William C. Sharp household, 1880 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., KY

At the time of this census enumeration, the William C. Sharp family had been living at their Livingston County, Kentucky farm for about 10 years.  Here, is the extract of the household enumerated in 1880, lines 38 to 45...

Page	375D (stamped)
Line	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45
In Cities: Street Name
In Cities: Street Number
1.Dwelling	207
2.Family	207
3.Name	Sharp C. William	Sharp Delilah	Sharp Mary	Sharp J. William	Sharp George	Sharp Laura	Sharp Charles	Sharp Effa
4.Color	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
5.Sex	M	F	F	M	M	F	M	F
6.Age	68	55	15	13	24	18	2	3/12
7.If born within the Census year, give the month								Apr
8.Relationship of each person to the head of this family		Wife	Daughter	Son	Son	Daughter  - in law	Grandson	Grand daughter
9.Civil Condition: Single			1	1
10.Civil Condition: Married	1	1			1	1
11.Civil Condition: Widowed, divorced
12.Married during census year
13.Occupation	Farmer	House keeper	At home		Farm hand
14.Number of months this person has been unemployed during the Census year
15.Is the person (on the day of the enumerator's visit) sick, or temporarily disabled so as to be unable to ordinary business or duties? If so, what is the sickness or disability?
16.Health: Blind
17.Health: Deaf and dumb
18.Health: Idiotic
19.Health: Insane
20.Health: Maimed, crippled, bedridden, or otherwise disabled
21.Education: Attended school within the Census year
22.Education: Cannot read
23.Education: Cannot write
24.Place of Birth of this person	Pennsylvania	Kentucky	Illinois	Illinois	Illinois	Illinois	Illinois	Illinois
25.Place of Birth of the father of this person	N. Jersey	Virginia	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Kentucky	Illinois	Illinois
26.Place of Birth of the mother of this person	N. Jersey	Maryland	Kentucky	Kentucky	Kentucky	Tennessee	Tennessee	Kentucky

Reference Note:

1880, US. census, Livingston County, Kentucky, population schedule, Carrsville Mag. Dist. #5, enumeration district (ED) 84, p. 375D (stamped), p. 24 (penned), dwelling 207, family 207, William C. Sharp; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 November 2012); citing National Archives micro-film publication T9, roll 429.

[On the digital image the page appears to be stamped as 375B. The upper left corner of the page is folded over exposing the letter "B" of the page behind it on page 374B. If you turn to the previous page, 375C, the upper right corner reveals the "D" of the folded page corner (and conceals the letter "C" on that page).]

Commentary:

From the census page, the enumeration date was 19 June 1880 and the enumerator was Robt. Hamson. The family members listed reflect who was present on 1 June 1880 according to the 1880 enumeration instructions.

This enumerator recorded names in column 3 using the order: last name, middle initial, first name. For example, William C. Sharp is recorded as "Sharp C. William" and William J. Sharp is recorded as " Sharp J. William".

The 1880 U.S. census column 8 gives the relationship of each member of the household to the head of household. The son William J. and daughter Mary, who were missing from the 1870 census, are now present.

In column 26, the places of birth of the mother of the grandson Charles and grand-daughter Effa are Tennessee and Kentucky respectively. If Laura is the mother of these children, then the expected mother's birthplace for both would be Illinois. This may be an entry error or it may indicate other mothers for these children.