FERN VALLEY TWP., PALO ALTO, IOWA 1880 Federal Census This Census was transcribed by Cathy Joynt Labath and proofread by Kathleen Frailey Puls for the USGenWeb Census Project http://www.usgenweb.org/census.
Census_Year 1880
Microfilm #T9-359
State Iowa
County Palo Alto
District 169
Enumerator R. M. J. McFarland
Post Office Fern Valley Twp.
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1880 Census Reference Chart:
1)Dwelling # 14)Months unemployed this year
2)Family # 15)Currently ill? if so, specify
3)Name of every person whose place of 16)Blind
abode on 1 June 1880 was in this family 17)Deaf and dumb
4)Color 18)Idiotic
5)Sex 19)Insane
6)Age 20)Disabled
7)Month born if during census year 21)School this year
8)Relationship to household head 22)Cannot read
9)Single 23)Cannot write
10)Married 24)Birth place
11)Widow / Divorced 25)Father's Birthplace
12)Married with census year 26)Mother's Birthplace
13)Profession, occupation, or trade of
each person male or female
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Census Year 1880
Pg# Ln# St# Hou# Dw# Fm# Last Name First Name Color Sex Age Born Relationship Sgl Mar W/D Mar/Yr Occupation #mo Ill? Blind Deaf IdoiticInsane Disab School Read Write Birthplace Father Mother Comments
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29)
16 1 108 109 Russell Frank w m 34 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . N.Y. N.Y. N.Y. Fern Valley enumerated the 23rd day of June, 1880
16 2 108 109 Russell Delilah w f 42 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . N.Y. Conn N.Y.
16 3 108 109 Russell Gracie w f 11 Daughter x . . . At School . . . . . . . x . . N.Y. N.Y. N.Y.
16 4 108 109 Russell May w f 6 Daughter x . . . At School . . . . . . . x . . Iowa N.Y. N.Y.
16 5 108 109 Russell Dexter w m 4 Son x . . . At School . . . . . . . . . . Iowa N.Y. N.Y.
16 6 109 110 McCormick J w m 55 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland
16 7 109 110 McCormick Mary A w f 25 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Wis Penn Penn
16 8 109 110 McCormick Elvie J w f 6 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Ireland Wis
16 9 109 110 McCormick Thomas w m 8 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Ireland Wis
16 10 109 110 McCormick Chas H w m 3 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ireland Wis
16 11 109 110 Miller George w m 17 Laborer x . . . Farm Laborer x . . . . . . . . . N.Y. N.Y. N.Y.
16 12 110 111 McCormick J w m 88 . x . . Farmer x Old Age . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland
16 13 110 111 McCormick Isabella w f 73 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland
16 14 110 111 Stone Isabella w f 8 G Daughter . . . . At School . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Ill Ireland
16 15 110 112 Mellen Zachariah w m 25 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ill Ireland Ireland
16 16 110 112 Mellen Fannie w f 25 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Wis NY Ireland
16 17 110 112 Mellen Wm F w m 1 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ill Wis
16 18 111 113 Mellan Wm w m 35 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . NY Ireland England
16 19 111 113 Mellan Anne w f 28 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ill Ky Ill
16 20 111 113 Mellan Henry w m 8 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa NY Ill
16 21 111 113 Mellan Nora w f 5 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa NY Ill
16 22 111 113 Winters Geo w m 28 Farm hand x . . . Farm laborer x . . . . . . . . . Ky . Penn
16 23 112 114 Durrant William w m 48 x x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Canada Canada Canada
16 24 112 114 Durrant Amanda w f 46 Wife x x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Canada Canada Canada
16 25 112 114 Durrant Alice w f 15 Daughter . . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . NY Canada Canada
16 26 112 114 Durrant Sarah J w f 12 Daughter . . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . NY Canada Canada
16 27 112 114 Durrant John w m 9 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . NY Canada Canada
16 28 112 114 Durrant Abba w f 7 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . NY Canada Canada
16 29 112 114 Durrant Justise w m 6 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . NY Canada Canada
16 30 112 114 Durrant Solomon w m 4 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NY Canada Canada
16 31 112 114 Durrant Mabel w f 7/12 Nov Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Canada Canada
