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JanetRisovi1
JanetRisovi1 ✭
May 9, 2022 edited August 16, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

Wondering if anyone knows why the word "partner" was used in the 1950 census. Have come across this a few times, with two women living together. Does this imply a romantic relationship? Or was it used instead of the word "roommate?" I don't believe it meant business partner, because the entries I saw were of people who worked in different occupations.

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  • Melissa S Himes
    Melissa S Himes ✭✭✭✭✭
    May 9, 2022 Answer ✓

    It is roommate or an individual in the same building (as a dorm, a convent, a YMCA, etc) . I have indexed 1/2 of my small college town on the National Archives site and partner is used for all of the ladies and gentlemen in the dorms. Head is used for the Head of the Residence (housemothers and headmasters).

    The Enumerator's Guide listing:

    Partners -- If two or more persons who are not related by blood, marriage, or adoption share one dwelling unit as partners, write "Head" for one and "Partner" for the other(s).

    https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/1950instructions.pdf

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  • JanetRisovi1
    JanetRisovi1 ✭
    May 9, 2022

    Thank you! I don't remember that being mentioned before, when I read and learned about the 1950 Census, so that term surprised me, especially since today we use it in another context.

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