OTTAWA County, MI 1860 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mi/ottawa/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 OTTAWA 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: Ottawa DISTRICT: Georgetown ENUMERATOR: Luman Jenison FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Montague Thomas 64 M . . W Vermont March Farmer Falling of tree Sudden . 2 Coursen Elzina 3 F . . . Michigan October . Disease of the throat 2 months . 3 Prescott Emma 1 F . . . Michigan November . Whooping cough 3 weeks . 4 Pringle Fanny 6 F . . . Canada March . Unknown 7 weeks . 5 Angel Hattie E. 1 F . . . Michigan December . Whooping cough 6 weeks . 6 Tibbets George 1 M . . . Michigan June . Fever 4 weeks . 7 Harris Sylvenus 1/12 M . . . Michigan February . Fitts 2 days . 8 Barber Peter 51 M . . M New York October Farmer Dispepsia 2 years . 9 Edson Zaneta 4/12 F . . . Michigan February . Inflamation of the lungs 1 week . 10 Wait Isaac 59 M . . M Massachusetts September Farmer Disease of the liver 7 months Blank below ================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ottawa DISTRICT: Blendon ENUMERATOR: Luman Jenison FILE PAGE: 2 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Staal Ermin 2 M . . . Michigan September . Fever 1 month . 2 Hyboor Matavius 3/12 M . . . Michigan March . Fitts 5 days . 3 Ramer Albert 1 M . . . Michigan December . Accidental scalding 1 day . 4 Perry Franklin 6/12 M . . . Michigan November . Unknown Sudden . 5 Charles Inda . F . . . Michigan March . Still born Unknown . 6 Thomptson Mary 3/12 F . . . Michigan August . Whooping cough 2 weeks Blank below ================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ottawa DISTRICT: Jamestown ENUMERATOR: Luman Jenison FILE PAGE: 3 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Standish Sylvester 1/12 M . . . Mich May . Fitts 1 week . 2 Garrett Betsey 81 F . . W New York June . Consumption Several years . 3 Beales Luthetia 6/12 F . . . Michigan February . Hives 2 days . 4 Carlin Julia 2/12 F . . . Michigan October . Whooping cough 1 week Blank below ================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ottawa DISTRICT: Zeeland ENUMERATOR: Luman Jenison FILE PAGE: 4 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Laning Gonda 8/12 F . . . Michigan August . Dysentary 10 days . 2 Kamps John 38 M . . M Holland August Farmer Killed by threshing machine 2 days . 3 Broner Harm 25 M . . . Holland July Farm laborer Inward cancer 10 years . 4 Wesling Tryntje . F . . . Michigan July . Still born . . 5 Fisher John 2/12 M . . . Michigan January . Dysentery 1 week . 6 Kolk Kleustje 1/12 F . . . Michigan April . Measles 6 days . 7 Dehaan Isntje . F . . . Michigan December . Still born . . 8 Vanderstoss Maatje 36 F . . M Holland April . Consumption 1 week . 9 Stemalar Dirk 1 M . . . Michigan May . Measles 1 week . 10 Hytsma Nelstje 36 F . . M Holland November . Liver disease 20 weeks . 11 Rykers Rigtje 50 F . . M Holland August . Typhoid fever 16 days . 12 Kok John 19 M . . . Holland March Day laborer Consumption 1 year . 13 Vanankok Cornelius 45 M . . M Holland February Day laborer Suicide hanging Sudden . 14 Naaye Isaac 69 M . . M Holland December Hotell keeper Disease of the heart 20 minutes Blank below ================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ottawa DISTRICT: Spring Lake ENUMERATOR: James A. Rice FILE PAGE: 5 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Byrne Catherine 45 F . . M Ireland November Domestic Unknown 1 day . 2 O'Beyne Elen 3/12 F . . . Mich Dec . Bilious fever 5 days . 3 McCarty Daniel 53 M . . . N.Y. Oct Engineer From losing his arm 21 days . 4 Hudson Mary J. 1/12 F . . . Mich July . Lung fever 2 days . 5 Bullhuis Derrik 40 M . . M Holland Sept Laborer Drowned . . 