Keweenaw County, MI 1870 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mi/keweenaw/1870/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) This Mortality Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by I. D. Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2026 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 1870 MICROFILM# T1164-26 STATE MICHIGAN COUNTY KEWEENAW SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1870 The 1870 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1869 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 reported in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI COUNTY: Keweenaw DISTRICT; Clifton Township MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: J. W. Shapley FILE PAGE NO: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 20 Hodges Tho's J. 1 M W . Michigan X X Aug . Scarlet fever . 2 21 Calligan Catherine 2 F W . Michigan X X Aug . Scarlet fever . 3 47 Williams Sarah A. 14 F W . Michigan X X Jan'y At school Consumption . 4 47 Williams Eliza 9 F W . Michigan X X May . Consumption . 5 47 Williams Joseph 1 M W . Michigan X X May . Consumption . 6 48 Bartlet Elizabeth J. 3 F W . Michigan X X Nov . Consumption . 7 62 Warden Wm. Jr. 1/12 M W . Michigan X X June . Spasms . 8 82 Polglaze John A. 1 M W . Michigan X X July . Measles . 9 87 Bringe Sebastian 1/12 M W . Michigan X X July . Spasms . 10 89 Sullivan Mary 6 F W . Michigan X X Nov . Whooping cough . 11 89 Hosking Richard 1 M W . Michigan X X July . Cause unknown . 12 89 Berryman Edward 11/12 M W . Michigan X X Sept . Cause unknown . 13 89 Howe A. W. 1/12 M W . Michigan . . Dec . Cause unknown . 14 89 Polkinghorn Ja's 2 M W . Michigan X X Aug . Cause unknown . 15 89 Grigg John 1 M W . Michigan X X Aug . Measles Page blank below ================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI COUNTY: Keweenaw DISTRICT; Copper Harbor Township MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: J. W. Shapley FILE PAGE NO: 2 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 31 Guilbault Betsey 22 F W M Michigan . . Mar Keeping house Typhoid fever . 2 42 Casey Cornelius 88 M W M Ireland X X Aug Surface laborer Hernia Page blank below ================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI COUNTY: Keweenaw DISTRICT; Eagle Harbor Village MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: J. W. Shapley FILE PAGE NO: 3 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 33 Pastoret Catherine 73 F W W Luxumberg X X July At home Dropsy of abdominal . 2 33 Shappell Henry 4 M W . Michigan X X Aug . Measles Page blank below ================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI COUNTY: Keweenaw DISTRICT; Amygdaloid Mine MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: J. W. Shapley FILE PAGE NO: 4 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 8 Sennat Wm 1/12 M W . Michigan X X Jan'y . Spasms . 2 12 Stone Charles 1/12 M W . Michigan X X June . Spasms Page blank below ================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI COUNTY: Keweenaw DISTRICT; Copper Falls Mine MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: J. W. Shapley FILE PAGE NO: 5 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 2 Shwint Lorenzo 2 F W . Michigan X X Aug . Measles . 2 4 Knettle Frank 7/12 M W . Illinois X X Aug . Diarrhea . 3 9 O'Neil Margaret 20 F W M Ireland X X Jan'y Keeping house Died in child birth . 4 46 Lieber Barbara 13 F W . Michigan X X Dec At school Enteritis . 5 50 Wallis Orletta 1 F W . Michigan X X Jan'y . Whooping cough . 6 50 Page N. C. 37 M W M Canada X X June Surface agent Plegmonous Erysipelas . 7 50 Kuhn Catherine 76 F W M Prussia X X July Keeping house Cause unknown Page blank below ================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI COUNTY: Keweenaw DISTRICT; Grant Township MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: J. W. Shapley FILE PAGE NO: 6 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 . Voith Gertrude 35 F W M Prussia X X Sept Keeping house Parturition No FN# written 2 12 Sanderson Catherine 5 F W . Michigan X X June . Burned to death . 