Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-02-26
NATIVE AND eokEteN BORN.
Census Enumerators Instructions Re.
garding the Enumeration Of
Them.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 16, 1910.

garding the Enumeration Of
Them.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 16, 1910.
What the census enumerators are re-
quired to learn regarding the place oi
persons, and other personal facts con-
\ cerning the latter class, in taking the
Thirteenth United States Census, begin
ming April 10 next, is fully set forth in
the printed instructions prepared by the
United States Census Bureau to guide
them in filling the population schedule.
1t is pointed out that all the questions
relate only to conditions existing on
April Is, the Census Day."
On the subject of place of birth OF a
| native-born person the instructionss state
that IL the person was born in the Unit
ed States the enumerator is to give the
State or Territory mot city or town. in
which born. A person born in what is
| now West Virginia, North Dakota, South
Dakota, OK Oklahoma should be report
ed as 80 born, although at the time of
birth the particular region may have had
different name.
Relative to copjugal condition, the
enumerators are to report whether the
person is single, married, widowed, or
divorced. Married persons are to be
asked if they have been married before.
If the present marriage is the first, the
fact is to be indicated by the sign IN
)" but if it is the second or subsequent
marriage, then the enumerator is to
write IN g" meaning married more
than once.
The question calling for the number
of years of the present marriage is de-
clared by the Census Bureau to apply
only to persons reported as married, and
the answer should give the number of
years married to the present husband or
wife. Thus a woman who may have
been married for 10 years to former
husband, but has been married only 3
years to her present husband, should be
returned as married years. The num-
ber of years entered should be the num-
Der of completed years. A person who
on April 10Th, the Census Day." has
been married 3 years and II months
should be returned as married years.
For person married less than l year,
the entry is to be ''0," meaning less than
year.
In the case of persons speaking Polish
or reporting that they were born in
Poland, which is no longer an independ-
ent country, the enumerator is to inquire
whether the birth place was in what is
now known as German Poland, or Aus
trian Poland, or Russian Poland, and he
must write the answer accordingly as
Poland (Ger. }, Poland (Aust. }, or Poland
(Russ.)
If the birth place reported is Canada,
the enumerator is required to ask
whether the person is of the English or
the French descent and write Canada
Eng }, or Canada (Fr.), according to the
answer.
The question calling for the year of
immigration to the United States ap-
plies to all foreign-born persons, male
and female, of whatever age. 1t should
be answered, therefore, for every per-
son whose birth place was in foreign
country. The enumerator must enter
year in which the person came to the
United States. If he has been in the
United States more than once, the year
of his first arrival is to be stated.
The inquiry whether paturalized or
alien applies only to foreign-born males
2l years of age or over. 1t does not ap-
ply to females, to foreign born minors,
or to any male born in the United States.
If the person was born abroad, but has
become a full citizen either by taking
out second or final papers of naturaliza-
tion or through the naturalization of his
parents while he was under the age of
2l years, the ehumerator is to write
"Na" for naturalized). If he has de-
clared his intention to become an Amer
lean citizen and taken out his first pa
pers," the enumerator is to write Gap
flor alien).
The inquiry as to the ability to speak
English applies to all persons 10 years of
age or over. If English is spoken, the
enumerator must write English" in the
proper column. If the person enumer-
ated is not able to speak English the
enumerator is required in such cases
only, to write out the name of the Ian
guage spoken, as French, German, Ital-
ian, etc. If more than one language is
spoken by person who, whoever does
not speak English, then the enumerator
is to write the name of that language
which is his native language or mother
tongue.