On Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:33:15 -0400, "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> wrote: >Did US census records distinguish England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern >Ireland separately as "country of birth"? Or could "England" in, e.g., >the 1900 census cover all parts of the UK? > It probably depended on the enumerator's understanding of the difference and who (e.g. sometimes a person not related to the subject of the record) supplied the information. IIRC I've only seen one out of dozens which incorrectly had "England" instead of "Scotland". Descriptions of parents can be less certain with e.g. some people described as born in Canada who were actually born elsewhere but moved to the USA after living in Canada for some time. Also some parents managed to forget which children were born "back home" and which in their new country, usually only affecting one child.

On 27/10/2015 19:21, Charles Ellson wrote: > Descriptions of parents can be less certain with e.g. some people > described as born in Canada who were actually born elsewhere but moved > to the USA after living in Canada for some time. Also some parents > managed to forget which children were born "back home" and which in > their new country, usually only affecting one child. Can be as bad enough on our censuses. My GG Grandmother is described as born Ireland, America, Quebec, Canada on various censuses so I still do not know where she was born.