1880 Federal Census, Gonzales County, Texas ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwcensus.org/ http://www.usgwcensus.org/cenfiles/ ************************************************************************** The USGenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. Abstracted by Richard C. Baker, Jr. from public records. Edited and formatted by Kathy Grace, August 2004. Submitted by Richard C. Baker, Jr., October 5, 2003. This transcription has been proofread by Eron Smith. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. ___________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Gonzales County, Texas, Please visit the Gonzales County, TXGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgonzal/ ____________________________________________________________________________ This work follows all guidelines of the USGW Census Project, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. ____________________________________________________________________________ Key to Census Columns: LN Line # OCCUPATION Profession or Trade STREET Street DIS # Months Unemployed HN House # HEALTH Sickness/Disability DW Dwelling # B Blind FN Family # D Deaf or Dumb LAST NAME Last Name I Idiotic FIRST NAME First Name N Insane C Color M Crippled, etc. S Sex S Attending School AGE Age R Cannot read MO Month if born within year W Cannot write RELATION Relationship to head of household BIRTHPLACE Place of Birth S Single FATHER Father's Birthplace M Married MOTHER Mother's Birthplace W Widowed, Divorced Sndx Soundex Code Y Married during year REMARKS Transcriber Remarks ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1880 Federal Census for Gonzales County, Texas ____________________________________________________________________________ Transcriber's "general" comments about Enumerator District 68. 1. Entries enclosed with brackets [ ] indicates that the entry was marked through. 2. All spelling of Birthplaces are as recorded in census. 3. All spelling of Occupations are as recorded in census. 4. All spelling of Relationships are as recorded in census 5. Names are hard to read on the B pages due to what looks like water stains. 6. Birthplaces are hard to read on the A pages due to what looks like water stains 7. Township or District are not recorded except on page 1 of Enum. Dist. 68 8. Pages 392A thru 399B are so badly water stained they can hardly be read. 9. Birthplaces that are blank were not recorded or can't be read due to water stains.