Kidder County, ND 1880 Federal Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/nd/kidder/1880/ (File 1 of 1 for Entire County) Stamped Pages 144A-145D 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) 2026 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 1880 CENSUS-DAY June 1, 1880 MICROFILM #T9-112 STATE DAKOTA TERRITORY COUNTY KIDDER ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- TRANSCRIBER REMARKS: The Dakota Territory, encompassing what is now the states of North and South Dakota, was established in 1861. The Dakota Territory legislature created Kidder County on January 4, 1873, with lands taken from Buffalo County. It was named for Jefferson Parrish Kidder, a delegate to the United States Congress from Dakota Territory (1875-1879) and associate justice of the territorial supreme court (1865-1875, 1879-1883). The county government was not completed until March 22, 1881. North and South Dakota were admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, as the 39th and 40th states. Kidder County became a part of North Dakota. The districts labeled 13th Siding and 14th Siding appear to be areas where railroad workers were housed, and probably refer to a specific place on the railroad line. ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1880 STATE: Dakota Territory COUNTY: Kidder DISTRICT: 14th Siding MICROFILM #: T9-112 SUPV/DISTR: 15 ENUM/DISTR: 80 ENUMERATOR: W. F. Jute STAMPED PAGE NO: 144A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 1 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: June 1 thru 4, 1880 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= MNTH MRD NBM NOT NOT FATHER MOTHER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME RACE SEX AGE BORN RELATION SGL MAR W/D YR OCCUPATION MO ILL? BLIND DEAF IDIOT INSA DISAB SCH READ WRITE BIRTHPLACE BIRTHPLACE BIRTHPLACE REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 1 1 Steele Wm W M 35 . . X . . . Farmer . . . . . . . . . . NY Mass Mass . 2 1 1 Whipple Frank W M 28 . Boarder X . . . Foreman . . . . . . . . . . Pennsylvania O Pens . 3 1 1 Rike Cha W M 24 . Boarder X . . . Cook . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY . 4 1 1 Ralson Oscar W M 23 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway . 5 1 1 Myers Antone W M 28 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 1 . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway . 6 1 1 Hammer John W M 29 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 1-1/2 . . . . . . . . . Wurtemburgh Same Same Kanner? 7 1 1 Dunn Henry W M 29 . Boarder X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ver Ver Ver . 8 1 1 Hinkle Henry W M 34 . Boarder X . . . Painter . . . . . . . . . . Pen Pen Pens . 9 1 1 Melven Frank W M 32 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 1-1/2 . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 10 1 1 Raymond Hiram W M 38 . Boarder X . . . Ut Operator . . . . . . X . . . Pen Pen Pens . 11 1 1 Franklin Ed A W M 16 . Boarder X . . . Ut Operator . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Geo? NY . 12 1 1 Fossen Warren C M 32 . Boarder X . . . Cook 3 . . . . . . . . . Ten Ten Ten . 13 1 1 Allison Dictator W M 24 . Boarder X . . . Carpenter 3 . . . . . . . . . Ten Ten Ten . 14 1 1 Kogen Marlan W M 26 . Boarder . X . . Mason . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway . 15 1 1 McAvoy Julus W M 31 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Ten Ireland Ireland . 16 1 1 Burnes John W M 26 . Boarder X . . . Blacksmith 4 . . . . . . . . . Pen Pen Pens . 17 1 1 Kelley Thomas W M 23 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 1-1/2 . . . . . . . . . Ill NY NY . 18 1 1 Pasto John W M 28 . Tramp X . . . Laborer 4 . . . . . . . . . Wis Germany Germany . 21 1 1 Johns Allo W M 29 . . X . . . Engineer . . . . . . X . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden . 24 3 3 Collins John W M 32 . . . X . . RR Foreman . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 25 3 3 Collins Mary W F 31 . Wife . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 26 3 3 Collins John W M 3 . Son X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wis Ireland Ireland . 27 3 3 Collins Mary W F 2 . Daughter X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wis Ireland Ireland . 28 3 3 Welch William W M 32 . Boarder . . X . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . NY Ireland Ireland . 29 3 3 Collins Robert W M 31 . Boarder X . . . Tailor 1 . