FAIRFIELD TWP, PALO ALOTO, IOWA 1880 Federal Census This Census was transcribed by Cathy Joynt Labath (labaths@att.net) and proofread by Kathleen Frailey Puls (kathleenpuls@home.com) for the USGenWeb Census Project http://www.usgenweb.org/census. Copyright (c) 1999 by Cathy Joynt Labath (labaths@att.net). ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Census_Year 1880 Microfilm #T9-359 State Iowa County Palo Alto District 165 Enumerator W. H. H. Booth Post Office Fairfield Township ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------------- 1880 Census Reference Chart: 1)Dwelling # 14)Months unemployed this year 2)Family # 15)Currently ill? if so, specify 3)Name of every person whose place of 16)Blind abode on 1 June 1880 was in this family 17)Deaf and dumb 4)Color 18)Idiotic 5)Sex 19)Insane 6)Age 20)Disabled 7)Month born if during census year 21)School this year 8)Relationship to household head 22)Cannot read 9)Single 23)Cannot write 10)Married 24)Birth place 11)Widow / Divorced 25)Father's Birthplace 12)Married with census year 26)Mother's Birthplace 13)Profession, occupation, or trade of each person male or female ***************************************************************************** Pg# Ln# St# Hou# Dw# Fm# Last Name First Name Color Sex Age Born Relationship Sgl Mar W/D Mar/Yr Occupation #mo Ill? Blind Deaf Idoitic Insane Disab School Read Write Birthplace Father Mother Comments (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) 17 1 127 127 Wright George w m 25 x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . N.Y. England N.Y. Fairfield Township Enumerated 21st day of June, 1880 17 2 128 128 Mathieson Julius A w m 33 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Denmark Denmark Denmark 17 3 128 128 Mathieson Hannah w f 29 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden 17 4 128 128 Mathieson Annie L w f 6 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Denmark Sweden 17 5 128 128 Mathieson Emma w f 4 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Denmark Sweden 17 6 128 128 Mathieson Ida S w f 1 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Denmark Sweden 17 7 129 129 Huxton Paul T w m 32 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway 17 8 129 129 Huxton Dora w f 32 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway 17 9 129 129 Huxton Thomas w m 18 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Norway Norway Norway 17 10 129 129 Huxton Martha J w f 8 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Norway Norway 17 11 130 130 Gappa Mathias w m 38 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia 17 12 130 130 Gappa Catherine w f 29 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Luxemburg Luxemburg 17 13 130 130 Gappa Lizzie w f 7 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Prussia Iowa 17 14 130 130 Gappa Isadore w m 6 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Prussia Iowa 17 15 130 130 Gappa Joseph w m 5 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Prussia Iowa 17 16 130 130 Gappa George w m 4 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Prussia Iowa 17 17 130 130 Gappa Catherine w f 3 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Prussia Iowa 17 18 130 130 Gappa Maggie w f 2/12 May Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Prussia Iowa 17 19 131 131 Kleigle George w m 60 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Bireland Bavaria Bireland Bireland 17 20 131 131 Kleigle Mary w f 38 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia 17 21 131 131 Kleigle George w m 20 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Wis. Bireland Prussia 17 22 131 131 Kleigle Joseph w m 20 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Wis. Bireland Prussia 17 23 131 131 Kleigle Adam w m 17 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Bireland Prussia 17 24 131 131 Kleigle Matilda w f 14 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Bireland Prussia 17 25 131 131 Kleigle Frances w f 12 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Bireland Prussia 17 26 131 131 Kleigle Annie w f 9 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Bireland Prussia 17 27 131 131 Kleigle Martha w f 8 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Bireland Prussia 17 28 131 131 Kleigle Sophronia w f 3 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wis. Bireland Prussia 17 29 131 131 Kleigle John w m 5 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wis. Bireland Prussia 17 30 131 131 Kleigle Allen w m 7/12 Nov Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wis. Bireland Prussia 17 31 132 132 Domek Adam w m 35 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Poland Poland Poland 17 32 132 132 Domek Barbara w f 35 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Poland Poland Poland 17 33 132 132 Domek Joseph w m 13 Son x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Poland Poland 17 34 132 132 Domek Henry w m 12 Son x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Poland Poland 17 35 132 132 Domek Barbara w f 10 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Poland Poland 17 36 132 132 Domek George w m 9 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Poland Poland 17 37 132 132 Domek Mary w f 7 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Poland Poland 17 38 132 132 Domek Andrew E w m 4 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Poland Poland 17 39 132 132 Domek John w m 1 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Poland Poland 17 40 133 133 Higley John w m 29 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . N.Y. Switzerland Switzerland 17 41 133 133 Higley Ida w f 26 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ill. Ohio Pa. 17 42 133 133 Higley Vincent w m 5 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa N.Y. Ill. 17 43 133 133 Higley Laura A w f 4 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa N.Y. Ill. 17 44 133 133 Higley Harvey T w m 3 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa N.Y. Ill. 17 45 133 133 Higley Ida M w f 1 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa N.Y. Ill. 17 46 134 134 Peterson Ole O w m 42 