Chickasaw County Iowa

Census Schedules Pertaining to Chickasaw County


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1900 Federal Census
1905 Iowa State Census


1900 Federal Census – Twelfth Census of the United States

National Archives Microfilm Designator "T623-xxx", consists of 1,854 rolls.
The enumeration of the State of Iowa comprises 54 rolls of film for 1900.
The enumeration commenced on 01 June 1900.


The 1900 census schedules contain the most information of all the schedules released to date.

New enumeration items in the 1900 Census:
Month and year of birth
If a wife is listed within the household...
   The number of years married
   The number of children born of that marriage
   The number of children living
If of foreign birth: the year of immigration, and number of years in the US
Citizenship status of foreign born persons, over 21 years of age
Number of months attended school
Owns or Rents Home
Mortgage or Free of Mortgage
Whether home or farm


Information Recorded:

  • State, County, Township or other division (per sheet)
  • Supervisors District Number (per sheet)
  • Enumeration District Number (per sheet)
  • Enumeration Date (per sheet)
  • Enumerator signature (per sheet)
  • Dwelling Number
  • Family Number
  • Name of each person whose place of abode on June 1, 1900 was in this family
  • Relationship to the head of the household
  • Color or Race
  • Sex
  • Month and year of birth
  • Age at last birthday
  • Marital status
  • The number of years married
  • The number of children born of that marriage
  • The number of children living
  • Birthplace of person
  • Birthplace of the Father
  • Birthplace of the Mother
  • If of foreign birth: the year of immigration, and number of years in the US
  • Citizenship status of foreign born persons, over 21 years of age (see Research Hints)
  • Occupation, Trade or Profession of each person 10 years of age and over
  • Number of months unemployed
  • Education
  • Number of months attended school
  • Can read
  • Can write
  • Can speak English
  • Owns or Rents Home
  • Mortgage or Free of Mortgage
  • Whether home or farm



Arranged as follows:
First roll:
Bradford Township
Town of Nashua (Bradford Township)
Chickasaw Township
Town of Bassett (Chickasaw Township)
Town of Ionia (Chickasaw Township)
Dayton Township
Deerfield Township
Second roll:
Deerfield Township (sheet 12B, and 13A and B)
Dresden Township
Town of Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg Township)
Fredericksburg Township
Jacksonville Township
New Hampton Township
Town of New Hampton (New Hampton Township)
Richland Township
Town of Lawler (Stapleton Township)
Stapleton Township
Utica Township
Town of Alta Vista (Washington Township)
Washington Township

Research Hints

The possible answers to the question on citizenship/naturalization status, of foreign born residents were:

  • "Al" for alien
  • "Pa" for "first papers"
  • "Na" for naturalized

 

Card Index (Soundex) to the 1900 Population Census

A card index to the 1900 census schedules was prepared by the Works Projects Administration during the 1930s. Information was abstracted from the census schedules and placed on filecards.

The cards give name, race, month and year of birth, age, citizenship status, place of residence by state and county, civil division, and, where appropriate for urban dwellers, the city name, house number, and street name. The cards also list the volume number, enumeration district number, and page and line numbers of the original schedules from which the information was taken.

Three types of cards were prepared: household cards; individual cards; and cards for institutions, military posts, naval stations, and US flag vessels.

Household cards show the name of the head of the household, race, month and year of birth, age, birthplace, and citizenship status if foreign born; a street address many be included. The card then lists each member of the household by name and shows the relationship to the head of the household, month and year of birth, age, birthplace, and citizenship status if foreign born. For persons living within the house who were not members of the immediate family of the head of household, an individual card was also prepared.

Individual cards were prepared for persons living alone; persons living with families who were not immediate members of the family; members of an immediate family but who had different surnames; persons in hotels, boarding and rooming houses, and institutions; persons on military posts and naval ships and at naval stations; and persons enumerated on US flag vessels in all US ports on the first day of the census only. These cards give the individual’s name, month and year of birth, age, birthplace, citizenship status, address, name of person or institution with whom enumerated, and any relationship to that person or institution.

Institution, military post, naval station and US flag vessel cards show only the address of the establishment and the number of persons enumerated. Names of the individual persons are not listed.

The cards are arranged by State or Territory (a separate microfilm publication for each) and thereunder by the Soundex system, ie. Alphabetically by the first letter of the surname, thereunder by a code number representing the sound of the surname, and thereunder alphabetically by first name.

