Hotel census

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Ubiquitous

Hotel census

Legg inn av Ubiquitous » 09 nov 2006 10:47:49

I was looking up U.S. census records and found what appears to be
an entry from an ancestor of mine somewhere between NOLA and his
final destination. I am quite certain he did not live in this city
and noticed that there's a couple dozen people listed at this address.

Does the census normally poll hotels and inns? For the life of me, I
cannot figure out 1) why he is there and 2) why so many unrelated
people are listed at this one address.

Michael Kenefick

Re: Hotel census

Legg inn av Michael Kenefick » 09 nov 2006 13:13:05

Name? Year? Suspected states?

Ubiquitous wrote:
I was looking up U.S. census records and found what appears to be
an entry from an ancestor of mine somewhere between NOLA and his
final destination. I am quite certain he did not live in this city
and noticed that there's a couple dozen people listed at this address.

Does the census normally poll hotels and inns? For the life of me, I
cannot figure out 1) why he is there and 2) why so many unrelated
people are listed at this one address.

Charani

Re: Hotel census

Legg inn av Charani » 09 nov 2006 19:42:33

On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:47:49 -0600, Ubiquitous wrote:

Does the census normally poll hotels and inns?

Why would they not enumerate hotels etc?
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Joe Pessarra

Re: Hotel census

Legg inn av Joe Pessarra » 09 nov 2006 19:58:01

"Charani" <me@privacy.invalid> wrote in message
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On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:47:49 -0600, Ubiquitous wrote:

Does the census normally poll hotels and inns?

Why would they not enumerate hotels etc?
--
http://home.comcast.net/~webact1/Collingridge/

Charani is right. Census takers knew everybody had to be somewhere. And
for many, hotels were their home for many days.

Joe in Texas

Huntersglenn

Re: Hotel census

Legg inn av Huntersglenn » 09 nov 2006 20:28:28

They would eumerate hotels, inns, boarding schools, hospitals of any
kind, jails, prisons, military outposts/bases, and ships.

For that entry, look for the first person listed for that 'household'
and see if the occupation and place of occupation would fit with it
being a hotel. A lot of hotels would have the staff living on site, so
you'll often find maids, cooks, stable workers, etc., listed there, too.

Cathy

Ubiquitous wrote:
I was looking up U.S. census records and found what appears to be
an entry from an ancestor of mine somewhere between NOLA and his
final destination. I am quite certain he did not live in this city
and noticed that there's a couple dozen people listed at this address.

Does the census normally poll hotels and inns? For the life of me, I
cannot figure out 1) why he is there and 2) why so many unrelated
people are listed at this one address.

Ubiquitous

Re: Hotel census

Legg inn av Ubiquitous » 25 nov 2006 15:57:31

In article <ihL4h.12519$tH2.1170@newsfe20.lga>, huntersglenn@cox.net
wrote:

For that entry, look for the first person listed for that 'household'
and see if the occupation and place of occupation would fit with it
being a hotel. A lot of hotels would have the staff living on site, so
you'll often find maids, cooks, stable workers, etc., listed there, too.

I finally got around to looking at a digital image of the census entry
and the first two have "Hotel Keeper" (or somrthing like that) listed
as their profession.

As it turns out, it wasn't a misspelling of his name, unless he somehow
managed to be alone in Cincinatti in 1860 and got back to his home in
New Orleans in time to get married in 1861.

singhals

Re: Hotel census

Legg inn av singhals » 25 nov 2006 17:09:36

Ubiquitous wrote:


As it turns out, it wasn't a misspelling of his name, unless he somehow
managed to be alone in Cincinatti in 1860 and got back to his home in
New Orleans in time to get married in 1861.


Unless the census and the marriage are less than a week
apart, it's not impossible. They're both on a river and the
riverboats ran pretty regularly in those days.

Cheryl

Huntersglenn

Re: Hotel census

Legg inn av Huntersglenn » 25 nov 2006 19:21:02

singhals wrote:
Ubiquitous wrote:


As it turns out, it wasn't a misspelling of his name, unless he somehow
managed to be alone in Cincinatti in 1860 and got back to his home in
New Orleans in time to get married in 1861.


Unless the census and the marriage are less than a week apart, it's not
impossible. They're both on a river and the riverboats ran pretty
regularly in those days.

Cheryl

Given that the censuses were usually taken in spring/late spring, then

even if he traveled by land, there'd be time for him to get to New
Orleans before the end of the year. With the war, he could have made
extra haste to get home, wanting to be there so he could be ready for
the fighting and be on what was, to him, the correct side (Ohio was
Union). While war didn't officially start until the shooting at Fort
Sumter in 1861, the tensions were there in 1860 and people were
anticipating the upcoming war.

Cathy

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