Transcribed 28 June 2004 by Stacey McDowell Dietiker

This transcription is meant to be a guide only. It is the transcriber's interpretation. Always refer to the original document (or microfilm) for your own interpretation.  NO CHANGES will be made to this transcription.  It has been transcribed to the best of the transcriber’s ability exactly as it is on the census record.  A transcription is an exact copy of the original record.  Therefore spellings of names and ages, etc. will not be changed.

1885 Iowa State Census

Burrell Twp. Page 17

 

 

L#

D#

F#

NAME

Twp

Rng

Sec

Descrip

Age

Bday

1884

Sex

C

Marital

Occupation

Place of

Birth

County If

Iowa

Place of

Birth

Other

State

Place of

Birth

Other

Country

Father

Foreign

Or Native

Mother

Foreign

Or Native

Subject

To

Military

Duty

Entitled

To Vote

Alien

Taken

First

Papers

Alien

Not

Taken

First

Papers

Cannot

Read/

Write

Over

10

Can

Read

Not

Write

Over 10

Deaf

Dumb

Blind

Insane

Idiotic

1

88

96

Merritt, Casins C.

68

26

36

SESE

23

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Ind.

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Merritt, Ida ?.

 

 

 

 

20

F

 

M

Keep Hse.

 

Mo.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

89

97

Merritt, Theaone?

 

 

36

SESE

36

M

 

W

Farmer

 

Ind.

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Virginia

 

 

 

 

11

F

 

 

 

 

Mo.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

Sally

 

 

 

 

6

F

 

 

 

 

Ind.

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

90

98

Asbach, William

 

 

25

SWSW

37

M

 

M

Farmer

 

 

Ger

F

F

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Asbach, Mariah

 

 

 

 

29

F

 

M

Keep Hse

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Catharine

 

 

 

 

3

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

William

 

 

 

 

1

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

John

 

 

 

 

0

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

F

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

91

99

Ven, Jobe

 

 

9

SESE

46

M

 

M

Farmer

 

 

England

F

F

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Ven, Sarah

 

 

 

 

31

F

 

M

Keep Hse

 

 

England

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

George

 

 

 

 

14

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

John

 

 

 

 

11

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

Mary

 

 

 

 

9

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Charles

 

 

 

 

7

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

Matilda

 

 

 

 

5

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

Thomas

 

 

 

 

3

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Lervis

 

 

 

 

2

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

92

100

Beasley, James

 

 

15

NENW

38

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Ind.

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Beasley, Sarah

 

 

 

 

31

F

 

M

Keep Hse

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Mary Ann

 

 

 

 

13

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

Charles S.

 

 

 

 

9

M

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

Viola

 

 

 

 

7

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Emme E.

 

 

 

 

5

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Martha J.

 

 

 

 

3

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

Nelly M.

 

 

 

 

1

F

 

 

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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