Rawles Township 1880 CensusCensus gif

Mills County, Iowa

Note: In contrast to the census of prior years, the 1880 census also lists the birthplace of father and mother. Occupation of wife was usually listed as 'keeping house' and children were listed as 'at school' . These are not included in this transcription. In checking for errors I find my own grandparents at #49 had 3 errors in the listed birthplaces so I assume many others might have had errors also. Use with caution.

HOUSEHOLD #

SURNAME, GIVEN NAME

AGE

SEX

OCCUPATION
BIRTHPLACE
Person/Father/Mother
Page 1

01

Aistrope, Walter, 21 / m / head / farmer / MO / England / England
Aistrope, Maggie, 25 / f / sister / Yorkshire / England / England
Andrew, George, 18 / m / farm laborer / MO / MO / MO

02

Kline, John, 31 / m / head / farmer / PA / PA / PA
Kline, Ella, 25 / m / wife / MI / NJ / MI
Kline, Otto, 5 / m / son / IA / CT / MI
Kline, John, 3 / m / son / IA / PA / MI
Kline, Ruth, 1 / f / dau / IA / PA / MI
Brown, William, 18 / m / IL / IL / IL

03

Hayes, Warren, 37 / m / head / farmer / OH / OH / OH
Hayes, Sarah, 36 / f / wife / VA / VA / VA
Hayes, Clarence, 12 / m / son / OH / OH / VA
Hayes, George, 10 / m / son / IA / OH / VA
Hayes, Lenard, 6 / m / son / IA / OH / VA

04

Newman, Abner, 44 / m / head / farmer / OH / ? / ?
Newman, Melinda, 38 / f / wife / IN / NC / IN
Newman, Leesia, 17 / f / dau / at home / IA / NY / IN
Newman, Charles, 14 / m / son / works on farm / IA / NY / IN
Newman, Lemuel, 12 / m / son / works on farm / IA / NY / IN
Newman, Anna, 9 / f / dau / IA / NY / IN

05

Winters, John, 29 / m / head / farmer / England / England / England / md. within year
Winters, Alice, 19 / f / wife / IA / NY / IN / md. within year
Christy, Ada, 30 / f / boarder / school teacher / IL / PA / PA

06

Seery, Thomas, 31 / m / head / farmer / CT / Ireland / Ireland
Seery, Frances, 25 / f / wife / IA / MI / MI
Seery, Alice, 8 / f / dau / IA / CT / MI
Seery, Mary, 7 / f / dau / IA / CT / MI
Seery, Lena, 5 / f / dau / IA / CT / MI
Doyle, Michael, 30 / m / boarder / farm laborer / IL / Ireland / Ireland

07

Rodman, Solomon, 34 / m / head / farmer / IL / KY / KY
Rodman, Sarah, 24 / f / wife / IA / OH / VA
Rodman, Edward, 8 / m / son / IA / IL / IA
Rodman, William, 7 / m / son / IA / IL / IA
Rodman, Flora, 3 / f / dau / IA / IL / IA
Stout, Mathias, 16 / m / herdsman / IL / IL / IL

08

Reasoner, James, 40 / m / head / farmer / OH / OH / D.C.
Reasoner, Mary, 36 / f / wife / OH / PA / MA
Reasoner, Lucy, 7 / f / dau / IA / OH / OH
Reasoner, Lizzie, 5 / f / dau / IA / OH / OH
Reasoner, Florence, 4 / f / dau / IA / OH / OH
Reasoner, Olive, 6/12 (Dec) / f / dau / IA / OH / OH
Reasoner, Elizabeth, 73 / f / widow / mother / D.C./ England / Isle of Guernsey
Talbot, Milton, 22 / m / hired man / IA / IA / IA
Talbot, Mary, 18 / f / hired girl / IA / IA / IA
Talbot, Columbus, 13 / m / hired man / IA / IA / IA
Page 2

09

Hodges, Jay, 35 / m / head / farmer / MI / NY / NY
Hodges, Harriett, 41 / f / wife / IL / KY / KY
Hodges, Nelly, 9 / f / dau / IA / MI / IL
Hodges, Edward, 8 / m / son / IA / MI / IL
Hodges, Norman, 6 / m / son / IA / MI / IL
Hodges, Linnie, 4 / f / dau / IA / MI / IL
Hodges, Guy, 2 / m / son / IA / MI / IL
Hodges, Freddie, 5/12 (Jan), m / son / IA / MI / IL
Way, Hiram, 19 / m / servant / IA / IN / IN

