Census 1885 form
____ Name of quarter
____ Name of street, alley or square
____ Title
____ Number of house
____ Name of street, alley or square
____ Title
____ Number of house
Census form of the persons living in the above-mentioned property on 1st February 1885.
Front building, wing etc., floor ____
Children who have not yet been named are listed as, boy, not yet named or, girl, not yet named.
Male (M.)
Female (K.)
Female (K.)
The age is given with the full year, but for children who have not yet turned 1 year, it is stated, "under 1 year."
Single (U.)
Married (G.)
Widow or widower (E.)
Divorced or separated (F.)
Married (G.)
Widow or widower (E.)
Divorced or separated (F.)
The question is not about a creed, but about a community of faith. You therefore state either the 'People's Church' or the name of the separate congregation or of the foreign faith community you belong to. Only when you stand outside all of these, nothing is written.
Namely either Copenhagen, or for those born in the market town the name of the market town (or trading place), or for other immigrants (born in the country) the name of the parish and the county, or finally for those born in the neighboring countries and foreigners the name of the country.
All those who were born outside Copenhagen and who now have permanent residence here, state the age at which they took up permanent residence in Copenhagen.
Head of household or housewife, children, servants, lodgers, etc.
Each individual's office, business, occupation or similar is stated here, also if the housewife or the children have a special occupation. If someone has several occupations, the main occupation is stated. It is explicitly stated whether someone is a master, journeyman or apprentice, also what type of factory or merchant business one owns or runs, in what type of business one is a worker, whether one lives to a significant degree on support, etc.)
Everyone who has permanent residence in Copenhagen, state whether they have their main occupation in Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Sundbyerne, Uttersley or elsewhere.