ELLINGTON TOWNSHIP, Palo Alto, Iowa 1880 Federal Census This Census was transcribed by Cathy Joynt Labath and proofread by Kathleen Frailey Puls for the USGenWeb Census Project http://www.usgenweb.org/census.
Note by the transcriber: There were no stamped page numbers. Handwritten
numbers from left corner used. There were check marks and dashes as well as
numbers used in the "Number of months unemployed" column. I put an "x" if
there was a dash or check mark; otherwise, I entered the number of months.
Census_Year 1880
Microfilm #T9-359
State Iowa
County Palo Alto
District 4
Enumerator Richard M. J. McFarland
Enumerator District 169
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1880 Census Reference Chart:
1)Dwelling # 14)Months unemployed this year
2)Family # 15)Currently ill? if so, specify
3)Name of every person whose place of 16)Blind
abode on 1 June 1880 was in this family 17)Deaf and dumb
4)Color 18)Idiotic
5)Sex 19)Insane
6)Age 20)Disabled
7)Month born if during census year 21)School this year
8)Relationship to household head 22)Cannot read
9)Single 23)Cannot write
10)Married 24)Birth place
11)Widow / Divorced 25)Father's Birthplace
12)Married with census year 26)Mother's Birthplace
13)Profession, occupation, or trade of
each person male or female
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Pg# Ln# St# Hou# Dw# Fm# Last Name First Name Color Sex Age Born Relationship Sgl Mar W/D Mar/Yr Occupation #mo Ill? Blind Deaf Idoitic Insane Disab School Read Write Birthplace Father Mother Comments
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29)
8 1 50 Cower Thomas w m 49 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . England England England Ellington enumerated the 11th day of June, 1880
8 2 50 Cower Harriet w f 35 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . England England England
8 3 50 Cower Edmund w m 18 Son x . . . Works on farm x . . . . . . x . . England England England
8 4 50 Cower Walter w m 16 Son x . . . Works on farm x . . . . . . x . . England England England
8 5 50 Cower Frederick w m 14 Son x . . . Herding . . . . . . . x . . England England England
8 6 50 Cower Marinda J w f 11 Daughter . . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa England England
8 7 50 Cower John w m 9 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa England England
8 8 50 Cower Ethral w m 6 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa England England
8 9 50 Cower Sarah A w f 4 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa England England
8 10 50 Cower Thomas w m 1 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa England England
8 11 51 Brown M L w m 60 . . . x . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Denmark Denmark Denmark
8 12 51 Lund Jessie w m 60 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Denmark Denmark Denmark
8 13 51 Lund Ellen M w f 55 Keeping House . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . x x Denmark Denmark Denmark
8 14 52 Schaap Otto w m 32 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Mich Holland Holland
8 15 52 Schaap Mary w f 31 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . x x Holland Holland Holland
8 16 52 Schaap Nellie w f 9 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Mich Mich Holland
8 17 52 Schaap John w m 7 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Mich Mich Holland
8 18 52 Schaap Albert w m 5 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Wisconsin Mich Holland
8 19 52 Schaap Minnie w f 2 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Mich Holland
8 20 53 Smith John w m 58 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . N.J. N.J. N.J.