10

Brittle, John, 57 / m / head / farmer / England / England / England
Brittle, Mary, 48 / f / wife / OH / PA / OH
Brittle, Mary, 14 / f / dau / IA / England / OH
Brittle, Nellie, 12 / f / dau / IA / England / OH
Brittle, William, 9 / m / son / IA / England / OH
Brittle, Cornelia, 7 / f / dau / IA / England / OH
Brittle, John, 5 / m / son / IA / England / OH

11

Gray, William, 33 / m / head / farmer / IL / OH / OH
Gray, Sarah, 29 / f / wife / IL / NJ / OH
Gray, Bertha, 7 / f / dau / IA / IL / IL
Gray, Minie, 5 / f / dau / IA / IL / IL
Gray, Gertrude, 2 / f / dau / IA / IL / IL
Gray, Sarah, 3/12 (Feb) / f / dau / IA / IL / IL
Stout, John, 18 / m / farm laborer / IL / IL / IL

12

Wilcut, Corbin, 29 / m / head / farmer / IA / OH / VA
Wilcut, Marilla, 22 / f / wife / IL / OH / OH
Wilcut, Winnia, 3 / f / dau / IA / IA / IL
Wilcut, John, 62 / m / father / farm laborer / OH / OH / OH

13

(Sarits?), John, 37 / m / head / farmer / KY / NY / PA
(Sarits?), Hannah, 36 / f / wife / PA / PA / NJ
(Sarits?), Livingston, 7 / m / son / IA / KY / PA

14

Delavan, Alfred, 27 / m / head / farmer / IN / NJ / OH
Delavan, Nancy, 25 / f / wife / IA / VA / IN
Delavan, Ada, 5 / f / dau / IA / IN / IA
Delavan, Desda, 3 / f / dau / IA / IN / IA

15

Ellwood, Samuel, 29 / m / head / farmer / IN / KY / OH
Ellwood, Mary, 24 / f / wife / OH / OH / OH
Ellwood, Maud, 7 / f / dau / IA / IN / OH
Ellwood, William, 5 / m / son / IA / IN / OH
Ellwood, Minnie, 3 / f / dau / IA / IN / OH
Utterback, John, 3 / m / boarder / farmer / IA / IN / MI

16

Morse, Chancy, 36, m / head / farmer / IN / NY / NY
Morse, Jane, 31 / f / wife / OH / PA / PA
Morse, Byron, 8 / m / son / IA / IN / OH
Morse, Ira, 6 / m / son / IA / IN / OH
Morse, Willma, 2 / f / dau / IA / IN / OH
Morse, Mercy, 5/12 (Jan) / f / dau / IA / IN / OH

17

(Haiss?), Thomas, 22 / m / head / farmer / IL / PA / PA / md. within year
(Haiss?), Jennie, 20 / f / wife / IL / IN / IN / md. within year
Wolf, Lucian, 20 / m / farmer / IA / MO / IA
Page 3

18

Dolbow, John, 40 / m / head / farmer / IL / NJ / NJ
Dolbow, Lydia, 36 / f / wife / ME / ME / ME
Dolbow, Amanda, 15 / f / dau / IL / IL / ME
Dolbow, George, 12 / m / son / IL / IL / ME
Dolbow, Alice, 7 / f / dau / IL / IL / ME
Dolbow, Bennett, 5 / m / son / IL / IL / ME
Dolbow, Clara, 3 / f / dau / IA / IL / ME
Dolbow, Luella, 3/12 (Feb) / f / dau / IA / IL / ME

19

Bass, Zeno, 35 / m / head / farmer / IN / IN / IN
Bass, Harriett, 34 / f / wife / IN / OH / OH
Bass, Emily, 12 / f / dau / IN / IN / IN
Bass, Ora, 9 / m / son / KS / IN / IN
Bass, Mayo, 6 / m / son / KS / IN / IN
Bass, Ida, 4 / f / dau / IA / IN / IN

20

Madden, John, 46 / m / head / farmer / OH / VA / OH
Madden, Mary, 46 / f / wife / OH / OH / OH
Madden, Racheal, 21 / f / dau / OH / OH / OH
Madden, Emma, 18 / f / dau / teaching school / OH / OH / OH
Madden, Mary, 8 / f / dau / IA / OH / OH
Hardin, Richard, 18 / m / hired hand / MO / IN / KY

