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KNOX COUNTY CENSUS RECORDS
1860 Census
1870 Census
Special
Census US Deaf and Hearing Relatives 1888-1895
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Taking the Census
The following is a dialogue
between a census taker and a lady who answered the door,
How many males are in the
family madam?
"Five, Sir"
"Please, name them"
"Well there's my husband
, myself two___ and three children which makes five"
You don't appear to
understand me ma'am, "How many he's are there?"
"Oh, Yes I understand
you, my husband is the only he about the house."
Is he able to do military
duty?
" No, Sir"
"Then he is an alien I presume?"
"Yes Sir he
is" "Where was he born"
"He was born in New
York"
"Well I thought you said
he was and alien?"
"And so I did Sir, he
has been ailing, for about five years, poor man"
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2008 by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.