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Please note the U.S. census questions differed slightly from the Puerto Rico census questions. Am in the process of comparing both and will annotate the difference accordingly.
1910 Census Questions |
1. Street
2. House number
3. Dwelling number
4. Family visit number
5. Name of each person whose place of abode on April 15, 1910 was in this family
6. Relation to Head of Household
7. Sex
8. Race
9. Age
10. Marital status
11. Number of years married
12. Mother of how many children
13. Number of these children living
14. Place of birth
15. Father's place of birth
16. Mother's place of birth
17. Year of immigration to U.S.
18. Naturalized or alien?
19. Language spoken
20. Occupation
21. Nature of trade
22. Employer, worker or own account
23. Number of months not employed
24. Can read and write
25. Attending school
26. Home owned or rented?
29. Home owned free or mortgage?
30. Farm or house?
31. Veteran of Civil War?
32. Blind or deaf-mute?
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1920 Census Questions |
1. Street
2. House number
3. Dwelling number
4. Family visit number
5. Name of each person whose place of abode on January 1, 1920 was in this family
6. Relationship to Head of Household
7. Home owned or rented
8. Owned free or mortgaged
9. Sex
10. Color or race
11. Age
12. Marital status
13. Year of immigration to U.S.
14. Naturalized or alien?
15. Year of naturalization
16. Attending school?
17. Can read and write
20. Place of birth
21. Mother tongue
22. Father's place of birth
23. Father's mother tongue
24. Mother's place of birth
25. Mother's mother tongue
26. Can speak English
27. Occupation
28. Employer, salary worker, or working on own account
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1930 Census Questions |
Place of abode
Street, avenue, road, etc.
House number
Number of dwelling house in order of visitation
Number of family in order of visitation
Name
Name of each person whose place of abode on April 1, 1930, was in this family.
Enter surname first, then the given name, and middle initial, if any. Include every
person living on April 1, 1930. Omit children born since April 1, 1930.
Relation
Relationship of this person to the head of the family
Home Data
Home owned or rented
Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental, if rented
Radio set
Does this family own a farm?
Personal description
Sex
Color or race
Age at last birthday
Marital condition
Age at first marriage
Education
Attended school or college any time since Sept. 1, 1929
Whether able to read or write
Place of birth
Place of birth of each person enumerated and of his or her parents.
If born in the United States, give State or Territory. If of foreign birth, give country
in which birthplace is now situated.
Distinguish Canada-French from Canada-English, and Irish Free State from Northern
Ireland.
Place of birth__person
Place of birth__father
Place of birth__mother
Mother tongue (or native language) of foreign born
Language spoken in home before coming to the United States
Citizenship, etc
Year of immigration into the United States
Naturalization
Whether able to speak English
Occupation & industry
Trade, profession, or particular kind of work done
Industry or business
Class of worker
Employment. Whether actually at work yesterday (or the last regular working day)
Yes or no
If not, line number on Unemployment schedule [These schedules no longer exist]
Veterans
Whether a veteran of U.S. Military or naval forces
Yes or no
What war or expedition?
Farm schedule
Number of farm schedule [These schedules no longer exist] |
Copyright © October 2001, Dalia Morales
Revised: September 1, 2002
URL:
Puerto Rico: My Ancestors and Their Descendants
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