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Project 21 Census
Commonly Used Abbreviations
1921 Census Index
7-Day Adv - Seven Day Adventist
Abt - About
Acc - Accountant
Ad - Adopted
Aft - After
Anc - Ancestor
Ang - Anglican
Ant - Aunt
App - Apprentice
Arg - Argentia
Ass - Assistant
Bap/bap - Baptized
bd - Boarder/Boarding
bef - before
Bet - Between
BIL - Brother In Law
BPL - Burying Place
Bro - Brother
c - circa/about
Can - Canada
Carp - Carpenter
CE - Church of England
Co - Company
cou - cousin
CV - Cove
d - died
dau - Daughter
Dept - Department
desc - descendant
dom - domestic
Dr - Doctor
E - East
Elec - Electrician
Eng - England
EP - Emberly Pond
Farm - Farmer
Fath - Father
FB - Fortune Bay
FIL - Father In Law
Fire - Fireman
fish - Fisherman
Fore - Foreman
gen - general
Gen Lab - General Labourer
Gvt - Government
HB - Hermatige Bay
Hd - Head/Head of Family
Hk - Housekeeper
Hr - Harbour/Harbor/Hbr
Hwf - Housewife
Hwk - Housework
ILL - Illegitimate
Imm - Immigration/Immigrant
info - information
Is - Island/Isld/Isle
Lab - Labrador
Loco - Locomotive
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Log - Logging/Logger
Lum - Lumbering/Lumberman
m - married
Mach - Machine
Med - Medical
Merc - Merchant
Meth - Methodist
Mgr - Manager
MIL - Mother In Law
Mo - Month
mob - Month of Birth
Moth - Mother
N - North
Nat - Naturalization
Nep - Nephew
Non Sec - Non Sectarian
NS - Nova Scotia
Occ - Occupation
Pent - Pentecostal
PO - Post Office
poss - possible
Pres - Presbyterian
Prob - Probably
RC - Roman Catholic
Rd - Road
Ret - Retired
Rm - Room
RR - Railroad
S - South
SA - Salvation Army
Sales - Saleswoman/Man
Sch - School/At School
Schr - Schooner
Scot - Scotland
SDA - Seven Day Adventist
Se - Separated/Separate
Serv - Servant
SF - Shore Fishing
Si - Single/Unmarried
SIL - Sister In Law
Sis - Sister
SOIL - Son In Law
Stat - Statistician
Steno - Stenographer
Stp - Step
Super - Superintendent
Teach - Teacher
Tele - Telephone
trap - Trapper
Twn - Town
UC - United Church
Unc - Uncle
USA - United States of America
W - West
Wid - Widow/Widower/Widowed
yob - Year of Birth
Yr - Year |
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