Alturas County, ID 1870 Federal Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/id/alturas/1870/ (File 1 of 1 for Boise River District) Pages 38B-39B This Census was transcribed by Robert E. Lane and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2025 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 CENSUS-DAY June 1, 1870 MICROFILM #M593-185 STATE IDAHO COUNTY ALTURAS ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- TRANSCRIBER REMARKS: Many of the Chinese in this census were given a last name of "Ah". This is not a proper name, it is an honorific (such as "Mr." or "Sir") or a nickname and is usually written in the first name field. Placer mining is the mining of stream bed deposits for precious metal deposits (particularly gold) and gemstones. There appears to be two pages in this census numbered 38B - one here and one in the Yuba District. =========================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Alturas DISTRICT: Boise River Mining MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: Geo. S. Smith STAMPED PAGE NO: 38B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 4 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 23 thru 27, 1870 =========================================================================================================================================================================== REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE TRANSCRIBER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION EST EST BIRTHPLACE FRGN FRGN BORN MARR SCH READ WRITE ETC. 21YR DENY REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) =========================================================================================================================================================================== 1 1 1 Alexander Geo. 38 M W Placer Miner . 300 New Brunswick X X . . . . . . X . . 2 1 1 Speers Thomas 46 M W Placer Miner . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 3 1 1 Speers William 46 M W Placer Miner . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 4 2 2 Evans Eliza 49 M W Placer Miner . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . Sex & Occup as written 5 2 2 Gotch Adam 25 M W Placer Miner . . Baden X X . . . . . . X . . 6 3 3 Beemer August 32 M W Placer Miner . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 7 3 3 Whittenburg Sam'l 35 M W Mule Packer . . Tennessee . . . . . . . . X . . 8 4 4 Brigham Henry 26 M W Mule Packer . . Maine . . . . . . . . X . . 9 5 5 Willard Josiah 34 M W Farmer . . Maryland . . . . . . . . X . . 10 5 5 Willard Sarah J. 20 F W House Keeping . 350 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5 5 Willard Clara 3 F W . . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5 5 Willard George J. 1 M W . . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6 6 Campbell Gideon 23 M W Stock Herder . . Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 14 6 6 Bair Samuel 26 M W Farm Laborer . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 15 6 6 Saviers Charles 44 M W Placer Miner . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 16 7 7 Ethel D. B. 40 M W Farmer . 700 Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 17 7 7 Doon N. F. 36 M W Farmer . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 18 7 7 Doon Mary A. 36 M W House Keeping . . Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . 19 7 7 Blair Wm. G. 22 M W Farm Laborer . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 20 7 7 Golder George D. 26 M W Cook . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 21 8 8 Nichols B. J. 55 M W Toll Road Owner 4000 . Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 22 8 8 Daniels William 45 M W Toll Road Laborer . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 23 9 9 Rohr Constantine 32 M W Toll Road Laborer . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 24 9 9 Drake Gus 28 M W Toll Road Laborer . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 25 9 9 Maddox Willaim 52 M W Toll Road Laborer . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 26 10 10 Stanton John F. 35 M W Farmer . 1000 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 27 11 11 McCartney Aries 46 M W Freighter . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . 1st name uncertain 28 12 12 Porter James 40 M W Hotel Keeper 3000 250 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 29 12 12 Porter Candas 40 F W House Keeping . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 30 12 12 Porter George R. 9/12 M W . . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 31 12 12 Porter Katie 11 F W At Home . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 32 13 13 Ah Foo 24 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 33 13 13 Ah Yee 52 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 34 13 13 Ah Foo 360 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 35 13 13 See Yow 45 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 36 14 14 Ah Soo 41 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 37 14 14 Ah Sing 48 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 38 14 14 Ah Yee 55 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 39 14 14 Ah Ling 40 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 40 14 14 Lum Lee 47 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . =========================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Alturas DISTRICT: Boise River MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: Geo. S. Smith STAMPED PAGE NO: 39A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 5 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 23 thru 27, 1870 =========================================================================================================================================================================== REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE TRANSCRIBER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION EST EST BIRTHPLACE FRGN FRGN BORN MARR SCH READ WRITE ETC. 21YR DENY REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) =========================================================================================================================================================================== 1 15 15 Ah Yep 45 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 2 15 15 Ah Ling 30 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 3 15 15 Ah Wu 35 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 4 15 15 Ah Chung 42 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 5 15 15 Chung Foo 27 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 6 15 15 Ah Sing 42 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 7 15 15 Sin Yup 34 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 8 16 16 Lee Ping 46 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 9 16 16 Ah Say 30 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 10 16 16 Ah Soo 41 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 11 16 16 Ah Yow 50 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 12 17 17 Ah Ping 28 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 13 17 17 Ah Tung 44 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 14 17 17 Sin Lee 35 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 15 17 17 Ah Kow 40 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 16 17 17 Ah Lung 45 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 17 17 17 Ah Choo 36 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 18 18 18 Tim Heow 41 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 19 18 18 Kim Sing 45 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 20 18 18 Ah Yep 32 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 21 18 18 Ah Lam 28 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 22 18 18 Loo Foo 52 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 23 19 19 Ah Choo 47 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 24 19 19 Sec How 55 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 25 19 19 Ah Hoo 40 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 26 20 20 Ah Nue 35 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 27 20 20 Tim Kee 28 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 28 20 20 Cum Tuck 50 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 29 20 20 Chung Lung 42 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 30 20 20 Yee Hon 55 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 31 21 21 Ah See 28 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 32 21 21 Cho Foo 41 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 33 21 21 Sam Lee 38 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 34 21 21 Ah Lee 28 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 35 22 22 Ah Moo 40 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 36 22 22 Ah Foo 45 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 37 22 22 Ah Chewe 31 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 38 22 22 Ah Tim 36 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 39 22 22 Ah Lun 35 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 40 22 22 Sin Kee 40 M C Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . =========================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Alturas DISTRICT: Boise River MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: Geo. S. Smith STAMPED PAGE NO: 39B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 6 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 23 thru 27, 1870 =========================================================================================================================================================================== REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE TRANSCRIBER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION EST EST BIRTHPLACE FRGN FRGN BORN MARR SCH READ WRITE ETC. 21YR DENY REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) =========================================================================================================================================================================== 1 23 23 Ah Ling 40 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 2 23 23 Ah Way 38 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 3 23 23 Lee Wah 40 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 4 23 23 Lee Chow 35 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 5 24 24 Aj Zou 42 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 6 24 24 Yee Hop 55 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 7 24 24 Ah LUN 40 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 8 24 24 Ah roo 35 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 9 24 24 Lee HOP 42 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 10 24 24 Lee dhunt 45 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 11 25 25 Ah Kee 28 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 12 25 25 Lung Chung 42 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 13 25 25 Ah Sam 40 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 14 25 25 Ah Kim 46 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 15 25 25 Lee Mow 32 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 16 25 25 Ah Ling 41 M C Placer Miner . . China X X . . . 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