Bailey, James | HistoryForge

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Year
1850
Place
Tompkins County, Ithaca
Census Scope
Sheet 4 #42
Dwelling
26
Family No.
26

Location

Address
Building Record
Unhoused
Locality
Ithaca (City)
Institution Name
blank
Institution Type
Hotel

Name

First Name
James
Column 3
Names are listed in the following order: First, Middle, Last. If several members of a family have the same last name, the last name will be listed in the first record only and in following records it will be indicated by a blank space, a ditto mark (”), or possibly the shorthand for ditto (do.) If the name is hard to read, attempt to verify the spelling with a city directory where possible or another historic source.
Middle Name
blank
Column 3
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Last Name
Bailey
Column 3
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Title
blank
Column 3
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Suffix
blank
Column 3
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Personal Description

Age
19
Column 4
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The scribble for “Unknown” often looks like this:
Age (Months)
blank
Column 4
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Sex
M - MaleColumn 5
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Race
Blank - WhiteColumn 6
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The scribble for “Unknown” often looks like this:
Occupation
Boatman
Column 7
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Value of Real Estate
blank
Column 8
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Place of Birth
New York
Column 9
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Foreign Born
blank
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Married during Census Year
blank
Column 10
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Attended School
blank
Column 11
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Cannot Read and Write
blank
Column 12
Person over 20 Years of Age Who Cannot Read and Write. Check the box if the field contains a slash (/). Enumerators used this mark to indicate yes.

Physical and Mental Condition - Column 13

Deaf and Dumb
blank
Column 13
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Blind
blank
Column 13
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Insane
blank
Column 13
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Idiotic
blank
Column 13
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Pauper
blank
Column 13
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Convict
blank
Column 13
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Nature of Misfortune
blank
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Year of Misfortune
blank
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Additional

Notes
This person enumerated twice on the 1850 census, see person record.
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Other Family Members

Name	Sex	Age	Occupation
Seely, Zalmon	Male	55	Hotel Keeper
Seely, Permelia	Female	52	None
Titus, Sarah	Female	25	None
Seely, Milton	Male	17	None
Seely, Mary	Female	14	None
Seely, Orlando	Male	11	None
Seely, Lewis Cass	Male	7	None
Thurston, Richard	Male	74	Carpenter
Simpson, John	Male	28	None
Dix, John	Male	36	Boatman
Dickerson, Henry	Male	51	Carpenter
Bateman, Susan	Female	17	None
Dean, Elijah H	Male	45	Carpenter
Brown, John	Male	25	Carpenter
Nelson, David	Male	22	Carpenter
Bogert, Jeremiah	Male	25	Boatman
Coffran, Jerome	Male	20	Boatman