1870 Federal Census Bremer County, Iowa (Sumner Township: File 2 of 2) The USGenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. Abstracted by Rebecca Seehusen from public records. Edited and formatted by Maggie Stewart, February 2002. Submitted by Rebecca Seehusen May 13, 2001. This transcription was proofread by Karlyn Armstrong. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. yardmom@email.msn.com ____________________________________________________________________________ This work follows all guidelines of the USGW Census Project, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. ____________________________________________________________________________ Thanks to S-K Publications for providing the census CD from which this transcription was made. Images of the complete original, handwritten census of this county are available on CD from S-K Publications, PO Box 8173, Wichita KS 67208 (www.skpub.com/genie/census.html). ____________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Bremer County, Iowa, Please visit the Bremer County, IAGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~iabremer ____________________________________________________________________________ Census Images for Bremer County, Iowa 1870 are available at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/bremer/census/1870/ ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1870 Federal Census for Bremer County, Iowa ____________________________________________________________________________ --- Census Year: 1870 State: Iowa County: Bremer Post Office: Waverly Sheet No: 304A Reel no: M593-378 Division: Sumner Township Page no: 12 Enumerated on: August 3, 1870 by: H. S. Hoover, Ass't Marshall Reference: Stamped at Census Office 26 Sept 1870 Transcribed by Rebecca T. Seehusen and Proofread by Karlyn Armstrong for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|===========|===========================|============|===============|================|=======|===|=====|======|========================================= LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S C | Occupation | RealV Pers | BirthPlace | F F Month Mont | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|===========|===========================|============|===============|================|=======|===|=====|======|========================================= 1 | 80 81 | Roe Mary J. | 11 F W | At Home | | Iowa | | X | | | R000 | 2 | 80 81 | Roe Jane Ann | 36 F W | Keeping House | | NY | | | | | R000 | 3 | 80 81 | Roe Chas. | 46 M W | Farmer | 4000 1520 | Vermont | | | | X | R000 | 4 | 80 81 | Roe Susan | 7/12 F W | | | Iowa | Oct. | | | | R000 | 5 | 81 82 | Riley Euphemia | 60 F W | Keeping House | | NY | | | | | R400 | 6 | 81 83 | Price Chas | 7 M W | | | Iowa | | X | | | P620 | 7 | 81 83 | Price William | 3 M W | | | Iowa | | | | | P620 | 8 | 81 83 | Price Elzabeth | 27 F W | Keeping House | | Pennsylvania | | | | | P620 | 9 | 81 83 | Price Harrison | 29 M W | Farmer | 1800 400 | Pennsylvania | | | | | P620 | 10 | 82 84 | Roe Edgar | 8 M W | | | Iowa | | | | | R000 | 11 | 82 84 | Roe Emma | 6 F W | | | Iowa | | | | | R000 | 12 | 82 84 | Roe Wallace | 11 M W | At Home | | Iowa | | | | | R000 | 13 | 82 84 | Roe Euphemia | 33 F W | Keeping House | | NY | | | | | R000 | 14 | 82 84 | Roe Allen | 37 M W | Farmer | 2000 1500 | Vermont | | | | X | R000 | 15 | 83 85 | Roe Martha | 69 F W | Keeping House | | Vermont | | | | | R000 | 16 | 84 86 | Krause Chas. | 9 M W | | | Prussia | X X | X | | | K620 | 17 | 84 86 | Krause Eliza | 46 F W | Keeping House | | Prussia | X X | | | | K620 | 18 | 84 86 | Krause Ferdinand | 5 M W | | | Prussia | X X | X | | | K620 | 19 | 84 86 | Krause Louisa | 6 F W | | | Prussia | X X | | | | K620 | 20 | 84 86 | Krause Wm | 46 M W | Farmer | 1000 450 | Prussia | X X | | | | K620 | 21 | 84 86 | Krause Amelia | 3 F W | | | Wisconsin | X X | | | | K620 | 22 | 85 87 | Sleeper Arthur | 11 M W | At Home | | Iowa | | X | | | S416 | 23 | 85 87 | Sleeper Grace | 8 F W | | | Iowa | | | | | S416 | 24 | 85 87 | Sleeper Stephen | 51 M W | Farmer | 2500 1200 | New Hamp | | | | X | S416 | 25 | 85 87 | Sleeper Edgar | 24 M W | Farmer | | NY | Oct | | | X | S416 | 26 | 85 87 | Sleeper Mattie | 18 F W | Keeping House | | Pennsylvania | Oct | | | | S416 | 27 | 85 87 | Sleeper Nancy | 53 F W | Keeping House | | Vermont | | | | | S416 | 28 | 86 88 | French Eddy B. | 4 M W | | | Iowa | | | | | F652 | 29 | 86 88 | French Geo. OB. | 10 M W | At Home | | Iowa | | X | | | F652 | 30 | 86 88 | French Geo H. | 45 M W | Farmer | 2500 810 | Mass. | | | | X | F652 | 31 | 86 88 | French Hannah E. | 16 F W | At Home | | Mass. | | X | | | F652 | 32 | 86 88 | French Maryann S. | 43 F W | | | New Hamp | | | | | F652 | 33 | 87 89 | Hall Sarah | 44 F W | Keeping House | 1700 800 | England | X X | | | | H400 | 34 | 87 89 | Lund Hannah | 66 F W | At Home | | England | X X | | | | L530 | 35 | 87 89 | Dunbar John | 27 M W | Farmer | | New Hamp | | | | X | D516 | 36 | 88 90 | Philip Calvin | 12 M W | At Home | | Iowa | | X | | | P410 | 37 | 88 90 | Reed John | 12 M W | At Home | | Iowa | | X | | | R300 | 38 | 88 90 | Philips Amelia | 50 F W | Keeping House | | Pennsylvania | | | | | P412 | 39 | 88 90 | Philips Henry | 50 M W | Farmer | 2160 700 | Pennsylvania | | | | X | P412 | 40 | 88 90 | Philips Margaret | 22 F W | At Home | | Pennsylvania | | | | | P412 | =====|=============|=================================|===========|===========================|============|===============|================|=======|===|=====|======|========================================= --- Census Year: 1870 State: Iowa County: Bremer Post Office: Waverly Sheet No: 304B Reel no: M593-378 Division: Sumner Township Page no: 13 Enumerated on: August 4, 1870 by: H. S. Hoover, Ass't Marshall Transcribed by Rebecca T. Seehusen and Proofread by Karlyn Armstrong for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|===========|===========================|============|===============|================|=======|===|=====|======|========================================= LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S C | Occupation | RealV Pers | BirthPlace | F F Month Mont | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|===========|===========================|============|===============|================|=======|===|=====|======|========================================= 1 | 88 90 | Philips Thomas | 20 M | At Home | | Pennsylvania | | X | | | P412 | 2 | 89 91 | Cory Minerva | 49 F W | Keeping House | | NY | | | | | C600 | 3 | 89 91 | Cory Richard | 47 M W | Farmer | 5400 1700 | NY | | | | X | C600 | 4 | 89 91 | Cory Laura E. | 16 F W | At Home | | Ill. | | X | | | C600 | 5 | 90 92 | Roberts Louisa | 13 F W | Maid | | Canada | X X | | | | R163 | 6 | 90 92 | Davis Chaz | 60 M W | Farmer | 5000 1600 | New Hamp | | | | X | D120 | 7 | 90 92 | Davis Esta J. | 16 F W | At Home | | New Hamp | | X | | | D120 | 8 | 90 92 | Davis Mary | 60 F W | Keeping House | | New Hamp | | | | | D120 | 9 | 91 93 | Van Gordon Coley | 2 M W | | | NY | | | | | V526 | 10 | 91 93 | Van Gordon Emily | 30 F W | Keeping House | | NY | | | | | V526 | 11 | 91 93 | Van Gordon P. Fletcher | 29 M W | Blacksmith | 500 | NY | | | | X | V526 | 12 | 91 93 | Van Gordon Willie | 4 M W | | | NY | | | | | V526 | 13 | 91 93 | Kourth Saml. | 20 M W | Blacksmith | | Prussia | X X | | | | K630 | 14 | 92 94 | Farrana Caroline | 29 F W | House Keeper | | Ill. | | | | | F650 | 15 | 92 94 | Farrana Finett | 7 F W | At Home | | Ill. | | X | | | F650 | 16 | 92 94 | Farrana Oscar | 28 M W | Farmer | 2000 550 | NY | | | | | F650 | 17 | 93 95 | Dryer Minna | 24 F W | Keeping House | | Kuhr Hessen | X X | | | | D660 | 18 | 93 95 | Dryer John | 33 M W | Farmer | 2000 550 | Prussia | X X | | | | D660 | 19 | 94 96 | Ketchum Alonzo | 27 M W | Farmer | 6000 1620 | Ill. | | | | X | K325 | 20 | 94 96 | Ketchum Wm H. | 2 M W | | | Iowa | | | | | K325 | 21 | 94 96 | Ketchum Josephine | 22 F W | Keeping House | | Michigan | | | | | K325 | 22 | 95 97 | Wilkins Alonzo | 7 M W | | | Iowa | | X | | | W425 | 23 | 95 97 | Wilkins Minna | 3 F W | | | Iowa | | | | | W425 | 24 | 95 97 | Wilkins Elmor | 15 M W | At Home | | NY | | X | | | W425 | 25 | 95 97 | Wilkins Tryhemia | 37 F W | Keeping House | | NY | | | | | W425 | 26 | 95 97 | Wilkins Morgan | 40 M W | Farmer | 800 570 | Vermont | | | | X | W425 | 27 | 96 98 | Atkins Franklin | 28 M W | Farmer | 2200 1600 | Ill. | | | | X | A325 | 28 | 96 98 | Atkins Bertha E. | 10/12 F W | | | Iowa | Aug | | | | A325 | 29 | 96 98 | Atkins Ella | 16 F W | Keeping House | | NY | | | | | A325 | 30 | 96 98 | Cool Anderson | 21 M W | Farm Labor | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | C400 | 31 | 97 99 | Atkins Laura | 26 F W | At Home | | Ill. | | | | | A325 | 32 | 97 99 | Scott ElectraP. | 14 F W | At Home | | Ill. | | | | | S300 | 33 | 97 99 | Scott Electra A. | 58 F W | Keeping House | 900 200 | NY | | | | | S300 | 34 | 98 100 | Carpenter Elmer | 9 M W | | | Ill. | | X | | | C615 | 35 | 98 100 | Carpenter George | 13 M W | At Home | | Ill. | | X | | | C615 | 36 | 98 100 | Carpenter Homer | 7 M W | | | Ill. | | X | | | C615 | 37 | 98 100 | Carpenter Mary | 34 F W | Keeping House | | Ill. | | | | | C615 | 38 | 98 100 | Carpenter Mary | 8/12 F W | | | Iowa | Sept | | | | C615 | 39 | 98 100 | Carpenter Washington | 36 M W | Farmer | 2500 750 | Pennsylvania | | | | X | C615 | 40 | 99 101 | Kepler Clayton H. | 1 M W | | | Pennsylvania | | | | | K146 | =====|=============|=================================|===========|===========================|============|===============|================|=======|===|=====|======|========================================= --- Census Year: 1870 State: Iowa County: Bremer Post Office: Waverly Sheet No: 305A Reel no: M593-378 Division: Sumner Township Page no: 14 Enumerated on: August 5, 1870 by: H. S. Hoover, Ass't Marshall Transcribed by Rebecca T. Seehusen and Proofread by Karlyn Armstrong for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|===========|===========================|============|===============|================|=======|===|=====|======|========================================= LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S C | Occupation | RealV Pers | BirthPlace | F F Month Mont | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|===========|===========================|============|===============|================|=======|===|=====|======|========================================= 