Edward Scahill - St. Louis, Missouri - 1940 U.S. Census - The Sixteenth U.S. Census

The Sixteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 132,164,569, an increase of 7.3 percent over the 1930 population of 123,202,624 persons. The census date of record was April 1, 1940. A number of new questions were asked including where people were 5 years before, highest educational grade achieved, and information about wages. This census introduced sampling techniques; one in 20 people were asked additional questions on the census form. Other innovations included a field test of the census in 1939.

General information about the 1940 U.S. census.

Link to a blank 1940 U.S. Census Form

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Name: Edward Scahill

Relationship to Head Of Family: Roomer

Occupation:  Coal Weigher, City Yards

Age:  72

City/Village: St. Louis

County:  None given

State: Missouri

Ward Of City:  25

Spouse: None given

Children:  None given

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Edward & Mary Scahill - Legal Notice - Historical Newspapers - Southtown Economist, Chicago, Illinois

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The SouthtownStar, previously known as The Daily Southtown, is a newspaper of the Chicago, Illinois metropolitan area that covers the south suburbs of Chicago and the South Side neighborhoods of the city - a wide region known as the Chicago Southland. Its popular slogan is "People Up North Just Don't Get It" (a pun). It is published by the Sun-Times Media Group.

Founded on September 11, 1906, the Southtown celebrated its 100th year as a paper in 2006. Originally called the Englewood Economist, it was retitled the Southtown Economist in 1924 and began publishing twice weekly.

Name: Edward & Mary Scahill

Newspaper: Southtown Economist, Chicago, Illinois

Event: Legal Notice

Number: 7624

Size: 30 x 178

Land: 1.171

Imp?: 3.095?

Date: 18 January 1967

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Edward Scahill - Delegations Leader - Historical Newspapers - Southtown Economist, Chicago, Illinois

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The SouthtownStar, previously known as The Daily Southtown, is a newspaper of the Chicago, Illinois metropolitan area that covers the south suburbs of Chicago and the South Side neighborhoods of the city - a wide region known as the Chicago Southland. Its popular slogan is "People Up North Just Don't Get It" (a pun). It is published by the Sun-Times Media Group.

Founded on September 11, 1906, the Southtown celebrated its 100th year as a paper in 2006. Originally called the Englewood Economist, it was retitled the Southtown Economist in 1924 and began publishing twice weekly.

Name: Edward Scahill, of 7624 South Loomis Boulavard, was a delegations leader, for the Archdioceasan Council of Catholic Women

Newspaper: Southtown Economist, Chicago, Illinois

Event: Archdioceasan Council of Catholic Women To Meet

Venue: McCormick Place

Date: 19 November 1961

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Edward Scahill - Fourth Degrees Get Together - Historical Newspapers - Southeast Economist, Chicago, Illinois

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The Southeast Economist, Chicago, Illinois. Published from 1936 to 1959

Name: Edward Scahill to arrange a program for Ladies Night, for the Fourth Degrees club of La Rabida Council

Newspaper: Xenia Daily Gazette, Xenia, Ohio

Event: Fourth Degrees To Hold Get Together Party

Venue: Daughters of the American Revolution hall, 6236 Princeton Avenue

Date: 21 January 1937

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Julia Qualter - SS Franconia - Passenger With Scahill Relatives - Arriving At - Port Of Boston

This is an extract from the Massachusetts Archives website.

Massachusetts officials started recording the names of immigrants who arrived by ship in January of 1848, a procedure which continued until July of 1891, when federal records-keeping programs superseded those of the state. Although immigrants arrived at numerous Massachusetts ports, the Archives holds manifests for BOSTON ONLY. These are arranged chronologically according to the date when the ship arrived in port. The Archives holds the original manifests as well as the only microfilm copy available of these Passenger manifests. This collection has been cataloged as HS3.02/1990X (Registers of passengers arriving in Massachusetts ports) in the finding aids of the Massachusetts Archives....

Name: Julia Qualter

Sex: Female

Age: 18

Occupation: Servant

Marital Status: Single

Nationality: Irish

Ship: SS Franconia

Date of Arrival: 20 August 1913

Port of Arrival: Port Of Boston, Massachusetts

Port of Departure: Queenstown, Ireland

Going To Join/Destination: Cousin, Edward Scahill, 40 Adam Street, Portland, Maine

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Mary Scahill - SS Cymric - Passenger - Arriving At - Port Of Boston

This is an extract from the Massachusetts Archives website.

Massachusetts officials started recording the names of immigrants who arrived by ship in January of 1848, a procedure which continued until July of 1891, when federal records-keeping programs superseded those of the state. Although immigrants arrived at numerous Massachusetts ports, the Archives holds manifests for BOSTON ONLY. These are arranged chronologically according to the date when the ship arrived in port. The Archives holds the original manifests as well as the only microfilm copy available of these Passenger manifests. This collection has been cataloged as HS3.02/1990X (Registers of passengers arriving in Massachusetts ports) in the finding aids of the Massachusetts Archives....