16 32 113 115 Neff Alexander w m 33 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . NY Conn RI
16 33 113 115 Neff Hannah w f 27 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . NY Conn RI
16 34 113 115 Neff George H w m 7 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . NY NY NY
16 35 113 115 Neff Joseph F w m 5 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . NY NY NY
16 36 113 115 Neff Alfred M w m 4 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY
16 37 113 115 Neff Howard A w m 1 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY
16 38 113 115 Neff Anna M w f 2/12 Apr Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY
16 39 114 116 Neff Joseph w m 44 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . NY Conn RI
16 40 114 116 Neff Emaretta w f 40 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn NY
16 41 114 116 Neff Jennie w f 19 Daughter . . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Ill NY Penn
16 42 114 116 Neff Elizabeth w f 17 Daughter . . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Ill NY Penn
16 43 114 116 Neff Willie w m 13 Son . . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . NY NY Penn
16 44 115 117 Miller Rufus H w m 59 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY
16 45 115 117 Miller Jemima w f 33 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . x . . Canada Canada Canada Line 46 has George crossed out
16 47 115 117 Miller Lillie w f 15 Daughter . . . . At School . . . . . . . x . . NY NY Canada
16 48 115 117 Miller Grace w f 13 Daughter . . . . At School . . . . . . . x . . NY NY Canada
16 49 115 117 Miller Ransom w m 11 Son . . . . At School . . . . . . . x . . NY NY Canada
16 50 115 117 Miller Effie w f 9 Daughter . . . . At School . . . . . . . x . . NY NY Canada
17 1 115 117 Miller Anna w f 6 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . NY NY Canada
17 2 115 117 Miller Not named w f 4/12 Feb Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NY NY Canada Lines 3-50 left blank
18 1 116 118 Thompson William w m 37 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . NY England England Fern Valley enumerated the 24th day of June, 1880
18 2 116 118 Thompson Mary E w f 33 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . NY England England
18 3 116 118 Owans V H w m 26 Boarder x . . . School Teaching 4 . . . . . . . . . Canada Ireland Ireland
18 4 117 119 Mellan Joseph w m 35 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Iowa . .
18 5 117 119 Mellan Ida A w f 30 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Iowa . .
18 6 117 119 Postlethwait M C w m 20 Help x . . . Farm Laborer x . . . . . . . . x Ill Ill Kentucky
18 7 117 119 Postlethwait Lydia w f 10 Boarder . . . . At School . . . . . . . . . x Ill Ill Kentucky Lines 8-50 left blank
19 1 118 120 Sloan Wm w m 31 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ohio Ohio Penn Fern Valley enumerated the 25th day of June, 1880
19 2 118 120 Sloan Betty Lou w f 25 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . W Virginia Virginia Virginia
19 3 118 120 Sloan Mattie w f 3 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ohio Virginia
19 4 118 120 Sloan Della w f 2 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ohio Virginia
19 5 118 120 Moncrief Mary w f 17 Boarder x . . . School Teacher x . . . . . . x . . Ill Ireland Ireland
19 6 118 120 Brown Andrew w m 24 Boarder x . . . Breaking Prairie x . . . . . . . . . Denmark Denmark Denmark
19 7 119 120 Seaur John N w m 48 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
19 8 119 120 Seaur Catherine w f 39 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
19 9 119 120 Seaur Anna w f 14 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Germany Germany Germany
19 10 119 120 Seaur Toffield w m 12 Son x . . . Herding . . . . . . . x . . Germany Germany Germany
19 11 119 120 Seaur Mary w f 10 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Germany
19 12 119 120 Seaur Earnest w m 1 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Germany
19 13 120 121 White Augustus w m 39 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ohio Canada NY
19 14 120 121 White Adeline A w f 34 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ohio NY NY
19 15 120 121 White William E w m 13 Son x . . . At School . . . . . . . x . . Wis Ohio Ohio
19 16 120 121 White Leonard R w m 9 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Ohio Ohio
19 17 120 121 Miller Myrtle w f 19 Boarder x . . . School Teacher x . . . . . . . . . Iowa . .