1 | 99 101 | Kepler Earl | 3 M W | | | Pennsylvania | | | | | K146 | 2 | 99 101 | Kepler Hannah | 29 F W | Keeping House | | Pennsylvania | | | | | K146 | 3 | 99 101 | Kepler I. Newton | 32 M W | Farmer | 550 810 | Pennsylvania | | | | X | K146 | 4 | 100 102 | Aldrich Jonathan | 47 M W | Farmer | 550 | NY | | | | X | A436 | 5 | 100 102 | Aldrich Sarah | 44 F W | Keeping House | | Pennsylvania | | | | | A436 | 6 | 100 102 | Aldrich Geo M | 19 M W | At Home | | Pennsylvania | | | | | A436 | 7 | 100 102 | Aldrich Lucinda J | 17 F W | At Home | | Pennsylvania | | | | | A436 | 8 | 100 102 | Aldrich Julia D | 13 F W | At Home | | Pennsylvania | | | | | A436 | 9 | 100 102 | Aldrich Merrill B | 11 M W | At Home | | Pennsylvania | | | | | A436 | 10 | 100 102 | Aldrich Lemon M. | 9 M W | | | Pennsylvania | | | | | A436 | 11 | 100 102 | Aldrich Eva J. | 5 F W | | | Pennsylvania | | | | | A436 | 12 | 100 102 | Aldrich Ida M | 2 F W | | | Wisconsin | | | | | A436 | 13 | 101 103 | Orvis Chas W. | 30 M W | Labor | 110 | NY | | | | X | O612 | 14 | 101 103 | Orvis Susana | 25 F W | Keeping House | | Kentucky | | | | | O612 | 15 | 101 103 | Orvis Ida M. | 2 F W | | | Ill. | | | | | O612 | 16 | 101 103 | Orvis Chas A. | 1/12 M W | | | Iowa | April | | | | O612 | 17 | 102 104 | Richmond Lorin | 47 M W | Farmer | 1000 550 | Vermont | | | | X | R255 | 18 | 102 104 | Richmond Locida A. | 48 F W | Keeping House | | Ohio | | | | | R255 | 19 | 102 104 | Richmond Frank | 20 M W | At Home | | N Y | | | | | R255 | 20 | 103 105 | Drake Thomas | 73 M W | Retired Farmer | | Vermont | | | | X | D620 | 21 | 103 105 | Drake May | 72 F W | At Home | | Vermont | | | | | D620 | 22 | 103 105 | Drake Nancy | 45 F W | At Home | | Vermont | | | | | D620 | 23 | 103 105 | Drake Millie | 8 F W | At Home | | Iowa | | X | | | D620 | 24 | 103 105 | Stoddard Ashman | 37 M W | Farmer | | NY | | | | X | S336 | *Real Estate &personal Property on ... 25 | 103 105 | Stoddard Sarah F. | 27 F W | Keeping House | 2400 1150 | Vermont | | | | | S336 | Wive's line by Ass't Marshal. 26 | 103 105 | Stoddard Laura | 3 F W | | | Iowa | | | | | S336 | 27 | 104 106 | Burkstrausen David | 49 M W | Farmer | 5000 2700 | Pennsylvania | | | | X | B623 | 28 | 104 106 | Burkstrausen Margaret | 49 F W | Keeping House | | Pennsylvania | | | | | B623 | 29 | 104 106 | Burkstrausen Martha A. | 19 F W | At Home | | Pennsylvania | | | | | B623 | 30 | 104 106 | Burkstrausen Andrew J. | 18 M W | At Home | | Pennsylvania | | X | | | B623 | 31 | 104 106 | Burkstrausen Sylvia K. | 14 F W | At Home | | Pennsylvania | | X | | | B623 | 32 | 104 106 | Burkstrausen A. Bell | 14 F W | At Home | | Pennsylvania | | X | | | B623 | 33 | 105 107 | Wattenpaugh Martin | 30 M W | Farmer | 2000 740 | Ill. | | | | X | W351 | 34 | 105 107 | Wattenpaugh Theresa J. | 23 F W | Keeping House | | Pennsylvania | | | | | W351 | 35 | 105 107 | Wattenpaugh Adelbert | 2 M W | At Home | | Iowa | | | | | W351 | 36 | 106 108 | Bixly Hiram B. | 53 M W | Farmer | 1200 700 | NY | | | | X | B240 | 37 | 106 108 | Bixly Julia A. | 53 F W | Keeping House | | Canada | X X | | | | B240 | 38 | 106 108 | Woody Amanda S. | 31 F W | At Home | | NY | X X | | | | W300 | 39 | 106 108 | Boyo Mary A. | 28 F W | At Home | | NY | X X | | | | B000 | 40 | 106 108 | Woody Clara | 10 F W | At Home | | Wisconsin | | X | | | W300 | =====|=============|=================================|===========|===========================|============|===============|================|=======|===|=====|======|========================================= --- Census