Name: Mary Scahill

Sex: Female

Age: 18

Occupation: Servant

Marital Status: Single

Nationality: Westport, County Mayo, Ireland

Father: Edward Scahill, Prospect, Westport, County Mayo, Ireland

Accompanied By: Aunt, Catherine Walsh, Female, Aged: 48, Housekeeper

Ship: SS Cymric

Date of Arrival: 25 September 1912

Port of Arrival: Port Of Boston, Massachusetts

Port of Departure: Queenstown, Ireland

Going To Join/Destination: Sister, Ann McDermott, 29 Victor Street, Boston, Massachusetts

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Margaret Scahill - SS Parisian - Passenger - Arriving At - Port Of Boston

This is an extract from the Massachusetts Archives website.

Massachusetts officials started recording the names of immigrants who arrived by ship in January of 1848, a procedure which continued until July of 1891, when federal records-keeping programs superseded those of the state. Although immigrants arrived at numerous Massachusetts ports, the Archives holds manifests for BOSTON ONLY. These are arranged chronologically according to the date when the ship arrived in port. The Archives holds the original manifests as well as the only microfilm copy available of these Passenger manifests. This collection has been cataloged as HS3.02/1990X (Registers of passengers arriving in Massachusetts ports) in the finding aids of the Massachusetts Archives....

Name: Margaret Scahill

Sex: Female

Age: 13

Occupation: Domestic

Marital Status: Single

Nationality: Castlecraven, County Galway, Ireland

Accompanied By:

Edward Scahill, Male, Aged: 18, Labourer, Single

Ship: SS Parisian

Date of Arrival: 26 August 1906

Port of Arrival: Port Of Boston, Massachusetts

Port of Departure: Port Of Londonderry, County Derry, Ireland

Going To Join/Destination: Sister, Mrs W. McDonnell, 40 Adam Street, Portland, Maine

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Maggie Scahill - SS Ivernia - Passenger - Arriving At - Port Of Boston

This is an extract from the Massachusetts Archives website.

Massachusetts officials started recording the names of immigrants who arrived by ship in January of 1848, a procedure which continued until July of 1891, when federal records-keeping programs superseded those of the state. Although immigrants arrived at numerous Massachusetts ports, the Archives holds manifests for BOSTON ONLY. These are arranged chronologically according to the date when the ship arrived in port. The Archives holds the original manifests as well as the only microfilm copy available of these Passenger manifests. This collection has been cataloged as HS3.02/1990X (Registers of passengers arriving in Massachusetts ports) in the finding aids of the Massachusetts Archives....

Name: Maggie Scahill

Sex: Female

Age: 19

Occupation: Domestic

Marital Status: Single

Nationality: Currandulla, County Galway, Ireland

Relative: Margaret Scahill, Castlecreeven, Drungriffin, County Galway, Ireland

Ship: SS Ivernia

Date of Arrival: 26 July 1908

Port of Arrival: Port Of Boston, Massachusetts

Port of Departure: Queenstown, Ireland

Going To Join/Destination: Brother, Edward Scahill, 40 Adam Street, Portland, Maine

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Edward Scahill - SS James Andrews - Passenger - Arriving At - Port Of New York

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...From 1794 to 1890 (pre-immigration station period), Ellis Island played a mostly uneventful but still important military role in United States history. When the British occupied New York City during the duration of the Revolutionary War, its large and powerful naval fleet was able to sail unimpeded directly into New York Harbor...

Name: Edward Scahill

Sex: Male

Age: 26

Occupation: Labourer

Marital Status: Not Given

Nationality: County Galway, Ireland

Ship (Bark): James Andrews - Edward Scahill's name is given as Seahill in the transscript

Date of Arrival: 28 July 1848

Port of Arrival: Port Of New York

Port of Departure: County Galway, Ireland

Going To Join/Destination: Not Given

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Edward Scahill - SS Parisian - Passenger - Arriving At - Port Of Boston

This is an extract from the MassachusettsArchives website.

Massachusetts officials started recording the names of immigrants who arrived by ship in January of 1848, a procedure which continued until July of 1891, when federal records-keeping programs superseded those of the state. Although immigrants arrived at numerous Massachusetts ports, the Archives holds manifests for BOSTON ONLY. These are arranged chronologically according to the date when the ship arrived in port. The Archives holds the original manifests as well as the only microfilm copy available of these Passenger manifests. This collection has been cataloged as HS3.02/1990X (Registers of passengers arriving in Massachusetts ports) in the finding aids of the Massachusetts Archives....