19 18 121 122 Falb Frederick w m 39 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
19 19 121 122 Falb Anna E w f 43 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
19 20 121 122 Falb Lissetta w f 18 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Germany Germany Germany
19 21 121 122 Falb Alfred w m 15 Son x . . . Works on farm x . . . . . . x . . Germany Germany Germany
19 22 121 122 Falb Albertina w f 13 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Germany Germany Germany
19 23 121 122 Falb Lewis w m 11 Son . . . . Herder . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Germany
19 24 121 122 Falb Mary w f 9 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Germany
19 25 121 122 Falb Katrina w f 7 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Germany
19 26 121 122 Falb Jacob E w m 5 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Germany
19 27 121 122 Falb Emma I w f 2 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Germany
19 28 121 122 Falb Emily w f 1 Neice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Germany
19 29 122 124 Kelly Jerry w m 40 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . NY Ireland Ireland
19 30 122 124 Kelly Mary w f 33 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ill Penn .
19 31 122 124 Kelly Effie w f 13 Daughter x . . . At School . . . . . . . x . . Wis NY Ill
19 32 122 124 Kelly Girty w f 11 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa NY Ill
19 33 122 124 Kelly Cora w f 8 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa NY Ill
19 34 122 124 Kelly Meldon w m 6 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa NY Ill
19 35 122 124 Kelly Frank w m 4 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa NY Ill
19 36 122 124 Kelly Daisy w f 2 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa NY Ill
19 37 122 124 Kelly Mary A w f 4/12 Feb Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa NY Ill
19 38 123 125 Whittier Charlotte w f 34 x . . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . NY Vt NY
19 39 123 125 Hanna John w m 13 Nephew x . . . Herder . . . . . . . x . . Iowa NY NY
19 40 124 126 Hoskins Stephen w m 37 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . England England England
19 41 124 126 Hoskins Mary E w f 32 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . NY Vt NY
19 42 124 126 Hoskins Cora E w f 9 Daughter . . . . At School . . . . . . . x . . Iowa England NY
19 43 124 126 Hoskins Arthur S w m 8 Son . . . . At School . . . . . . . x . . Iowa England NY
19 44 124 126 Hoskins Benj J w m 2 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa England NY
19 45 124 126 Hoskins not named w m 3/12 Mar Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa England NY
19 46 124 126 Cate Flora w f 18 Servant . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Wis Vt NY
19 47 125 127 Cate Thomas J w m 66 . . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . NY Vt Mass
19 48 125 127 Cate Marian E w f 49 Wife . . . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . NY RI RI
19 49 125 127 Cate Charles w m 26 Son . . . . Works on farm x . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY
19 50 125 127 Cate Jessie w f 8 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa NY NY
20 1 126 128 Walker Catherine w f 49 . . x . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . England England England Fern Valley enumerated the 25th day of June, 1880
20 2 126 128 Walker Joseph S w m 18 Son x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . x . . Wis England England
20 3 126 128 Walker Sarah M w f 15 Daughter x . . . At School . . . . . . . x . . Wis England England
20 4 126 128 Schaap Catherine A w f 29 Daughter . x . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wis England England
20 5 126 128 Schaap Ettie G w f 6 G Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Mich Wis
20 6 126 128 Schaap Thomas W w m 4 G Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Mich Wis
20 7 126 128 Schaap John P w m 1 G Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wis Mich Wis
20 8 127 129 Martin John E w m 62 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Virginia . .
