Transcribed 4 October 2005 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

Eden Twp. Page 32

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

193

196

Pitman George

68

25

36

 

14

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Pitman Fredrick

 

 

 

 

11

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Pitman Harvey

 

 

 

 

5

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

194

197

Frazier Alexander

 

 

33

 

60

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Kentucky

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

|

 

5

 

 

Frazier Lydia A.

 

 

 

 

50

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

New York

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Frazier Harrison

 

 

 

 

24

M

 

S

 

Ringgold

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

|

 

7

 

 

Frazier Anna

 

 

 

 

19

F

 

S

 

Ringgold

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Frazier Alexander

 

 

 

 

15

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

195

198

Bruer William H.

 

 

32

 

44

M

 

M

Farmer

Muscatine

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

Bruer Matilda

 

 

 

 

46

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Indianna

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

11

 

 

Bruer William Z.?

 

 

 

 

17

M

 

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

12

 

 

Bruer Albert

 

 

 

 

15

M

 

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

|

 

 

13

 

 

Bruer Barbery A.

 

 

 

 

13

F

 

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

Bruer Charles

 

 

 

 

11

M

 

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

15

 

 

Bruer Ellen

 

 

 

 

7

F

 

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Bruer James G.

 

 

 

 

3

M

 

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

196

199

Vandflugt Henri

 

 

33

 

33

M

 

M

Farmer

 

 

Holland

F

F

 

 

 

|

 

 

 

18

 

 

Vandflugt Olley

 

 

 

 

23

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

 

Holland

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Vandflugt Jacob

 

 

 

 

2

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

197

200

Foster M. L.

 

 

33

 

38

M

 

M

Laborer

 

Ohio

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Foster Sarah A.

 

 

 

 

22

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

22

 

 

Foster Jasper

 

 

 

 

13

M

 

S

 

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

23

 

 

Foster Nancy A.

 

 

 

 

10

F

 

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

|

 

24

 

 

Foster Seth T.

 

 

 

 

7

M

 

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Foster William M.

 

 

 

 

0

M

 

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

198

201

Bowman George

 

 

21

 

51

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

Bowman Catherine

 

 

 

 

49

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

|

 

 

28

 

 

Bowman Morrison

 

 

 

 

24

M

 

S

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

|

 

29

 

 

Bowman Mary F.

 

 

 

 

16

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Bowman Elizzie V.

 

 

 

 

14

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

|

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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