Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-02-24
MUCH INTERESTED
As TO BIRTHPLACE
CENSUS MEN WILL ASK MANY
QUESTIONS REGARDING
NATIVITY.
PEOPLE Welded LESS THAN ONE
YEAR NOT CONSIDERED
MARRIED.


reouired to learn regarding the place
of birth OF natiye-born and foreign
born persons, and other personal facts
concerning the latter class, in taking
the thirteenth United States census,
which begins April Is next" said SUI
pervisor Charles A. Lyman yesterday,
lis fully set forth in the printed in
structions that we have just received,
to that statement"
On the subject of place of birth OF
a native-born person the instructions
state that if the person was born in
the United States the enumeration 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, or Okla
homa should be reported as so born,
although at the time of birth the par
ticular region may have had differ
ent name.
Relative to coniugal condition, the
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 l.; but if it is the Sec
ond or subsequent marriage, then the
enumerator is to write IN g" mean
ing married more than once.
The question calling for the number
of years of the present marriage is
declared by the census bureau to ap-
ply only to persons reported as mar
ried, and the answer should give the
number of years married to the pres
ent husband or wife. Thus a woman
who may have been married for 10
years to a former husband, but has
been married only 3 years to her pres.
ent husband, should be returned as
married 3 years. The number OF
years entered should be the number
of completed years. A person who on
April Is, the census day." has been
married 3 years and II months should
be returned as married years. For
a person married less than l year,
the entry is to be Co. meaning less
than l year.
In the case Of persons speaking
Polish or reporting that they were
born in Poland, which is no longer
an independent country, the enumera-
tor is to inquire whether the birth
place was IN what is now known as
German Poland, or Austrian Poland,
or Russian Poland, and he must write
the answer accordingly as Poland
(GerD, Poland (Aust), or Poland
(Russ.).
If the birthplace reported is Canada,
the enumeration is required to ask
whether the person is of English or
French descent and write Canada
(EngD, or Canada (Fr.), according to
the answer.
The question calling for the year or
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 person whose birthplace was in
foreign country. The enumerator
must enter the year in which the per-
son came to the United States II he
has been in the United States more
than once, the year of his first arrival
is 70 be stated.
The inquiry whether naturalized or
alien applies only to foreign-born
males II years of age and over. 1t
does not apply 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 naturalization OF
through the naturalization of his
parents while he was under the age
of p years, the enumeration is to
write Ma (for naturalized). If he
has declared his intention to become
ar American citizen and taken out his
first papers" the enumerator is to
write Pa Gor papers).
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. II
the person enumerated is Not able &c
speak English the enumeration is re
quired, in such cases only, to write
out the name of the language spoken
as French, German, Italian, etc. L
more than one language is spoken b.
a person who, however, does no
speak English, then the enumeratol
is to write the lame of that Language
which is his native tongue or mothe
tongue.