1900 is my favorite census because it is the only one which records every person’s month of birth; not just the year. This is really helpful when you are looking for birth certificates. In a few days we’re going to start to discuss vital records. Vital records are birth, marriage, and death records. For now though, let’s reflect on the maternity questions which only appear in two censuses; 1910 and 1900.
In Lesson # 11, we looked for Ethel Losee-Earle’s mother, Flora Losee, and her answers to the maternity questions in the 1910 Census. It was reported that Flora had given birth to 7 children, 6 of which were alive in 1910.
Today when you look for Flora Losee (born about 1875), wife of John Losee Jr. of Freeport, New York, in the 1900 census you will see the answers gathered for the same maternity questions. Compare Flora’s 1910 answers to her 1900 answers. What can you deduce from both sets of responses?
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