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1885 State Census, Jackson County Poor Farm

 

 1885 Iowa State Census Headings


A. Dwelling numbered in order of visitation (These were all 21)
B. Families numbered in order of visitation (These were all 21)
C. Name of Each Person (Write full first name)
Residence: 
Township (all 83)
Range (all 3)
Section (all 4)
D. Street and number, or other accurate designation, if in town plat. Smallest legal subdivision, if in country.  (all NE NE SW)
E. Age at birthday in 1884
F. Sex

G. Color (Not marked for any person)
H. Married (M), Single (S), Widowed (W) or Divorced (D)
I. Profession, Employment or Occupation
Place of Birth
J. If in Iowa, what county
K. If in United States, name of state or territory
L. If abroad, what country
Parentage (N, Native; F, Foreign)
M. Father
N. Mother

O. Subject to military duty
P. Entitled to vote (Only the Warden was marked)
Q. Alien who has taken out first papers (Only the two laborers, Wilms & Ehlers were marked)
R. Alien who has not taken out first papers
S. Cannot read or write, over 10 years old (Put in Remarks)
T. Can read but not write, over 10 years old
U. Deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiotic
V. Remarks

 

C E F H I J K L M N U Remarks
John M. Fitzgerald 53 M M Warden
Penna
N N

Sarrah C. Fitzgerald 49 F M Matron
Penna
N N

Gearhard Wilms 33 M S Laborer

Germany F F

Henry Ehlers 20 M S Laborer

Germany F F

Julia Cornelius 26 F D Domestic
Georgia
N N

Lidia Loess 16 F S Domestic

Germany F F

Mary A. Ahren 57 F M Insane

Ireland F F Insane
Amanda Buell 55 F S Insane

Canada F F Insane
Malissa Chace 12 F S Insane Jackson

N N Insane Age was written over and is my best guess
Katharine Weigers 40 F M Insane

Germany F F Insane
Pheba Groat 36 F M Insane
Penna
N N Insane
Margaret Woodruff 42 F M Insane

Canada F F Insane
Elizabeth Wise 45 F M Insane

England F F Insane
Emelia Wagnor 24 F S Insane

Germany F F Insane
Isaac C. Northop 55 M D Insane

Canada F F Insane
Stevan Neiball 28 M S Insane

Germany F F Insane
John McKenna 60 M M Insane

Ireland F F Insane
John Wiser 50 M S Insane

Germany F F Insane
Charles Erickson 50 M M Insane

Germany F F Insane
Henry Buzard 45 M S Insane
Wisconsin
N N Insane
Cyrus Falsom 48 M S Insane
Maine
F F Insane
John Runnells 57 M S Insane
Penna
N N Insane
William Malone 42 M S Insane

Ireland F F Insane
William L. Fowler 53 M M Insane
Virginia
N N Insane
Frank Wells 29 M S Insane
Ohio
N N Insane
G. H. Smith 20 M S Insane
N Y
F F Insane
Parick Dowting 45 M S Insane

Ireland F F Insane
John Bash 56 M S Insane

Germany F F Insane
John Hanafin 46 M S Insane

Ireland F F Insane
Seth Ryan 41 M S Insane

Canada F F Insane
Margaret Lincon 60 F M Insane
Ohio
N N Insane
Henryetta Fry 32 F S Insane

Germany F F Insane
Mary Tollman 60 F M Pauper

Canada F F
Cannot read or write
Nancy Neal 30 F S Pauper
Penna
N N Idiotic Cannot read or write
Rachel Mandigo 33 F S Pauper Jackson

N N Idiotic Cannot read or write
Almyra Cooper 40 F M Pauper
Ohio
N N Devilish
Fanny Cooper 11 F S Pauper
Ohio
N N

Agness Cooper 9 F S Pauper
Virginia
N N

Mary Prope 40 F M Pauper
Virginia
N N
Cannot read or write
Henry Springsteen 76 M M Pauper
York State
N N

Townley Haight 30 M S Pauper
Ohio
N N Idiotic Cannot read or write
Charles Mann 40 M S Pauper
Ohio
N N Blind
William Dowden 18 M M Pauper
Indiana
N N
Age was written over and is my best guess
William Collwell 60 M M Pauper
Penna
N N Blind
William Damon 12 M S Pauper
Penna
N N
Cannot read or write
Joseph Damon 6 M S Pauper Jackson

N N

Clifton McCoy 9 M S Pauper Jackson

N N

Frank Cooper 14 M S Pauper
Ohio
N N

Patrick McBride 75 M S Pauper

Ireland F F
Cannot read or write
John Hoffman 79 M S Pauper

Germany F F

Barthaamew Sowers 65 M M Pauper

Germany F F
Cannot read or write
John McCabe 70 M S Pauper

Ireland F F Idiotic Cannot read or write
John Drum 25 M S Pauper
Illinois
F F Blind
Cornelius Drum 27 M S Pauper
Illinois
N N Dwarf Cannot read or write
Frank Neal 26 M S Pauper Jackson

N N Idiotic Cannot read or write
Josep Sheidecker 28 M S Pauper

Germany F F Blind
Michael Slattery 76 M M Pauper

Ireland F F
Cannot read or write
Patrick Wogan 65 M S Pauper

Ireland F F Parelized Cannot read or write
Michael Amon 45 M S Pauper

Germany F F

William Prope 6 M S Pauper Jackson

N N

Adam Rich 50 M S Pauper

Germany F F Insane Cannot read or write