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 30 3 3 Quinn Thomas W M 29 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 1 . . . . . . . . . Can Ireland Ireland . 31 3 3 Devan James W M 23 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 1 . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY . 32 3 3 Scanlan John W M 30 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 33 3 3 Knox Perry W M 21 . Tramp X . . . Laborer 3 . . . . . . . . . Ill Pen O . ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1880 STATE: Dakota Territory COUNTY: Kidder DISTRICT: 13th Siding MICROFILM #: T9-112 SUPV/DISTR: 15 ENUM/DISTR: 80 ENUMERATOR: W. F. Jute STAMPED PAGE NO: 144B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 2 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: June 1 thru 4, 1880 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= MNTH MRD NBM NOT NOT FATHER MOTHER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME RACE SEX AGE BORN RELATION SGL MAR W/D YR OCCUPATION MO ILL? BLIND DEAF IDIOT INSA DISAB SCH READ WRITE BIRTHPLACE BIRTHPLACE BIRTHPLACE REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 4 4 Elliott John W M 71 . . . . X . Farmer . . . . . . . . . . Ny Ny Ny . 2 4 4 Elliott James W M 39 . Son . X . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Vir Ny Ny . 3 4 4 Elliott Mary W F 38 . S Wife . . . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Wis Ireland Ireland . 4 4 4 Sullivan John W M 45 . Boarder X . . . RR Forema. . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 5 4 4 Miller Thomas W M 32 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 1/1-2 . . . . . . . . . New Brunswic Scotland Scotland . 6 4 4 Alson Edward W M 24 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 1 . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway . 7 4 4 White Thomas W M 25 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 4-1/2 . . . . . . . . . Mass Ireland Ireland . 8 4 4 Runnals John W M 40 . Boarder . . X . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 9 4 4 Welch John W M 45 . Boarder . . X . Laborer 2 . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 10 4 4 Welch Thomas W M 16 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 11 4 4 Larey Florence W F 45 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 2 . . . . . . . . . NY Ireland Ireland . 12 4 4 Bonsfield Rich W M 45 . Boarder . . X . Painter 1/2 . . . . . . . . . Eng Eng Eng Bouefield? 13 4 4 Slatery John W M 41 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 2 . . . . . . . . . NY Ireland Ireland . 14 4 4 Gerrity M*** W M 28 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 3 . . . . . . . . . Eng Ireland Ireland . 15 4 4 Filkhuhrie?John W M 32 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 1/2 . . . . . . . . . NY Ireland Ireland . 16 4 4 Menere John W M 24 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 1/2 . . . . . . . . . Can Scotland Scotland . 17 4 4 Welch John W M 32 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Eng Ireland Ireland . 18 4 4 Becker Welch W M 22 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Australia Australia Australia . 19 4 4 Gilberson Milly W F 17 . Boarder X . . . Servant . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway . 20 4 4 Furgison Maggie W F 13 . Boarder X . . . Servant . . . . . . . . . . Mich Ireland Ireland . 21 4 4 Reed Thomas W M 25 . Boarder . . X . Laborer 3 . . . . . . . . . Eng Eng Eng . ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1880 STATE: Dakota Territory COUNTY: Kidder DISTRICT: Silver Springs MICROFILM #: T9-112 SUPV/DISTR: 15 ENUM/DISTR: 80 ENUMERATOR: W. F. Jute STAMPED PAGE NO: 145C HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 3 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: June 1 thru 4, 1880 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= MNTH MRD NBM NOT NOT FATHER MOTHER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME RACE SEX AGE BORN RELATION SGL MAR W/D YR OCCUPATION MO ILL? BLIND DEAF IDIOT INSA DISAB SCH READ WRITE BIRTHPLACE BIRTHPLACE BIRTHPLACE REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 5 5 Dancer Jack W M 31 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . NY Mass Mass . 2 5 5 Carlton L S W M 34 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 2-1/2 . . . . . . . . . O O Pen . 3 5 5 Steward N W W M 36 . Boarder X . . . Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY . 4 5 5 Carpenter H W M 33 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norwa . 5 5 5 Evens Amasa W M 43 . Boarder X . . . Cook 1 . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norwa . 6 5 5 Vandusen John W M 55 . Boarder . . X . Farmer . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany . 7 5 5 Higgins James W M 50 . Boarder . X . . Laborer . . . . . . . . X X Vt Vt O . 8 5 5 Kanns Nicholas W M 30 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . X X Pen Pen Pen . 9 5 5 Murphey John W M 38 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Eng Ireland . 10 5 5 Yarnage John W M 22 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Pen Pen Pen Yamage? 11 5 5 Christ John W M 19 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Pa Geo? NY . 12 5 5 Sims Francis W M 22 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden . 13 5 5 Hatfield Henry W M 22 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Ten Ten Ten . 14 5 5 Tom John W M 35 . Boarder . X . . Laborer 2 . . . . . . . . . Ten Ten Ten . 15 5 5 Hall H * W M 33 . Boarder . . X . Laborer 3 . . . . . . . . . Ken Ken Ken . ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1880 STATE: Dakota Territory COUNTY: Kidder DISTRICT: Silver Springs MICROFILM #: T9-112 SUPV/DISTR: 15 ENUM/DISTR: 80 ENUMERATOR: W. F. Jute STAMPED PAGE NO: 145D HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 4 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: June 1 thru 4, 1880 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= MNTH MRD NBM NOT NOT FATHER MOTHER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME RACE SEX AGE BORN RELATION SGL MAR W/D YR OCCUPATION MO ILL? BLIND DEAF IDIOT INSA DISAB SCH READ WRITE BIRTHPLACE BIRTHPLACE BIRTHPLACE REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) ======================================================================================================================================================================================================= 1 6 6 Flanigan John W M 55 . . . . X . Foreman RR . . . . . . . . . . Ireland . . . 2 6 6 Flanigan Maggie W F 17 . Daughter X . . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 3 6 6 Flanigan Caty W F 10 . Daughter X . . . At Homse . . . . . . . . . . Pn Ireland Ireland . 4 6 6 Flanigan Mary W F 9 . Daughter X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pen Ireland Ireland . 5 6 6 Flanigan Ruban W M 16 . Son X . . . Laborer RR 1 . . . . . . . X X Pn Ireland Ireland . 6 6 6 Flanigan James W M 14 . Son X . . . . . . . . . . . . X X Pn Ireland Ireland . 7 6 6 Flanigan Dennis W M 20 . Son X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pn Ireland Ireland . 8 6 6 Moore Thomas W M 45 . Boarder X . . . Foreman RR . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 9 6 6 McCan Hugh W M 31 . Boarder . X . . Laborer 1 . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 10 6 6 Brannan A W M 21 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 2 . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland . 11 6 6 Mangolet M W M 27 . Boarder X . . . Telegraph Repair 2 . . . . . . . . . Iowa Vermont Ireland Mangold? 12 6 6 McGee James W M 31? . Boarder X . . . Laborer 3 . . . . . . . X X NY Ireland Ireland . 13 6 6 Hanson John W M 20 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 1 . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway . 14 6 6 McGiven M W M 40 . Boarder . . X . Laborer 3 . . . . . . . X X Canada Ireland Ireland . 15 6 6 Grady Cha W M 21 . Boarder X . . . Potter . . . . . . . . . . Ill Ill Ill . 16 6 6 Ernest Doph W M 25 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germanyu . 17 6 6 Johnson Frank W M 29 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 2 . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway . 18 6 6 Knudt Kunder W M 25 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 1 . . . . . . . . . Wis Norway Norway . 19 6 6 Welch John W M 21 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Ill Ill Ill . 20 6 6 Johnson S W M 25 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway . 21 6 6 Golden James W M 20 . Boarder X . . . Laborer 2 . . . . . . . . . Ken Ken Ken . 22 6 6 Thompson E W M 21 . Boarder X . . . Laborer . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway . 23 6 6 Brown Frank W M 25 . Tramp . . X . Laborer 1-1/2 . . . . . . . X X RI Can Can . 24 6 6 Boden A W M 19 . Tramp X . . . Laborer 2 . . . . . . . . . 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