1870 Federal Census Sweetwater County, Wyoming Territory (Point of Rocks: File 1 of 1) 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 Kathleen Lampe from public records. Edited and formatted by Maggie Stewart, June 2002. Submitted by Kathleen Lampe January 2, 2002. This Census Was Proofread by RJ Robinson . Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. kathleenlampe@hotmail.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 Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Please visit the Sweetwater County, WYGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wysweetw/ ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1870 Federal Census for Sweetwater County, Wyoming ____________________________________________________________________________ --- Census Year: 1870 State: Wyoming County: Sweet Water Post Office: Point of Rocks UPRR Sheet No: 487B Reel no: M593-1748 Division: Point of Rocks Page no: 1 Enumerated on: July 1, 1870 by: George W. Haws Transcribed by Kathleen Lampe and Proofread by RJ Robinson for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|==========|======================|=============|==============|=================|=======|===|=====|======|========================== LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S C | Occupation | RealVa Pers | BirthPlace | F F MonthBor Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|==========|======================|=============|==============|=================|=======|===|=====|======|========================== 1 | 1 1 | Brochan James | 36 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | B625 | 2 | 1 1 | Brochan Margaret | 36 F W | Keeping House | | Ireland | X X | | | | B625 | 3 | 1 1 | Ryley Charles | 26 M W | Laborer | | Tennessee | | | | X | R400 | 4 | 1 1 | Flemming Michael | 29 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | X X | | X | F455 | 5 | 1 1 | Flemming Mary A | 23 F W | Keeping House | | Ireland | X X | X | | | F455 | 6 | 2 2 | O Day John | 24 M W | Laborer | | Canada | X X | | | X | O300 | 7 | 2 2 | Whalan John | 33 M W | Laborer | 100 | Ireland | X X | | | X | W450 | 8 | 2 2 | Whalan Mary | 30 F W | Keeping House | | Ireland | X X | X X | | | W450 | 9 | 2 2 | Whalan Mary A | 12 F W | At Home | | Wisconsin | X X | | | | W450 | 10 | 2 2 | Whalan John | 7 M W | | | Wisconsin | X X | | | | W450 | 11 | 2 2 | Whalan Thomas | 3 M W | | | Iowa | X X | | | | W450 | 12 | 2 2 | Whalan William | 1 M W | | | Wyoming | X X | | | | W450 | 13 | 2 2 | Whalan James | 7/12 M W | | | Wyoming | X X December | | | | W450 | 14 | 2 2 | Brady John | 25 M W | Laborer | | New York | X X | | | X | B630 | 15 | 2 2 | Owens Henry | 20 M W | Laborer | 100 | England | X X | X X | | X | O520 | 16 | 2 2 | Whalan Martin | 27 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | X | | X | W450 | 17 | 2 2 | Clark James E | 30 M W | Laborer | | England | X X | | | X | C462 | 18 | 2 2 | Hickey James | 28 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | H200 | 19 | 3 3 | Clark Percy | 44 M W | Liquor Dealer "Ret" | 500 500 | Ireland | X X | | | X | C462 | 20 | 3 3 | Clark Susan | 30 F W | Keeping House | | Ireland | X X | X | | | C462 | 21 | 3 3 | Clark Thomas | 5 M W | | | Pennsylvania | X X | | | | C462 | 22 | 3 3 | Clark Mary | 1 F W | | | Nebraska | X X | | | | C462 | =====|=============|=================================|==========|======================|=============|==============|=================|=======|===|=====|======|========================== 23 | 4 | __Unoccupied__ | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling =====|=============|=================================|==========|======================|=============|==============|=================|=======|===|=====|======|========================== 24 | 5 4 | Edwards George | 23 M W | Teamster | | Virginia | | | | X | E363 | *Should be 5 25 | 6 5 | Johnson Frank | 42 M W | Liquor Dealer "Ret" | 200 100 | Bavaria | X X | X X | | X | J525 | 26 | 6 5 | Johnson Margaret | 27 F W | Keeping House | | Ireland | X X | X X | | | J525 | 27 | 6 5 | Johnson George | 32 M W | Teamster | | New York | X X | | | X | J525 | 28 | 6 5 | Lariner Eugene | 13 M W | Teamster | | Pennsylvania | | | | | L656 | 29 | 7 6 | Neil Robert B | 50 M W | Clerk RR | | England | X X | | | X | N400 | 30 | 7 6 | Neil Caroline | 42 F W | Justice of the Peace | | England | X X | | | | N400 | 31 | 7 6 | Fitch Clifford D | 22 M W | Engineer Locomotive | | Connecticut | | | | X | F320 | 32 | 8 7 | Eaton George W | 27 M W | Agent RR | | Ohio | | | | X | E350 | 33 | 9 8 | White Albert J | 44 M W | Hotel Keeper | | New York | | | | X | W300 | 34 | 9 8 | White Rosana M | 37 F W | Keeping House | 1500 | New York | | | | | W300 | 35 | 9 8 | White Mary | 21 F W | Keeping House | | New York | X X | | | | W300 | 36 | 9 8 | White Hattie | 8 F W | | | Illinois | | | | | W300 | 37 | 9 8 | Mc Donald William | 22 M W | Laborer | 600 | Iowa | X X | | | X | M235 | 38 | 9 8 | Morrison Robert S | 45 M W | Eating House Keeper | | Virginia | | | | X | M625 | 39 | 9 8 | Morrison Cora | 46 F W | Keeping House | | England | X X | | | | M625 | 40 | 9 8 | Ottyoger Osa | 26 M W | Laborer | | California | | X X X | | X | O326 | =====|=============|=================================|==========|======================|=============|==============|=================|=======|===|=====|======|========================== --- Census Year: 1870 State: Wyoming County: Sweet Water Post Office: Point of Rocks UPRR Sheet No: 488A Reel no: M593-1748 Division: Point of Rocks Page no: 2 Enumerated on: July 1, 1870 by: George W. Haws Transcribed by Kathleen Lampe and Proofread by RJ Robinson for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|==========|======================|=============|==============|=================|=======|===|=====|======|========================== LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S C | Occupation | RealVa Pers | BirthPlace | F F MonthBor Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|==========|======================|=============|==============|=================|=======|===|=====|======|========================== 1 | 9 8 | Buddington Charles O | 28 M W | Telegraph Operator | | New York | | | | | B352 | 2 | 10 9 | Wales William | 29 M W | Carpenter | 300 200 | England | X X | | | | W420 | 3 | 10 9 | Wales Elizabeth | 29 F W | Keeping House | | England | X X | | | | W420 | 4 | 10 9 | Wales William | 7 M W | | | England | X X | | | | W420 | 5 | 10 9 | Simmons Frank B | 21 M W | Baggage Man RR | | Ohio | | | | | S552 | 6 | 11 10 | Worth Noah C | 48 M W | Grocer "Ret" | *0,100 5000 | New York | | | | | W630 | *cannot read 7 | 12 11 | Morgan Hugh | 37 M W | Grocer "Ret" | 300 1500 | Pennsylvania | | | | | M625 | 8 | 12 11 | Parkens Henry S | 25 M W | Telegraph Operator | | Pennsylvania | X | | | | P625 | 9 | 12 11 | Constable Marion | 28 M W | Laborer | | Missouri | | X X | | | C523 | 10 | 12 11 | Balson William | 24 M W | Laborer | | Georgia | | | | | B425 | 11 | 13 12 | Ramsey Thomas B | 30 M W | Laborer | | Kentucky | | | | | R520 | 12 | 13 12 | Chapman Calvin | 35 M W | Laborer | | Tennessee | | | | | C155 | 13 | 13 12 | Krouse Jacob | 21 M W | Fireman Locomotive | | Ohio | X X | | | | K620 | 14 | 13 12 | Gant John T | 18 M W | Watchman RR | | New Jersey | | | | | G530 | 15 | 13 12 | Marvin Charles I | 32 M W | Carpenter | | Maine | | | | | M615 | 16 | 13 12 | Rogers William | 29 M W | Laborer | | Pennsylvania | | | | | R262 | 17 | 13 12 | Murray David | 20 M W | Laborer | | Scotland | X X | | | | M600 | 18 | 13 12 | Hawkins Oscar | 25 M W | Engineer Locomotive | | Indiana | | | | | H252 | 19 | 13 12 | Murray William | 17 M W | Laborer | | Pennsylvania | X X | | | | M600 | 20 | 13 12 | Wentz Jessie W | 28 M W | Laborer | | Pennsylvania | X X | | | | W532 | 21 | 13 12 | Vernueillion Josiah S | 21 M W | Carpenter | 200 | Virginia | | | | | V654 | 22 | 14 13 | Chapman John W | 31 M W | Laborer | | Kentucky | | | | | C155 | 23 | 14 13 | Sheridan Cornelius | 21 M W | Laborer | | Ohio | | | | | S635 | 24 | 14 13 | Frost Henry C | 31 M W | Carpenter | | Maine | X | | | | F623 | 25 | 14 13 | Hill Hiram W | 34 M W | Carpenter | | Scotland | X X | | | | H400 | 26 | 14 13 | Blake Francis A | 50 M W | Carpenter | | Maine | | | | X | B420 | =====|=============|=================================|==========|======================|=============|==============|=================|=======|===|=====|======|========================== 27 | | | | | | | | | | | | Lines 27 - 40 left blank. =====|=============|=================================|==========|======================|=============|==============|=================|=======|===|=====|======|========================== 28 | | | | | | | | | | | | Page 488B is blank. =====|=============|=================================|==========|======================|=============|==============|=================|=======|===|=====|======|========================== 29 | | | | | | | | | | | | Page 489A is blank. =====|=============|=================================|==========|======================|=============|==============|=================|=======|===|=====|======|==========================