Sit back and enjoy your search
as the years pass us by.
On the trail of our roots.....
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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