Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-02-02
He WILL WANT TO KNOW
YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
The Festive Census Man VIII
Soon be After You.
This is to be the Most Thorough and
Complete Census Ever Taken
in the United States.

Are you married? Lave you any
children Is your mother-in-law liv-
ing with you -
These are a few of the leading
questions that will be put to whoever
may come to the door when the
census enumeration makes his decen-
NAL call at Lancaster homes next
April. The census man or woman,
as the case may be, is paid employe
Of Uncle Sam, and a member of a
vast army of workers, which will
sweep the entire United States and
its territories, counting noses and
asking pertinent questions of the
inhabitants.
The men are not so touchy about
telling bits of family history, but
imagine the enumerator's reception
when this question is blandly put:
Are you married or single or
divorced or widowed? If you have
been divorced or remarked the
enumeration Will ask the number OF
years of the present married lite.
Chow many children are you the
mother of How many were born and
how many are living?"
Wien the enumeration is first an
nounced he wilt lead off with:
"What street, road or avenue is
this? What is the number
Then ne will ask: what is your
name2 Are you the head of the
family? What is the name of each
person living here April Is, 1910.
The surname or initials of each person
living in the abode2 How many
children, their names, and places of
birth %
If you are not the head of the
family you will be asked what rela-
tion you are to the head The
eGumerators will ask the sex, color
and race of each person.
The government is very anxious to
know the nationality or each person
and wants this question answered very
carefully.
What state or territory, if born
in the United States2 In what coun-
try if foreign birth 2 The place of
birth of the perons being Intercepted;
the place of birth OF the father of the
person and the place of birth of the
mother - are among the leading ques-
tions. -
''Were You born in the United
States We're you an emigrant 7
What year did you come to the
United States2 Were you ever
natuIalized or are you still an alien
The enumeration will have to ask
whether all persons enumerated
speak English, and if not what
language they speak.
The trade and profession and the
kind of work done by each person
will be asked in addition to the
general nature of the industry, bust
ness or establishment in which each
person works. Whether an employer
or an employee or working on own &C
count will be another question. If
an employe you will be asked whether
you were out of work on April 10,
1910. and the number of weeks that
you were out of work in 1909.
Questions will be asked with a
view to classifying the illiterate,
those having just a common school
education, and those having higher
education. Other questions will
show whether the Americans are as
extravagant as they have been alleged
to be.
NDo you own your home or do you
rent2 If owned by you is it free
from mortgage 2" is one question
along that line. The last question is
if there are any persons III the house
suffering from blindness, whether in
both eyes, and if deaf and dumb?