Transcribed 12 September 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 5

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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

30

30

Burke David C.

68

25

10

 

42

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Missouri

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Burke Elizabeth

 

 

 

 

37

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Burke Henry

 

 

 

 

18

M

 

S

 

Lee

 

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

Burke Louisa J.

 

 

 

 

15

F

 

S

 

 

Illinois

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

Burke Margaret

 

 

 

 

12

F

 

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Burke Elizabeth

 

 

 

 

9

F

 

S

 

Wayne

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Burke James A.

 

 

 

 

5

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Burke Olive

 

 

 

 

0

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

31

31

Bassett Malissa

 

 

10

 

49

F

 

W

Keeping house

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

Bassett Walter

 

 

 

 

17

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

Bassett Oliver

 

 

 

 

25

M

 

S

Farmer

Winneshick

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

12

32

32

Brooke Ellen

 

 

13

 

18

F

 

S

School Teacher

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

Brooke George W.

 

 

 

 

14

M

 

S

 

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

Brooke Nellie E.

 

 

 

 

9

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

Brooke Charles D.

 

 

 

 

6

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

Brooke Talletha C.

 

 

 

 

4

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

Bassett Albert

 

 

10

 

20

M

 

S

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

33

33

Boyer Harrison

 

 

16

 

28

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Illinois

 

N

F

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Boyer Nancy

 

 

 

 

19

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Missouri

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

Boyer Wheeler

 

 

 

 

0

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

34

34

Boyer M. L.

 

 

15

 

64

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

 

France

F

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Boyer Sylvester

 

 

15

 

25

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

Idiotic

23

 

 

Boyer Joseph

 

 

 

 

20

M

 

S

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

N

F

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

24

35

35

Campbell James

 

 

16

 

29

M

 

M

Farmer

Decatur

 

 

F

F

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

Campbell Caroline

 

 

 

 

22

F

 

M

Keeping house

Decatur

 

 

N

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Campbell Clyde

 

 

 

 

1

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

36

36

Hollinger A?

 

 

22

 

42

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Pennsylvania

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

Hollinger Iowa

 

 

 

 

28

F

 

M

Keeping house

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

Hollinger Elmore

 

 

 

 

18

M

 

S

 

 

Indiana

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Hollinger Ellen

 

 

 

 

10

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

Hollinger Smith

 

 

 

 

1

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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