IOWA 1856 CENSUS: MITCHELL COUNTY: St. Ansgar Township KEY LINE No. Transcriber-generated sequence number PAGE No. Page number stamped on each census page DWEL No. Enumerator assigned dwelling number FAM No. Enumerator assigned family number SURNAME Person's last name GIVEN NAMES Person's given names and title if any AGE Person's age if given or fractional years SEX Gender COL Color of skin if not white MARR "X" if married WID "X" if a widow or widower STATE YRS Number of years living in Iowa STATE/COUNTRY BORN Where born OCCUPATION Occupation if given NTV VOT "X" if Native voter NTL VOT "X" if Naturalized voter ALIEN "X" if Alien MIL "X" if in Militia DEAF DUMB "X" if Deaf and/or dumb BLIND "X" if blind INSAN "X" if insane IDIO "X" if idiotic LAND OWN "X" if land owner COMMENTS Comments by transcriber or Enumerator Transcribed by Kermit L. Kittleson OCT-1998 LINE PAGE DWEL.FAM. STATE STATE/COUNTRY NTV NTL DEAF LAND No. No. No. No. SURNAME GIVEN NAMES AGE SEX COL MARR WID YRS BORN OCCUPATION VOT VOT ALIEN MIL DUMB BLIND INSAN IDIO OWN COMMENTS ==== ==== ==== ==== ============= ================ === === === ==== === ===== ============= ============ === === ===== === ==== ===== ===== ==== === ============================== 1 688 1 1 Gilbertson Gilbert 46 M X 2 Norway Farmer X Land Owner Column not visible 2 688 Gilbertson Ambior 50 F X 2 Norway 3 688 Gilbertson A**e 13 F 2 Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 688 Gilbertson Gilbert 9 M 2 Norway 5 688 Gilbertson Guiri 70 F 2 Norway 6 688 2 2 Halverson Hans 52 M X 3 Norway Farmer X Land Owner Column not visible ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 688 Halverson Martha 44 F X 3 Norway 8 688 Halverson Helen 13 F 3 Norway 9 688 Halverson Ole 12 M 3 Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 688 Halverson Andrew 10 M 3 Norway 11 688 Halverson Betsy 7 F 3 Norway 12 688 Halverson Isabel 5 F 3 Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13 688 3 3 Hansen Ole 67 M X 3 Norway X 14 688 Hansen Betsy 43 F X 3 Norway 15 688 4 4 Clyde S.A. 51 M X NY Farmer X Land Owner Column not visible ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16 688 Clyde E. 44 F X NY 17 688 Clyde A. 13 M NY 18 688 Clyde L. 7 F NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19 688 Clyde J. 5 M NY 20 688 Clyde S.E. 2 F NY 21 688 5 5 Olsen Christopher 38 M X Norway X X ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22 688 Olsen C 46 F X Norway 23 688 Olsen M 10 F Norway 24 688 Olsen K 4 F Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 25 688 6 6 Merkle Thera 34 F X 2 Norway 26 688 Merkle C. 12 F Norway 27 688 Merkle F. 10 F Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28 688 Burke Peter 27 M Norway Shoemaker X X 29 688 7 7 Halstenson A*sor 43 M X 4 Norway Farmer X X 30 688 Halstenson R. 23 F X Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31 688 Halstenson I. 1 M Iowa 32 690 8 8 Tollefson Michel 52 M X 3 Norway Farmer X X 33 690 Tollefson J. 50 F X Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 34 690 Tollefson J. 20 F Norway 35 690 Tollefson J. F Norway No age given 36 690 Tollefson F. M Norway No age given ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 37 690 Tollefson A. M Norway No age given 38 690 Tollefson L. M Norway No age given 39 690 Tollefson A. M Norway No age given ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 40 690 9 9 Bentsen Hellek 62 M X 2 Norway Farmer X X 41 690 Bentsen E. 48 F X Norway 42 690 Bentsen C. 21 F Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 43 690 Bentsen B. 20 M Norway X 44 690 Bentsen B. 17 F Norway 45 690 Bentsen A. 14 F Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 46 690 Bentsen B. 8 M Norway 47 690 Bentsen I. 5 F Norway 48 690 10 10 Smith