Questions Asked on the Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
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What Questions were asked on the 1850 Federal Census Mortality Schedule?
- Name of every person who died during the year ending June 1, 1850, whose usual place of abode at the time of death was in this family.
- Age
- Sex
- Color} White, Black, or Malatto
- Free or Slave
- Married or Widowed
- Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country
- The Month in which the person died.
- Profession, Occupation, or Trade
- Disease or Cause of Death
- Number of Says Ill.
What Questions were asked on the 1860 Federal Census Mortality Schedule?
- Name of every person who died during the year ending June 1, 1860, whose usual place of abode at the time of death was in this family.
- Age
- Sex
- Color} White, Black, or Malatto
- Free or Slave
- Married or Widowed
- Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country
- The Month in which the person died.
- Profession, Occupation, or Trade
- Disease or Cause of Death
- Number of Says Ill.
What Questions were asked on the 1870 Federal Census Mortality Schedule?
- Number of the Family as given in the 2d column of Schedule 1.
- Name of every person who died during the year ending June 1, 1870, whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family.
- Age last birthday. If under one year, give months in fractions.
- Sex - Males (M), Females (F).
- Color - White (W), Black (B), Mulatto (M), Chinese (Ch), Indian (I).
- Married (M) or Widowed (W).
- Place of Birth, maning the State or Territory of the US, or the country, if of foreign birth.
- Father of foreign birth.
- Mother of foreign birth.
- The Month in which the person died.
- Profession, Occupation, or Trade.
- Disease or Cause of Death.
What Questions were asked on the 1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedule?
- 1. Number of the Family as given in column numbered 2 - Schedule 1.
- 2. Name of the person deceased.
- 3. Age last birthday. If under one year, give months in fractions.
- 4. Sex - Males (M), Females (F).
- 5. Color - White (W), Black (B), Mulatto (M), Chinese (Ch), Indian (I).
- What was the civil condition of the person who died? Single.
- What was the civil condition of the person who died? Married.
- What was the civil condition of the person who died? Widowed/Divorced D.
- Place of Birth, maning the State or Territory of the US, or the country, if of foreign birth.
- Place of birth of this person, naming the State or Territory of the U.S. or the country, if of foreign birth.
- Where was the father of this person born? (As in column 9.)
- Where was the mother of this person born? (As in column 9.)
- Profession, Occupation or Trade. (Not to be asked in respect to persons under 10 years of age.)
- The month in which the person died.
- Disease or cause of death.
- How long a resident of the county? If less than 1 year, state months in fractions.
- If the disease was not contracted at place of death, state the place.
- Name of attending physician.