6 Dewitt Peter 3 M . . . Mich Feb . Dropsy 29 days . 7 Haney Thomas 7 M . . . England April . Fitts 1 day . 8 Haney Henry 2 M . . . Mich November . Dysentery 30 days . 9 Smith Nathan 1/12 M . . . Mich May . Croup 1 day . 10 Barge Robert 47 M . . M Tennesee Aug Laborer Apoplexy 1 day . 11 Clydesdale John 73 M . . W Ireland April Laborer Dropsy 6 months . 12 Palmer Gally 32 M . . M Ireland Feb Laborer Chill fever 3 days . 13 Savage Kate 3/12 F . . . Mich April . Pluracy 6 days . 14 Brady James 6 M . . . Canada Oct . Consumption 10 days . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Donahue Thomas 65 M . . W Ireland March Farmer Inflamation of the stomach 3 days Begin Crockery Twp 20 McCarty Mary A. 25 F . . M N.Y. May Wife Child bed 2 days . 21 Downing John 61 M . . W N.Y. Feb Farmer Killed by accident . . 22 Sparks Amos 67 M . . M Connecticut Nov Farmer Inflamation 21 days . 23 Yeick John 40 M . . M England May Farmer Hung himself . . 24 Tracy John F. 28 M . . . N.Y. Feb Farmer Consumption 14 days . 25 Ezget Polly 50 F . . M N.Y. Oct Domestic Dispepcia 2 years Blank below ================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ottawa DISTRICT: Polkton ENUMERATOR: James A. Rice FILE PAGE: 6 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 McCue Ann 35 F . . M Ireland Dec Wife Child bed 2 days . 2 Stevens Alace J. 3 F . . . Mich July . Scarlet fever 8 days . 3 Ballard Joseph 59 M . . M N.Y. Oct Farmer Cholera morbus 5 days . 4 Coleburn George 60 M . . M Vermont March Rail Road contractor Consumption 1 year . 5 Jackson John 78 M . . W N.Y. Aug Farmer Apoplexy 2 days . 6 Meker Horace 38 M . . M Germany Sept Farmer Disease of the kidneys 3 years . 7 Marshal Frederick A. 37 M . . M N.Y. Dec Farmer Killed by fall of a tree . . 8 Starling Jeroldine H. 1/12 F . . . Mich Oct . Inflamation of the lungs 7 days . 9 Eastman Mason 32 M . . M Maine March Lumberman Spinal disease 6 months . 10 Mulder Cornelius 2 M . . . Mich Sept . Dysentery 6 days . 11 Fisk Philetus A. 1 M . . . Mich Aug . Scrofula 3 months . 12 Andrews Eugine O. 10 M . . . Ioa May . Congestion of the brain 2 days . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Williams Elisabeth 3 F . . . Pennsylvania Sept . Hooping cough 30 days Begin Talmadge Twp. 20 Manning Joseph 21 M . . . Canada April Farm laborer Inflamation on the lungs 6 days . 21 Rowe William 30 M . . . Pennsylvania April Clerk Consumption 3 months . 22 Hedges Fred 3/12 M . . . Mich May Infant Unknown 2 days . 23 Shannon Charles S. 21 M . . . N.Y. Dec Farmer Consumption 6 months . 24 Milon Elisabeth 50 F . . M Ireland April Domestic Consumption 15 days . 25 Hogan Catherine 30 F . . M Ireland Aug Domestic Unknown 4 days . 26 McCarty Jeremiah 23 M . . . Ireland June Farmer Cholera morbus 3 days . 27 O'Brine Mary 9 F . . . Mich Oct . Burned to death . . 28 Heart Robert M. 27 M . . M Mass July Mechanic Consumption 2 years . 29 Zondeline John E. 10/12 M . . . Mich May . Hooping cough 7 days . 30 Cole Sarah A. 25 F . . M Canada Nov Wife Consumption 4 months . 31 Combes Moses 84 M . . W N.Y. Feb Farmer General decline 12 days Blank below ================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ottawa DISTRICT: Wright ENUMERATOR: James A. Rice FILE PAGE: 7 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Starks Ebenezer 92 M . . W Connecticut May Farmer Old age 5 weeks . 2 Watters Emma 5 F . . . Mich June . Burned to death 1 day . 3 Peck Hannah 1 F . . . Mich April . Hooping cough 30 days . 4 McCarty Ann 2/12 F . . . Mich May . Unknown cause 3 days . 5 Tubbs May 2/12 F . . . Mich July . Hooping cough 4 days . 6 Frisby Elahue 77 M . . W Connecticut May Lumberman Thrown from a carriage . . 7 Finkler Peter 16 M . . . Mich Aug Farmer Drowned . . 8 Jackson Julia 1 F . . . Mich Jan . Scarlet fever 4 weeks . