BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ AND JULIA (WEISS) SCHWARTZ WITH DAUGHTER HELEN - 1900 CENSUS - MANHATTAN

DOCUMENT: schwartz-benjamin-julia-helen-census-manhattan-1900.jpg (look especially at rows 85-88)

CLOSE-UP VIEW OF ROWS 85-88:
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NOTES:

• This 1900 census form shows the parents of Ruth Schwartz (not yet born at this point), Benjamin (age 26) and Julia (age 22). They are living with their first child, Helen (10 months old), along with a boarder named Beny Friedberger.
• Here's a copy of the (modern) transcription copied from ancestry.ca

  Name: Benjaman Schwartz
  [Benjamin Schwartz]
  Age: 26
  Birth Date: Oct 1873
  Birthplace: Hungary
  Home in 1900: Manhattan, New York, New York
  Race: White
  Gender: Male
  Immigration Year: 1885
  Relation to Head of House: Head
  Marital Status: Married
  Spouse's Name: Julia Schwartz
  Marriage Year: 1898
  Years Married: 2
  Father's Birthplace: Hungary
  Mother's Birthplace: Hungary
  
  Household Members:
  Name Age/
  Benjaman Schwartz 26
  Julia Schwartz 22
  Helen Schwartz 10/12
  Benj Friedberger 26
  
  (PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR A COPY OF THE INDIVIDUAL TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD.)

• Additional information in this census form:
  • The address is 454 East 10th Street; within this building (on Manhattan's Lower East Side), the census form enumerates 27 dwellings. See this address today in Google Maps.
  • This address is right next door to the building where Julia's father David and six of her siblings were living at that time (456 E. 10th St.).
  • Julia and Benjamin have been married for 2 years.
  • Julia's number of children = 1, and number of these children living = 1.
  • Years in U.S. = 15 for both Julia and Benjamin.
  • Naturalization = "na" (meaning "naturalized") for Benjamin and for the boarder; it's blank for Julia (and of course for Helen).
  • Occupation, Trade or Profession: for Benjamin it says Coat Cutter, and for the boarder it says Tailor.
  • Months not employed: for Benjamin it says 4 (blank for the others).
  • Attended school: blank for all.
  • Can read: it says Yes for all the adults.
  • Can write: it says Yes for all the adults.
  • Can speak English: it says Yes for all the adults.
  • Owned or Rental: R.
  • Form of house: [hard to read]
• Here's a copy of the additional transcriptions for the other individuals in the household, copied from ancestry.ca:

  Name: Julia Schwartz
  Age: 22
  Birth Date: Aug 1877
  Birthplace: Hungary
  Home in 1900: Manhattan, New York, New York
  Race: White
  Gender: Female
  Immigration Year: 1885
  Relation to Head of House: Wife
  Marital Status: Married
  Spouse's Name: Benjaman Schwartz
  Marriage Year: 1898
  Years Married: 2
  Father's Birthplace: Hungary
  Mother's Birthplace: Hungary
  Mother: number of living children: 1
  Mother: How many children: 1
  
  Name: Helen Schwartz
  Age: 10/12
  Birth Date: Jul 1899
  Birthplace: New York
  Home in 1900: Manhattan, New York, New York
  Race: White
  Gender: Female
  Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Marital Status: Single
  Father's Name: Benjaman Schwartz
  Father's Birthplace: Hungary
  Mother's name: Julia Schwartz
  Mother's Birthplace: Hungary
  
  Name: Benj Friedberger
  [Beny Friedberger]
  Age: 26
  Birth Date: Sep 1873
  Birthplace: Hungary
  Home in 1900: Manhattan, New York, New York
  Race: White
  Gender: Male
  Immigration Year: 1886
  Relation to Head of House: Boarder
  Marital Status: Single
  Father's Birthplace: Hungary
  Mother's Birthplace: Hungary