Norwalk! 66 households with non-white members, 20 independent non-white households; 134 total individuals, and 2 enslaved persons (a man aged 55-99, and a woman aged 55-99 who, interestingly, was living in the household of Amos Demnat - see below). Our heads of household (and household size): Edward Hyde 4 Isaac Treadwell 2 Joseph S. … Continue reading Monday research report
Thursday Research Update
Newtown: 55 households (117 total individuals), 23 nonwhite households. The marshal for Newtown never failed to note the "negro" status of these families (omitted below), and rarely reported surnames, as shown in this list of heads of families (followed by size of household): Henry 2 Agrippa 4 Levi Hall 2 Primas … Continue reading Thursday Research Update
Wednesday Research Update
1830 Census databasing continues. New Canaan added 15 households: 1 enslaved person (a woman aged between 55 and 100), and 3 independent households. One of the latter was an older woman living alone; there is a high probability that she was a Revolutionary War widow living on a military pension, but this Census didn't take … Continue reading Wednesday Research Update
Tuesday Research Update
Today is the first day of the rest of my blog. (The semester is basically over now, except for some last bits of grading.) I've started databasing the non-white entries in the 1830 U.S. Census for Connecticut. As of start time this morning, I had 312 entries, 106 of whom represented households consisting entirely of … Continue reading Tuesday Research Update
Ella Warner, Oct. 24, 1923
On this day 92 years ago, Ella reported It has rained most all day but the wind didn't blow after this morning Mabel Upson was married yesterday, 10 o'clock, at Mr Tolemans Eliz, Sarah + I went to the Strand to see Penrose + Sam + it was rich It was pretty muddy on the … Continue reading Ella Warner, Oct. 24, 1923
The Warners Vote in 1923
Ella's diary entry for October 2, 1923, says: Mark went to the Dr's today. We all went + voted + then I went to the woman's club, to the tea + reception. It has been a fine day + warmer the boys finished Clarence Faber's Silo. This was exactly three years after Ella and her … Continue reading The Warners Vote in 1923