1920 U.S. Census in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts
The enumerators' tally sheets from the US Census are released to the public 72 years after the Census date. As of 2000, the 1920 Census, released in 1992, is the most recent Census available. Microfilms are publicly available in Federal Depository Libraries and in Family History Centers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The file surname.txt, in tab-delimited format, covers Shelburne Town, Franklin County, Massachusetts. The file contains one record for each surname within each family record. Each record contains the page number, street name, street number, and surname. Items labeled ? are doubtful due to illegible handwriting. This file is best viewed with a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel. Each record contains:
seqno = sequential number of first person in this record
image = sequential image number in Shelburne Township; Franklin County; Massachusetts
cenpage = page number written on Census sheet
street = street name
dwelling = sequential number of dwelling
household = sequential number of household
head = 1 for head of family, 0 for other members
persons = number of persons in this record
surname = surname of all persons in this record
name = first name, of first person in this record
sex = m or f, of first person in this record
age = age in years, of first person in this record
remarks
The population of Shelburne in 1920 was 1437. There were 436 households, in 360 dwellings.
Many of the households were extended families including grandchildren, aunts and uncles, nephews and nieces, and in-laws. Many households included unrelated boarders, especially males aged 15-25 who worked as laborers.
Principal surnames among the 1437 individuals were SMITH (29), BARDWELL (25), SOMMER (24), WOOD/WOODS (23), FISKE (20), BROWN and LONG (19 each), BARNARD (18), JOHNSON (17), TAYLOR (16), BURNAP and TRUESDELL (15 each), JONES and PHILLIPS (13 each), CROMACK, FIELD, MILLER, PECK, SMEAD and WHEELER (12 each), DAVENPORT, GOULD, MARCH, PERKINS, SPENCER and THOMPSON (11 each), MANN, RICHARD/RICHARDS and WARD (10 each)
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