Buena Vista, IA 1870 Federal Census http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ia/buenavista/1870/ This Census was transcribed by Cyndi Vertrees and proofread by Ron Vertrees for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2008 by Cyndi Vertrees ========================================================================== 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 1870 Microfilm # M593-379 State IA County Buena Vista ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: IA COUNTY: Buena Vista DIVISION: Brooks Twp REEL NO: M593-379 PAGE NO: 588a REFERENCE: Handwritten page 1 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- REMARKS FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 1 1 Hadden Gilbert G 24 M W Farmer 800 . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 2 2 2 Jones David C 29 M W Farmer 960 400 Iowa . . . . . . . . X . . 3 2 2 Jones Ann E 20 F W Keeping House . . England X X . . . . . . . . . 4 2 2 Jones William S 2 M W . . . Iowa . X . . . . . . . . . 5 2 2 Jones Sarah H 1 F W . . . Iowa . X . . . . . . . . . 6 2 2 Jones Cora B 2/12 F W . . . Iowa . X Apl. . . . . . . . . 7 2 2 Evans Edward G 24 M W Farm Laborer . 450 England X X . . . . . . . . . 8 3 3 Knutsen Ben 27 M W Farmer 1,120 830 Norway X X . Aug. . X X . . . . 9 3 3 Knutsen Mary 22 F W Keeping House . . Norway X X . Aug. . X X . . . . 10 4 4 Knutsen Halvor 57 M W Farmer 960 200 Norway X X . . . X X . . . . 11 5 5 Oleson C?terman 58 M W Farmer 1,000 200 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 12 5 5 Oleson Bella 53 F W Keeping House . . Norway X X . . . X X . . . . 13 5 5 Oleson Ole 14 M W Farm Laborer . . Norway X X . . . X X . . . . 14 5 5 Oleson Caroline 10 F W At Home . . Norway X X . . . X X . . . . 15 6 6 Knutsen Ole 21 M W Farmer 1,100 . Wisconsin X X . . . . . . X . . 16 6 6 Knutsen Julia 21 F W Keeping House . . Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6 6 Knutsen Rose Ann 8/12 F W . . . Iowa X X Sept. . . . . . . . . 18 7 7 Michaelson Henry 50 M W Farmer 960 915 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 19 7 7 Michaelson Mary 47 F W Keeping House . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 20 7 7 Michaelson Michael 20 M W Farm Laborer . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 21 7 7 Michaelson Ole 17 M W Farm Laborer . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 22 7 7 Michaelson Ole 15 M W Farm Laborer . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 23 7 7 Michaelson Nels 13 M W Farm Laborer . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 24 7 7 Michaelson Lewis 11 M W At Home . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 25 7 7 Michaelson Ole 8 M W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 26 7 7 Michaelson Bent 7/12 M W . . . Iowa X X Oct. . . . . . . . . 27 8 8 Oleson Halvor 27 M W Farmer 960 485 Norway X X . . . . . . X . . 28 8 8 Oleson Elizabeth B 21 F W Keeping House . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 29 8 8 Oleson Otto 2 M W . . . Iowa X X . . . . . . . . . 30 9 9 Marble Thornton 28 M W Farmer 1,000 500 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 31 9 9 Marble Susan 28 F W Keeping House . . Illinois X X . . . . . . . . . 32 9 9 Marble Lillie B 8 F W At Home . . Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . 33 9 9 Marble Suwella 3 F W . . . Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . 34 10 10 Brooks William 37 M W Farmer 2,000 1,995 Pennsylvania X . . . . . . . X . . 35 11 11 Mead Harrison H 28 M W Farmer . 1,050 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . X . . 36 11 11 Mead Susan A 24 F W Keeping House . . Pennsylvania X . . . . . . . . . . 37 11 11 Mead Nettie May 1 F W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 38 11 11 Johnston John H 58 M W Farmer 1,000 310 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 39 11 11 Clark Iris 24 M W Farm Laborer . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 40 12 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank line CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: IA COUNTY: Buena Vista DIVISION: Brooks Twp REEL NO: M593-379 PAGE NO: 588b REFERENCE: Handwritten Page 2 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- REMARKS FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 13 12 Chesley George W 35 M W Farmer 740 500 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 2 13 12 Chesley Clara A 33 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 3 13 12 Chesley Alice J 14 F W Keeping House . . Indianna . . . . X . . . . . Ditto mark for Occupation 4 13 12 Chesley Arthur D 10 M W At Home . . Illinois . . . . X X . . . . . 5 13 12 Chesley Dennis 8 F W . . . Illinois . . . . X . . . . . . 6 13 12 Chesley Inez S 6 F W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 7 13 12 Chesley Frank 4 M W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 8 14 13 Chesley Chauncy R 31 M W Farm Laborer 300 150 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 9 14 13 Chesley Ensie 18 F W Keeping House . . Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . 10 15 14 Dailey Samuel 37 M W Farmer 2,000 1,015 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 11 15 14 Dailey Addie A 10 F W At Home . . Michigan . . . . X . X . . . . 12 15 14 Dailey Merrill B 8 M W . . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . . 13 15 14 Dailey Francis 4 F W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 14 15 14 Dailey Delana 4 F W . . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 15 15 14 Dailey Bethany 77 F W Keeping House for Son . . New York . . . . . . X . . . . 16 16 15 Marshall Herbert 21 M W Farm Laborer . . Vermont . . . . . . . . X . . 17 16 15 Dailey Almon C 34 M W Farmer 200 450 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 18 16 15 Dailey Mary M 27 F W Keeping House . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 19 16 15 Dailey Alma I 8 F W At Home . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 20 16 15 Dailey Anna M 3 F W . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 21 16 15 Dailey Edward C 2 M W . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 22 16 15 Jeffrey Lewis 16 M W Farm Laborer . . Ohio . . . . X . . . . . . 23 17 16 Woolley Jacob 35 M W Farmer 1,000 900 Ohio X . . . . . . . X . . 24 17 16 Woolley Jane 29 F W Keeping House . . England X X . . . . . . . . . 25 17 16 Woolley William J 9 M W At Home . . Wisconsin X X . . X . . . . . . 26 17 16 Woolley George L 8 M W At Home . . Wisconsin . X . . X . . . . . . 27 17 16 Woolley Alice A 6 F W . . . Illinois . X . . X . . . . . . 28 17 16 Woolley Eveline 4 F W . . . Illinois . X . . . . . . . . . 29 17 16 Woolley Emma 3 F W . . . Illinois . X . . . . . . . . . 30 17 16 Woolley Anna Jane 1 F W . . . Iowa . X . . . . . . . . . 31 18 17 Burr John 52 M W Farmer 500 600 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 32 18 17 Burr George E 22 M W Farm Laborer . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . .