1870 Federal Census Alpine County, California (Township No Five, Monitor) 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 Nancy C. Thornburg from public records. Edited and formatted by Maggie Stewart, April 2002. Submitted by Nancy C. Thornburg November 12, 2001. A volunteer has not yet been found to proofread this transcription. If you are interested in doing this please contact the USGW Project. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. nthornburg@gbis.com ____________________________________________________________________________ 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 REAL VAL.=Value of Real Estate PERS VAL.=Value of Personal Estate FATHER FOREIGN BORN MOTHER FOREIGN BORN MONTH BORN=If Born within last year, Give Month MONTH MARR=If Married within last year, Give Month ATT. SCHOOL=Attended school within last year CAN'T READ=Adults who cannot read CAN'T WRITE=Adults who cannot write DEAF=Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict M-21yrs=Males Over 21 years of age ____________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Alpine County, California, Please visit the Alpine County, CAGenWeb page at http://www.cagenweb.com/alpincty.htm ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1870 Federal Census for Alpine County, California ____________________________________________________________________________ --- State: California County: Alpine Post Office: Monitor Page No: 1 Reel no: M593-69 Division: Township No. Five Sheet No: 313B Enumerated on: June 27th, 1870 by: Cyrus Coleman Transcribed by Nancy C. Thornburg for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S Co | Occupation | Real Pers | BirthPlace | F F Mon Mon | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ 1 | 1 1 | Lewis LaFayette | 34 M W | Livery stable keeper | 2000 1000 | N.Y. | | | | X | L200 | 2 | 1 1 | Lewis Ellen S. | 28 F W | Keeping house | | N.Y. | X | | | | L200 | 3 | 1 1 | Lewis Arthur T. | 7 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | L200 | 4 | 1 1 | King Charles | 23 M W | Miner | 200 | N.Y. | | | | X | K520 | 5 | 2 2 | Tolman Otis G. | 32 M W | Miner | 200 100 | Maine | | | | X | T455 | 6 | 3 3 | Moore Thomas W. | 44 M W | Miner | 500 | England | X X | | | | M600 | 7 | 3 3 | Clemens Richard | 36 M W | Miner | 250 | England | X X | | | | C455 | 8 | 4 4 | Hawkins Samuel A. | 36 M W | Miner | 500 300 | N.Y. | | | | X | H252 | 9 | 4 4 | Hawkins Lucy A.F. | 28 F W | Keeping house | | Michigan | | | | | H252 | 10 | 4 4 | Hawkins Charles S. | 8/12 M W | | | Calif. | Oct | | | | H252 | 11 | 4 4 | Dean Gilbert M. | 10 M W | | | Michigan | | X | | | D500 | 12 | 4 4 | Eldridge Flora | 24 F W | Teacher | 150 | N.Y. | X | | | | E436 | 13 | 4 4 | Eldridge Frank A. | 3 M W | | | Iowa | | | | | E436 | 14 | 5 5 | Cummings John | 40 M W | Miner | 100 500 | Russia | X X | | | X | C552 | 15 | 6 6 | Gelatt Richard D. (?) | 29 M W | Stage driver | 4000 3000 | Penn. | | | | X | G430 | 16 | 7 7 | Dake Charles W. | 40 M W | Carpenter | 1000 200 | N.Y. | | | | X | D200 | 17 | 7 7 | Dake Harriet M. | 28 F W | Keeping house | | N.Y. | | | | | D200 | 18 | 7 7 | Dake Frank W. | 10 M W | | | Iowa | | X | | | D200 | 19 | 7 7 | Dake Emma D. | 5 F W | | | Calif. | | X | | | D200 | 20 | 7 7 | Dake Wralph | 3 M W | | | Calif. | | | | | D200 | 21 | 7 7 | Dake Charles V. | 10/12 M W | | | Calif. | Apr | | | | D200 | 22 | 8 8 | Lewis Lee L. | 38 M W | Miner | 1000 1000 | N.Y. | | | | X | L200 | 23 | 8 8 | Lewis Lavisa | 23 F W | Keeping house | | Missouri | | | | | L200 | 24 | 8 8 | Lewis Mabel | 1 F W | | | Calif. | | | | | L200 | 25 | 8 8 | LeRoy Lizzie E. | 23 F W | Music Teacher | 250 | Michigan | | | | | L600 | 26 | 9 9 | Lewis Sherman G. | 40 M W | Miner | 1000 1500 | N.Y. | | | | X | L200 | 27 | 9 9 | Lewis Emirett S. | 40 F W | Keeping house | | N.Y. | | | | | L200 | 28 | 9 9 | Lewis Harriet M. | 16 F W | | | Illinois | | X | | | L200 | 29 | 9 9 | Lewis Amelia | 13 F W | | | Calif. | | X | | | L200 | 30 | 9 9 | Lewis Clara | 11 F W | | | Calif. | | X | | | L200 | 31 | 9 9 | Lewis William T. | 9 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | L200 | 32 | 9 9 | Lewis Albert F. | 2 M W | | | Calif. | | | | | L200 | 33 | 9 9 | Rice Nelson G. | 52 M W | Printer | | N.Y. | | | | X | R200 | 34 | 9 9 | Howe (?) Hannah | 47 F W | House keeper | 1000 500 | N.Y. | | | | | | 35 | 9 9 | Coflin Daniel W. | 29 M W | Miner | 500 1000 | N.Y. | X X | | | X | C145 | 36 | 9 9 | Clark Pharez (?) | 24 M W | Merchant (Ret.) | 500 4000 | Illinois | | | | X | C462 | =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ 37 | 10 __ | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ 38 | 11 10 | Kipp Jacob | 54 M M | Barber | | N.Y. | | | | X | K100 | 39 | 12 11 | Ray John P. | 43 M W | Miner | 1300 500 | Mass. | | | | X | R000 | 40 | 12 11 | Ray Mary L. | 45 F W | Keeping house | | Mass. | | | | | R000 | =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ --- State: California County: Alpine Post Office: Monitor Page No: 2 Reel no: M593-69 Division: Township No. Five Sheet No: 314A Enumerated on: June 28th, 1870 by: Cyrus Coleman Transcribed by Nancy C. Thornburg for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S Co | Occupation | Real Pers | BirthPlace | F F Mon Mon | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ 1 | 13 12 | Flanders Charles A. | 30 M W | Lumberman | 300 2000 | Mass. | X | | | X | F453 | 2 | 14 13 | Hanson Mary | 34 F W | Keeping house | 100 100 | Ireland | X X | X | | | H525 | 3 | 14 13 | Hays Lillie | 7 F W | | | Calif. | X | X | | | H200 | =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ 4 | 15 __ | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ 5 | 16 14 | Lambert Paul | 46 M W | Laborer | | N.Y. | X | | | X | L516 | 6 | 17 15 | Johnson Nelson | 43 M W | Laborer | 1200 300 | Norway | X X | | | X | J525 | 7 | 18 16 | Lennan Edward | 34 M W | Miner | 100 | Ireland | X X | | | X | L550 | 8 | 19 17 | Nelsen Ole | 33 M W | Miner | 300 | Norway | X X | | | X | N425 | 9 | 20 18 | Galligher Charles | 24 M W | Miner | | Ireland | X X | | | | G426 | 10 | 21 19 | Seaman William H. | 44 M W | Blacksmith | 1500 | N.Y. | X | | | X | S550 | 11 | 22 20 | Bluman Frederick L. | 35 M W | Miner | 300 500 | Denmark | X X | | | X | B455 | 12 | 23 21 | Piequet Nichols | 58 M W | Brewer | 500 150 | France | X X | | | X | P230 | 13 | 24 22 | Maxwell Michael | 34 M W | Miner | 550 700 | Ireland | X X | | | X | M240 | 14 | 24 22 | Maxwell Catharine | 33 F W | Keeping house | | Tenn. | | | | | M240 | 15 | 24 22 | Maxwell Emma E. | 1 F W | | | Calif. | | | | | M240 | 16 | 24 22 | Monroe Henry H. | 16 M W | Attending school | | Utah | | X | | | M560 | 17 | 24 22 | Monroe William | 10 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | M560 | 18 | 24 22 | Monroe Walter | 8 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | M560 | 19 | 25 23 | Stalker Daniel | 39 M W | Miner | 450 350 | Scotland | X X | | | X | S342 | 20 | 25 23 | Goyen William | 29 M W | Miner | 2000 | England | X X | | | X | G500 | 21 | 25 23 | Graffe Napoleon | 30 M W | Mining Engineer | 1000 | Prussia | X X | | | | G610 | 22 | 26 24 | Seaman Murvin | 32 M W | Miner | 300 250 | N.Y. | X | | | X | S550 | 23 | 26 24 | Seaman Margaret J. | 19 F W | Keeping house | | Ohio | | | | | S550 | 24 | 26 24 | Seaman Murvin Jun. | 3 M W | | | Calif. | | | | | S550 | 25 | 27 25 | McLaughlin William E. | 32 M W | Miner | 800 | Ohio | | | | X | M242 | =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ 26 | 28 __ | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ 27 | 29 26 | Smith Joshua F. | 38 M W | Miner | 100 100 | Tenn. | | | | X | S530 | 28 | 29 26 | Smith Rebecca | 28 F W | Keeping house | | Illinois | | | | | S530 | 29 | 29 26 | Smith George F. | 9 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | S530 | 30 | 29 26 | Smith Mattie | 8 F W | | | Calif. | | X | | | S530 | 31 | 29 26 | Smith Archy | 4 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | S530 | 32 | 29 26 | Smith Deanie | 2 F W | | | Calif. | | | | | S530 | 33 | 30 27 | Bagley Hudson W. | 33 M W | Inn Keeper | 2500 1200 | Maine | | | | X | B240 | 34 | 30 27 | Bagley Mary | 30 F W | Keeping house | | Ireland | X X | X | | | B240 | 35 | 30 27 | Bagley Mary E. | 5 F W | | | Calif. | | X | | | B240 | 36 | 30 27 | Guy Eng | 27 M Ch | Cook | | China | X X | | | | G520 | 37 | 30 27 | McGrath James T. | 32 M W | Miner | | Rhode Island | X | | | X | M263 | 38 | 30 27 | Thornton Oscar F. | 38 M W | Miner | 550 1000 | N.Y. | | | | X | T653 | 39 | 30 27 | Ryan Charles J. | 25 M W | Miner | | N.Y. | X X | | | X | R500 | 40 | 30 27 | Goldsworthy John | 29 M W | Miner | | England | X X | | | X | G432 | =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ --- State: California County: Alpine Post Office: Monitor Page No: 3 Reel no: M593-69 Division: Township No. Five Sheet No: 314B Enumerated on: June 30th, 1870 by: Cyrus Coleman Transcribed by Nancy C. Thornburg for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S Co | Occupation | Real Pers | BirthPlace | F F Mon Mon | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ 1 | 31 28 | Stephens David | 37 M W | Saloon keeper | 2000 500 | England | X X | | | X | S315 | 2 | 31 28 | Goff Martin L. | 39 M W | Miner | 600 | Ohio | | | | X | G100 | 3 | 32 29 | Gray Orin | 42 M W | Livery stable keeper | 250 250 | N.Y. | | X | | X | G600 | 4 | 33 30 | Merk Vandeline | 43 M W | Laborer | 150 200 | Baden | X X | | | X | M620 | 5 | 34 31 | Ward William | 31 M W | Miner | 50 500 | England | X X | | | | W630 | 6 | 35 32 | Landers John | 40 M W | Miner | 1000 500 | Ireland | X X | | | X | L536 | 7 | 36 33 | French Ezekiel D. | 34 M W | Miner | 500 100 | Ohio | | | | X | F652 | 8 | 36 33 | French Martha | 29 F W | Keeping house | | Ohio | X | | | | F652 | 9 | 37 34 | Pettis Benjamin F. | 36 M W | Miner | 2150 1500 | N.Y. | Mch | | | X | P320 | 10 | 37 34 | Pettis Mary M. | 20 F W | Keeping house | | Calif. | Mch | | | | P320 | 11 | 38 35 | Kelly John | 53 M W | Miner | 100 150 | Ireland | X X | | | X | K400 | 12 | 39 36 | McGregor Alexander | 43 M W | Miner | 400 125 | Scotland | X X | | | X | M262 | 13 | 40 37 | Larsen Joseph | 38 M W | Inn Keeper | 600 300 | Norway | X X | | | X | L625 | 14 | 40 37 | Larsen Kistie | 42 F W | Keeping house | | Norway | X X | | | | L625 | 15 | 40 37 | Larsen William T. | 8 M W | | | Calif. | X X | X | | | L625 | 16 | 40 37 | Larsen Mattie | 5 F W | | | Calif. | X X | X | | | L625 | 17 | 40 37 | Ray Jim | 35 M Ch | Cook | | China | X X | | | | R250 | 18 | 40 37 | Olsen Halver | 30 M W | Miner | 250 250 | Norway | X X | | | X | O425 | 19 | 41 38 | Halversen Christian | 46 M W | Laborer | | Norway | X X | | | X | H416 | 20 | 42 39 | Rickard (?) William T. | 49 M W | Assayer | 1000 | England | X X | | | | | 21 | 42 39 | Matley John | 30 M W | Cook | 200 | Switz. | X X | | | | M340 | 22 | 42 39 | Roberts John | 39 M W | Miner | | England | X X | | | | R163 | 23 | 42 39 | Brown Thomas J. | 28 M W | Carpenter | 2000 175 | N.H. | | | | X | B650 | 24 | 42 39 | French John L. | 39 M W | Laborer | 250 | Ohio | | | | X | F652 | 25 | 42 39 | Davis John | 35 M W | Miner | | Wales | X X | | | | D120 | 26 | 42 