A Lawyer and Two Capitalists

Samuel H. Sedgwick, age 52, was enumerated in the 1900 census of York, York County, Nebraska. Listed in his household at that time were his wife, Clara M., and their two daughters, Catharine and Myrna P. They lived on Tenth Street.

Listed immediately before them, on Beaver Avenue, was the family of Samuel's widowed sister, Emma Brown. She had two sons, Merle S. and Ernest J., and two daughters, Faith and Hermoine (the youngest, age 18), all living in her household.

Listed immediately after Samuel's family was another widowed sister, Clara Carscadden, and her three adult children, Pearl E., Edna B., and Richard S. They resided on Platt Avenue. In the Occupation column, both widows were listed as Capitalists. I've never seen that before, and I'm not sure what was meant by it. It's interesting to note, however, that Emma's son Ernest, age 22, was the census taker, so maybe it was an inside joke. I know it made me laugh!

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For this little census digression which I handily wove into the current Sedgwick extravaganza, I must thank Randy at Genea-Musings, who suggested that the census might be a good place to have a little Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. He was right.