3 13 Harrington John 10 M W . Ireland X X Dec . Inflammation of Pleura . 4 23 Taylor Alvina 3/12 F W . Michigan X X Oct . Diarrhea . 5 24 Coombs Eveline 3/12 F W . Michigan X X Oct . Diarrhea Page blank below ================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI COUNTY: Keweenaw DISTRICT; Houghton Township MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: J. W. Shapley FILE PAGE NO: 7 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 19 Davis Edwin 47 M W M Michigan X X Mar Huckster Apoplexy . 2 24 Smeltzer Andrew 2 M W . Michigan X X Apr . Drowned . 3 28 Fischer Gertrude 37 F W M Prussia X X May Keeping house Consumption . 4 29 Naker Antoine 86 M W M Prussia X X Sept Physician Inflammation of brain . 5 33 Garnich Ida 1/12 F W . Michigan X X Jan'y . Spasms . 6 37 Moore Mary 55 F W W Ireland X X May At home Consumption . 7 55 Sobey Catherine 6 F W . Michigan X X Mar . Scarlet fever . 8 58 Fawcet Francis M. 32 F W M Ireland X X Jan'y Keeping house Miscarriage . 9 67 Gibson Charles 4/12 M W . Michigan X X May . Whooping cough . 10 80 Senter John, Jr. 10/12 M W . Michigan . . April . Whooping cough . 11 28 Fischer Edward 2/12 M W . Michigan X X Aug . Cause unknown . 12 28 Betzing Joseph 1 M W . Michigan X X Aug . Scarlet fever . 13 6 O'Brien Stephen D. 6 M W . Michigan X X Apr . Drowned . 14 22 O'Neil Cornelius 4 M W . Michigan X X Nov . Inflammation of Pleura . 15 22 O'Neil Margaret 11/12 F W . Michigan X X Dec . Inflammation of Pleura . 16 26 Cronley Mary 4/12 F W . Michigan X X July . Inflammation of Pleura . 17 37 Otman Frank W. 6/12 M W . Michigan X X May . Teething . 18 51 Snider Wm 1 M W . Michigan X X Oct . Acute dysentery . 19 64 Crape Wm 69 M W W Hesse Darmstadt X X Feb'y Surface laborer Aneurism . 20 67 Trewartha A. 36 M W M England X X July Dry goods Mer (Ret) Dropsy of heart . 21 67 Trewartha Louisa J. 11 F W . Michigan X X May At school Typhoid fever . 22 121 Hathier I. 2 M W . Michigan X X Dec . Dropsy of heart . 23 125 Gravier Mary 1/12 F W . Michigan X X Mar . Spasms . 24 137 Brinnerman E. J. 11/12 M W . Michigan X X Sept . Consumption . 25 151 Hepting Tho's 4 M W . Baden X X Aug . Measles . 26 151 Nice Joseph 1/12 M W . Michigan X X July . Cause unknown Page blank below ================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI COUNTY: Keweenaw DISTRICT; Sherman Township MICROFILM#: T1164-26 ENUMERATOR: J. W. Shapley FILE PAGE NO: 8 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ================================================================================================================================================================================= FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 20 Sullivan Corn'l W. 10/12 M W . Michigan X X May . Whooping cough . 2 22 Murphy Ann 3 F W . Michigan X X May . Whooping cough . 3 40 Dodge Hannah 1 F W . Michigan X X Sept . Diarrhea . 4 49 Eddy Andrew, Jr. 3 M W . Michigan X X May . Run over by cars . 5 58 Bennett Paul 1 M W . Michigan X X Aug . Measles . 6 62 Wetstine William 1/12 M W . Michigan X X July . Measles . 7 69 Floyd Wm 3/12 M W . Michigan X X July . Croup . 8 77 Sullivan Dan'l, Jr. 1 M W . Michigan X X Jan'y . Diarrhea . 9 94 Chenyoweth Ja's 1/12 M W . Michigan X X Dec . Inflammation of lungs . 10 129 McCarthy Elizabeth 4/12 F W . Michigan X X July . Spasms . 11 131 Sullivan Patrick 7 M W . Michigan X X Sept . Gravel . ================================================================================================================================================================================= 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/ =================================================================================================================================================================================