S.V.R. 34 M X NY Farmer X X Land Owner Column not visible ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 49 690 Smith Harriet 39 F X NY 50 690 Smith Helen 13 F NY 51 690 Smith John 11 M WIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 52 690 Smith Sarah 9 F WIS 53 690 Smith Chester 7 M WIS 54 690 Smith Channcey 2 M WIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 55 690 Benton Geo. L. 23 M NY Farmer X X Land Owner Column not visible 56 690 11 11 Anderson Olaf 49 M X Sweden Farmer X Land Owner Column not visible 57 690 Anderson S. 40 F X Sweden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 58 690 Anderson L. 16 M Sweden 59 690 Anderson S. 15 M Sweden 60 690 Anderson C. 4 F Sweden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 61 690 Anderson E. 3 F Sweden 62 690 Anderson A. 1 M Sweden 63 690 12 12 Aslesen Jacob 47 M X 3 Sweden X ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 64 690 Aslesen A. 53 F X Sweden 65 692 13 13 Borroughs Samuel 54 M X Conn. Farmer X X 66 692 Borroughs S. 53 F X Vermont ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 67 692 Borroughs J. 27 M Vermont X X 68 692 Borroughs H. 22 M Vermont X X 69 692 Borroughs M. 17 F Vermont ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 70 692 Borroughs S. 14 F Vermont 71 692 14 14 Sornberger Martin 36 M X 1 Vermont Farmer X X X 72 692 Sornberger S.A. 27 F X Vermont ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 73 692 Kinsley Marion 11 F Vermont 74 692 15 15 Alexander Henry 31 M X 1 Illinois Farmer X X X 75 692 Alexander Almira 21 F X Illinois ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 76 692 Alexander E. 3 M Illinois 77 692 Alexander J. 2 M Illinois 78 692 Alexander O. 1 M Iowa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE PAGE DWEL.FAM. STATE STATE/COUNTRY NTV NTL DEAF LAND No. No. No. No. SURNAME GIVEN NAMES AGE SEX COL MARR WID YRS BORN OCCUPATION VOT VOT ALIEN MIL DUMB BLIND INSAN IDIO OWN COMMENTS ==== ==== ==== ==== ============= ================ === === === ==== === ===== ============= ============ === === ===== === ==== ===== ===== ==== === ============================== 79 692 16 16 Lysager Halvert 40 M X 2 Norway Farmer X X X 80 692 Lysager M. 23 F X Norway 81 692 Lysager A. 13 M Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 82 692 Lysager H. 10 M Norway 83 692 Lewis C. 25 F Norway 84 692 17 17 Ostensen Halvert 38 M X 1 Norway Farmer X X X ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 85 692 Ostensen A. 37 F X Norway 86 692 Ostensen O. 3 M Norway 87 692 Ostensen L. 1 F Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 88 692 18 18 Olsen Hans 50 M X 3 Norway Farmer X Land Owner Column not visible 89 692 Olsen S. 42 F X Norway 90 692 Olsen O. 22 M Norway X X ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 91 692 Olsen C. 18 M Norway 92 692 Olsen S. 16 M Norway 93 692 Olsen S. 14 F Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 94 692 Olsen T. 10 F Norway 95 692 Olsen C. 5 F Norway 96 692 Olsen B. 2 M Iowa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 97 692 Olsen O. 1/2 M Iowa 98 694 19 19 Erickson Ole 38 M X 1 Norway Farmer X X X 99 694 Erickson B. 37 F X Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 100 694 Erickson S. 17 M Norway 101 694 Erickson O. 10 M Norway 102 694 Erickson A. 6 M Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 103 694 Erickson H. 4 F Iowa 104 694 20 20 Iverson Knud 27 M X 2 Norway Farmer X X X 105 694 Iverson C. 28 F X Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 106 694 Iverson E. 8 M WIS 107 694 Iverson C. 6 M WIS 108 694 Iverson I. 4 M WIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 109 694 Iverson T. 1 F Iowa 110 694 Iverson M. 1/2 F Iowa 111 694 21 21 Gilbranson Knut 28 