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Re: Strange Louisiana census entry
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"Tarter, Brent (LVA)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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You do find strange things in the census, sometimes. The occupation of a young female African American woman is listed in the 1860 Virginia as "nuisance."

Brent Tarter
The Library of Virginia
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Please visit the Library of Virginia's Web site at http://www.lva.virginia.gov


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From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history. [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Henry Wiencek [[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Strange Louisiana census entry

The 1900 census from Acadia Parish, LA lists a 76 year old widower whose occupation reads "(Infidel)" [parentheses are in the original]. Census docs from 1860 and 1870 describe him as a "farmer." Is this a religious comment or an obsolete occupation?
Henry Wiencek
Charlottesville

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