The enumeration date is as you surmised the actual date the info was recorded. The official enumeration date was 1 June 1850, all questions were to refer to that date. So she probably died sometime between 1 June and Sept 11. Don.
Definition of plague. 1  an annoyance; those children are a damn plague. 2  any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) 3  a swarm of insects that attack plants; a plague of grasshoppers. 4  any epidemic disease with a high death rate.
Full Definition of PLAGUE. 1. a: a disastrous evil or affliction: calamity. 2. a: an epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality: pestilence b: a virulent contagious febrile disease that is caused by a bacterium (Yersinia pestis) and that occurs in bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic forms âcalled also black death.3.ull Definition of PLAGUE. 1. a: a disastrous evil or affliction: calamity. 2. a: an epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality: pestilence b: a virulent contagious febrile disease that is caused by a bacterium (Yersinia pestis) and that occurs in bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic forms âcalled also black death. 3.