Pennsylvania 1910 Census Miracode Index Elijah Gardner State: PA Enumeration District: 0005 Birth Place: Pennsylvania Visit: 0339 Age: 43 Color: W County: Allegheny, Avalon Relation: Head of Household Other Residents in Household: Relation, Name, Age, Birth Place Wife, Elizabeth, 35, Pennsylvania Daughter, Pearl H, 18, Pennsylvania Son, Elijah R, 16, Pennsylvania Son, William P, 14, Pennsylvania Daughter, Amy H, 05, Pennsylvania Brother-in-law, Richard Clouse, 45, Pennsylvania Niece, Elizabeth F, Clouse, 11, Pennsylvania Niece, Ida, 09, Pennsylvania Niece, Bertha, 05, Pennsylvania [[[Miracode is a slightly modified version of the Soundex indexing format. Miracode and Soundex are indexes based on the pronunciation of a name, rather than the name's spelling. Surnames are coded and then arranged numerically by their codes. Miracode was employed only in 1910 and for the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. ]]] I checked the actual census image. The handwriting was pretty readable. Some of the best info is not in the index material above. Avalon Borough is in Kilbuck Township in Allegheny County. The street they are on is Temple Avenue, no house number. They were at Dwelling #303, Family #339, City Ward 3, Enumeration District No. 5, . Date was 15 April 1910. The page number handwritten by the enumerator was 14; the stamped number on the page was 183A. Number of years of present marriage for Elijah and Elizabeth is 19. Number born and number now living of children born to Elizabeth was 4. Birthplace of Elijah's father is New York; his mother, Pennsylvania. Birthplace of Elizabeth's father is Ger-German; mother, Ger-German. He was a Carpenter; General nature of industry was Houses. For whether an employer, employee, or working on own account, the entry is "W" for Elijah. He was not out of work on April 15, 1910, and had "0" weeks out of work during 1909. Both Elijah and Elizabeth were able to read and write. They owned their home; it was mortgaged, and it was a house. For their son, Elijah R., he was single. He was a Framer, General nature of industry was Department Store. For whether an employer, employee, or working on own account, the entry is "W". He was not out of work on April 15, 1910, and had "0" weeks out of work during 1909. He was able to read and write and attended school since September 1, 1909. For the brother-in-law, Richard Clouse. He was widowed. He was born in Pennsylvania. His father's birthplace was Ger-German; mother's, Ger-German. He was a Laborer, General nature of industry was Newspaper. For whether an employer, employee, or working on own account, the entry is "W". He was not out of work on April 15, 1910, and had "0" weeks out of work during 1909. He was able to read and write. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Unfortunately, Ancestry.com does NOT have the 1900 index online yet. I finally deciphered that Avalon Borough was Enumeration District 337 under "Other Townships" in Allegheny Co. It was 43 pages long. I quickly looked through there and did not find any GARDNERs (even with spelling variations). ---------------------------------------------------------------- Mary Doty GenBrickWalls@msn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Apple" <pete@intcomm.net> To: <GARDNER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 12:02 PM Subject: [GARDNER] Elijah GARDNER > Does anyone have access to 1900 or 1910 Census Index for Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) PA? I am looking for a Reference to Elijah R Gardner. > Also a reference to Margaret C. Boyle. Thanks for any help. My library does not carry those Census Records. Pete Apple