Census Record William Allsop Household Mahanoy City 1910

The record

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Transcription

Header: "Pennsylvania", "Schuylkill", "Precinct 2", "Mahanoy City Borough (Pa.)", "Ward of city 5th", Supervisor's District "8", Enumeration District "43", Sheet "14 B", "Enumerated by me on the 22nd day of April, 1910", "Ralph E. Heck [or Hesk], Enumerator"; a stamp "7801" at upper right.

Dwelling "919", house/dwelling number "242" [reads 24 2], family "255".

Line 55: "Allsop William", Head, M, W, 50, "M1" married 20 years; born "Wales", father "Wales", mother "Wales" (each with "Welsh" added); immigration "1871", naturalized "Na"; speaks English; miner, coal mine, wage earner (W), out of work on 15 April "no", weeks out in 1909 "20"; home rented ("R"), house ("H").

Line 56: "Annie", Wife, F, W, 43, "M1" 20 years; children born "10", now living "6"; born "England", parents "England"; immigration "1887"; no occupation.

Line 57: "Stephen", Son, M, W, 19, S; born "Pennsylvania", father "Wales", mother "England"; Carpenter, coal mine, W, weeks out "20".

Line 58: "Archie", Son, 17, S; Driver, coal mine, W, 20 weeks.

Line 59: "George", Son, 15, S; Laborer, colliery, W, 20 weeks.

Line 60: "David", Son, 12, S; none; line 61: "Elizabeth", Daughter, 9, S; none; line 62: "Jennie", Daughter, 7, S; born "New Jersey" (the others "Pennsylvania"); father "Wales", mother "England".

Plain reading

On 22 April 1910 a Welsh-born coal miner, William Allsop, 50, and his English-born wife Annie, 43, married 20 years, rented a house in the 5th Ward of Mahanoy City. Six of their ten children were living: Stephen, Archie, George, David, Elizabeth and Jennie (Jennie born in New Jersey). William states immigration in 1871 and Annie in 1887.

Notes

PROBABLE that this is the Mount Carmel household of 1900 (BR5.1): William, Annie, Stephen, Archibald/Archie, George and David recur with matching birthplaces; the 1900 surname "Alon_" (indexed "Honk") is therefore Allsop. POSSIBLE (unchanged) that Annie is Annie L. Parrish: no document yet names her maiden name; her English birth and an arrival in 1887 fit a girl of the Kingswinford family who was about 14 in 1881 (age 43 in 1910 gives birth about 1866/67).

Conflicts noted: William's year of immigration: 1889 (1900 sheet, BR5.1) against 1871 (1910). Annie's 1887 would put her arrival before his under the 1900 date and after it under the 1910 date. Children: 1900 "6 born, 5 living" against 1910 "10 born, 6 living"; Wilfred (b. May 1899) of the 1900 sheet does not appear in 1910 (died, or sent away). Elizabeth (9) and Jennie (7) are born after 1900. Annie's age: 34 (1900, b. Oct 1865) against 43 (1910, b. about 1866/67), both near the 14 of the 1881 England census. Stephen: b. Apr 1890 in the 1900 return, so 20 in April 1910; the sheet gives 19.