GRAND TRAVERSE County, MI 1860 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mi/grandtraverse/1860/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by Karen D. Foster for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2024 by Linda Talbott ========================================================================== 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 1860 MICROFILM-#: T1164-15 STATE MICHIGAN COUNTY GRAND TRAVERSE SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1860 The 1860 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1859 and ends May 31, 1860 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 reported in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ===================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Grand Traverse DISTRICT: Peninsula Twp ENUMERATOR: David C. Goodale FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Ladd Elisha 68 M . . W New York January Farmer Sudden, unknown . Peninsula Twp . 2 Hopkins Mary 30 F . . . England December . Epilepsy 3 . blank below Enumerator Remarks: In the case on No 1 the person was sitting in his chair playing with a small grand child - in a moment his hands dropped and he was dead. No cause could be assigned. The water in this region is very pure, clean, and hard - soil, sandy loam - timber sugar maple, beach, elm, lynn hemlock - rocks, sandstone, - fertilizers, marl, and muck - No disease has prevailed here - It is a very healthy district. The above remarks apply to all my districts. ===================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Grand Traverse DISTRICT: Traverse Twp ENUMERATOR: David C. Goodale FILE PAGE: 2 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Leslie Naomi 54 F . . M New York May . Congestion of brain . Traverse Twp blank below ===================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Grand Traverse DISTRICT: Whitewater Twp ENUMERATOR: David C. Goodale FILE PAGE: 3 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Peek William 27 M . . . New York August Teacher Consumption unknown Whitewater Twp . 2 Randall Alice F. 2 F . . . Michigan March . Inflamation of brain 21 . . 3 Button Nancy A. 25 F . . M Massachusetts December . Consumption 122 . . 4 Johnson Jackson 9/12 M . . . Michigan January . 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