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden 17 47 134 134 Peterson Ellen w f 35 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland 17 78 134 134 Peterson Joseph w m 10 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Sweden Ireland 17 49 134 134 Peterson Mary A w f 8 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Sweden Ireland 17 50 134 134 Peterson John w m 6 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Ireland 18 1 134 134 Peterson Ellen w f 4 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Ireland Fairfield Township Enumerated 21st & 22nd day of June, 1880 18 2 134 134 Peterson Kate w f 3 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Ireland 18 3 134 134 Peterson James E w m 2/12 Mch Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Ireland 18 4 135 135 Daily Thomas w m 48 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland 18 5 135 135 Daily Sarah L w f 48 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . N.Y. N.Y. N.Y. 18 6 135 135 Daily Harvey S w m 22 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Ill. Ireland N.Y. 18 7 135 135 Daily Edward C w m 19 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Ill. Ireland N.Y. 18 8 135 135 Daily Charles M w m 15 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Ireland N.Y. 18 9 135 135 Daily Mary w f 9 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Ireland N.Y. 18 10 135 135 Daily Frank A w m 24 Son . x . . Dentist x . . . . . . . . . N.Y. Ireland N.Y. 18 11 136 136 Wegener Frederick w m 32 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia 18 12 136 136 Wegener Caroline w f 29 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia 18 13 136 136 Wegener John w m 10 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Prussia Prussia 18 14 136 136 Wegener Henry w m 7 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Prussia Prussia 18 15 136 136 Wegener Lewis w m 5 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Prussia Prussia 18 16 136 136 Wegener Matilda w f 6/12 Dec Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Prussia Prussia 18 17 137 137 McCabe Anthony w m 37 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland 18 18 137 137 McCabe Catherine w f 37 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland 18 19 137 137 McCabe Terrence w m 12 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Ill. Ireland Ireland 18 20 137 137 McCabe John J w m 10 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Ill. Ireland Ireland 18 21 137 137 McCabe Sarah M w f 9 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Ill. Ireland Ireland 18 22 137 137 McCabe Anthony P w m 1 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ireland Ireland 18 23 138 138 Wilson Edward w m 66 . x . . Tanner & Courier x . . . . . . . . . Ohio Va. Va. 18 24 138 138 Wilson Adaline w f 63 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Canada Canada 18 25 138 138 Wilson Edward R w m 30 Son x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ohio Ohio Ohio 18 26 138 139 Dow John w m 34 Son-in-Law . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ill. VT VT 18 27 138 139 Dow Emily w f 32 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Ohio Ohio 18 28 138 139 Dow Samuel w m 8 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Ill. Ill. Ohio 18 29 138 139 Dow Frank w m 6 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ill. Ohio 18 30 138 139 Dow Addie w f 5 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ill. Ohio 18 31 138 139 Dow Edward w m 3 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ill. Ohio 18 32 139 140 Clark George L w m 35 x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Penn. Penn. Pa. 18 33 140 141 Ostrvald Fred w m 31 . . x . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia 18 34 140 141 Ostrvald Amelia w f 10 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Prussia Prussia Prussia 18 35 140 141 Ostrvald Paulina w f 6 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wis Prussia Prussia 18 36 140 141 Halbrader Annie w f 21 Servant x . . . House Keeper x . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia 18 37 141 142 Meyer William w m 33 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Hanover Hanover Hanover 18 38 141 142 Meyer Mary w f 34 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Paris Paris Paris 18 39 141 142 Meyer Annie w f 8 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Hanover Paris 18 40 141 142 Meyer August w m 8 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Hanover Paris 18 41 141 142 Meyer Emma w f 2 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Hanover Paris 18 42 142 143 Yeager Conrad F w m 43 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Hessen Hessen Hessen 18 43 142 143 Yeager Delia w f 42 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Saxon Saxon 18 44 142 143 Yeager Amelia w f 20 Daughter x . . . Servant x . . . . . . . . . Minn. Hessen Ohio 18 45 142 143 Yeager Martha w f 17 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wis Hessen Ohio 18 46 142 143 Yeager Frank w m 14 Son x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Minn. Hessen Ohio 18 47 142 143 Yeager Louise w f 11 Daughter x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Minn. Hessen Ohio 18 48 142 143 Yeager George w m 8 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Hessen Ohio 18 49 142 143 Yeager Frances w f 6 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Hessen Ohio 18 50 143 144 Wegener Lewis w m 28 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Hanover Hanover Hanover 19 1 143 144 Wegener Wilhelmine w f 20 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Hesse Damstad Hesse Damstad Fairfield Township Enumerated 22nd day of June, 1880 19 2 143 144 Wegener Annie w f 2 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Hanover Iowa 19 3 143 144 Wegener Mary w f 1/12 May Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Hanover Iowa 19 4 144 145 Mathieson Jacob w m 60 . . x . