Maybe it means Homeless Boys. Just a thought Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Brown Allen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] 1880 US census - HB > Hello Richard -- I had some idea that HB might have been NB for New > Brunswick, but when I looked at the image itself, it's clearly HB; boys > with unknown parents. Perhaps HB means "Half-Breed," unless of course, > your later documentation proves otherwise. Sorry I could not be more > helpful. Barbara > > > -----Original Message----- >>From: Richard Murray <[email protected]> >>Sent: Nov 2, 2008 11:39 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] 1880 US census >> >>In the 1880 Census, for Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts - Source: FHL Film >>1254534 National Archives Film T9-0534 Page 354A , there is an institution >>under the name of one GARDINER TUFTS, which contains 43 Staff all told. >> >>Four children are listed as "inmate" or "inmate at school". 346 children >>are listed as "at school". Ages of children, (not belonging to staff), >>range as low as 3 months to 18 years. Children as low as 4 years are >>listed as "at school". Most all of the children show a "birth state" or >>"birth country", and the short form used is readily recognized. However >>there are two boys, Samuel A. and Thomas J. Murray, ages 13 & 10 >>respectively, listed as "at school" with place of birth shown as "HB". >> >>Can anyone enlighten me as to what "HB" would stand for. The two boys in >>question were born in Canada, and later documentation show they immigrated >>to the USA in 1873. >> >>Thanks for any help, >>Richard >> When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I >> find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the >> SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there >> is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. >> >>To search the archives: >>http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION >>The information page is: >>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there > is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.8.5/1758 - Release Date: 10/31/2008 > 8:22 AM >