What does "Inmate" mean on 1850 census for Habersham County

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Walter Hicks

What does "Inmate" mean on 1850 census for Habersham County

Legg inn av Walter Hicks » 14 nov 2004 16:06:35

On the 1850 census images for Habersham County Georgia, Timothy Hicks,
among others, has the word "Inmate" written after his name in column 3.

Actually, Timothy has "Do", short for "ditto", which means "same as above".

Can anyone enlighten me about the significance of this?

Thanks in advance
--
Walter Hicks

Robert Heiling

Re: What does "Inmate" mean on 1850 census for Habersham Cou

Legg inn av Robert Heiling » 14 nov 2004 16:52:28

Walter Hicks wrote:

On the 1850 census images for Habersham County Georgia, Timothy Hicks,
among others, has the word "Inmate" written after his name in column 3.

Actually, Timothy has "Do", short for "ditto", which means "same as above".

Can anyone enlighten me about the significance of this?

It simply means that he (and the other inmates) is a resident of some type of
institution. It could be a prison or some type of state home. The name of the
instution should be on that page or on a previous page where the listing of
inmates begins.

Bob

Tara

Re: What does "Inmate" mean on 1850 census for Habersham Cou

Legg inn av Tara » 14 nov 2004 17:39:40

"Robert Heiling" <robheil@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:41977F65.F4AD2CE6@comcast.net...
It simply means that he (and the other inmates) is a resident of some type
of
institution. It could be a prison or some type of state home. The name of
the
instution should be on that page or on a previous page where the listing
of
inmates begins.

Bob

This one's a bit different than the usual entries. "Inmate" is written in
the name column, not under occupation (where it's usually written for
prisoners or patients) and they're scattered in a bunch of different houses
instead of an institution. The enumerator has chosen several other
descriptors to write after other names, such as widower, single and twins. I
thought inmate might mean something like housebound or bedridden, but there
doesn't seem to be any corresponding marks in column 13 (deaf, blind,
insane, etc.) and the ages range from 7 - 60 and everything in between. I
can't for the life of me figure out what the enumerator means. Anyone with
more experience have any ideas?

--
Tara Larkin
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Robert Heiling

Re: What does "Inmate" mean on 1850 census for Habersham Cou

Legg inn av Robert Heiling » 14 nov 2004 18:42:19

Tara wrote:

"Robert Heiling" <robheil@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:41977F65.F4AD2CE6@comcast.net...

It simply means that he (and the other inmates) is a resident of some type
of
institution. It could be a prison or some type of state home. The name of
the
instution should be on that page or on a previous page where the listing
of
inmates begins.

Bob

This one's a bit different than the usual entries. "Inmate" is written in
the name column, not under occupation (where it's usually written for
prisoners or patients) and they're scattered in a bunch of different houses
instead of an institution. The enumerator has chosen several other
descriptors to write after other names, such as widower, single and twins. I
thought inmate might mean something like housebound or bedridden, but there
doesn't seem to be any corresponding marks in column 13 (deaf, blind,
insane, etc.) and the ages range from 7 - 60 and everything in between. I
can't for the life of me figure out what the enumerator means. Anyone with
more experience have any ideas?

Oops! My usual practice is to take a look first before shooting my mouth off,
but HQ doesn't have the 1850 indexed and Browse didn't offer any clues. Could
you point me to a Film & Page please? I'm sort of curious about that.

Bob

Jim Elbrecht

Re: What does "Inmate" mean on 1850 census for Habersham Cou

Legg inn av Jim Elbrecht » 14 nov 2004 19:30:59

"Tara" <NOtnlarkinSPAM@earthlink.net> wrote:

-snip-
This one's a bit different than the usual entries. "Inmate" is written in
the name column, not under occupation (where it's usually written for
prisoners or patients) and they're scattered in a bunch of different houses
instead of an institution.

Maybe he was kind enough to make a note at the end of the
Town or County sheets? Without any further knowledge I would
wonder if these folks were being housed by the populace for a fee
rather than inhabiting a poorhouse.

The enumerator has chosen several other
descriptors to write after other names, such as widower, single and twins. I
thought inmate might mean something like housebound or bedridden, but there
doesn't seem to be any corresponding marks in column 13 (deaf, blind,
insane, etc.) and the ages range from 7 - 60 and everything in between. I
can't for the life of me figure out what the enumerator means. Anyone with
more experience have any ideas?

I would second Bob's notion that they probably 'belong' to an
institution of some sort. [hospital, school, poorhouse, etc-- not
necessarily what we would think of as 'inmates' today]

But the only way to find out for sure is to find a note that the
enumerator or some authority made. Any mention in the town history
of an institution [poorhouse seems most likely to me offhand] burning
in 1850 -- or plans to build one?

Jim

Walter Hicks

Re: What does "Inmate" mean on 1850 census for Habersham Cou

Legg inn av Walter Hicks » 14 nov 2004 20:00:35

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:42:19 GMT, Robert Heiling <robheil@comcast.net>
wrote:
Oops! My usual practice is to take a look first before shooting my mouth
off, but HQ doesn't have the 1850 indexed and Browse didn't offer any
clues. Could you point me to a Film & Page please? I'm sort of curious
about that.

Bob

I noted the entry thus:

1850 census - GA - Habersham Co/8 dist 37 division/roll m432-72 page
275a/image 9 of 10

Timothy Hicks (inmate) 48 [1801] M mechanic VA

URL for image at genealogy.com:

http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_im ... MN=9&GO=Go

I have read all 10 images for that district. There are no explanatory
notes at either end.

I begin to think the enumerator was ahead of his time and tried to capture
data that appeared as separate columns in later census forms, such as:

marital status of head of household
non-related residents [inmate = boarder?]

Did he try to provide anonymity (many are listed only by their initials)
or was he lazy, or just short of ink?

Thank you all for your time and thoughts.
--
Walter Hicks

Steve Hayes

Re: What does "Inmate" mean on 1850 census for Habersham Cou

Legg inn av Steve Hayes » 15 nov 2004 02:09:23

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:06:35 -0000, "Walter Hicks" <noman@127.0.0.1> wrote:

On the 1850 census images for Habersham County Georgia, Timothy Hicks,
among others, has the word "Inmate" written after his name in column 3.

Actually, Timothy has "Do", short for "ditto", which means "same as above".

Can anyone enlighten me about the significance of this?

It means that the lace he was staying was an institution of some kind -
hospital, prison, old age home or something similar, and that he was staying
in it, not as a member of the staff.


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Steve Hayes
E-mail: hayesmstw@hotmail.com (see web page if it doesn't work)
Web: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
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Mark Barnett

Re: What does "Inmate" mean on 1850 census for Habersham Cou

Legg inn av Mark Barnett » 16 nov 2004 06:56:47

One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow
lodger; esp.,one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison;
by extension, one who occupies or lodges in any place or dwelling.



On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:06:35 -0000, "Walter Hicks" <noman@127.0.0.1>
wrote:

On the 1850 census images for Habersham County Georgia, Timothy Hicks,
among others, has the word "Inmate" written after his name in column 3.

Actually, Timothy has "Do", short for "ditto", which means "same as above".

Can anyone enlighten me about the significance of this?

Thanks in advance

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