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Column headings, Hovedliste, 1891 Census

1. Huslisternes No.

1. House number (Note: this is column of preprinted consecutive numbers, i.e., 1, 2, 3....... etc.)

2. Løbe-No.

2. The Matrikkel number, i.e., the property tax number of the house.

3. Bostedets (Gaardens, Pladsens) eller Beboerens Navn.

3. Name of the Place (the farm or place) or the Name of the Head of household

4. Tilstedeværende Folkemængde/ M./K.

4. Number of persons present/ Male/Female

5. Hjemmehørende Folkemengde/ M./K.

5. The number of persons who belong in the household/ Male/ Female

Husliste, 1891 Census

This is a small form which was filled out for each head of household:

Folketælling for Kongeriget Norge 1ste Januar 1891

Census for Norway, January 1st, 1891

........................ Herred. Schema 1. Husliste No. ........

.....(Name of Herred, i.e., kommune)........ Form 1. Household list number ......

Tællingskreds No. ..... Antal Personsedler .......

Enumeration district No....... Total number of Personsedler in this household ......

Fortegnelse over de i Huset (Bostedet) værende Familiehusholdninger og ensligt levende Personer.

Entries for head of household and single persons living alone.

Anm. Om Extrahusholdninger henvises til Instruktionen

For sub-households refer to the Instructions

Husfaderenes eller Husmoderens samt de ensligt levende Personers Navne

Name of the head of household and any single persons why maintain a separate household

Personsedlernes Numer

Number of Personsedler for this household

a. Personer, der baade vare bosatte og opholdt sig paa Stedet 1. Jan. 1891

a. Persons whose usual address this is and who stayed here on 1. January 1891.

b. Personer der kun midlertidigt (som tilreisende eller besøgende) opholdt sig paa Stedet

b. Persons who were only temporarily at the place (as traveleres or visitors),

c. Personer, der vare bosatte paa Stedet men 1. Jan. 1891 midlertidigt fraværende

Persons who resided at ther place on 1. January 1891 but who were temporarily absent.

Ialt:

Total:

Tilstedeværende Folkemængde (a + b): ...... Mæn, ..... Kvinder

Number of persons present (a + b): ..... Males, ..... Females

Hjemmehørende Folkemængde (a + c): ...... Mæn, ..... Kvinder

Number of persons who belong/live here (a + c): ..... Males, ..... Females

Dersom nogen af de ovenfor medregnede Beboere havde sin Bolig (Natteophold) i Fjøs, Stald eller anden Sidebygning eller, for Tromsø Stifts Vedkommende, i Fjøsgamme (Fællesgamme), anføres her disse Bygningernes Antal og Art samt vedkommende Personers Antal:

In the event that some of the above persons live (spend the night) in a cow-barn, horse-stable, or other sidebuilding, or, in the case of Tromsø province, in a Fjøsgamme (a dug-out/turf-hut cow-barn), then enter the number and type of such buildings and the corresponding number of persons who live in these buildings

a. i. Fjøs..... /Mænd/Kvinder

a. i. Cow-barn....../Males/Females

a. i. Stald......./Mænd/Kvinder

a.i. Horse-stable...../Males/Females

I modsat Fald understreges her Ordet: Nei

In the even no one lives in any such sidebuildings underline the Word: No

Personseddel, 1891 Census

The instructions at the bottom of the Personseddel indicate that for several of the questions the census taker was to simply underline the appropriate answer.

Folketelling for Kongeriget Norge 1ste Januar 1891

Census for Norway January 31st, 1891

.......... Herred. Schema 2. Personseddel No. ........

............ Herred (i.e., kommune). Form no. 2. Personseddel Number ......

Tællingskreds No....... Husliste No. .....

Enumeration district Number ...... Husliste Number .....

1. Fuldt Navn.......................

1. Full Name.......................

2. Kjøn: Mandkjøn, Kvindekjøn

2. Sex: Male, Female

3. Stilling til Familiens Hovedperson: Selv Hovedperson, Hustru, Søn, Datter, Tjenestetyende, Logerende hørende til Familien, enslig Logerende, Besøgende o.s.v........................

3. Connection to Head of Household: Person is head of household, Wife, Son, Daughter, Servant, Lodger who is related to the family, Single Lodger not related to the family, Visitor, etc....................

4. Ægteskabelig stilling (For Personer over 15 Aar): Ugift, Gift, Enkemand, Enke, Separeret efter Bevilling, Lovlig fraskilt

Marital status (For Persons over the age of 15): Single, Married, Widower, Widow, Separated with legal permission, Legally divorced.

5. For gifte Kvinder: Er De og Deres Mand indbyrdes beslægtet, som næstsødskenbarn (Tremenninger) eller nærmere? Ja Nei

5. For married women: Are you and your husband related by blood, as in second cousins or closer? Yes No

6. Fødselsaar: 18.... For Børn under 2 Aar: Fødselsmaaned.....................

6. Year of birth 18...... For children under 2 years of age, the month of birth...................

7. Fødested: Herred, Sogn eller By.................................

7. Place of birth: Herred (i.e., kommune), Subparish or City......................

For de i Udlandet fødte: (Landets eller Stedets Navn)............................

For those born abroad: (The Country or the Place name).........................

8. Hvilken Stats Undersaat (for dem, der ikke er norske Undersaatter).........................

8. What citizenship (For those who are not Norwegian citizens)...................

9. Trossamfund (for dem der ikke tilhører den norske Statskirke.............

10. Religious belief (For those who are not members of the Norwegian State church)...............

10. For de i selvstændig eller i underordnet Stilling Erhvervende: Erhvervsgren (Hovednæring, Bierhverv) og Stilling i samme

10. For those who are self-employed or who are self-employed on a part time basis, the type of work and the job title

11. For de af Andre helt eller delvis Forsørgede: Forsørgerens Livsstilling

For those who rely comletely or partially on support from another person, the occupation of the person providing the support

12. Sindssvag, Døvstum eller Blind.

Insane, Deafmute, or Blind

13. Er Sindssygdommen, Døvstumheden eller Blindheden medfødt (hvormed ligestilles, at den er kommen tilsyne i de første Barneaar), eller er den fremtraadt senere?

13. Was the person born with the mental illness, deafmuteness or blindness (this would include when it became evident in the first years of childhood, or did it come about later

14. For de kun midlertidigt tilstedeværende: Sædvanligt Bosted.....................

14. For those who are only temporarily present in this household: the usual place of residence.............................

15. For de midlertidigt Fraværende: antageligt Opholdsted:......................

15. For those who are temporarily away, the assumed place they are staying.......................

16. Nationalitet: Norsk, Lappisk, Finsk (Kvænsk), Blandet

Nationality: Norwegian, Lapp, Finn (Kvænsk), Mixed.

17. Sprog, der tales i Vedkommendes Hjem (saafremt det er forskjelligt fra den i Rubrk. 16 angivne Nationalitet): Norsk, Lappisk, Finsk (Kvænsk))

17. Language spoken in the home (if different from the nationality stated in answer to question 16): Norwegian, Lapp, Finnish (Kvænsk))

18. For Lapper oplyses, om Vedkommende er fastboende eller nomadiserende

18. For Lapps, whether the person is settled in one place or is nomadic

1) De for hvert Tilfælde passende Ord understreges.

1) The appropriate answer is to be underlined.

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