Name: Edward Scahill

Sex: Male

Age: 18

Occupation: Labourer

Marital Status: Single

Nationality: Castlecraven, County Galway, Ireland

Accompanied By:

Margaret Scahill, Female, Aged: 13, Domestic, Single

Ship: SS Parisian

Date of Arrival: 26 August 1906

Port of Arrival: Port Of Boston, Massachusetts

Port of Departure: Port Of Londonderry, County Derry, Ireland

Going To Join/Destination: Sister, Mrs W. McDonnell, 40 Adam Street, Portland, Maine

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Edward Scahill - SS Ivernia - Passenger - Arriving At - Port Of Boston

This is an extract from the Massachusetts Archives website.

Massachusetts officials started recording the names of immigrants who arrived by ship in January of 1848, a procedure which continued until July of 1891, when federal records-keeping programs superseded those of the state. Although immigrants arrived at numerous Massachusetts ports, the Archives holds manifests for BOSTON ONLY. These are arranged chronologically according to the date when the ship arrived in port. The Archives holds the original manifests as well as the only microfilm copy available of these Passenger manifests. This collection has been cataloged as HS3.02/1990X (Registers of passengers arriving in Massachusetts ports) in the finding aids of the Massachusetts Archives....

Name: Edward Scahill

Sex: Male

Age: 25

Occupation: Labourer

Marital Status: Single

Nationality: Castlecraven, County Galway, Ireland

Father: Mr Scahill, Castlecraven, County Galway, Ireland

Ship: SS Ivernia

Date of Arrival: 9 November 1910

Port of Arrival: Port Of Boston, Massachusetts

Port of Departure: Queenstown, Ireland

Going To Join/Destination: Sister, Mrs McDonnell, 40 Adam Street, Portland, Maine

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Edward Scahill - Coal Miner - 1891 Census of Canada - South Middlesex - Ontario

This is an extract from the 1891 Census of Canada. The 1891 Census marked the third regularly scheduled collection of national statistics. Regardless of the date when a particular family was actually enumerated, the population was to be counted as it existed on Sunday April 5, 1891.

Name: Edward Scahill

Relationship To Head Of Family: Head

Province: Ontario

District Number: 92 South Middlesex

Enumerated On: 22 April 1891

Age: 40

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Coal Miner

Birthplace: Ontario

Spouse: Mary Jane Scahill

Aged: 35

Children:

Kate Scahill - Aged: 17
Charles Scahill - Aged: 13
Edward Scahill - Aged: 12
Mary E. Scahill - Aged: 4
Francis Scahill - Aged: 7
Martin Scahill - Aged: 5
Joseph Scahill - Aged: 3
Herbert Scahill - Aged: 6 months

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John Scahill - General Labourer - 1891 Census of England - Blackburn, Lancashire

This is an extract from the 1891 Census of England.

The 1891 census was taken on the night of 5 April 1891 and gave the total population as 28,999,725. The census includes details of people resident in docked vessels and institutions such as prisons, workhouses, hospitals, and barracks, as well as individual households.

Enumeration forms were distributed to all households a couple of days before census night and the complete forms were collected the next day. All responses were to reflect the individual's status as of 5 April 1891 for all individuals who had spent the night in the house. People who were traveling or living abroad were enumerated at the location where they spent the night on census night.

Name: John Scahill

Relationship To Head Of Family: Head

Age: 33

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: General Labourer

Birthplace: Ireland

Spouse: Bridget Scahill

Aged: 30

Children:

Mary A. Scahill - Aged: 10
John W. Scahill - Aged: 8
Edward Scahill - Aged: 3
Margaret Scahill - Aged: 1

Format example of the 1891 Census of England.

This is a link to an Index of Old Occupations, which may help in understanding personal occupation.

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Edward Scahill - Bricklayers Labourer - 1891 Census of England - Blackburn, Lancashire

This is an extract from the 1891 Census of England.

The 1891 census was taken on the night of 5 April 1891 and gave the total population as 28,999,725. The census includes details of people resident in docked vessels and institutions such as prisons, workhouses, hospitals, and barracks, as well as individual households.

Enumeration forms were distributed to all households a couple of days before census night and the complete forms were collected the next day. All responses were to reflect the individual's status as of 5 April 1891 for all individuals who had spent the night in the house. People who were traveling or living abroad were enumerated at the location where they spent the night on census night.

Name: Edward Scahill

Relationship To Head Of Family: Lodger

Age: 33

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Bricklayers Labourer

Birthplace: Ireland

Spouse: Norah Scahill

Aged: 32

Format example of the 1891 Census of England.

This is a link to an Index of Old Occupations, which may help in understanding personal occupation.

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James Scahill - Dock Labourer - 1911 Census of England and Wales - Kirkdale, Liverpool - Lancashire

This is an extract from the 1911 Census of England.

The fertility census.

