Census Information Explanations
Census for Callaway County online
Prior to
statehood:
The government of Spanish Louisiana
required a census from 1772-1803 of people living in the northern
sections of its domain before the United States made the
Louisiana purchase. These census schedules were held at the
Spanish Archives in Seville Spain. Some have been published in
two volumes titled, The Spanish Regime in Missouri, by Louis
Houck, (Chicago,1909), and Anglo-Americans in Spanish Archives,
by Lawrence Feldman, (Baltimore, 1991
Territorial:
1817/1819-St. Charles
County-The original census schedule is "on-file" in
St.Charles, and copies are housed at the State Historical Society
of Missouri in Columbia
State/County Census
Schedules:
Missouri State
Census
After Missouri became a
state in 1821, a law was passed providing for a population count
to be taken every four years. Unfortunately, there was a fire in
the Capitol in 1837 that destroyed all previous census records.
The censuses continued every four years, but another fire at the
Capitol in 1911 took its toll on many more census schedules. The
only schedules known to remain are listed as follows: (microfilm
copies are available at the Missouri State Archives, unless noted
otherwise.
1844-Callaway; Marion county's census for
this year has been photocopied, and a book is available at the
Historical Society of Missouri
1876-Benton, Callaway, Cape Girardeau,
Christian, Greene, Holt, Howard, McDonald, Montgomery, Osage,
Phelps, Reynolds and St. Francois
Federal Census
What the federal Census contains
per census year.
The 1830 and 1840 census shows
only the head of the household by name- All other persons in
household are by age group only. The age groups for white male
and female are: under 5; 5 to 10; 10 to 15; 15 to 20; 20 to 30;
30 to 40; 40 to 50; 50 to 60, 60 to 70; 80 to 90; 90 to 100; over
100. Maleand female Slaves under 10, 10 to 24; 24 to 36; 36 to
55; 55 to under 100; 100 and over. Sub category for deaf and
dumb, blind colored that were included in the count.
- 1830 Census
Name of head of household
number of free white males and females by age group
number of foreigners not naturalized by count only
number of free colored males and females by age group
number of male and female slaves by age group
number of white blind persons and number of blind slaves
and colored persons
number of white deaf-mutes and number of deaf-mute slaves
and colored persons
number of white aliens
- 1840 Census
Name of head of household
number of free white males and females categorized by age
group
number of free colored males and females by age group
number of male and female slaves by age group
number of persons in each family engaged in various
occupations
Names and ages of military pensioners
number of both white and colored deaf, mute and blind
persons
number of students
number of scholars at public charge
number of free white persons older than 20 who could not
read and write
- 1850 Census
Name of each free person in
a household
age; sex; color (white, black or mulatto)
occupation of males over 15
value of real estate owned
whether person attended school or was married within the
year
whether the person could read or write if over 20
whether deaf-mute, blind, insane, an idiot, a pauper or a
convict
- 1860 Census
Name
age; sex; color (white, black or mulatto)
occupation of persons over 15
value of real estate; value of personal estate
place of birth (state, territory or country)
whether person was married during the year
whether deaf-mute, blind, insane, an idiot, a pauper or a
convict
1860 separate slave
schedules show:
Name of slave owner
number of slaves owned
number of slaves manumitted (freed)
under the slave owner's Name a line for each slave shows:
age, color, sex, whether deaf-mute, blind, insane,
idiotic or a fugitive from the state
[Names of slaves not entered]
- 1870 Census
Name
age at last birthday
sex; color (W=White, B=Black, M=Mulatto, C=Chinese,
I=Indian); profession, occupation or trade
value of real estate; personal property
place of birth (state, territory or country)
whether father is of foreign birth; whether mother is of
foreign birth
month of birth if born within the year
month of marriage if married within the year
whether attended school within the year
whether can read; write
whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane or idiotic
whether male citizen of the US aged 21 years and up
whether male citizen of the US aged 21 years and up whose
right to vote was denied or abridged on other grounds
than rebellion or other crime
- 1880
Census
Note: all states have been indexed on microfilm using the
soundex system; however only those households with
children aged 10 or under are listed in the microfilmed
index.
For each urban household, an entry shows the Name of the
street and house number.
For each person in a household the entry shows:
Name
whether white, black, mulatto, Indian or Chinese; sex;
age; month of birth if born within the year relation to
head of household
occupation and months unemployed
Name of state, territory or country of birth; father's
birthplace; mother's birthplace
school attendance within the year
inability to read if aged 10 or older; inability to write
if aged 10 or older
whether sick or temporarily disabled on the day of
enumeration and the reason
- 1900 Census
Note: all states have been indexed
For each household, an entry shows the Name of the
township, city and ward, if any, and the street and house
number, if in an urban area.
For each person listed the entry shows:
Name
relation to head of household
color; sex; month and year of birth, and age at last
birthday
marital status; number of years married
for married women, number of children born and number of
those children living
birthplace (state territory or country), father's birth;
mother's birth
[if
alien or naturalized citizen: the year of immigration to
the US; number of years in the US, whether still an
alien, having applied for citizenship, or naturalized]
occupation of each
person 10 and older, and number of months not employed
information about school attendance, literacy and ability
to speak English
whether residence was a farm; whether occupant was a
homeowner
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CENSUS
Montgomery Co., Territory of Missouri Tax
List of 1819 --- Callaway County was part of Montgomery County
in 1819- off site link
Callaway County Tax List of 1823 - off site link
1830 Census Images at UsGenWeb - not indexed- must scan/read each page
1840 Census Images at USGenWeb - not indexed- must scan/read each page
1850 Callaway County Transcribed Census - no index- from USGenWeb MO Archives
1860 Mortality Schedule, Callaway Co., for the year
ending 1 June 1860 - off site
1883 Callaway County Pensioners - includes some War of 1812 soldiers and
widows- off site
Callaway County,Missouri State Census
Data from 1990
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Census Aids
Printable Census Forms from genealogy.com- [note- you must print
out forms for the same year-to have a complete form ]. example:
1840 page 1, page 2 and page 3
Printable Census Forms from Cyndi's List
The Census Bureau's Genealogy Page Information- off site link
Rootsweb's Soundex Converter - off site link- use this one to locate
the Soundex Coding for your surnames
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