If the family had a French name, they were probably French-speaking (in part) and probably Catholic. "Un" in the U.S. Census means "Unknown". It gives one pause as to who gave the information on the census. A neighbor? Because, surely, her spouse would have known when she entered the U.S., etc. Or was she, herself, French-speaking and unable to make herself understood. If either, all the information on that household ought to be scrutinized carefully. If they were farming, the husband was usually in the fields somewhere and would not have answered the questions. If the family was away, the questions might have been answered by a neighbor. What other adults were in the household who might have answered? Is this too many questions? Sorry. Kathie ----- Original Message ----- From: Kim Pollard <merick@cableone.net> To: <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 8:12 AM Subject: Re: [MNSTLOUI] Question about something on the census > Thank you everyone for your insight. I hadn't thought of it that way. I guess > it was pretty obvious now that I think about it. So I guess I have to stop > saying that I'm part French Canadian now that I know my relative was from the > english part of Canada. Was Victoria, Ontario in the English section or was it a > mixed area with french being spoken? > > Kim > > P.S. One more question I had. I remember recently that a list (I'm on so many) > mentioned that the spouse didn't have to get naturalized if the other spouse was > naturalized? On the census it reads as John was naturalized, but Fannie didn't > have dates, but she had what looks like "Un" for both columns under number of > years in the US and Naturalization. (this is also written under other people) > Wouldn't they have written down the no. of years she was in the US at least? > Does the UN stand for unknown? > > > Pgfhall2@aol.com wrote: > > > I've seen that listing before, along with "FR" beside my French-Canadians. I > > agree that it most likely means English Canada. >

Kathie Donahue wrote: > If the family had a French name, they were probably French-speaking (in > part) and probably Catholic. The last name was Davis > > "Un" in the U.S. Census means "Unknown". It gives one pause as to who gave > the information on the census. A neighbor? Because, surely, her spouse > would have known when she entered the U.S., etc. From what I have found Fannie was married at least three times and this was her third husband. > Or was she, herself, French-speaking and unable to make herself understood. > It red that she can read, write and speak english. As where the others couldn't in the family. > If either, all the information on that household ought to be scrutinized > carefully. If they were farming, the husband was usually in the fields > somewhere and would not have answered the questions. If the family was > away, the questions might have been answered by a neighbor. What other > adults were in the household who might have answered? > I knew the rest thanks. Kim