1925 State Census of Iowa: LEGEND Transcribed by Stephen David Williams for the IAGenWeb State Census Project http://iagenweb.org/census/ Copyright (c) 2004 by Stephen David Williams. All Rights Reserved. ========================================================================================= IAGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. 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Place of Abode: Street, Avenue, Boulevard or Road; House Number 2. NAME: of each Person whose Place of Abode on Jan 1, 1925 was in this Family. Enter Surnames First, Then Given Name and middle Initial, If any. Include Every Person Living on Jan 1, 1925. Omit Children born since Jan 1, 1925. 3. RELATION: Relationship of this Person to the Head of the Family 4. PERSONAL DESCRIPTION: A Sex B Color of Race C Age at Last Birthday D Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced 5. TENURE: A Home owned or Rented B If Owned, Free or Mortgaged C Value of this Home D Amount of Mortgage Debt Against this Home Jan 1, 1925 E If rented, Amount of rent paid Monthly F If Owned Amount of all Insurance Carried on this House 6. CITIZENSHIP: A If Foreign Born are You Naturalized B No. Years In U.S. C No. Years In Iowa 7. EDUCATION and LITERACY: 1. High School Attended (Check Proper Space /): A Rural B Grade C High School D College or University 2. HIGHEST GRADE REACHED: A RURAL - State Highest Reader Completed as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th B GRADE in GRAMMAR - State Highest Grade completed (Grades 1 to 8 Incl.) C HIGH SCHOOL - State Highest Grade Completed (Grades 9 to 12 Incl.) D COLLEGE or UNIVERSITY - State No. Years Attended 3. How Many Months of School attended in Year 1924 4. Whether able to Read 5. Whether able to Write 8. NATIVITY: Place of Birth of each Person enumerated and Name, Place of Birth, Age and Place of Marriage of Parents. (If Place is in U. S. give State or Territory, if outside of U. S. give Country) Person enumerated A Place of Birth FATHER B Name of Father C Place of Birth D Age last Birthday MOTHER E Full Maiden Name of Mother F Place of Birth G Age last Birthday Parents of Person enumerated H Place of Marriage 9. MILITARY SERVICE CIVIL WAR A Are You a Veteran B Branch of Service in Which You Served C What State Enlisted or Drafted From SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR A Are You a Veteran B Branch of Service in Which You Served C What State Enlisted or Drafted From WORLD WAR A Are You a Veteran B Branch of Service in Which You Served C What State Enlisted or Drafted From 10. OCCUPATION A Are you engaged in Agricultural Pursuits B Are you engaged in Professional Services C Are you engaged in domestic and Personal Services D Are you engaged in Trade and Transportation E Are you engaged in Manufacturing and Mechanical work F Are you a Laborer unclassified G No. months in 1924 unemployed because of illness from communicable diseases only H Amt. of salary or income loss because of illness from communicable diseases I No. months in 1924 unemployed on account of labor conditions 11. CHURCH AFFILIATION What Church are You Affiliated With ---- Sample Transcript Header ---- ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR: 1925 STATE: Iowa COUNTY: Scott DIVISION: Buffalo Twp, Buffalo Twn ENUMERATOR: L.T. Ochsner ENUM DATE: 14 Feb 1925 MICROFILM: FHL # 1429542 v. 1-46 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BOOK HOUSE S/M/OWN/ FREE/ HOME MORT RENT INS FRGN YRS YRS SCHOOL HIGHST # MO PLACE OF FATHER MOTHER PARENTS CIVIL WAR SPANSH-AM WAR WORLD WAR OCCUP ILLNESS COND CHURCH TRANSCRIBER'S LN ST NB LAST NAME FIRST NAME RELATION SEX CLR AGE W/D RENT MORT VAL DEBT AMT AMT NATR US IOWA R/G/H/C GRADE ATTND READ WRT BIRTH NAME BIRTH PL AGE NAME BIRTH PL AGE MARRIAGE PL VET BRANCH ST VET BRANCH ST VET BRANCH ST MO UNEM $ LOSS UNEMP AFFILTN REMARKS 1 1 2 2 3 4A 4B 4C 4D 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F 6A 6B 6C 7.1ABCD 7.2ABCD 7.3 7.4 7.5 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F 8G 8H 9cA 9cB 9cC 9sA 9sB 9sC 9wA 9wB 9wC 10A-F 10G 10H 10I 11 =====================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================