Alpine County, California

1870 Census – Township Three (Woodfords)

 

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1870 Federal Census Alpine County, California (Township No One, Silver Mountain)
 
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KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS:
LN=Line Number     HN=House Number     FN=Family Number
REAL VAL.=Value of Real Estate
PERS VAL.=Value of Personal Estate
FATHER FOREIGN BORN    MOTHER FOREIGN BORN
MONTH BORN=If Born within last year, Give Month
MONTH MARR=If Married within last year, Give Month
ATT. SCHOOL=Attended school within last year
CAN'T READ=Adults who cannot read
CAN'T WRITE=Adults who cannot write
DEAF=Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict
M-21yrs=Males Over 21 years of age
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This is the 1870 Federal Census for Alpine County, California
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State: California   County: Alpine   Post Office: Woodfords   Page No: 1
Reel no: M593-69   Division: Township No. Three   Sheet No: 309A
Enumerated on: July 5th, 1870   by: Cyrus Coleman   
Transcribed by Nancy C. Thornburg for USGenWeb. Copyright: 2002
 
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LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName        FirstName       | Age   S Co | Occupation    | RealV Perso | BirthPlace  | F F Mon Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS
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   1 |     1     1 | Nott            Alchingo (?)    |    32 M W  | Farmer        |  2000  4000 | Ohio        |            |       |   | X   | N300 | 
   2 |     1     1 | Nott            Azelia (?)      |    25 F W  | Keeping house |             | Ohio        |            |       |   |     | N300 | 
   3 |     1     1 | Van Trees       Marian          |    16 F W  |               |             | Calif.      |            | X     |   |     | V536 | 
   4 |     1     1 | Hinman          James W.        |    23 M W  | Farm laborer  |         200 | New York    |            |       |   | X   | H550 | 
   5 |     1     1 | Ramell          Peter           |    38 M W  | Farm laborer  |         500 | Switzerland | X X        |       |   |     | R540 | 
   6 |     1     1 | Porter          William J.      |    27 M W  | Farm laborer  |         150 | New York    |            |       |   | X   | P636 | 
   7 |     2     2 | Barton          Hiram E.        |    36 M W  | Farmer        | 12000  8000 | New York    |            |       |   | X   | B635 | 
   8 |     2     2 | Barton          Margaret A.     |    26 F W  | Keeping house |             | New York    | X X        |       |   |     | B635 | 
   9 |     2     2 | Barton          Henry           |    11 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            | X     |   |     | B635 | 
  10 |     2     2 | Barton          Robert          |    10 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            | X     |   |     | B635 | 
  11 |     2     2 | Barton          John            |     8 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            | X     |   |     | B635 | 
  12 |     2     2 | Barton          Marietta        |     5 F W  |               |             | Calif.      |            |       |   |     | B635 | 
  13 |     2     2 | Barton          Hiram E.        |     3 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            |       |   |     | B635 | 
  14 |     2     2 | Barton          William         |     2 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            |       |   |     | B635 | 
  15 |     2     2 | Barton          Isabel          | 10/12 F W  |               |             | Calif.      |     Aug    |       |   |     | B635 | 
  16 |     2     2 | Barton          Herman D.       |    29 F W  | Farm laborer  |        1200 | N.Y.        |            |       |   | X   | B635 | 
