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1885 Iowa State Census

Logan Township, Calhoun County, Pg. 1

STATISTICS OF POPULATION, January 1, 1885.

	Dwellings numbered in order of visitation	Families numbered in or- der of visitation	NAME OF EACH PERSON (Write full first name)	RESIDENCE				Age at birthday in 1884	Sex	Color	Married (M), single (S), wid- owed (W), or divorced (D)	PROFESSION, EMPLOYMENT, OR OCCUPATION	PLACE OF BIRTH			PARENTAGE (N, Native, F, Foreign)		Subject to military duty	Entitled to vote	Alien who has taken out first papers	Alien who has not taken out first papers	Cannot read or write, over 10 years old	Can read but not write, over 10 years old	Deaf and dumb, blind, insane, or idiodic	REMARKS
	Dwellings numbered in order of visitation	Families numbered in or- der of visitation	NAME OF EACH PERSON (Write full first name)	Township	Range	Section	Street and number, or other ac- curate designation, if in town plat Smallest legal subdivision, if in country	Age at birthday in 1884	Sex	Color	Married (M), single (S), wid- owed (W), or divorced (D)	PROFESSION, EMPLOYMENT, OR OCCUPATION	If in Iowa, what county	If in United States, name of state or territory	If abroad, what country	Father	Mother	Subject to military duty	Entitled to vote	Alien who has taken out first papers	Alien who has not taken out first papers	Cannot read or write, over 10 years old	Can read but not write, over 10 years old	Deaf and dumb, blind, insane, or idiodic	REMARKS
	A	B	C				D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V
1	1	1	Michael Powers	87	32	21	NE⁴ NE⁴	84	M		M	Farming			Ireland	F	F		✓							1
2			Margaret Powers					64	F		M	Keeping House			Ireland	F	F					✓				2
3			Francis Powers					26	M		S	Farming	Allamakee			F	F	✓	✓							3
4			William Powers					23	M		S	Farming	Allamakee			F	F	✓	✓							4
5			John Powers					14	M		S		Allamakee			F	F									5
6	2	2	Patrick Powers	87	32	16	NW⁴ SE⁴	31	M		M	Farming		Pennsylvania		N	N	✓	✓							6
7			Ellie Powers					29	F		M	Keeping House		Maine		N	N									7
8			Thomas Powers					3	M		S		Calhoun			N	N									8
9			John Powers					2	M				Calhoun			N	N									9
10			William Powers					0	M				Calhoun			N	N									10
11	3	3	Edward Powers	87	32	27	NW⁴ NW⁴	28	M		M	Farming		New York		N	N	✓	✓							11
12			Elizabeth Powers					22	F		M	Keeping House		Ohio		N	N									12
13			Paul Powers					1	M		S		Calhoun			N	N									13
14			Roxy Powers					0	F				Calhoun			N	N									14
15			William Owens					20	M		S	Farm Hand		New York		N	N	✓								15
16	4	4	Christain Rasty	87	32	33	NW⁴ SE⁴	64	M		M	Farming			Switzerland	F	F		✓			G				16
17			Sarah Rasty					60	F		M	Keeping House			Switzerland	F	F					G				17
18			Antony Rasty					40	M		S				Switzerland	F	F	✓	✓			✓		Eccentric		18
19			Christain Rasty					37	M		S				Switzerland	F	F	✓	✓			✓		Eccentric		19
20			Peter Rasty					34	M		S				Switzerland	F	F	✓	✓			✓		Idiot		20
21			Hattie Rasty					14	F		S			Illinois		F	F									21
22			Mary Gamback					24	F		D			Ohio		N	N									22
23			David Gamback					6	M		S			Illinois		N	N									23
24	5	5	Adolph Schemel	87	32	35	NW⁴ NW⁴	38	M		M	Farming			Prussia	F	F	✓	✓			G				24
25			Sarah Schemel					27	F		M	Keeping House		Ohio		N	N									25
26			John Schemel					6	M		S		Grundy			N	N									26
27			Charls Schemel					4	M		S		Grundy			N	N									27
28			Ohma Schemel					2	F		S		Calhoun			N	N									28
29	6	6	Frank Trumbla	87	32	27	SE⁴ SE⁴	33	M		M	Farming		Michigan		N	N	✓	✓							29
30			Catharine Trumbla					26	F		M	Keeping House		Illinois		N	N									30
31			Mary Trumbla					7	F		S			Illinois		N	N									31
32																										32
33								31										7	10			4				33
	A	B	C				D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V

Notes for this census transcription:

Birth locations are listed according to the full name of the location when obvious (e.g. N.York = New York).
Quoted text (usually last names or occupations) is written out in full.
The letters under "Cannot read or write" appear to stand for the languages those people can read, G for German and Sw for Swedish.