21

Baker, John, 65 / m / head / farmer / GA / GA / GA
Baker, Sarah, 50 / f / wife / OH / GA / TN
Baker, Edna, 12 / f / dau / IA / GA / OH
Baker, Clara, 9 / f / dau / IA / GA / OH
Peterson, Paul, 26 / m / hired hand / Sweden / Sweden / Sweden

22

Petty, Albert, 26 / m / head / laborer / IN / IN / IN
Petty, Maggie, 19 / f / wife / MO / IN / OH
Petty, Clarence, 6/12 (Dec) / m / son / IA / IN / MO

23

Wolf, William, 25 / m / head / farmer / IA / MO / TN
Wolf, Mary, 25 / f / wife / IN / VA / NY
Wolf, Daisy, 2 / f / dau / IA / IA / IN

24

Chaney, William, 27 / m / head / farmer / MO / TN / TN
Chaney, Cordelia, 20 / f / wife / MO / MO / IL
Chaney, Anna, 1 / f / dau / IA / MO / MO

25

Wolf, William S., 26 / m / head / farmer / IA / TN / TN
Wolf, Laura, 27 / f / wife / PA / OH / PA
Wolf, George, 2 / f / son / IA / IA / PA

26

Kilmartin, Patrick, 31 / m / head / farmer / Ireland / Ireland / Ireland
Kilmartin, Martha, 22 / f / wife / IA / TN / TN
Kilmartin, Anna, 3 / f / dau / IA / Ireland / TN(?)

27

Cunningham, ____, 30 / m / head / farmer / Ireland / Ireland / Ireland
Cunningham, Martin, 70 / m / father / retired farmer / Ireland / Ireland / Ireland
Cunningham, Catherine, 60 / f / mother / Ireland / Ireland / Ireland

28

Cunningham, Michael, 34 / m / head / farmer / Ireland / Ireland / Ireland
Cunningham, Patrick, 79 / m / father / widower / Ireland / Ireland / Ireland
Cunningham, Margaret, 26 / f / sister / Ireland / Ireland / Ireland
Angell, Retta, 28 / f / sister / widow / Ireland / Ireland / Ireland
Angell, Nellie, 5 / f / niece / IA / MA / Ireland
Gabriel, Curtis, 20 / m / hired hand / OH / OH / OH
Page 4

29

Osborn, John, 64 / m / head / farmer / PA / PA / WV
Osborn, Eliza, 58 / f / wife / IN / NH / NY
Osborn, Cora, 18 / f / dau / WI / PA / IN
Osborn, Jennie, 15 / f / dau / WI /PA / IN
Parkins, Charles, 18 / m / farm laborer / IL / IL / IL
Goode, Ivison, 22 / m / nephew / farmer / WI / WI / WV

30

Madden, Isaac, 35 / m / head / farmer / OH / VA / VA
Madden, Elizabeth, 35 / f / wife / TN / TN / TN
Madden, Mary, 4 / f / dau / IA / OH / TN
Hodgin, Thomas, 40 / m / bro-in-law / farmer / TN / TN / TN
Hodgin, Edward, 10 / m / nephew / IA / TN / IA

31

Hodgin, Benjamin, 35 / m / head / farmer / TN / TN / TN
Hodgin, Elisabeth, 28 / f / wife / IA / GA / GA
Hodgin, Katie, 6 / f / dau / IA / TN / IA
Hodgin, Nellie, 2 / f / dau / IA / TN / IA
Baker, Lydia, 20 / f / sis-in-law / IA / GA / GA
Baker, Minerva, 18 / f / sis-in-law / IA / GA / GA

32

Hurlbutt, Walter, 32 / m / head / farmer / OH / PA / NY
Hurlbutt, Catherine, 27 / f / wife / Ireland / Ireland / Ireland
Hurlbutt, Raymond, 8 / m / son / IA / OH / Ireland
Hurlbutt, Charles, 3 / m / son / IA / OH / Ireland
Hurlbutt, Robert, 1 / m / son / IA / OH / Ireland
Cunningham, Belle, 15 / m / servant / NY / NY / NY
Bankston, William, 23 / m / black / hired man / LA / LA / LA

