1925 State Census of Iowa: LEGEND


Transcribed by Stephen David Williams
for the IAGenWeb State Census Project http://iagenweb.org/census/

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Transcriber's Notes:
  The following text was taken from the column header information found on
  the census schedule form.  This text describes the type of information the
  enumerator should record.

  This LEGEND will help you understand the transcribed information.


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 1. Place of Abode:
    Street, Avenue, Boulevard or Road; House Number
 2. NAME:
    of each Person whose Place of Abode on Jan 1, 1925 was in this
    Family. Enter Surnames First, Then Given Name and middle Initial, If
    any. Include Every Person Living on Jan 1, 1925. Omit Children born
    since Jan 1, 1925.
 3. RELATION: Relationship of this Person to the Head of the Family
 4. PERSONAL DESCRIPTION:
    A Sex
    B Color of Race
    C Age at Last Birthday
    D Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced
 5. TENURE:
    A Home owned or Rented
    B If Owned, Free or Mortgaged
    C Value of this Home
    D Amount of Mortgage Debt Against this Home Jan 1, 1925
    E If rented, Amount of rent paid Monthly
    F If Owned Amount of all Insurance Carried on this House
 6. CITIZENSHIP:
    A If Foreign Born are You Naturalized
    B No. Years In U.S.
    C No. Years In Iowa
 7. EDUCATION and LITERACY:
    1. High School Attended (Check Proper Space /):
       A Rural
       B Grade
       C High School
       D College or University
    2. HIGHEST GRADE REACHED:
       A RURAL - State Highest Reader Completed as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
       B GRADE in GRAMMAR - State Highest Grade completed (Grades 1 to 8 Incl.)
       C HIGH SCHOOL - State Highest Grade Completed (Grades 9 to 12 Incl.)
       D COLLEGE or UNIVERSITY - State No. Years Attended
    3. How Many Months of School attended in Year 1924
    4. Whether able to Read
    5. Whether able to Write
 8. NATIVITY:
      Place of Birth of each Person enumerated and Name, Place of Birth,
      Age and Place of Marriage of Parents. (If Place is in U. S. give
      State or Territory, if outside of U. S. give Country)
    Person enumerated
      A Place of Birth
    FATHER
      B Name of Father
      C Place of Birth
      D Age last Birthday
    MOTHER
      E Full Maiden Name of Mother
      F Place of Birth
      G Age last Birthday
    Parents of Person enumerated
      H Place of Marriage
 9. MILITARY SERVICE
    CIVIL WAR
      A Are You a Veteran
      B Branch of Service in Which You Served
      C What State Enlisted or Drafted From
    SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
      A Are You a Veteran
      B Branch of Service in Which You Served
      C What State Enlisted or Drafted From
    WORLD WAR
      A Are You a Veteran
      B Branch of Service in Which You Served
      C What State Enlisted or Drafted From
10. OCCUPATION
    A Are you engaged in Agricultural Pursuits
    B Are you engaged in Professional Services
    C Are you engaged in domestic and Personal Services
    D Are you engaged in Trade and Transportation
    E Are you engaged in Manufacturing and Mechanical work
    F Are you a Laborer unclassified
    G No. months in 1924 unemployed because of illness from communicable diseases only
    H Amt. of salary or income loss because of illness from communicable diseases
    I No. months in 1924 unemployed on account of labor conditions
11. CHURCH AFFILIATION
    What Church are You Affiliated With


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CENSUS-YEAR: 1925    STATE: Iowa    COUNTY: Scott    DIVISION: Buffalo Twp, Buffalo Twn    ENUMERATOR: L.T. Ochsner    ENUM DATE: 14 Feb 1925    MICROFILM: FHL # 1429542 v. 1-46
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    LN ST NB LAST NAME   FIRST NAME     RELATION       SEX CLR AGE W/D RENT MORT  VAL   DEBT AMT  AMT   NATR  US  IOWA R/G/H/C GRADE   ATTND READ WRT BIRTH         NAME                    BIRTH PL        AGE NAME                  BIRTH PL      AGE MARRIAGE PL                 VET BRANCH ST   VET BRANCH ST  VET BRANCH ST        MO UNEM $ LOSS UNEMP AFFILTN    REMARKS
       1  1  2           2              3              4A  4B  4C  4D  5A   5B    5C    5D   5E   5F    6A    6B  6C   7.1ABCD 7.2ABCD 7.3   7.4  7.5 8A            8B                      8C              8D  8E                    8F            8G  8H                          9cA 9cB    9cC  9sA 9sB    9sC 9wA 9wB    9wC 10A-F 10G     10H    10I   11
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