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1900 U.S. Federal Census — Charles D. Field Household (with servant Harriet Parrish), Jersey City, New Jersey

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Uncertain readings are marked [?] or set in brackets; words that could not be read are marked as such. Each transcript is shown as written, with its transcriber’s notes.

The record

Only the Field household is transcribed (dwelling 82, family 120; lines 15–19 [house number reads 145]):

Field, Charles D. — Head — White Male — born Feb 1861, age 39 — Married 17 years — born New Jersey; father born England; mother born New Jersey — Occupation: Treasurer (Express) — home rented (R); house (H)

Field, Katharine H. — Wife — born Jan 1866, age 34 — 2 children born, 2 living — born New Jersey; father born Germany; mother born England

Field, Margaret H. — Daughter — born May 1885, age 15 — At school — born New Jersey

Field, Eleanor D. — Daughter — born Jan 1898, age 2 — born New Jersey

Parrish, Harriet — Servant — White Female — born June 1880, age 20 — Single — born Pennsylvania; father born England; mother born England — Occupation: Servant (3 months not employed) — can read, write and speak English

Family note: a Harriet Parrish of the right age and birthplace, matching the Shenandoah Parrish family (father Charles Parrish born England), is working as a servant in Jersey City in June 1900, where her sister Mrs. Arthur Ward lived. Identification is probable, not proven.