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Merrick Sarah 1/12 F . . . Mich March . Unknown cause 1 day Begin Chester Twp 15 McClain Aaron 84 M . . W Maryland April Farmer Old age 42 days . 16 Pew Artimus G. 3/12 M . . . Mich Feb . Lung fever 9 days . 17 Watters Betsy A. 37 M . . M N.Y. June Wife Consumption 18 months Gender is as written 18 Smith Almaretta 1 F . . . Mich May . Inflamation of the lungs 9 days . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Robinson Sarah 10 F . . . Mich April Child Inflamation on the brain 2 days Begin Allendale Twp 24 Melon Eliza E. 2 F . . . Mich Jan . Inflamation on the lungs 14 days . 25 Perry Elisabeth 33 F . . M England May Wife Consumption 5 months . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Frick James 21 M . . . Holland Oct Laborer Killed by a fall . Begin Olive Twp 32 Frick Elisabeth 5 F . . . Mich Jan . Fever 14 days Blank below Enumerators' Remark: "In the town of Robinson no deaths have occurred within the year." ================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: MI COUNTY: Ottawa DISTRICT: Ottawa ENUMERATOR: James A. Rice FILE PAGE: 8 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 Scott Nancy A. 40 F . . M Wisconsin Feb Wife Puerperal fever 21 days . 2 Cooper Archibald M. 1/2 M . . . Mich May . Internal canker 1 week . 3 Ol*omark Art 56 M . . W Holland Nov Laborer Consumption 6 months . 4 Everett Clifford H. 2 M . . . Mich Dec . Inflamation on the lungs 14 days . 5 Fuller Willie R. 2/12 M . . . Mich March . Inflamation of the brain 6 days . 6 Horton Jacob L. 1 M . . . Mich Aug . Hooping cough 6 weeks . 7 Woodbury Jenny M. 2 F . . . Mich May . Scarlet fever 5 days . 8 Yonkers Catherine 45 F . . M Holland Jan Wife Lock jaw 14 weeks . 9 De Voss Nelly 11/12 F . . . Mich Aug . Diareah 3 weeks . 10 Boot Hans 55 M . . M Holland March Laborer Pleuracy 1 day . 11 Pelegram Baltus 2 M . . . Mich Sept . Diareah 6 weeks . 12 Van Den Warss Jacob 8/12 M . . . Mich Aug . Fever 3 days . 13 Austin Isaac 1 M . . . Mich April . Inflamation on the brain 7 days . 14 Manroe John M. 2 M . . . Mich Dec . Scarlet fever 8 days . 15 Van Lendo Maria 10 F . . . Mich March . Typhus fever 14 days . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Van Dyke Gerrit 2 M . . . Mich Sept . Diareah 3 days Begin Holland Twp 20 Box Annie 2/12 F . . . Mich July . Consumption 3 weeks . 21 Schepper Augustinus 49 M . . M Holland May Sailor Drowned . . 22 Yeskes Grietji 1/12 F . . . Mich April . Unknown 9 days . 23 Broodman Francis 43 M . . M England June ** Shoemaker Bronchetis 3 months . 24 De Veiss Isaac 23 M . . . Holland June Sawyer Liver complaint 5 months . 25 Bokker Johanna 7/12 F . . . Mich Aug . Fever 2 days . 26 Pauels Anthony 9/12 M . . . Mich Aug . Diareah 21 days . 27 De Koeger Adreon 1 M . . . Mich Sept . Diareah 8 days . 28 Den Wyl Wilhelmina 56 F . . M Holland March Wife Fever 28 days . 29 Voek Gerrit P. 20 M . . . Holland Dec Sailor Frozen to death 2 days . 30 Klye Teunis 2/12 M . . . Mich May . Consumption 8 days . 31 Rokus Jacobus 24 M . . . Holland Aug Farmer Piles 26 days . 32 Von Belois Jacomina 11 F . . . Holland Dec . Fever 9 days . 33 Sticken Hendrik 53 M . . M Holland June Farmer Billious fever 5 months . 34 Dunnemend Egbert 67 M . . M Holland May Farmer Cancer 8 months end Ottawa County ================================================================================================================================================================================================= 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/ =================================================================================================================================================================================================