Year: 1870 State: Iowa County: Bremer Post Office: Waverly Sheet No: 305B Reel no: M593-378 Division: Sumner Township Page no: 15 Enumerated on: August 5, 1870 by: H. S. Hoover, Ass't Marshall Reference: stamped census office 26 Sep 1870 Transcribed by Rebecca T. Seehusen and Proofread by Karlyn Armstrong for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|===========|===========================|============|===============|================|=======|===|=====|======|========================================= LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S C | Occupation | RealV Pers | BirthPlace | F F Month Mont | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|===========|===========================|============|===============|================|=======|===|=====|======|========================================= 1 | 106 108 | Woody Hattie | 8 F W | | | Wisconsin | | X | | | W300 | 2 | 106 108 | Boyo Frank H. | 4 M W | | | Iowa | | | | | B000 | 3 | 106 108 | Boyo Chas J. | 2 M W | | | Iowa | | | | | B000 | 4 | 106 109 | Moulton Michael | 45 M W | Farmer | 900 600 | NY | | | | X | M435 | 5 | 106 109 | Moulton Sallie | 44 F W | Keeping House | | NY | | | | | M435 | 6 | 106 109 | Moulton Willis | 18 M W | Farm Labor | | NY | | | | | M435 | 7 | 107 110 | Anderson Olin | 31 M W | Farmer | 25 | Norway | X X | | | | A536 | 8 | 107 110 | Anderson Betsey | 30 F W | Keeping House | | Norway | X X | | | | A536 | 9 | 107 110 | Anderson Hannah | 3 F W | At Home | | Iowa | X X | | | | A536 | 10 | 107 110 | Anderson Andrew | 1 M W | At Home | | Iowa | X X | | | | A536 | 11 | 107 110 | Anderson Cilla | 55 F W | At Home | | Norway | X X | | | | A536 | 12 | 107 110 | Anderson Anfon | 28 M W | Farm Labor | | Norway | X X | | | | A536 | 13 | 107 110 | Anderson Louis | 16 M W | Farm Labor | | Norway | X X | | | | A536 | 14 | 108 111 | Hathaway Horace | 58 M W | Farmer | 2500 1000 | NY | | | | X | H300 | 15 | 108 111 | Hathaway Alvina | 55 F W | Keeping House | | NY | | | | | H300 | 16 | 108 111 | Hathaway F. Naomi | 19 F W | At Home | | NY | | | | | H300 | 17 | 108 111 | Hathaway Jas B | 14 M W | At Home | | NY | | | | | H300 | 18 | 108 111 | Hathaway Saml L | 11 F W | At Home | | NY | | | | | H300 | 19 | 109 112 | Hatch Eliza | 39 F W | Keeping House | 3000 370 | NY | | | | | H320 | 20 | 109 112 | Hatch Mary D | 15 F W | At Home | | NY | | X | | | H320 | 21 | 109 112 | Hatch Emma E | 10 F W | At Home | | NY | | X | | | H320 | 22 | 109 112 | Hatch Wallace J. | 9 M W | | | NY | | X | | | H320 | 23 | 109 112 | Hatch Assenith M. | 7 F W | | | Iowa | | X | | | H320 | 24 | 109 112 | Hatch Joseph A. | 3 M W | | | Iowa | | | | | H320 | =====|=============|=================================|===========|===========================|============|===============|================|=======|===|=====|======|========================================= 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | Lines 24 - 40 left blank. =====|=============|=================================|===========|===========================|============|===============|================|=======|===|=====|======|========================================= 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | Page 16, Sheet 306A left blank. =====|=============|=================================|===========|===========================|============|===============|================|=======|===|=====|======|=========================================