Women from the 1920 Poll Tax List

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This list contains contains information about the women on the 1920 poll tax list who have been located on the 1920 Census and/or the 1920 Houston City Directory. The sources of the data shown on the list are:

Column Name Sources and/or Definition
Prefix Poll tax list
Surname Poll tax list
Maiden_Name Census and other sources
First_Name_Poll_Tax Poll tax list
Middle_Name_Poll_Tax Poll tax list
Poll Tax List Image No.  Page number on images of 1920 poll tax list
First_Name Most likely first name of woman from poll tax, census, and other sources
Middle_Name Most likely first name of woman from poll tax, census, and other sources
Womans_Age Census
Marital_Status Census
Race Census
Womans_Occupation_Census Occupation and place of employment from census
Womans_Occupation_Other Occupation from Houston City Directory
Husbands_Name Census
Husbands_Occupation Occupation and place of employment from census
Home_Owned_or_Rented Census
If_Owned_Free_or_Mortgaged Census
House_Number Census or Houston City Directory; corrected addresses in []
Street_Name_1920 Census or Houston City Directory
Street_Name_2020 Street name in 2020 if different from Street_Name_1920
Township An administrative division of a county; from census
Incorp_Place Name of city or town; from census or Houston City Directory
Ward Political geographic divisions of city similar to city council districts; from census
Enum_Dist The geographic area assigned to a census taker; from census
Voting_Precinct A division of a county for voting traditionally containing one polling place; from census
Additional_Information_about_Woman Additional information about woman



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