Portsmouth Asylum
Excerpts from 1875 Census

  Census of District, No. 2, Town of Portsmouth,
June 1st, 18751

Second Part of Census Table. Go to First Part. View Scanned Image
 
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  CIVIL 
CONDITION.
As Married, Single, Widowed, or Divorced		 PLACE OF BIRTH.
If in Rhode Island, name the Town; if elsewhere, name the State or the Country.
PARENTAGE.
American, English, Irish, German, &c.
CANNOT
Read and Write
10 years and over.
OCCUPATION
Of every person, Male and Female, including Children.
VOTERS
AT
SCHOOL.
Number of months during the year. Public, Select, or Catholic
WHETHER
Deaf & Dumb, Blind, Insane or Idiotic.
 
 
 
  
 
R.
W.
 
 
 
 
 
18
M
 S. Kingstown
A
 
 
 Overseer of Asylum
1 
 
 
18
19
M
 Newport
A
 
 
 Housekeeper
 
  
 
19
20
S
 Uxbridge
A
 
 
 Pauper
 
 
 
 20
21
W
 Portsmouth
A
1
 1
 Pauper
 
  
 
21
22
S
 Portsmouth
A
1
 1
 Pauper
 
  
Idiotic
22
23
S
 New York
A
 
 
 Pauper
 
  
 
23
24
W
 Portsmouth
A
1
1
 Pauper
 
  
 
24
25
W
 Newport
A
 
 
 Pauper
 
  
 
25
26
S
 Mafs
A
 1
 1
 Pauper
 
  
Idiotic
26
27
S
 Portsmouth
A
 1
 1
 Pauper
 
  
Idiotic
27
28
M
 Portsmouth
A
 1
 1
 Pauper
 
  
 
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[1] Census of District No. 2, Town of Portsmouth, June 1st 1875, 1875, The Portsmouth Historical Society Collection.
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