Idaho County, ID 1870 Mortality Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/id/idaho/1870/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Robert E. Lane and proofread by Russell Anderson for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2024 by Robert E. Lane ========================================================================== 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, Robert E. Lane All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1870 STATE IDAHO COUNTY IDAHO SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1870 The 1870 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1849 and ends May 31, 1870 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 REMARKS: There were two pages for this census. Both contained the same data, with the only difference being that the first sheet had the enumerator certification while the second one had family numbers and an enumerator remark at the bottom. This transcription is based on the second sheet, although the first sheet was used for the additional information and consulted for spelling of names . ======================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: ID COUNTY: Idaho ENUMERATOR: Frank Saben FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 4 ======================================================================================================================================== FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR M/W BIRTHPLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ======================================================================================================================================== 1 . Stone John 45 M W . Ill . . Feb Miner Venerial . 2 3 Bovert Jno. B 36 M W M France X X Aug Miner Consumption . 3 . Derosher Obar 50 M W M Canada X X Mar Miner Stabbed Murdered 5 234 O'Callahan James 51 M W . England X X Oct Miner Consumption State Creek Precinct 6 234 Popham Margaret 45 F W M Wales X X Dec Keeping House Cancer Bowels . 7 . Farrell Casper 43 M W . Sweden X X Dec Miner Unknown . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: John Stone was living in small cabin that since his death has been washed away. He had no relatives in the County and was a stranger. Consequently I could find out but little about him. Casper Farrell dropped dead in the road between State Creek and John Day Creek. He made his home in a small cabin which has fell down since his death. There is no competent physician in the County to give me any instructions in relation to the cause of death. ======================================================================================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the rest of our growing collection of FREE online census transcriptions by going to the following URL: http://www.us-census.org/ ========================================================================================================================================