Template:1840 Census
Copy and paste the code in the grey box at the bottom of this page into a new page from the "Edit source" or the initial page set up for a census page. Once saved, edit from the "Edit" tab. Here you will see the built table and can plug in the information as needed. You can add additional rows as needed by clicking the arrow to the left of a row and click "Insert Below".
The Title of the page should be in the following format:
"1840 US Federal Census - City, County, State - [Name of Head of Household]"
| [delete brackets and add Town, County, State] | |||
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| Head of Household: [delete brackets and add Full Name] | |||
| Date: [delete brackets and add D Mon Year] | |||
| Category | Age | Tally | Possible Identity |
| Free White Males | Under 5 | ||
| 5 to 9 | |||
| 10 to 14 | |||
| 15 to 19 | |||
| 20 to 29 | |||
| 30 to 39 | |||
| 40 to 49 | |||
| 50 to 59 | |||
| 60 to 69 | |||
| 70 to 79 | |||
| 80 to 89 | |||
| 90 to 99 | |||
| Free White Females | Under 5 | ||
| 5 to 9 | |||
| 10 to 14 | |||
| 15 to 19 | |||
| 20 to 29 | |||
| 30 to 39 | |||
| 40 to 49 | |||
| 50 to 59 | |||
| 60 to 69 | |||
| 70 to 79 | |||
| 80 to 89 | |||
| 90 to 99 | |||
| Free White Male/Female | 100+ | ||
| Male Slaves | Under 10 | ||
| 10 to 23 | |||
| 24 to 35 | |||
| 36 to 55 | |||
| 56 to 99 | |||
| 100 + | |||
| Female Slaves | Under 10 | ||
| 10 to 23 | |||
| 24 to 35 | |||
| 36 to 55 | |||
| 56 to 99 | |||
| 100 + | |||
| Free Colored Males | Under 10 | ||
| 10 to 23 | |||
| 24 to 35 | |||
| 36 to 55 | |||
| 56 to 99 | |||
| 100 + | |||
| Free Colored Females | Under 10 | ||
| 10 to 23 | |||
| 24 to 35 | |||
| 36 to 55 | |||
| 56 to 99 | |||
| 100 + | |||
| White "Deaf & Dumb" | Under 14 | ||
| 15 to 24 | |||
| 25 + | |||
| White - Who is blind | All | ||
| ALIENS - Foreign not naturalized | All | ||
| All other Persons | Under 14 | ||
| 15 to 24 | |||
| 25 + | |||
| All others - who are blind | All | ||
Copy and paste the below code onto your new page to create the table shown above, then "Edit" the page to fill out the table accordingly.
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! colspan="4" |[delete brackets and add Town, County, State]
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! colspan="4" |Head of Household: [delete brackets and add Full Name]
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! colspan="4" |Date: [delete brackets and add D Mon Year]
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! style="max-width:10em" |Category
! style="max-width:40em" |Age
! style="max-width:40em" |Tally
!Possible Identity
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| rowspan="12" |Free White Males
|Under 5
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|5 to 9
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|10 to 14
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|15 to 19
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|20 to 29
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|30 to 39
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|40 to 49
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|50 to 59
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|60 to 69
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|70 to 79
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|80 to 89
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|90 to 99
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| rowspan="12" |Free White Females
|Under 5
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|5 to 9
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|10 to 14
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|15 to 19
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|20 to 29
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|30 to 39
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|40 to 49
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|50 to 59
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|60 to 69
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|70 to 79
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|80 to 89
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|90 to 99
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|Free White Male/Female
|100+
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| rowspan="6" |Male Slaves
|Under 10
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|10 to 23
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|24 to 35
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|36 to 55
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|56 to 99
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|100 +
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| rowspan="6" |Female Slaves
|Under 10
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|10 to 23
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|24 to 35
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|36 to 55
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|56 to 99
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|100 +
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| rowspan="6" |Free Colored Males
|Under 10
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|10 to 23
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|24 to 35
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|36 to 55
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|56 to 99
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|100 +
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| rowspan="6" |Free Colored Females
|Under 10
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|10 to 23
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|24 to 35
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|36 to 55
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|56 to 99
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|100 +
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| rowspan="3" |White "Deaf & Dumb"
|Under 14
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|15 to 24
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|25 +
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|White - Who is blind
|All
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|ALIENS - Foreign not naturalized
|All
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| rowspan="3" |All other Persons
|Under 14
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|15 to 24
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|25 +
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|All others - who are blind
|All
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