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Document: One page of the 1880 U.S. Census, Schedule 1, Philadelphia, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 682. Handwritten entries; the Wesemann household is on lines 20–25, on Tulip Street.

Language: English

Transcription conventions: on printed forms, pre-printed text is set in roman and handwritten entries in \italic\; wholly handwritten registers and lists are set in roman. Square brackets mark editorial matter: [?] follows an uncertain reading, [illegible] marks unread text, [blank] marks an unfilled field, and bracketed descriptions record stamps, marks, and annotations. Spelling, abbreviation, and capitalisation follow the original; nothing is corrected. On census and register pages that carry many unrelated entries, the page heading and the target household or entry are transcribed in full; the extent of what is and is not transcribed is stated on each page.

[Stamped, upper right:] 274 … A. 560 [Printed at top:] [7-296.]

Page No. 24 Supervisor’s Dist. No. 1 Enumeration Dist. No. 682

Note A.—The Census Year begins June 1, 1879, and ends May 31, 1880. Note B.—All persons will be included in the Enumeration who were living on the 1st day of June, 1880. No others will. Children BORN SINCE June 1, 1880, will be OMITTED. Members of Families who have DIED SINCE June 1, 1880, will be INCLUDED. Note C.—Questions Nos. 13, 14, 22 and 23 are not to be asked in respect to persons under 10 years of age.

SCHEDULE 1.—Inhabitants in 682 Enumeration dist in the County of Phila, State of Penna, enumerated by me on the 11th day of June, 1880. John C. Brod [?], Enumerator.

[Street name written vertically in left margin beside lines 18–25:] Tulip Street

[Single-status column blank for these lines; health, disability, and literacy columns blank. A tick after “Grocer” in the occupation column. Lines 1–19 and 26–50 concern other households and are not transcribed.]

Transcriber’s notes

Line 19, the line above George, is Lizzie Richardson, 32, boarder, operator; she is enumerated with the preceding household.

Ages fit the family chronology: George 42 (born c. 1838), Fredericka 36 (born 1844), William 12, Emma 11, Sophia 9, George 4 (George Washington Wesemann, born 1 January 1876).

Grade: PRIMARY.