33

Russell, Hiram, 49 / m / head / farmer / NY / NY / NY
Russell, Harriet, 50 / f / wife / NY / NY / NY
Russell, Mary, 20 / f / dau / IA / NY / NY
Russell, Harriet, 12 / f / dau / IA / NY / NY
Russell, Bessie, 9 / f / dau / IA / NY / NY
Russell, Edward, 9 / m / son / IA / NY / NY
Weaver, Emma, 25 / f / dau / IL / NY / NY
Weaver, Daniel, 4 / m / grandson / IA / WI / IL
Weaver, Benjamin, 2 / m / grandson / IA / WI / IL

34

Leslie, George, 27 / m / head / farmer / MO / MO / PA
Leslie, Nancy, 22 / f / wife / IA / GA / GA
Leslie, Lilly, 4 / f / dau / IA / MO / IA
Leslie, Lorin, 2 / m / son / IA / MO / IA
Cramer, Conner, 19 / m / farm laborer / NY / NY / NY

35

Hammond, Loren, 65 / m / head / farmer / NY / NY / MA
Hammond, Harriet, 42 / f / wife / IL / PA / PA
Hammond, Rose, 12 / f / dau / IA / NY / PA
Hammond, Lilly, 8 / f / dau / IA / NY / PA
Ward, Alexander, 50 / m / farmer / TN / TN / TN

36

Cunningham, Peter, 32 / m / head / farmer / Ireland / Ireland / Ireland
Cunningham, Mary, 27 / f / wife / IL / England / England
Cunningham, Amy, 4 / f / dau / IA / Ireland / IL
Cunningham, Martin, 3/12 (Feb) / m / son / IA / Ireland / IL
Cunningham, James, 29 / m / brother / farmer / Ireland / Ireland / Ireland
Page 5

36

Wolfe, Alfred, 24 / m / head / farmer / TN / TN / TN
Wolfe,Lenora, 21 / f / wife / IA / PA / PA
Wolfe, Pearl, 2 / f / dau / IA / IA / IA
Wolfe, Arthur, 4/12 / (Feb) / m / son / IA / IA / IA
Eacrett, Eva, 16 / f / sis-in-law / IA / PA / PA

37

Darling, George, 30 / m / head / farmer / WI / NY / NY
Crane, Henry, 20 / m / hired man / MO / MO / MO

38

Kesterson, James / 33 / m / head / farmer / TN / TN / TN
Kesterson, Julina, 24 / f / wife / WV / VA / VA
Kesterson, Mattie, 8 / f / dau / IA / TN / WV
Kesterson, Frank, 4 / m / son / IA / TN / WV
Kesterson, Maggie, 2 / f / dau / IA / TN / WV
Kesterson, Julina, 4/12 (Feb) / f / dau / IA / TN / WV
Cullen, John, 16 / m / works on farm / NY / NY / NY

39

Russell, Orlonzo, 42 / m / farmer / NY / NY / NY
Russell, Josephine, 41 / f / wife / IL / NY / NY
Russell, Edward, 16 / m / son / IA / NY / IL
Russell, Juanietta, 13 / f / dau / IA / NY / IL
Russell, Robert, 9 / m / son / IA / NY / IL
Russell, Julia, 5 / f / dau / IA / NY / IL
Sheirban, Mary, 21 / f / not given / WI / England / England

40

Bricknell, William, 61 / m / head / farmer / England / England / England
Bricknell, Sarah, 52 / f / wife / England / England / England
Bricknell, William, 21 / m / son / farmer / OH / England / England

41

West, John, 51 / m / head / farmer / MA / MA / MA
West, Ann, 46 / f / wife / NJ / NJ / NJ
West, Delia, 18 / f / dau / IA / MA / NJ
West, Clara, 16 / f / dau / IA / MA / NJ
West, Carlos, 14 / m / son / works on farm / IA / MA / NJ
West, Melvin, 12 / m / son / works on farm / IA / MA / NJ
West, Gertrude, 6 / f / dau / IA / MA / NJ
West, Mary, 2 / f / dau / IA / MA / NJ

42

Russell, Henry, 26 / m / head / farmer / IL / NY / NY
Russell, Margaret, 23 / f / wife / OH / OH / OH
Russell, Nellie, 2 / dau / IA / IA / OH

43

Glynn, Archibald, 25 / m / head / farmer / Ireland / Ireland / Ireland
Glynn, Narcia, 18 / f / wife / IA / OH / MA
Glynn, Francis, 1 / f / dau / IA / IA / IA

44

Moon, Charles, 21 / m / head / farmer / MO / NY / NY / md. within year
Moon, Mary, 18 / f / wife / IA / NY / NY / md. within year

