1850 Federal Census Ottawa County, Michigan (Jamestown) ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwcensus.org/ http://www.usgwcensus.org/cenfiles/ ************************************************************************** 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 Jeffrey Spear from public records. Edited and reformatted by Maggie Stewart, November 2005. Submitted by Jeffrey Spear. This transcription was Proofread by Maggie Stewart. 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The complete original, handwritten census of this county is available in book form (including a typed index) from S-K Publications, PO Box 8173, Wichita KS 67208 (www.skpub.com/genie/census.html). ___________________________________________________________ You can view the SK census images online at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/ottawa/census/1850/ ___________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Ottawa County, Michigan, Please visit the Ottawa County, MIGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~miottawa/ ____________________________________________________________________________ This work follows all guidelines of the USGW Census Project, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. ____________________________________________________________________________ KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS: LN=Line Number HN=House Number FN=Family Number MRD=Married within last year SCH=Attended school within last year R/W=Adults who cannot read and write DDB=Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1850 Federal Census Ottawa County, Michigan ____________________________________________________________________________ --- Year: 1850 State: Michigan County: Ottawa Sheet No: 59B Reel no: M432-361 Division: The Township of Jamestown Page No: 104 Enumerated on: July First, 1850 by: B Grootenhuis Transcribed by Jeffrey Spear and Proofread by Maggie Stewart for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2005 ======|=============|=================================|===========|=================|=============|=========|======|========================== LINE | Dwell Famil | Firstname Lastname | Age S C | Occupation Real | Birthplace | M S R D | SNDX | Remarks ======|=============|=================================|===========|=================|=============|=========|======|========================== 1 | 413 413 | Albert Lanning | 25 M | Farmer 400 | Holl. | | L552 | 2 | 413 413 | H: Lanning | 20 F | | Holl. | | L552 | 3 | 413 413 | Marrigje Lanning | 3/12 F | | Mich | | L552 | 4 | 414 414 | James M. Smith | 34 M | Farmer 700 | New York | | S530 | 5 | 414 414 | Laurinda Smith | 23 F | | Vermont | | S530 | 6 | 414 414 | M: E: Smith | 7 F | | Mich | | S530 | 7 | 414 414 | Francis M. Smith | 5 M | | Mich | | S530 | 8 | 414 414 | C: H: Smith | 3 F | | Mich | | S530 | 9 | 414 414 | F: A: Smith | 11/12 M | | Mich | | S530 | 10 | 414 414 | L: Morris | 21 M | Laborer | New York | | M620 | 11 | 414 414 | M: Jackway | 13 F | | Mich | | J200 | 12 | 415 415 | J. B. Prescott | 31 M | Farmer 80 | Mass. | | P623 | 13 | 415 415 | Maria Prescott | 28 F | | Canada | | P623 | 14 | 415 415 | M. S: Prescott | 4 F | | Mich | | P623 | 15 | 415 415 | Helena A. Prescott | 1 F | | Mich | | P623 | 16 | 416 416 | A: Fries | 57 M | Farmer 800 | New York | | F620 | 17 | 416 416 | Christina Fries | 57 F | | New York | | F620 | 18 | 416 416 | Andrew Fries | 24 M | | New York | | F620 | 19 | 416 416 | William Fries | 18 M | | New York | | F620 | 20 | 416 416 | Nelson Fries | 16 M | | New York | | F620 | 21 | 416 416 | Elizabeth Fries | 10 F | | New York | | F620 | 22 | 417 417 | David Richardson | 24 M | Laborer | Maine | X | R263 | 23 | 417 417 | Alecta Richardson | 17 F | | Ohio | X | R263 | 24 | 417 417 | Mary Richardson | 4 F | | Mich | | R263 | 25 | 417 417 | Charles Richardson | 1 M | | MIch | | R263 | 26 | 418 418 | Charles Richardson | 35 M | Farmer 200 | Maine | | R263 | 27 | 418 418 | Eliza J. Richardson | 32 F | | Maine | | R263 | 28 | 418 418 | Charles H. Richardson | 12 M | | Mich | | R263 | 29 | 418 418 | Abigail J. Richardson | 10 F | | Mich | | R263 | 30 | 418 418 | Amaline Richardson | 8 F | | Mich | | R263 | 31 | 418 418 | Ebial D. Richardson | 4 M | | Mich | | R263 | 32 | 418 418 | Mary E. Richardson | 3 F | | Mich | | R263 | 33 | 418 418 | Josiah Richardson | 1 M | | Mich | | R263 | 34 | 418 418 | George Richardson | 1/12 M | | Mich | | R263 | 35 | 419 419 | James M. Conkright | 26 M | Farmer 500 | Vermont | | C526 | 36 | 419 419 | Cordalia Conkright | 18 F | | Ohio | | C526 | 37 | 419 419 | Charlot Conkright | 1 F | | Mich | | C526 | 38 | 420 420 | James Conkright | 59 M | 500 | Vermont | | C526 | 39 | 420 420 | Lucretia Conkright | 56 F | | New Hamp. | | C526 | 40 | 420 420 | H. W. C. Conkright | 20 F | | New York | | C526 | 41 | 420 420 | Orral Clark | 36 M | Farmer | New York | | C462 | 42 | 420 420 | Delia Clark | U* F | | New York | | C462 | U* Illegible ======|=============|=================================|===========|=================|=============|=========|======|========================== --- Year: 1850 State: Michigan County: Ottawa Sheet No: 60A Reel no: M432-361 Division: The Township of Jamestown Page No: 105 Enumerated on: July First, 1850 by: B Grootenhuis Transcribed by Jeffrey Spear and Proofread by Maggie Stewart for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2005 ======|=============|=================================|===========|=================|=============|=========|======|========================== LINE | Dwell Famil | Firstname Lastname | Age S C | Occupation Real | Birthplace | M S R D | SNDX | Remarks ======|=============|=================================|===========|=================|=============|=========|======|========================== 1 | 421 421 | Clark Yemmons | 25 M | Farmer 70 | New York | | Y552 | *Only 30 names this page 2 | 421 421 | Maretta Yemmons | 19 F | | New York | | Y552 | 3 | 421 421 | Sephrona Yemmons | 6/12 F | | Mich | | Y552 | 4 | 422 422 | Lyman Hill | 23 M | Farmer 50 | New York | | H400 | 5 | 422 422 | Catharina Hill | 56 F | | Vermont | | H400 | 6 | 422 422 | Fitch Hill | 21 M | Laborer | New York | | H400 | 7 | 423 423 | S: L: Gitchel | 39 M | Laborer 70 | New York | | G324 | 8 | 423 423 | Louisa Gitchel | 32 F | | Connecticut | | G324 | 9 | 423 423 | Mary L. Gitchel | 13 F | | Penns. | | G324 | 10 | 423 423 | David M Gitchel | 11 M | | Penns. | | G324 | 11 | 423 423 | Annaliza Gitchel | 9 F | | Penns. | | G324 | 12 | 423 423 | Rachel Gitchel | 7 F | | Penns. | | G324 | 13 | 423 423 | James W. Gitchel | 5 M | | Penns. | | G324 | 14 | 423 423 | Benjamin S. Gitchel | 2 M | | Mich | | G324 | 15 | 424 424 | James M. Brand | 23 M | Farmer 250 | Penns. | X | B653 | 16 | 424 424 | Dyantha L. Brand | 17 F | | MIch | X | B653 | 17 | 425 425 | George W. Palmer | 43 M | Farmer 200 | New York | | P456 | 18 | 425 425 | Flavilla Palmer | 45 F | | Mass. | | P456 | 19 | 425 425 | Franklin T. Palmer | 20 M | Farmer | New York | | P456 | 20 | 425 425 | Mary J. Palmer | 18 F | | New York | | P456 | 21 | 425 425 | Alonzo J. Palmer | 15 F | | New York | | P456 | 22 | 425 425 | Columbus W. Palmer | 13 M | | Ohio | | P456 | 23 | 425 425 | William H. Palmer | 10 M | | Mich | | P456 | 24 | 425 425 | Waldo W. Palmer | 8 M | | Mich | | P456 | 25 | 425 425 | Flavilla T. Palmer | 6 F | | Mich | | P456 | 26 | 425 425 | Julia H. Palmer | 3 F | | Mich | | P456 | 27 | 426 426 | George G. Donnely | 58 M | Farmer 300 | New York | | D540 | 28 | 426 426 | Pina Donnely | 58 F | | New York | | D540 | 29 | 426 426 | Augustus Donnely | 26 M | | New York | | D540 | 30 | 426 426 | James Donnely | 3 M | | Mich | | D540 | *Last line in township 31 | | | | | | | | Lines 31 - 42 left blank. ======|=============|=================================|===========|=================|=============|=========|======|==========================