The 1911 census for England and Wales was taken on the night of Sunday 2 April, 1911. The count included all individual households, plus institutions such as prisons, workhouses, naval vessels and merchant vessels, and it also attempted to make an approximate count of the homeless.

Name: James Scahill

Relationship To Head Of Family: Head

Age: 50

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Dock Labourer

Birthplace: Galway, Ireland

Spouse: Bridget Scahill

Aged: 47

Children:

James Scahill - Aged: 23
Patrick Scahill - Aged: 21
Margaret Scahill - Aged: 19
Ellen Scahill - Aged: 16
Thomas Scahill - Aged: 11
Bridget Scahill - Aged: 10
Nora Scahill - Aged: 8
Edward Scahill - Aged: 5

Granddaughter:

Mary Sinclair - Aged: 6 months

Example of original household page.

This is a link to an Index of Old Occupations, which may help in understanding personal occupation. 1911 U.K. Census Occupation Codes.

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Lawrence Scahill - 1911 Census of Ireland - Slievemahanagh, Westport - County Mayo

This is an extract from the National Archives of Ireland.

The household returns and ancillary records for the censuses of Ireland of 1901 and 1911, which are in the custody of the National Archives of Ireland, represent an extremely valuable part of the Irish national heritage.

Name: Lawrence Scahill

Relationship To Head Of Family: Head

Poor Law Union: Westport

Townland/Street: Carrowmore

District Electoral Division: Slievemahanagh

County: Mayo

Marital Status: Married

Age: 71

Sex: Male

Where Born: County Mayo

Wife: Bridget Scahill

Aged: 56

Children:

Lawrence Scahill - Aged: 23
Thomas Scahill - Aged 20
Sarah Jane Scahill - Aged: 17
Edward Scahill - Aged: 12

Grand Daughter:

Bridget Malley - Aged: 5

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Edward Scahill - 1911 Census of Ireland - Croaghpatrick, Westport - County Mayo

This is an extract from the National Archives of Ireland.

The household returns and ancillary records for the censuses of Ireland of 1901 and 1911, which are in the custody of the National Archives of Ireland, represent an extremely valuable part of the Irish national heritage.

Name: Edward Scahill

Relationship To Head Of Family: Head

Poor Law Union: Westport

Townland/Street: Fahburren

District Electoral Division: Croaghpatrick

County: Mayo

Marital Status: Married

Age: 67

Sex: Male

Where Born: County Mayo

Wife: Margaret Scahill

Aged: 65

Children:

Thomas Scahill - Aged: 21
Mary Scahill - Aged: 7

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William Scahill - Lackawanna, New York - 1930 U.S. Census - The Fifteenth U.S. Census

The Fifteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau one month from April 1, 1930, determined the resident population of the United States to be 122,775,046, an increase of 13.7 percent over the 106,021,537 persons enumerated during the 1920 Census.

General information about the 1930 U.S. census.

Link to a high resolution image of a blank 1930 census form.

Name: William Scahill (See Also Line #63)

Relationship to Head Of Family: Head

Age: 43

City/Village: Lackawanna

County: Erie

Township: Not Stated

State: New York

Ward Of City: Two

Spouse:

Rose Scahill Aged: 44

Children:

William J. Scahill Aged: 19
James Scahill Aged: 16
Margaret Scahill Aged :14
Rose Scahill Aged: 11
Robert Scahill Aged: 8
Edward Scahill Aged: 6
John R. Scahill Aged: 3 years 10 months
Eugene Scahill Aged: 6 months

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Edward Scahill - Port Huron, Michigan - 1930 U.S. Census - The Fifteenth U.S. Census

The Fifteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau one month from April 1, 1930, determined the resident population of the United States to be 122,775,046, an increase of 13.7 percent over the 106,021,537 persons enumerated during the 1920 Census.

General information about the 1930 U.S. census.

Link to a high resolution image of a blank 1930 census form.

Name: Edward Scahill

Relationship to Head Of Family: Head

Age: 51

City/Village: Port Huron

County: Saint Clair

Township: Port Huron Township

State: Michigan

Ward Of City: Eight

Spouse: Agnes S. Scahill Aged: 49

Children:

Selma Scahill Aged: 19
Margaret Scahill Aged: 16

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Edward Scahill - Nephew - Peabody, Massachusetts - 1930 U.S. Census - The Fifteenth U.S. Census

The Fifteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau one month from April 1, 1930, determined the resident population of the United States to be 122,775,046, an increase of 13.7 percent over the 106,021,537 persons enumerated during the 1920 Census.

General information about the 1930 U.S. census.

Link to a high resolution image of a blank 1930 census form.

Name: Edward Scahill

Relationship to Head Of Family: Nephew

Age: 8

City/Village: Peabody

County: Essex

Township: Not Stated

State: Massachusetts

Ward Of City: Two

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