39 | Wolf Galloway L. | 38 M W | Miner | 1000 | Virginia | | | | X | W410 | 27 | 42 39 | Linch John | 45 M W | Miner | | Ireland | X X | | | | L520 | 28 | 42 39 | Heilendofer Ernst | 35 M W | Metalurgist | 800 | Prussia | X X | | | | H453 | 29 | 42 39 | Henry William | 30 M W | Miner | | Penn. | X X | | | X | H560 | 30 | 42 39 | Brady James | 38 M W | Miner | | Ireland | X X | | | X | B630 | 31 | 42 39 | Edwards William | 36 M W | Miner | | Wales | X X | | | | E363 | 32 | 42 39 | Kennedy Michael | 25 M W | Machinist | 1400 | N.J. | X X | | | X | K530 | 33 | 42 39 | Packard Peter W. | 23 M W | Laborer | 100 | Maine | X | | | X | P263 | 34 | 42 39 | Tonner Jacob | 37 M W | Miner | 200 1000 | Holstein-Bav. | X X | | | X | T560 | 35 | 42 39 | Wickstead John | 38 M W | Miner | | Ireland | X X | | | X | W223 | 36 | 42 39 | Wolmering John | 35 M W | Miner | 1000 | Germany | X X | | | X | W456 | 37 | 42 39 | Welch Michael | 31 M W | Miner | | Ireland | X X | | | X | W420 | 38 | 42 39 | Conner Edward | 28 M W | Miner | 400 200 | N.Y. | X X | | | X | C560 | 39 | 43 40 | Kincaid Benjamin | 56 M W | Miner | 300 1000 | Virginia | | | | X | K523 | 40 | 44 41 | Quelle Andrew | 48 M W | Saloon keeper | 300 | Norway | X X | | | X | Q400 | =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ --- Census Year: 1870 State or Territory: CA County: Alpine Post Office:Bulliona Stamped no: 4 Reel no: M593-69 Division: Township No. Five Sheet No: 315A Enumerated on: July 1st, 1870 by: Cyrus Coleman Transcribed by Nancy C. Thornburg for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S Co | Occupation | Real Pers | BirthPlace | F F Mon Mon | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ 1 | 45 42 | Soper Joseph | 39 M W | Miner | 4000 250 | Maine | | | | X | S160 | 2 | 46 43 | Burke John | 37 M W | Miner | 500 | Ireland | X X | | | X | B620 | 3 | 47 44 | Spence John | 27 M W | Miner | 1000 500 | Ohio | X | | | X | S152 | 4 | 47 44 | Dardis John | 38 M W | Miner | 4000 5000 | Ireland | X X | | | X | D632 | =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ 5 | 48 __ | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ 6 | 49 45 | Christiansen Christian | 51 M W | Bricklayer | 5300 300 | Norway | X X | | | X | C623 | 7 | 50 46 | Mercer William | 39 M W | Miner | 300 500 | England | X X | | | X | M626 | 8 | 50 46 | Mercer Melia | 39 F W | Keeping house | | England | X X | | | | M626 | 9 | 50 46 | Mercer Walter | 16 M W | | | Utah | X X | X | | | M626 | 10 | 50 46 | Mercer Ellen | 15 F W | | | Calif. | X X | X | | | M626 | 11 | 50 46 | Mercer William | 13 M W | | | Calif. | X X | X | | | M626 | 12 | 50 46 | Mercer Florence | 12 F W | | | Calif. | X X | X | | | M626 | 13 | 50 46 | Mercer Arthur | 3 M W | | | Calif. | X X | | | | M626 | 14 | 50 46 | Coulter Joseph H. | 37 M W | Miner | 1000 | Maryland | | | | X | C436 | =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ 15 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | This line left blank. =====|=============|=================================|============|======================|===========|===============|=============|=======|===|=====|======|================================================================ 16 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | I hereby certify that the whole number of pages in this set of 17 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | returns is four (4) and that the same were made accord- 18 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | ing to the tenor of my oath of office. 19 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | Cyrus Coleman 20 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | July 21st 1870 Asst. 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