  17 |     2     2 | Barton          Alvonia         |    29 F W  | House keeper  |             | Ohio        |            |       |   |     | B635 | 
  18 |     3     3 | McCartney       John            |    20 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Oregon      |            |       |   |     | M263 | 
  19 |     3     3 | Hoak            George          |    18 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Calif.      |            |       |   |     | H200 | 
  20 |     3     3 | Clemens         Angelo          |    24 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Italy       | X X        |       |   |     | C455 | 
  21 |     3     3 | Beffa           Gustavus        |    25 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Italy       | X X        |       |   |     | B100 | 
  22 |     4     4 | Scott           John P.         |    29 M W  | Farmer        |  5000  6000 | Illinois    |            |       |   | X   | S300 | 
  23 |     4     4 | Scott           Alice           |    20 F W  | Keeping house |             | Illinois    |            |       |   |     | S300 | 
  24 |     4     4 | Scott           Edward          |     1 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            |       |   |     | S300 | 
  25 |     4     4 | Scott           Amos D.         |    26 M W  | Farm laborer  |        1000 | Illinois    |            |       |   | X   | S300 | 
  26 |     4     4 | Thomas          Elizabeth       |    39 F W  | House keeper  |         500 | Wales       | X X        |       |   |     | T520 | 
  27 |     4     4 | Thomas          David           |    16 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Nebraska    | X X        |       |   |     | T520 | 
  28 |     4     4 | Thomas          Morgan          |     9 M W  |               |             | Calif.      | X X        |       |   |     | T520 | 
  29 |     5     5 | Brown           Frank L.        |    18 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Illinois    | X          |       |   |     | B650 | 
  30 |     5     5 | Pettengill      George W.       |    20 M W  | Farm laborer  |   400       | Illinois    |            |       |   |     | P352 | 
  31 |     5     5 | Pettengill      La Fayette      |    19 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Illinois    |            |       |   |     | P352 | 
  32 |     5     5 | Salzgiver       Louis           |    18 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Switzerland | X X        |       |   |     | S421 | 
  33 |     5     5 | Redder          Christian (?)   |    32 M W  | Farm laborer  |        2250 | Switzerland | X X        |       |   |     | R360 | 
  34 |     6     6 | Stevens         Thomas M.       |    35 M W  | Farmer        |  4000  3000 | Maine       |            |       |   | X   | S315 | 
  35 |     6     6 | Stevens         Doretta         |    45 F W  | Keeping house |             | Hamburgh    | X X        |       |   |     | S315 | 
  36 |     6     6 | Leach           Benjamin F.     |    21 M W  | Farm laborer  |     ?   300 | Iowa        |            |       |   | X   | L200 | 
  37 |     6     6 | Streeter        Sheldon H.      |    19 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Calif.      |            |       |   |     | S363 | 
  38 |     6     6 | Chaney          Stephen C.      |    18 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Missouri    |            |       |   |     | C500 | 
  39 |     6     6 | Ellege          Alvah (?) F.    |    29 M W  | Farm laborer  |         200 | Illinois    |            |       |   | X   | E420 | 
  40 |     6     6 | Stevens         Roscoe O.       |    25 M W  | Farm laborer  |        1000 | Maine       |            |       |   | X   | S315 | 
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State: California   County: Alpine   Post Office: Woodfords   Page No: 2
Reel no: M593-69   Division: Township No. Three   Sheet No: 309B
Enumerated on: July 6th, 1870   by: Cyrus Coleman   
Transcribed by Nancy C. Thornburg for USGenWeb. Copyright: 2002
 
