U.S. Census Bureau, Census List for Helena, Lewis & Clark County, Montana Territory, 1870

The Census Bureau instructed enumerators to record the names of every person in the household. Tallies included the following categories in the census: name; age at last birthday (if a child was under one year of age, months of age were to be stated as fractions, such as 1/12); sex; color; profession, occupation, or trade of every male and female; value of real estate; place of birth; whether mother and father were of foreign birth; whether born or married within the year and the month; those who could not read; those who could not write; whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, or “idiotic.” No relationships were shown between members of a household.

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U.S. Census Bureau, Census List for Helena, Lewis & Clark County, Montan a Territory, 1870
U.S. Manuscript Census, 1870, Helena, Lewis & Clark County, Montana Territory. National Archives and Records Administration.

Questions

  1. Question

    Is Cousselle listed on the page? How do you know?

  2. Question

    If she is listed, what information does she give the census taker? Evaluate its accuracy and account for any discrepancies.

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