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Denmark Denmark Denmark 19 5 144 146 Wilson Calvin J w m 29 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ohio N.Y. Ohio 19 6 144 146 Wilson Emma w f 32 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Ohio Ohio 19 7 144 146 Wilson Ora O w f 6 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Ohio Ohio 19 8 144 146 Wilson Maggie M w f 4 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ohio Ohio 19 9 144 146 Wilson Freddie C w m 1 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ohio Ohio 19 10 145 147 Croulhom B w m 58 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden 19 11 145 147 Croulhom Elsie w f 48 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden 19 12 145 147 Croulhom May w f 24 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden 19 13 145 147 Croulhom John w m 20 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden 19 14 145 147 Croulhom Henry w m 15 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden 19 15 145 147 Croulhom Alma w f 12 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden 19 16 145 147 Croulhom Oscar w m 7 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . N.Y. Sweden Sweden 19 17 145 147 Croulhom Annie w f 5 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.J. Sweden Sweden 19 18 146 148 Jakomski Theodore w m 32 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia 19 19 146 148 Jakomski Antonia w f 40 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia 19 20 146 148 Jakomski Peter w m 4 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia 19 21 146 148 Jakomski Varonia w f 6 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia 19 22 147 149 Jensvold John w m 45 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway 19 23 147 149 Jensvold Ann w f 44 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway 19 24 147 149 Jensvold Sobert w m 19 Son x . . . School Teacher x . . . . . . x . . Wis. Norway Norway 19 25 147 149 Jensvold Henry w m 16 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Norway Norway 19 26 147 149 Jensvold Kate w f 12 Daughter x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Minn. Norway Norway 19 27 147 149 Jensvold Lewis w m 9 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Norway Norway 19 28 147 149 Jensvold Alexander w m 4 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Norway Norway 19 29 147 149 Jensvold Lula w f 1 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Norway Norway 19 30 148 150 Toole Charles w m 38 x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . New Brunswick Ireland Ireland 19 31 149 151 Brown Henry w m 26 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . N.Y. England N.Y. 19 32 149 151 Brown Etta w f 22 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Mich. Canada Canada 19 33 150 152 Wright John w m 63 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . England England England 19 34 150 152 Wright Harriet w f 62 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . N.Y. N.Y. N.Y. 19 35 150 152 Wright Orrin W w m 15 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . N.Y. England N.Y. 19 36 150 152 Wright Susie w f 9 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . x . . N.Y. England N.Y. 19 37 151 153 Paxton John N w m 35 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ohio Va. Pa. 19 38 151 153 Paxton Cynthia J w f 24 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Ohio Ohio 19 39 151 153 Paxton Alfred w m 3 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ohio Ohio 19 40 151 153 Paxton Blanch w f 2 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ohio Ohio 19 41 152 154 Reed Isaac w m 26 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . x . . . Me Me Me 19 42 152 154 Reed Melissa w f 26 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Wis. Ill. Ohio 19 43 152 154 Reed Almina w f 1 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Me. Wis. 19 44 153 155 Hanson Hans w m 39 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway 19 45 153 155 Hanson Gunil w f 37 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway 19 46 153 155 Hanson Martha w f 12 Daughter x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Norway Norway 19 47 153 155 Hanson Helen w f 9 Daughter x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Norway Norway 19 48 153 155 Hanson Henry w m 7 Son x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Norway Norway 19 49 153 155 Hanson John w m 4 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Norway Norway 19 50 154 156 Johnson Lewis w m 40 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden 20 1 154 156 Johnson Chisten w f 35 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway 20 2 154 156 Johnson Josephine w f 6 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Norway 20 3 154 156 Johnson Albert w m 4 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Norway 20 4 154 156 Johnson Ludwick w m 3 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Norway 20 5 154 156 Johnson Theadore w m 1 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Norway 20 6 155 157 Moore William w m 32 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Canada England Canada 20 7 155 157 Moore Elizabeth w f 28 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Ohio Ohio 20 8 155 157 Moore Cora w f 7 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Canada Ohio 20 9 155 157 Moore Clara w f 5 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Canada Ohio 20 10 155 157 Moore Earl w m 4 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Canada Ohio 20 11 155 157 Moore Livera w f 3 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Canada Ohio 20 12 155 157 Moore Gerta w f 10/12 Aug Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Canada Ohio 20 13 155 158 Harrison Albert E w m 29 x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Wis. England Canada 20 14 156 159 Seely Lafayette w m 54 . x . . Carpenter x . . . . . . . . . N.Y. Vermont Vermont 20 15 156 159 Seely Maria L w f 50 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Conn. Conn. Conn. 20 16 156 159 Seely Oriet M w m 16 x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Conn. Conn. 20 17 156 159 Seely Francis W w f 14 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Conn. Conn. 20 18 156 159 Rustebakke Syvert w m 34 x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway