Transcribed 7 February 2006 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

Garden Grove Twp. Page 6

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

40

40

Robert Roe

70

24

8

E ½ SE ¼

46

M

M

Farmer

England

F

F

|

2

Elizabeth

42

F

M

Keeping house

England

F

F

3

Thos

17

M

S

Farmer

Ohio

F

F

4

Charles E.

11

M

Decatur

F

F

5

Olda L.

6

M

Decatur

F

F

6

41

41

Robert M. McBroome

8

SW ½

60

M

M

Farmer

Ohio

N

N

|

7

Susanah

50

F

M

Keeping house

Ohio

N

N

8

Lucy Y.

20

F

S

House Keeping

Decatur

N

N

9

Edna R.

18

F

S

House Keeping

Decatur

N

N

10

Robert C.

16

M

S

Farmer

Decatur

N

N

11

Netta D.

13

F

S

Decatur

N

N

12

Myrtle B.

6

F

Decatur

N

N

13

William H. Hoke

21

M

S

Indiana

F

F

|

|

14

42

42

William A. Ross Jr.

9

S ½ NE ¼

58

M

M

Farmer

Ohio

F

N

|

15

M. Catherine

40

F

M

Keeping house

Illinois

N

N

16

J. Arthur

22

M

S

Farmer

Illinois

N

N

|

|

17

Lois L. Royal

15

F

Illinois

N

N

18

43

43

Joseph Jones

13

NW Corner

54

M

M

Farmer

Penn

N

N

|

19

Matilda

53

F

M

Keeping house

Penn

N

N

20

Mary

20

F

S

House Keeping

Penn

N

N

21

Joseph N.

17

M

Penn

N

N

22

William L.

14

M

Illinois

N

N

23

Anna M.

10

F

Wayne

N

N

24

44

44

John D. Gaunt

4

NE ¼

73

M

M

Farmer

Kentucky

N

N

|

25

Judith A.

60

F

M

Keeping house

Kentucky

N

N

26

John B.

33

M

S

Farmer

Illinois

N

N

|

|

27

Edward W.

29

M

S

Farmer

Illinois

N

N

|

|

28

45

45

John O. Cherry

4

NW ¼

42

M

M

Farmer

Ohio

N

N

|

29

Mary E.

40

F

M

Keeping house

Penn

N

N

30

Ida

18

F

S

House Keeping

Henry

N

N

31

Emma

16

F

S

House Keeping

Cedar

N

N

32

Ora

14

F

Decatur

N

N

Harry C.

10

M

Decatur

N

N

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