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LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName        FirstName       | Age   S Co | Occupation    | RealV Perso | BirthPlace  | F F Mon Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS
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   1 |     7     7 | Willis          William         |    46 M W  | Miner         |         300 | England     | X X        |       |   | X   | W420 | 
   2 |     8     8 | McHardy         Lachlan         |    27 M W  | Farmer        |         300 | England     | X X        |       |   |     | M263 | 
   3 |     8     8 | Foster          Adrian          |    16 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Ohio        |            |       |   |     | F236 | 
   4 |     9     9 | Rhoads          Andrew          |    19 M W  | Farmer        |         200 | Illinois    |            |       |   |     | R320 | 
   5 |     9     9 | Slover          Edward          |    20 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Mass.       |            |       |   |     | S416 | 
   6 |    10    10 | Caples          James           |    46 M W  | Farmer        |  1600 30000 | Ohio        |            |       |   | X   | C142 | 
   7 |    10    10 | Caples          Mary Jane       |    39 F W  | Keeping house |             | Kentucky    |            |       |   |     | C142 | 
   8 |    10    10 | Caples          Isabella        |    21 F W  | At home       |             | Illinois    |            |       |   |     | C142 | 
   9 |    10    10 | Caples          Emma Rosy       |    19 F W  |               |             | Calif.      |            | X     |   |     | C142 | 
  10 |    10    10 | Caples          Charles W.      |    17 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            | X     |   |     | C142 | 
  11 |    10    10 | Caples          Frank           |    15 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            | X     |   |     | C142 | 
  12 |    10    10 | Caples          John            |    13 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            | X     |   |     | C142 | 
  13 |    10    10 | Caples          George W.       |    10 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            | X     |   |     | C142 | 
  14 |    10    10 | Caples          Hattie L.       |     3 F W  |               |             | Calif.      |            |       |   |     | C142 | 
  15 |    11    11 | Bramell         William F.      |    40 M W  | Farm laborer  |         200 | Missouri    |            |       |   | X   | B654 | 
  16 |    11    11 | Choi Ah                         |    22 M Ch | Cook          |         300 | China       | X X        |       |   |     | C000 | 
  17 |    11    11 | Burns           John            |    40 M W  | Farm laborer  |         250 | Maine       |            |       | X | X   | B652 | 
  18 |    11    11 | Peters          Jacob           |    55 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Penn.       |            |       |   | X   | P362 | 
  19 |    12    12 | Coe             John            |    32 M W  | Farm laborer  |         300 | Illinois    |            |       |   | X   | C000 | 
  20 |    12    12 | Johnson         John            |    58 M W  | Teamster      |         250 | England     | X X        |       |   |     | J525 | 
  21 |    13    13 | Short           James M.        |    45 M W  | Farmer        |  4000  6250 | Kentucky    |            |       |   | X   | S630 | 
  22 |    13    13 | Short           Mariah          |    44 F W  | Keeping house |             | Tenn.       |            |       |   |     | S630 | 
  23 |    13    13 | Short           Henry M.        |    15 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            | X     |   |     | S630 | 
  24 |    13    13 | Short           Emma M.         |    12 F W  |               |             | Calif.      |            | X     |   |     | S630 | 
  25 |    13    13 | Short           William L.      |     6 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            | X     |   |     | S630 | 
  26 |    13    13 | Risiff          James L.        |    20 M W  | Farm laborer  |         300 | Arkansas    |            |       |   |     | R210 | 
  27 |    13    13 | Short           Benjamin J.     |    18 M W  | Farm laborer  |         250 | Arkansas    |            |       |   |     | S630 | 
  28 |    14    14 | Berry           Harrison        |    41 M W  | Farmer        |  8000  3000 | Indiana     | X X        |       |   | X   | B600 | 
  29 |    14    14 | Berry           Elizabeth       |    41 F W  | Keeping house |             | Ohio        |            |       |   |     | B600 | 
  30 |    14    14 | Berry           John Thomas     |    14 M W  |               |             | Nebraska    |            | X     |   |     | B600 | 
  31 |    14    14 | Berry           Mary E.         |    12 F W  |               |             | Nebraska    |            | X     |   |     | B600 | 
  32 |    14    14 | Berry           Nancy           |     9 F W  |               |             | Calif.      |            | X     |   |     | B600 | 
  33 |    14    14 | Berry           Halena          |     5 F W  |               |             | Nevada      |            | X     |   |     | B600 | 
  34 |    15    15 | Slout           Marshal C.      |    39 M W  | Farmer        |   250  1000 | Tenn.       |            |       |   | X   | S430 | 
  35 |    15    15 | Slout           Sarah           |    25 F W  | Keeping house |             | Missouri    |            |       |   |     | S430 | 
  36 |    15    15 | Slout           Franklin        |     7 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            | X     |   |     | S430 | 
  37 |    15    15 | Slout           William         |     4 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            |       |   |     | S430 | 
  38 |    15    15 | Slout           Mariah          |  7/12 F W  |               |             | Calif.      |     Dec    |       |   |     | S430 | 
  39 |    16    16 | Allen           Edward          |    50 M W  | Farm laborer  |         500 | Mass.       |            |       |   | X   | A450 | 
  40 |    16    16 | Smith           Julius          |    43 M W  | Farm laborer  |         200 | France      | X X        |       |   |     | S530 | 
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State: California   County: Alpine   Post Office: Woodfords   Page No: 3
Reel no: M593-69   Division: Township No. Three   Sheet No: 310A
Enumerated on: July 7th, 1870   by: Cyrus Coleman   
Transcribed by Nancy C. Thornburg for USGenWeb. Copyright: 2002
 
