The Tenth U.S. Census ~ 1880

  As with the 1830 U.S. Census, the 1880 U.S. Census reflects the resident status as of the 1st of June, 1880.

      Information recorded on the 1880 U.S. Census:

¯ Name of state, county and village, town, city, township or district.

     ¯ Name of the census enumerator.

     ¯ Dwelling (or house) Number.

     ¯ Family Number.

     ¯ Name of every person residing in this dwelling as of 01 June, 1880.

     ¯ Age of every person residing in this dwelling.

     ¯ Relationship of every person residing in this dwelling to the head of

               family.

     ¯ Sex of every person residing in this dwelling.

     ¯ Color/Race (i.e. white, black, mulatto, Chinese or Indian) of every

               person residing in this dwelling.

     ¯ Place of birth or every person residing in this dwelling.

     ¯ Place of birth of father and mother.

     ¯ Indication of whether person was married within the census year.

     ¯ Indication of whether person was deaf and dumb, blind, insane,

               idiotic, maimed, crippled or bedridden.

     ¯ Indication of whether person attended school within the year.

     ¯ Indication of ability to read and write.

     ¯ Occupation, profession or trade of every male person over the age of

               15 years.

     ¯ Number of months employed during census year.

     ¯ Indication of whether person is sick or disabled so as not to be able to

               attend to ordinary business or duties; if so, what the sickness or

               disability is.

 

  The 1880 U.S. Census is available on microfilm, and can be purchased from the National Archives at the following address: National Archives Trust Fund, P.O. Box 100793, Atlanta, GA, 30384.

  Pennsylvania returns are found on Microfilm Publication #T9. Bedford County is recorded on Roll #1098. Blair County is recorded on Rolls #1103 and #1104. Cambria County is recorded on Rolls #1110 and #1111. Fulton County is recorded in Roll #1133. Huntingdon County is recorded on Roll #1134. Somerset County is recorded in Rolls #1194 and #1195.