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Subject: Abbreviations - Number after spouse's name in city directories
Author: lmwalbert
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014
Classification: Query
Surnames:

What does the number after the spouses name mean in city directories:
Example:

Albatie, Paul (Eliz; 3) press opr h256 (128) Lawndale.

I get Paul and Elizabeth live at 256 Lawndale, and he's a press operator and the old house number used to be 128 Lawndale.

Is the 3 the number of children? Number of household members? Years married?
(Find these throughout the 1929 Hammond, Indiana City Directory, attached is a screen shot)

I'm lost. Thanks for any help!
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