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LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName        FirstName       | Age   S Co | Occupation    | RealV Perso | BirthPlace  | F F Mon Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS
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   1 |    17    17 | Downing         John S.         |    41 M W  | Farmer        |  1000  1200 | Tennessee   | X X        |       |   | X   | D552 | 
   2 |    17    17 | Downing         Martha          |    34 F W  | Keeping house |             | Indiana     |            |       |   |     | D552 | 
   3 |    17    17 | Downing         Sarah J.        |    16 F W  |               |             | Missouri    |            | X     |   |     | D552 | 
   4 |    17    17 | Downing         Nancy L.        |    15 F W  |               |             | Missouri    |            | X     |   |     | D552 | 
   5 |    17    17 | Downing         Mary E.         |    12 F W  |               |             | Calif.      |            | X     |   |     | D552 | 
   6 |    17    17 | Downing         Araminda M.     |     6 F W  |               |             | Calif.      |            |       |   |     | D552 | 
   7 |    17    17 | Downing         Elizabeth C.    |     4 F W  |               |             | Calif.      |            |       |   |     | D552 | 
   8 |    17    17 | Downing         James M.        |     2 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            |       |   |     | D552 | 
   9 |    18    18 | Fellish         Charles         |    40 M W  | Farmer        |  5000  2000 | Prussia     | X X        |       |   | X   | F420 | 
  10 |    18    18 | Belgomie        Gabriel         |    36 M W  | Farmer        |        1000 | Italy       | X X        |   X X |   | X   | B425 | 
  11 |    18    18 | Gneno (?)       Dominick        |    28 M W  | Farmer        |        1000 | Italy       | X X        |   X X |   | X   |      | 
  12 |    19    19 | Harper          William C.      |    50 M W  | Farmer        |   900  2700 | Tennessee   |            |       |   | X   | H616 | 
  13 |    19    19 | Chong Fung                      |    33 M Ch | Farm laborer  |         150 | China       | X X        |       |   |     | C521 | 
  14 |    20    20 | Boardman        Ozias (?) S.    |    32 M W  | Farm          |   500  2100 | N.Y.        |            |       |   | X   | B635 | 
  15 |    20    20 | Probert         Cornelius       |    19 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Illinois    | X X        |       |   |     | P616 | 
  16 |    21    21 | Harrold (?)     Christopher     |    53 M W  | Farmer        |  2500  1500 | England     | X X        |       |   | X   |      | 
  17 |    21    21 | Long            James W.        |    47 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Kentucky    |            |       |   | X   | L520 | 
  18 |    21    21 | Clark           George          |    16 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | New Jersey  |            |       |   |     | C462 | 
  19 |    22    22 | Freeman         James R.        |    42 M W  | Farmer        |  1000  3500 | Missouri    |            |       |   | X   | F655 | 
  20 |    22    22 | Freeman         Nancy           |    42 F W  | Keeping house |             | Kentucky    |            |       |   |     | F655 | 
  21 |    22    22 | Freeman         Richard P.      |    20 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Illinois    |            |       |   |     | F655 | 
  22 |    22    22 | Freeman         Cynthy          |    16 F W  |               |             | Illinois    |            |       |   |     | F655 | 
  23 |    22    22 | Freeman         Susan           |    13 F W  |               |             | Missouri    |            |       |   |     | F655 | 
  24 |    22    22 | Freeman         Oliver          |    10 M W  |               |             | Calif.      |            |       |   |     | F655 | 
  25 |    22    22 | Freeman         Lenora          |     7 F W  |               |             | Calif.      |            |       |   |     | F655 | 
  26 |    22    22 | Freeman         Charles A.      |    22 M W  | Farm laborer  |             | Illinois    |            |       |   | X   | F655 | 
  27 |    22    22 | Freeman         Caroline        |    19 F W  | Keeping house |             | Virginia    |            |       |   |     | F655 | 
  28 |    22    22 | Freeman         Nancy           |     1 F W  |               |             | Calif.      |            |       |   |     | F655 | 
  29 |    23    23 | Crewdson        George          |    26 M W  | Farmer        |   200   300 | Kentucky    |            |       |   | X   | C632 | 
  30 |    23    23 | Crewdson        Augusta         |    19 F W  | Keeping house |             | Ohio        |            |       |   |     | C632 | 
  31 |    23    23 | Crewdson        John            |    23 M W  | Laborer       |         250 | Kentucky    |            |       |   | X   | C632 | 
  32 |    24    24 | Crewdson        Samuel W.       |    31 M W  | Farmer        |         500 | Kentucky    |            |       |   | X   | C632 | 
  33 |    24    24 | Crewdson        Melinda         |    20 F W  | Keeping house |             | Missouri    |            |       |   |     | C632 | 
  34 |    24    24 | Crewdson        James           |    21 M W  | Laborer       |         500 | Kentucky    |            |       |   | X   | C632 | 
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  36 |          __ |                                 |            |               |             |             |            |       |   |     |      | I hereby certify that the whole number of pages in this
  37 |          __ |                                 |            |               |             |             |            |       |   |     |      | set of returns is three (3) and that the same were
  38 |          __ |                                 |            |               |             |             |            |       |   |     |      | made according to law and instructions.
  39 |          __ |                                 |            |               |             |             |            |       |   |     |      |                            Cyrus Coleman
  40 |          __ |                                 |            |               |             |             |            |       |   |     |      | July 21st 1870                       Asst. Marshal
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