Transcribed 8 March 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 Town Page 11

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

 

 

Carder Nancy

 

 

 

 

55

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Tenn

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

Jordan Mattie

 

 

 

 

23

F

 

S

Teacher

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

Carder Fanny

 

 

 

 

15

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

76

76

Brown John M.

 

 

 

Main St

41

M

 

M

Laborer

 

Md

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

Brown Eliza E.

 

 

 

 

38

F

 

M

Keeping house

Wapello

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

Brown Hannah L.

 

 

 

 

16

F

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

Brown Barta? W.

 

 

 

 

12

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Brown Wade

 

 

 

 

10

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

Brown Edda

 

 

 

 

6

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

Brown Pearl F.

 

 

 

 

1

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

77

77

Aten Aaron

 

 

 

Main St

73

M

 

M

Farmer

 

Penn

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

Aten Dorcas

 

 

 

 

71

M

 

M

Keeping house

 

Penn

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

78

78

Gates Silas P.

 

 

 

Main St.

26

M

 

M

Laborer

Clark

 

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

Gates Rebecca

 

 

 

 

27

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Ill

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

Gates Oscar

 

 

 

 

1

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

79

79

Shaw Charlotte

 

 

 

Main St.

68

F

 

S

Keeping house

 

New York

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

Shaw Sara J.

 

 

 

Main S

43

F

 

S

Keeping house

 

Ill

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

80

80

Jennings Cordy P. or J.

 

 

 

Main St

55

F

 

W

Keeping house

 

Cal

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

Jennings Virgie L.

 

 

 

Main St.

18

F

 

S

Music Teacher

 

Ind

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

81

81

Doolittle Emmet W.

 

 

 

Jefferson St.

33

M

 

M

Physician

 

Ind

 

N

N

|

|

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

Doolittle Flora A.

 

 

 

 

31

F

 

M

Keeping House

Vanburen

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

Doolittle Guy W.

 

 

 

 

6

M

 

S

 

Vanburen

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

Doolittle Don H.

 

 

 

 

1

M

 

S

 

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

Flemming Alana

 

 

 

 

21

F

 

S

Housekeeper

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

82

82

Hamell John L.

 

 

 

Penn Av

79

M

 

M

 

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

|

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

Hamell Martha

 

 

 

 

77

F

 

M

Keeping house

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

83

83

Wilson Sarah J.

 

 

 

Penn Av

54

F

 

W

Keeping house

 

Ohio

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

Hamell Chas. L.

 

 

 

 

18

M

 

S

 

 

Ill

 

N

N

|

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

Hamell Ernest C.

 

 

 

 

17

M

 

S

 

 

Ill

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

Hamell Maggie E.

 

 

 

 

12

F

 

S

 

 

Indiana

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

84

84

Bellamy Olga

 

 

 

Penn Av

27

F

 

W

Keeping house

Decatur

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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