20 9 127 129 Martin Mary Jane w f 58 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . West Virginia Virginia Virginia
20 10 127 129 Martin Rosa L w f 18 Daughter x . . . School Teacher x . . . . . . . . . Iowa Virginia Virginia
20 11 127 129 Bates William w m 65 . . x . . . . . . . . . . . . England England England
20 12 128 130 Martin James B w m 28 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . West Va Va Va
20 13 128 130 Martin Rosetta H w f 23 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY
20 14 128 130 Martin Charles C w m 1 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa West Va NY
20 15 129 131 Martin Augustus L w m 29 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . W Virginia Virginia W Virginia
20 16 129 131 Martin Agnes w f 20 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ill Ireland Ireland
20 17 129 131 Martin Julius A w m 11/12 July Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa W Virginia Ill
20 18 130 132 Spoar James w m 29 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . NY Conn NY
20 19 130 132 Spoar Alice w f 19 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ill NY England
20 20 130 132 Spoar Emmet w m 1 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa NY Ill
20 21 131 133 Holmes Robt w m 36 . . x . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . England England England
20 22 131 133 Holmes Thomas w m 6 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . England England England
20 23 131 133 Walker Edward w m 49 Farm help . . x . Farm Laborer x . . . . . . . . . England England England
20 24 131 133 Whittier Benj w m 23 Farm help x . . . Farm Laborer x . . . . . . . . . NY Vt NY
20 25 132 134 Hoskins Wm w m 35 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . England England England
20 26 132 134 Hoskins Rachel w f 20 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Wisconsin Ohio .
20 27 132 134 Walker Mary w f 20 . . . . School Teacher x . . . . . . . . . Wisconsin England England
21 1 133 135 McComb D S w m 68 . . x . Clergyman x . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn
21 2 133 135 McComb William M w m 19 Son x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . x . . Iowa Penn Penn
21 3 133 135 McComb John A w m 8 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Penn Penn
21 4 134 136 McMann E B w m 29 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ill Ohio Ohio
21 5 134 136 McMann Kate w f 20 Wife . x . x Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Wis Ohio Ohio
21 6 135 137 LaBar Edward w m 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn
21 7 135 137 LaBar Matilda w f 26 Wife . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
21 8 135 137 LaBar Carrie E w f 2 Daughter . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Penn Norway
21 9 135 137 McManus Wm w m 14 Herder x . . . Herding x . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ireland Ireland
21 10 136 138 Baker Geo W w m 49 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn
21 11 136 138 Baker Mary A w f 54 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn
21 12 136 138 Mitchelkee Elsie A w f 19 Neice x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Penn . Penn
21 13 136 138 Mitchelkee M A w f 10 Neice x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Ill . Penn
21 14 137 139 Ames Margaret w f 47 . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland
21 15 137 139 Ames Janine w f 15 Daughter . . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Wis NY Ireland
21 16 137 139 Ames Malvina w f 12 Daughter . . . . At School . . . . . . . . . . Iowa NY Ireland
21 17 137 139 Ames Emma w f 9 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Penn Ireland
21 18 137 139 Ames Edmund w m 19 Son . . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Wis NY Ireland
21 19 137 139 Ames Mary w f 17 Daughter . . . . School Teacher x . . . . . . . . . Wis NY Ireland
21 20 137 139 Knapp Eliza w f 22 Daughter . x . . School Teacher x . . . . . . . . . Wis NY Ireland
21 21 137 139 Knapp Lawrence J w m 11/12 July G Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa NY Wis
21 22 138 140 Thompson John M w m 32 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . NY England England
21 23 138 140 Thompson Mary w f 33 Wife . x . x Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . NY Ireland Ireland
21 24 139 141 Reed Joseph w m 40 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn
21 25 139 141 Reed Mary w f 50 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn
21 26 139 141 Reed John w m 19 Son x . . . Works on farm x . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn
21 27 139 141 Reed Rebecca w f 16 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn
21 28 139 141 Reed Charles w m 13 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Ill Penn Penn
21 29 139 141 Reed Sarah w f 11 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Ill Penn Penn
21 30 140 142 Neff Stephen F w m 28 . . . . Farm Laborer x . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY
21 31 140 142 Neff Jane w f 21 Wife . . . . Servant x . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY
21 32 140 142 Neff Minnie w f 6 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . NY NY NY
21 33 140 142 Neff Willie E w m 2 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY
21 34 140 142 Neff Asel w m 73 Father . . . . . . . . . . . . . x x NY NY NY
21 35 140 142 Neff Betsy E w f 67 Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY