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deaf & dumb, blind,lunatic Imbecile, feeble minded

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 27 Apr 2008 22:50

I agree with Christina ....... it is usually written in what the disability is/was.


The tick is probably just the enumerator or eprson above him checking off names as they were transferred or counted.



sylvia

ChristinaS

ChristinaS Report 27 Apr 2008 22:23

In my experience, when one of these disabilities applies, they don't just tick the column - they write in what the disability was.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 27 Apr 2008 21:18

It might not be ticks in the disability column. It may just be the enumerator ticking off people as he added up numbers.

Kath. x

greggs

greggs Report 27 Apr 2008 21:12

What does this mean on the 1901 census at the top?

My g g grandparents had ticks on this column !!!!!!!!!

Most of the adults on the page had this ticked too - does it literally mean what it says and could it apply to the uneducated as well??