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1860 U.S. Census: Mortality Schedules for Hadley Township, Pike County, Illinois
The mortality schedules record the people who died in the twelve months before the census was taken. 1860 was the first census taken after the townships in Pike County were designated by name and this is the first mortality schedule limited to residents of Hadley Township.
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Original Enumerator’s Schedule |
New Philadelphia Project Database Field |
Explanation |
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ID |
Each record (one person) has a consecutive number. |
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Name of every person who died during the year ending 1st June, 1860, whose usual place of abode at the time of death was in this family |
FirstName |
Names are as the enumerator spelled them. |
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LastName |
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Description: Age |
Age |
Age in years. For children under 1, we entered 0. |
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AgeMos |
For children under 1, their age in months. |
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Description: Sex |
Sex |
m = male; f = female |
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Description: Color {white, black or mulatto |
Omitted, enumerator left this blank on all entries, implying all were white. |
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Free or slave |
Omitted, no slaves in Hadley Tp, Pike Co. |
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Married or widowed |
Married |
m = married; w = widowed (single left blank) |
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Place of Birth, naming the state, territory, or country |
PlaceOfBirth |
We use standard USPS abbreviations for states. Foreign countries are written out in full. Spelling is corrected. |
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The month in which the person died |
MonthDied |
We use standard 3-letter abbreviations. Note that deaths from Jun. - Dec. occurred in 1859; deaths from Jan. - May occurred in 1860. |
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Profession, occupation, or trade |
Occupation |
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Disease or cause of death |
Disease |
Disease is given as the enumerator wrote it. See Comments field for interpretation. |
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Number of days ill |
DaysIll |
Period of time the deceased was ill before death. |
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Comments |
Interpretation of enumerator’s abbreviations of cause of death. (Modern names for the diseases and conditions are given in parentheses.5) Problems encountered in reading the enumerator’s handwriting. |
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