Santa Barbara County, CA 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ca/santabarbara/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten page 547-548 This Mortality Census was transcribed by Debbie Leenutaphong and proofread by Russell Anderson for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2025 by Debbie Leenutaphong ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== Formatted by USGenWeb Census Project® File Manager, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1850 MORTALITY MICROFILM ( )-130 STATE CALIFORNIA COUNTY SANTA BARBARA & SAN LOUIS OBISPO SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1850 The 1850 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1849 and ends May 31, 1850 Because death certificates were mostly unknown prior to 1902, enumerators were instructed to collect the name and information for every person who died during the twelve months preceding the official census date. These censuses were taken from 1850 to 1900, although not all have survived. By 1902, most states had implemented vital records laws and the mortality schedules were phased out. It is important to remember that the information is available only for the year immediately preceding the census. Those who died outside of this range were never enumerated. Even then, the information was under- reported. According to U.S. Public Health Service estimates, only about 60% of deaths were enumerated in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- Transcriber's Note: Both counties were enumerated on a single page with no separtion of counties. ======================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: CA COUNTY: Santa Barbara & San Louis Obispo DISTRICT: Santa Barbara MICROFILM #: ( )-130 ENUMERATOR: Wm. B. Stockton FILE PAGE NO: 52 HW PAGE NO: 447 ======================================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ======================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Parbole Jose Maria 2 M . . . California February . Fever Jan . 2 Ortega Maria Isadora 3 F . . . Cal June . Fever Twenty . 3 Romera Philip 26 M . . M Mexico June Laborer C Ninety . 4 Soreta Jose Alvira 32 M . . M Cal July Laborer Unknown Twenty . 5 Sparks Maria Rosa 3/12 F . . . Cal April . Teething Ten . 6 Coletre Maria Francisca 9/12 F M . . Cal Unknown . Measles Sixty . 7 Vaneges Cosman 70 M . . M Cal July Rancher Fever Sixty . 8 Frigoria Maria Ignacia 20 F . . M Cal July . Mortification Sixty . 9 Frigoria Anastacia 2 F . . . Cal July . Fever Sixty . 10 Philomena Maria 10/12 F . . . Cal September . Unknown Eight . 11 Noreaga Gardrudes 80 F . . W Mexico October . Old age Unknown . 12 Roderigues Francisco . M . . . Cal August . . . . 13 Romera Jose . M . . . Cal November . . . . 14 Robella Juan Jose . M . . . Mexico December . . . . 15 Higuera Maria S . F . . . Cal December . . . . 16 Azala Jose . M . . . Cal February . . . . 17 Cuz Vineta . M . . . Mexico March . . . . 18 Joaquim Ortega . M . . . Cal March . . . . 19 Roderigues Versabiancia . F . . . Cal May . . . Lines 20-35 are blank. ENUMERATOR REMARKS: "The names from 12 to 19 I received from the Clergyman of Santa Barbara and could not obtain any further information respecting them that they were all children." ======================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: CA COUNTY: Santa Barbara & San Louis Obispo DISTRICT: Santa Barbara MICROFILM #: ( )-130 ENUMERATOR: Wm. B. Stockton FILE PAGE NO: 53 HW PAGE NO: 448 ======================================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ======================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 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