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Maine Census Resources
1910 Federal Census

 

The 1910 census schedules record the following information for each person:

  • name
  • relationship to head of household
  • sex
  • color or race
  • age at last birthday
  • marital status
  • length of present marriage
  • if a mother, number of children and number of living children
  • place of birth
  • place of birth of parents
  • if foreign born, year of immigration and citizenship status language spoken
  • occupation
  • type of industry employed in
  • if employer, employee, or self-employed
  • if unemployed
  • number of weeks unemployed in 1909
  • ability to read and write
  • if attended daytime school since September 1, 1909
  • if home is rented or owned
  • if home is owned, free, or mortgaged
  • if home is a house or a farm
  • if a survivor of Union or Confederate Army or Navy
  • if blind in both eyes
  • if deaf and dumb

The forms used to survey Indians also recorded the tribe and/or band.

The Maine 1910 Census records are extant for all counties. Maine in 1910 consisted of the following counties: Aroostook, Androscoggin, Cumberland, Hancock, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Somerset, Waldo, Washington, and York.
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Maine State Archives Federal Census Resources

 

Source(s) for narrative on this page: Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790 - 1920 by William Thorndale and William Dollarhide. Copyright 1987. National Archives Records Administration (NARA).

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Special thanks to David Colby Young, Maine's previous State Coordinator.

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