M X 2 Norway Farmer X X X ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 112 694 Gilbranson A. 29 F X Norway 113 694 Gilbranson E. 8 M Norway 114 694 Gilbranson M. 1/2 F Iowa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 115 694 22 22 Amundson Erick 50 M X 2 Norway Farmer X Land Owner Column not visible 116 694 Amundson B. 43 F X Norway 117 694 Amundson M. 17 M Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 118 694 23 23 Thompson Thore 35 M X 2 Norway Farmer X X Land Owner Column not visible 119 694 Thompson B. 35 F X Norway 120 694 Thompson O. 10 M Illinois ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 121 694 Thompson A. 8 F Illinois 122 694 Thompson S. 7 F Illinois 123 694 Thompson T. 4 M Illinois ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 124 694 24 24 Bjornsen Ole 35 M X 1 Norway Farmer X X 125 694 Bjornsen Margaret 40 F X Norway 126 694 Bjornsen S. 12 M Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 127 694 Bjornsen B. 10 M Norway 128 694 Bjornsen O. 8 M Norway 129 694 Bjornsen N. 6 M Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 130 696 25 25 Allen Jonathan 50 M X NY X X 131 696 Allen C. 51 F X NY 132 696 Allen C. 22 F NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 133 696 Allen H. 17 F NY 134 696 Allen T. 10 M NY 135 696 Allen H.D. 26 M NY Carpenter X X ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 136 696 Allen S. 27 F NY 137 696 26 26 Clausen Claus Lauritz 37 M X 3 Denmark Minister X X 138 696 Clausen Borgetha 37 M X 3 Norway Sex was given as "M" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 139 696 Clausen Martin Nicolai 10 M Norway 140 696 Clausen Carl Peter Wilhelm 5 M Wis 141 696 Clausen Edward Erasmus 3 M Iowa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 142 696 Clausen Lauritz George 1/4 M Iowa 143 696 27 27 Knudson Hans 36 M X Norway Blacksmith X X X It appeared he owned land 144 696 Knudson O. 37 F X Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 145 696 Knudson A. 14 M Norway 146 696 Knudson L. 12 F Norway 147 696 Knudson H. 10 M Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 148 696 28 28 Olsen Erick 56 M X 4 Norway Farmer X Land Owner column not visible 149 696 Olsen M. 29 F X Norway 150 696 Olsen O. 10 M Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 151 696 Olsen E. 8 M Norway 152 696 Olsen M. 6 F Norway 153 696 Olsen B. 4 F Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINE PAGE DWEL.FAM. STATE STATE/COUNTRY NTV NTL DEAF LAND No. No. No. No. SURNAME GIVEN NAMES AGE SEX COL MARR WID YRS BORN OCCUPATION VOT VOT ALIEN MIL DUMB BLIND INSAN IDIO OWN COMMENTS ==== ==== ==== ==== ============= ================ === === === ==== === ===== ============= ============ === === ===== === ==== ===== ===== ==== === ============================== 154 696 Olsen A. 2 M Iowa 155 696 29 29 Olsen Andrew 36 M 2 Norway Farmer X X Land Owner column not visible 156 696 Olsen Sally 36 F Norway Not listed as married ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 157 696 Olsen O. 3 M Norway 158 696 Olsen A. 1/2 F Iowa 159 696 30 30 Thorsen Ole H. 43 M 2 Norway Farmer X X Land Owner column not visible ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 160 696 Thorsen Erick 40 M Norway Farmer X X Land Owner column not visible 161 698 31 31 Neilson Neils 30 M X 3 Norway Farmer X X Land Owner column not visible 162 698 Neilson Thera 29 F X 3 Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 163 698 Neilson H. 5 M 3 Wis 164 698 Neilson O. 3 F 3 Iowa 165 698 Neilson H. 68 M X 3 Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 166 698 32 32 Tollefson Knud 38 M X 2 Norway Farmer X X Land Owner column not visible 167 698 Tollefson S. 38 F X Norway 168 698 Tollefson A. 9 M Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 169 698 Tollefson T. 7 F Norway 170 698 Tollefson M. 5 F Norway 171 698 Tollefson L. 3 F Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 172 698 Tollefson B. 2 M Norway 173 698 33 33 Helgerson John 55 M X 2 Norway X 174 698 Helgerson Anne 35 F X Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 175 698 Helgerson Louise 6 F WIS 176 698 Helgerson Lucinde 1 F Iowa 177 698 34 34 Kittilson Knud 28 M X 3 Norway X X ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 178 698 Kittilson T*uny 26 F X Norway 179 698 Kittilson Kittil 2 M Iowa 180 698 35 35 Douglas Stephen R. 27 M Conn. Farmer X X Land Owner column not visible ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 181 698 Douglas E. 55 F X Conn. 182 698 Douglas C. 24 F Conn. 183 698 Douglas C. 22 M Conn. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 184 698 Douglas H. 19 F Conn. 185 698 36 36 Hansen Christopher 36 M 1 Norway Farmer X X Land Owner column not visible 186 698 Hansen Simon 32 F 1 Norway Farmer X X Land Owner column not visible ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 187 698 37 37 Classen C.G. 38 M X 2 Denmark Merchant X X 188 698 Classen B.W. 36 F X 2 Denmark 189 698 Lund (none) 40 M Norway Merchant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 190 698 (none) Ellen 18 F Norway 191 698 Gunderson Peter 23 M Norway 192 700 38 38 Owen A.G. 43 M X NY Farmer Land Owner column not visible ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 193 700 Owen E. 40 F X NY 194 700 Owen C.H. 11 M NY 195 700 Owen F. 9 M NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 196 700 Owen A. 7 M NY 197 700 Owen W. 4 M NY 198 700 Owen F. 2 M NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 199 700 39 39 Cornick J. 38 M X NY Farmer X X Land Owner column not visible 200 700 Cornick A. 36 F X NY 201 700 Cornick Obe 12 F NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 202 700 Cornick H. 10 M NY 203 700 Cornick H. 4 M NY 204 700 Cornick L. 2 M NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 205 700 40 40 Woodruff B. 38 M X NY Farmer X X Land Owner column not visible 206 700 Woodruff A.C. 36 F X NY 207 700 Woodruff L.B. 13 M NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 208 700 41 41 McKinley J.R. 45 M X NY X 209 700 McKinley M.*. 40 F X NY 210 700 McKinley A. 20 M NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 211 700 McKinley H. 18 M NY 212 700 McKinley G. 15 M NY 213 700 42 42 Wilder A.G. 45 M X 2 NY X ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 214 700 Wilder B. 40 F X NY 215 700 Wilder W. 21 M NY 216 700 Wilder S. 14 F NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 217 700 Wilder J. 7 M NY 218 700 43 43 Moore Henry 50 M X 2 NY Farmer X Land Owner column not visible 219 700 Moore S. 49 F X NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 220 700 Moore H. 25 M NY 221 700 Moore G. 22 M NY 222 700 Moore P. 19 M NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 223 702 44 44 West Lewis 50 M X 2 NY Farmer X Land Owner column not visible 224 702 West M. 42 F X NY 225 702 45 45 Mack A*yah 40 M 2 NY Farmer X Land Owner column not visible ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 226 702 Vanoker B. 30 F NY 227 702 46 46 Vanoker Henry 55 M X 2 NY Farmer X Land Owner column not visible 228 702 Vanoker L. 50 F X NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 229 702 Vanoker M. 15 M NY 230 702 47 47 Gordon *. 37 M X 1 NY 231 702 Gordon S.A. 37 F X NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 232 702 Gordon M. 12 F NY 233 702 Gordon *. 7 M NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IaGenWEB NOTICE In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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