The 1870 census form called for dwelling houses to be numbered in the order of visitation;
families numbered in order of visitation; and the name of every person whose place of abode
on the first day of June 1870 was with the family. The census further asked the age of each
individual at the last birthday. If a child was under one year of age, months of age were to
be stated in fractions, such as 1/12. Additionally, the census asked the sex, color, profession,
and occupation or trade of every male and female. There were also columns for disclosure of
value of real estate and personal property. The 1870 census asked for the place of birth,
specifically in which state or territory of the United States, or in which country if foreign
born (including the province if born in Germany). The schedule provided space to indicate
whether or not the father and the mother of the individual was foreign born, and if an
individual was born or married within the year, the month in which the event occurred was to
be entered. The census also asked for those who had attended school within the year; those who
could not read; those who could not write; and the deaf and dumb, blind, insane and the
"idiotic" to be identified. Finally, the schedules had space to identify any male citizen of
the United States of age twenty-one and older, and any male citizen of the United States age
twenty-one and older whose right to vote was denied or abridged on grounds other than
rebellion or other crime.
NAME COUNTY DISTRICT/TWSP YEAR
Gay, Katie SD LAWRENCE CO. CENTRAL CITY 1875
Gay, Al H. SD LAWRENCE CO. CENTRAL CITY 1875
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