 

Specific Reference:
1900 Census Schedules for Chickasaw County:
Roll T623-423: Cerro Gordo, Cherokee and Chickasaw (part: Enumeration Districts 30-32, and Enumeration District 33, sheets 1-11) Counties
Roll T623-424: Chickasaw (cont’d: E.D. 33, sheet 12-end), Clarke and Clay Counties

 

Where to Find The 1900 Census Microfilms for Chickasaw County:


Sources:
1900 Federal Population Census, A catalog of microfilm copies of the schedules
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 72-610891
National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1978
Washington, D.C.

1900 Census Schedule for Chickasaw County
Roll T623-423: Cerro Gordo, Cherokee and Chickasaw (part: Enumeration Districts 30-32, and Enumeration District 33, sheets 1-11) Counties
Roll T623-424: Chickasaw (cont’d: E.D. 33, sheet 12-end), Clarke and Clay Counties


 



1905 Iowa State Census – Chickasaw County
This was a special state census.
This enumeration is on cards, one for each adult and child.
There is also a Register which acts as an index,
containing the card number of each person.

This census is of good value to the family history researcher.


The following introduction appears at the beginning of each schedule.


INTRODUCTION

This Register of Iowa people consists of the names of the residents of the State of Iowa on the first day of January, A.D. 1905. The arrangement is by civil townships and incorporated towns and cities. The several registers are bound together by counties in the alphabetical order of the names of the several townships as the same exists at this date. The incorporated towns are placed following the name of the township in which towns are placed following the name of the township in which the town is situated. Where a town is partly within two or more townships it has been the intention to place it following the name of the township in which the larger part of the town is situated. This order has not been followed in the case of the larger cities.

Where a city of considerable importance exists, the registers for that city are generally separated so as to place the registers of that city in a separate volume. In a few cases more than one volume is made for a city. For the city of Des Moines, one volume includes the residents of Wards 5, 6, and 7, known as East Des Moines, being the territory situated East of the Des Moines River, division being made upon the ward lines as the same are now officially constituted. The record of the boundaries of the wards may be found in the city directories of this date. Other cities are divided upon ward lines and their boundaries may be determined by the official directories of this date.

The names appearing in the several town and township registers are arranged by numbers according to the numbers of cards which were made in the census enumeration for the year 1905. These cards indicate the color, place of birth, naturalization, years in the United States, years in Iowa, conjugal condition, school attendance, literacy, occupation and military service of each person enumerated in the census of 1905. It is the intention to preserve these cards, the Registers serving as indexes to the same. The cards are to be arranged in steel cases by counties, in packages, by an age and sex arrangement indicated by the labels thereon.

The census for the year 1905 has been made under a statute enacted by the Thirtieth General Assembly and under the direction of the Executive Council, the undersigned acting as Director, ex-officio. These registers were designed in part to prove the correctness of the census enumeration, to protect against loss of the original cards by verifying the numbers and to make it possible to verify the enrollment as to its integrity. The result has been that the registers, on account of the fact that they include the post office address and street number of citizens of cities, has made it impossible for fictitious enumeration and the census has the confidence of everyone who has investigated the same.

The future use of these lists of names has been the chief object, however, in providing the Register. Herein is found a complete list of all the people of Iowa so far as it has been possible, by careful officers, to enroll the same.

egislature shall give legal sanction to the same. These registers will include a list of the people at the date of 1850, only four years after the admission of the State into the Union, and also of the people in 1860, immediately preceding the breaking out of the great Civil War, which registers will be of almost inestimable value in connection with the present registers in the hands of investigators.

The census of 1905 has been made possible only on account of the great interest taken by His Excellency, Governor Albert B. Cummins, and his associate members of the Executive Council, Secretary of State William B. Martin, Auditor of State B.F. Carroll and Treasurer of State G.S. Gilbertson. At the Governor’s earnest solicitation a statute making the same possible was enacted, as above indicated, by the Thirtieth General Assembly; and at every step he and his Council have taken the deepest interest and exercised the most painstaking care in the successful execution of the trust. The official report of this census which will be bound as a volume in the series of this set of Registers for the examination of all who have occasion to consult the Registers, will show in detail the extent of the information obtained by this enumeration.

A.H. Davison, Secretary
Des Moines, October 4, 1905

 

Information Recorded on the cards:

  • Name of each person
  • Age
  • Sex
  • Marital status
  • Occupation
  • Birthplace
  • Number of years in Iowa
  • Number of years in the United States
  • If owner of a farm or home VValue of property
  • Attended school

Information Recorded on the Registers:

  • Card Number
  • Name of Person
  • Post Office Address


Specific Reference:
Microfilm Roll 1905 Iowa State Census of Chickasaw County


Where to Find The 1905 Iowa State Census Microfilm for Chickasaw County:


Sources:
Microfilm Roll 1905 Iowa State Census of Chickasaw County