8 21 53 Smith Christina w f 60 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Penn Penn Penn
8 22 53 Smith Daniel w m 25 Son x . . . Works on farm x . . . . . . . . . Mich N.J. Penn
8 23 54 Gretchen Peter w m 38 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Luxemburg Luxemburg Prussia
8 24 54 Gretchen Mary w f 26 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
8 25 54 Gretchen Cashen w m 9 Son . x . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Luxemburg Prussia
8 26 54 Gretchen Annie w f 7 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Luxemburg Prussia
8 27 54 Gretchen John w m 6 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Luxemburg Prussia
8 28 54 Gretchen Edward w m 4 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Luxemburg Prussia
8 29 54 Gretchen Willie w m 1 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Luxemburg Prussia
8 30 55 Wagner John w m 49 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Luxemburg Luxemburg Luxemburg
8 31 55 Wagner Elizabeth w f 32 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Wis ********* Luxemburg Can't read Place of birth, father
8 32 55 Wagner Regina w f 8 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa ********* Luxemburg
8 33 55 Wagner Fran R H w m 3 Step Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wisconsin Ireland Germany
8 34 56 Horn John w m 40 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
8 35 56 Horn Katrina w f 40 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
8 36 56 Horn Jacob w m 17 Son x . . . Work on farm x . . . . . . x . . Germany Germany Germany
8 37 56 Horn Caroline w f 12 Daughter . . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wisconsin Germany Germany
8 38 56 Horn Rosa w f 11 Daughter . . . . At School . . . . . . . x . . Wisconsin Germany Germany
8 39 56 Horn John w m 5 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Germany
8 40 56 Horn Freddy w m 2 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Germany
8 41 56 Horn Harry w m 7 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Germany
8 42 56 Horn Willis w m 4 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Germany
8 43 56 Horn Katie w f 7/12 Oct Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Germany
8 44 56 Bessan Michel w m 42 . . . . . Farmer x . . . . x . . . . Luxemburg Luxemburg Prussia
8 45 57 Frotiman John w m 27 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Wisconsin Germany France
8 46 57 Frotiman John C w m 4 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Wis Wis
8 47 58 Stiel Elizabeth w f 75 . . . x . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
8 48 58 Steil Joseph w m 28 Son x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Wis Germany Germany
8 49 59 Rupert John w m 40 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Luxemburg Luxemburg Luxemburg
8 50 59 Rupert Barbara w f 30 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
9 1 59 59 Rupert John w m 8 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Luxemburg Prussia
9 2 59 59 Rupert Annie w f 7 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Luxemburg Prussia
9 3 59 59 Rupert Casper w m 5 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Luxemburg Prussia
9 4 60 60 Stafford Chas w m 25 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Iowa England Ill
9 5 60 60 Stafford Rosa w f 21 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Switzerland Switzerland
9 6 60 60 Stafford not named w f 6/12 Dec Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Iowa Ohio
9 7 60 60 Stafford Jackson w m 27 Brother x . . . Laborer x . . . . . . . . . Iowa England Ill
9 8 61 61 Steil Nicholas w m 53 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
9 9 61 61 Steil Rachel w f 39 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
9 10 61 61 Steil Joseph w m 16 Son . . . . Herding x . . . . . . x . . Wis Germany Germany
9 11 61 61 Steil John w m 14 Son . . . . Working on farm x . . . . . . x . . Wis Germany Germany
9 12 61 61 Steil Elizabeth w f 12 Daughter . . . . At School . . . . . . . x . . Wis Germany Germany
9 13 61 61 Steil Michael w m 10 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Wis Germany Germany
9 14 61 61 Steil Matthias w m 8 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Germany
9 15 61 61 Steil Nicholas w m 6 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Germany
9 16 61 61 Steil Albert w m 2 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Germany
9 17 61 61 Conk Mary A w f 17 Boarder . . . . School teacher x . . . . . . . . . Ill Ireland Ireland
9 18 62 62 Smith Silvester w m 23 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Mich N.J. Penn
9 19 62 62 Smith Augusta w f 32 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Mich
9 20 63 63 Neurman Casper w m 42 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Austria Austria Austria
9 21 63 63 Neurman Helen w f 43 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
9 22 63 63 Schawell Mishal w m 72 Father in law . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
9 23 63 63 Schawell Anne w f 82 Mother in law . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
9 24 63 63 Shel Casper w m 6 Adopted son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Wisconsin
9 25 64 64 Stafford Wm w m 28 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Iowa England Ill
9 26 64 64 Stafford Mary H w f 27 Wife . x . . Keeping H . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Penn Ireland
9 27 64 64 Stafford John C w m 5 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Iowa Iowa
9 28 64 64 Stafford Philip H w m 3 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Iowa Iowa
9 29 64 64 Stafford Emma E w f 1 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Iowa Iowa
