VILLAGE OF RUTHVEN, 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 166
Enumerator Wm. G. Henry
Post Office Village of Ruthven
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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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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 Idoitic Insane 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)
13 1 1 1 Ruthven Alex Jr w m 25 . . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Scotland Scotland Scotland Village of Ruthven, Highland Township enumerated the 17th day of
13 2 1 1 Ruthven Carrie w f 22 . Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
13 3 1 1 Ruthven Alex L w m 2 . Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Scotland Norway
13 4 1 1 Ruthven Susie A w f 10/12 Apr Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Scotland Norway
13 5 1 1 Canon Frank w m 14 . Servant . . . . Farm Hand x . . . . . . . . . Wis Ireland Ireland
13 6 2 2 Ruthven Alex w m 63 . . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Scotland Scotland Scotland
13 7 2 2 Ruthven Margaret G w f 62 . Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Scotland Scotland Scotland
13 8 2 2 Ruthven Margaret w f 20 . Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Scotland Scotland Scotland
13 9 3 3 Larson Christian w m 50 . . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
13 10 3 3 Larson Annie M w f 51 . Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
13 11 3 3 Larson Gilbert w m 26 . Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
13 12 3 3 Larson Lena w f 21 . Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
13 13 3 3 Larson Mary w f 19 . Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
13 14 3 3 Larson Nettie w f 17 . Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
13 15 3 3 Larson Betsy w f 15 . Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Norway Norway Norway
13 16 3 3 Larson Louisa w f 12 . Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Norway Norway Norway
13 17 3 3 Larson Evers w m 60 . Boarder . . x . Working on RR x . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
13 18 3 3 Larson Jacob w m 49 . Boarder x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
13 19 4 4 Larson Carl G w m 50 . . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
13 20 4 4 Larson Inebar w f 50 . Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
13 21 4 4 Larson Laura w f 20 . Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
13 22 4 4 Larson Carl w m 17 . Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Norway Norway Norway
13 23 4 4 Larson Julius w m 16 . Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis Norway Norway
13 24 4 4 Larson Jacob w m 15 . Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis Norway Norway
13 25 4 4 Larson Mathew w m 14 . Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis Norway Norway
13 26 4 4 Larson George w m 11 . Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Norway Norway
13 27 4 4 Larson Gideon w m 1 . Grandson x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Scotland Norway
13 28 5 5 Johnson John w m 35 . . . x . . Works on RR x . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
13 29 5 5 Johnson Mary w f 33 . Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden
13 30 5 5 Johnson Annie w f 11 . Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Norway Sweden
13 31 5 5 Johnson Edward w m 9 . Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Norway Sweden
13 32 5 5 Johnson Odelia w f 7 . Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Norway Sweden
13 33 5 5 Johnson Matilda w f 3 . Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Norway Sweden
13 34 5 5 Nelson Caus w m 25 . Boarder x . . . Works on RR x . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden
13 35 5 5 Swanson Benj w m 30 . Boarder x . . . Works on RR x . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden
13 36 5 5 Skow Yeppa w m 25 . Boarder x . . . Works on RR x . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden
13 37 5 5 Swanson Hans w m 28 . Boarder x . . . Works on RR x . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden
13 38 5 5 Guslou Louis w m 29 . Boarder x . . . Works on RR x . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
13 39 5 5 Irick Irick w m 32 . Boarder x . . . Works on RR x . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden
13 40 5 5 Hanson Olaf w m 30 . Boarder x . . . Works on RR x . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden Lines 41-50 left blank
13 1 6 6 Hastings Chas W w m 30 . . . x . . Dry Goods Merchant x . . . . . . . . . NY England NY Village of Ruthven enumerated the 17th day of June, 1880
13 2 6 6 Hastings Sarah A w f 23 . Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . NY England NY
13 3 6 6 Hastings William C w m 3 . Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa NY NY
13 4 6 6 Hastings Frederick J w m 1 . Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa NY NY
13 5 6 6 Hodgskins Lester w m 22 . Boarder x . . . Laborer x . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY
13 6 6 6 Henshaw Eugene w m 28 . Boarder x . . . Laborer x . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY
13 7 6 6 Gorham K w m 35 . Boarder x . . . Laborer x . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland
13 8 7 7 Davis Clemens L w m 33 . . . x . . Laborer x . . . . . . . . . NJ NJ NJ
13 9 7 7 Davis Sarah J w f 21 . Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Penn Ohio
13 10 7 7 Davis Blanche E w f 2 . Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa NJ Iowa
13 11 7 7 Davis James M w m 6/12 Dec Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa NJ Iowa
13 12 8 8 Shaffer George W w m 30 . . . x . . RR Agent x . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn
13 13 8 8 Shaffer Martha J w f 28 . Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . N.Y. N.Y. N.Y.
13 14 9 9 Richards Jesse C w m 61 . . . x . . Keeping Boarding House x . . . . . . . . . Vir Maryland Maryland
13 15 9 9 Richards Abbe J w f 48 . Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . N.Y. N.Y. N.Y.
13 16 9 9 Richards Charles J w m 19 . Son x . . . Painter x . . . . . . x . . Wis Vir N.Y.
13 17 9 9 Richards Elmira w f 12 . Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis Vir N.Y.
13 18 9 9 Richards Jesse W w m 8 . Son x . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Vir N.Y.
13 19 10 10 Stoakes Thos B w m 45 . . . x . . Post Master x . . . . . . . . . England England England
13 20 10 10 Stoakes Emmline w f 45 . Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . x . . N.J. N.J. N.Y.
13 21 10 10 Stoakes Nettie w f 8 . Daught x . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa England N.J.
13 22 10 10 Stoakes Alvin F w m 5 . Son x . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa England N.J.
13 23 10 10 Potter Joseph w m 36 . Boarder x . . . Dry goods Merchant x . . . . . . . . . England England England
13 24 11 11 McLaughlin Ann w f 52 . . . . x . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Penn Penn
13 25 11 11 McLaughlin Nancy w f 18 . Daughter x . . . Working out x . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ohio Ohio
13 26 11 11 McLaughlin Lettie w f 13 . Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Ohio Ohio
13 27 11 11 McLaughlin Lucy w f 11 . Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Ohio Ohio
13 28 11 12 Peterson Olie w f 24 . . x . . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Wis Norway Norway
13 29 12 13 Smith Samuel w m 30 . . . x . . School Teacher x . . . . . . . . . Penn N.J. Penn
13 30 12 13 Smith Retta A w f 27 . Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Wis Vir N.Y.
13 31 12 13 Smith Emery E w m 3 . Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Penn Wis
13 32 12 13 Smith Charles E w m 6/12 Dec Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Penn Wis
13 33 13 14 Teal James w m 50 . . . x . . Physician x . . . . . . . . . England England England Lines 34-50 left blank