45

Moon, Thomas, 50 / m / head / farmer / NY / NY / NY
Moon, Emma, 37 / f / wife / OH / OH / NY
Moon, George, 16 / m / son / works on farm / IA / NY / OH
Moon, M____, 14 / f / dau / IA / NY / OH
Moon, Lora, 12 / f / dau / IA / NY / OH
Moon, Lydia, 11 / f / dau / IA / NY / OH
Moon, Ura, 10 / m / son / IA / NY / OH
Moon, Pearl, 4 / f / dau / IA / NY / OH
Page 6

46

Spees, Fredrick, 50 / m / head / farmer / NY / NY / NY
Spees, Abigail, 41 / f / wife / OH / VT / OH
Spees, Lora, 11 / f / dau / IA / NY / OH
Skaith, John, 15 / m / farm laborer / DE / England / DE

47

Purdy, Ross, 29 / m / head / farmer / IN / IN / OH
Purdy, Belle, 24 / f / wife / IA / IL / OH
Purdy, Arthur, 5 / m / son / IA / IL / OH
Purdy, Lula, 3 / f / dau / IA / IA / IL / OH
Purdy, Lillian, 6/12 (Dec) / f / dau / IA / IL / OH
Pool, Nathan, 19 / m / farm laborer / IN / PA / OH
Latham, William, 20 / m / farm laborer / England / Scotland / England

48

Glynn, John, 34 / m / head / farmer / Ireland / Ireland / Ireland
Glynn, Elisabeth, 42 / f / wife / NY / NY / NY
Glynn, Walter, 6 / m / son / IA / Ireland / NY
Cullum, Frank, 15 / m / farm laborer / NY / NY / NY
McCarty, Charles, 26 / m / farm laborer / Ireland / Ireland / Ireland
King, Mary, 18 / f / stepdau / IA / NY / NY
Hall, Thomas, 42 / m / farmer / England / England / England

49

Brading, Thomas, 30 / m / head / farmer / England / England / England
Brading, Sarah, 23 / f / wife / IN / KY / KY (should be IN)
Brading, Robert, 2 / m / son / IA / Ireland, should be England / IN
Brading, Ellen, 3/12 (Mar) / f / dau / IA / Ireland ,should be England / IN

50

Shellington, John, 29 / m / head / farmer / Canada / Ireland / NY
Shellington, Mary J., 22 / f / wife / England / England / England
Shellington, Lilly A., 3 / f / dau / IA / Canada / England
Shellington, Ella M., 1 / f / dau / IA / Canada / England
Simmons, Calvin, 9 / m / not given / IA / IA / IA

51

Harrison, Christopher, 44 / m / head / farmer / England / England / England
Harrison, Betsey, 40 / f / wife / England / England / England
Harrison, Edward, 4 / m / son / IA / England / England

52

Cummings, Burton, 34 / m / head / farmer / OH / VT / VT
Cummings, Alice, 33 / f / wife / MI / VT / NY
Cummings, Clark, 3 / m / son / IA / OH / MI

53

Wells, Charles F., 43 / m / head / farmer / OH / MA / MA
Wells, Rose C., 38 / f / wife / NY / NY / NY
Wells, Emma C., 19 / f / dau / IA / OH / NY
Wells, Robert E., 13 / m / son / IA / OH / NY
Wells, Lewis R., 7 / m / son / IA / OH / NY
Wells, Minnie C., 5 / f / dau / IA / OH / NY

54

Gaston, James K., 48 / m / head / farmer / MA / MA / NY
Gaston, Sarah J., 40 / f / wife / OH / VT / England
Gaston, Emily C., 21 / f / dau / IA / MA / OH
Gaston, Ellen M., 20 / f / dau / school teacher IA / MA / OH
Gaston, Willard E., 18 / m / son / IA / MA / OH
Gaston, Burton C., 16 / m / son / works on farm / IA / MA / OH
Gaston, Vernon L., 14 / m / son / works on farm / IA / MA / OH
Gaston, Lillie J., 10 / f / dau / IA / MA / OH
Gaston, Lucy M., 8 / f / dau / IA / MA / OH
Gaston, George, 3 / m / son / IA / MA / OH
Dean, Sarah, 21 / f / servant / IA / OH / OH
Continued

If you find any errors, please contact the transcriber, Cay Merryman, for correction.
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