean
that he had an extra marriage that no one knows about, but perhaps that's
it. Any ideas?

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Doug Corbin

Re: 1910 Chicago census - marital status notation

Legg inn av Doug Corbin » 10 nov 2004 21:02:52

Here are the enumerator's instructions for that column. I've frequently seen
the M3 or higher so some enumerators must have used the number for the total
number of marriages.

Column 8. Whether single, married, widowed, or divorced.—Write "S" for
single or unmarried persons; "Wd" for widowed (man or woman); "D" for
divorced; for married persons, inquire whether they have been married
before, and if this is the first marriage, write "M1," but if this is the
second or subsequent marriage, write "M2" (meaning married more than once).

Doug


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I was reviewing the 1910 Cook County census for my great-grandmother's
family and noticed a curious notation on the marital status column; wonder
whether anyone has thoughts on this.

For the record of Thomas Mikkelsen (my great-grandmother's second husband)
the column asks for a designation of single, married, widowed or divorced.
In each case on that page an "m" entry is accompanied by a superscript 1,
2
or 3. It looks as though some other pages in this ward also have the
superscript numbers too.

Although the census doesn't seem to be asking about this, it would appear
that this is a notation about how many marriages that person has had. Does
it seem that way to anyone else?

The notation is correct for my great-grandmother (m2) but my step-great-
grandfather Thomas has an m3. I'm not sure whether I can take this to mean
that he had an extra marriage that no one knows about, but perhaps that's
it. Any ideas?

----
saki@ucla.edu

saki

Re: 1910 Chicago census - marital status notation

Legg inn av saki » 10 nov 2004 21:51:02

"Doug Corbin" <bookrk@swbell.net> wrote in
news:Mtukd.12219$fC4.10507@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com:

Here are the enumerator's instructions for that column. I've
frequently seen the M3 or higher so some enumerators must have used
the number for the total number of marriages.

Column 8. Whether single, married, widowed, or divorced.—Write "S" for
single or unmarried persons; "Wd" for widowed (man or woman); "D" for
divorced; for married persons, inquire whether they have been married
before, and if this is the first marriage, write "M1," but if this is
the second or subsequent marriage, write "M2" (meaning married more
than once).

Very helpful, thanks!

Now I guess it's time to hunt down that third marriage....

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