1921 Canada Census
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The Project Instructions say "Information may be written just once for multiple records. This
information applies to all subsequent records until new information was
indicated." It doesn't seem to specify any particular kind of information, so I would copy them down to the other household members.0 -
In column 7, the value of the home says BB. What does that mean?
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BB = Bed and Board according to genealogy sites when I Googled it for the 1921 Canada census.
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In the 1921 Census, I cannot figure out the French word that has been written in for a wife's occupation. The same word is listed for each wife without a job. It looks like it starts with an A or an O and is 5 or 6 letters long. Can anyone help?
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https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/165496/1921-canadian-census-french-unknown-word#latest
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The French word often used for female occupation is "aucune" meaning "none".
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"Township or Parish" Column 4 questions:
I asked FamilySearch about "Parish or Township" column 4, 4a, 4b, 4c for a rural address in Saskatchewan (4 Section, 4a Township, 4b Range, 4c Meridian) in which I see 4 numbers. They said to mark "Parish or Township" with <BLANK>.
I have asked but not received a reply about a street address in column 4 running through column 5. This is also a Saskatchewan census but in the City of Saskatoon. So what exactly would be the "Township or Parish" in this case? In the example given in Calgary, a street address was entered as "6". So you would enter the street or avenue number as the entry? If the street address is a name ie Eastlake Avenue - you would enter "Eastlake"?
Can anyone clarify this for me? I guess someone will be tasked with reviewing and correcting all these errors eventually - and to that person I apologize. I am not finding the Project Instructions to be specific enough with some of these issues. More examples would be nice to have.
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The Handwritten example in the Project Instructions clearly shows the Township information is found in Column 4a. In every page I've indexed or reviewed I've found the column contains a number, usually written in the entry for the Head of each family or given for Line 1 when the Head is found on a preceding reference page. So, the indexer should enter the Number found in column 4a and the reviewer should correct those left blank. Some census takers enter the township number only on the lines for the Heads of Households, others use ditto marks on every line after the number is written, so I would follow the usual rules for ditto marks. Example: Given name & Surname, John Smith suffix, <blank> then Township number ie 14. Best wishes 😎
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@Patricia53312:
I had the same question regarding the use of a street address instead of a township number. The batch I am currently working on has only addresses and I can't find a township number on the image or any of the reference images. Did you ever receive a response from FamilySearch about this?
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If you look at the example for a handwritten census, you'll see we index the info in col 4a ie 6. For those with street addresses only, there is space enough for the address, leaving the Municipality available for the town/city name so I index the street address for the Head of Household and copy it for other household members only if there are ditto marks. I enter <blank> if there are no ditto marks. By entering the street address, we give the researcher a clue for particular locations in the city even if the census-taker didn't list the parish or township number. so, yes please index the street address for the head of household.
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I was told that "parish or township" is a number and that number is located at the top of the census form where is says "enumeration sub-district". There is always a number in that area - no names. And the field for "municipality" is the name of the town/city. So in an example a 1921 census in the Province of Saskatchewan that I downloaded from the Government of Canada website documenting a relative, the heading reads Province: Saskatchewan District No. 223 Prince Albert {Enumeration sub-district} No. 6 {in} RM Star City {city, town, village, township or parish}. I was told to use 6 as the "parish or township" and Star City as the "Municipality".
That made sense because there is always a number in the Enumeration sub-district and I do sometimes see the city being specified in Column 5 Municipality. The example they had given in their help reference was for a Calgary census and I believe it was incorrect as they used the street or avenue address as the "parish or township". This information is contrary to what I was told. You do NOT enter street address or land sites using the information scrawled under column 4 thru 4c.
it is confusing because at the top of the census form it says {city, town, village, township or parish} and so you would think that this is the "township or parish" but NO. It also makes me wonder where does Saskatchewan get entered and what about 223 Prince Albert?
Hopefully the pause in the 1921 indexing will lead to some clearer instructions. I have indexed a few partially completed census pages and it was clear that we need extra clarification on how to correctly enter the information. Maybe someone also needs to mark up our submissions and return to us with red notes to indicate errors so we don't get too far off track making the same errors over and over.
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