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Poorhouse (Alms House) Residents in the 1850 Census |
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Eliot, YORK County, Maine |
| Note: In this report it is easy to spot the poorhouse
because the census taker very considerately made a notation to the
left designating this household as the Alms House. Often this was not done; and the only indication that the "household" was a poorhouse is -- the fact that the head of household (first one listed) has as an occupation something like the term: "Keeper of Alms House" or "Keeper of the Poorhouse" ... or, sometimes, merely "Keeper"! PHL |
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| Whew! This handwriting is extremely difficult for us to read! Here are our best guesses. PHL |