9 30 64 64 Wagner John w m 20 Laborer x . . . Farm Laborer x . . . . . . . . . Mich Luxemburg Luxemburg
9 31 65 65 Buchaker John w m 49 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
9 32 65 65 Buchaker Elizabeth w f 48 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . x Wisconsin Germany France
9 33 65 65 Buchaker Lizzie w f 17 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Wisconsin Germany Wis
9 34 65 65 Buchaker Susan w f 13 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis Germany Wis
9 35 65 65 Buchaker John w m 11 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis Germany Wis
9 36 65 65 Buchaker George w m 8 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Wis
9 37 65 65 Buchaker Mary w f 6 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Wis
9 38 65 65 Buchaker William w m 5 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Wis
9 39 65 65 Buchaker Louisa w f 7/12 Oct Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Wis
9 40 66 66 Leuer John w m 42 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
9 41 66 66 Leuer Mary w f 28 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Wisconsin Germany Germany
9 42 66 66 Leuer John w m 13 Son . . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Wis
9 43 66 66 Leuer Joseph w m 11 Son . . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis Germany Wis
9 44 66 66 Leuer Annie M w f 9 Daughter . . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Wis
9 45 66 66 Leuer Katrina w f 3 Daughter . . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Wis
9 46 67 67 Leuer Peter w m 4/12 Jan Son . . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Wis Dwelling and Family number did start on this line on census
9 47 67 67 Dearchy Garsit w m 24 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
9 48 67 67 Dearchy Julia w f 21 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Wis Germany France
9 49 67 67 Dearchy Mary w f 3 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Wis
9 50 67 67 Dearch Peter w m 66 Father . . x . Living with son . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany
10 1 68 68 Mertes John w m 32 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia Ellington enumerated on the 12th day of June, 1880
10 2 68 68 Mertes Mary w f 18 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Wisconsin Germany Poland
10 3 68 68 Mertes Mary Rose w f 1/12 May Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Prussia Wis
10 4 69 69 Frong John w m 44 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland
10 5 69 69 Frong Kate w f 35 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland
10 6 69 69 Frong John w m 10 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Switzerland Switzerland
10 7 69 69 Frong Thomas w m 7 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Switzerland Switzerland
10 8 69 69 Frong Christmas w f 6 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Switzerland Switzerland
10 9 69 69 Frong Ulech w m 3 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Switzerland Switzerland
10 10 69 69 Frong Mary w f 1 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Switzerland Switzerland
10 11 69 69 Crep Edward w m 24 Farm Hand x . . . Farm Laborer x . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Germany
10 12 70 70 Krieg John w m 74 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland
10 13 70 70 Krieg Annie w f 56 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland
10 14 70 70 Krieg John w m 28 Son x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland
10 15 70 70 Krieg Charles w m 16 Son x . . . Works on farm x . . . . . . x . . Ohio Switzerland Switzerland
10 16 71 71 Kung Augustus w m 30 F . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
10 17 71 71 Kung Louisa w f 22 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Germany
10 18 71 71 Kung Leonard w m 1 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Iowa
10 19 71 71 Kung John G w m 63 Father . . x . Cooper 12 . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
10 20 72 72 Duncan Chas w m 41 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Canada Switzerland Canada
10 21 72 72 Duncan Kate M w f 39 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . x . . N.Y. Scotland Scotland
10 22 72 72 Duncan Virginia w f 16 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis Canada N.Y.
10 23 72 72 Duncan William W w m 13 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis Canada N.Y.
10 24 72 72 Duncan Jessie M w f 9 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Wis Canada N.Y.
10 25 72 72 Duncan May J w f 7 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Canada N.Y.
10 26 72 72 Duncan Ralph C w m 5 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Canada N.Y.
10 27 72 72 Duncan Mary w f 67 Mother . . x . . . . . . . . . . . . Canada N.Y. N.Y.
10 28 73 73 Anginger Frank w m 45 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
10 29 73 73 Anginger Sophia w f 42 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
10 30 73 73 Anginger Mary Runel w f 13 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Missouri Germany Germany
10 31 73 73 Anginger George R w m 10 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Missouri Germany Germany
10 32 73 73 Anginger Helena w f 5 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Germany
10 33 73 73 Anginger Louisa w f 9/12 Aug Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Germany
10 34 74 74 Sweryinger A M w m 27 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
10 35 74 74 Sweryinger Louisa w f 19 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ill Germany Can't read place of birth, mother
10 36 75 75 Swessinger Peter w m 68 . . . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
10 37 75 75 Swessinger Annie B w f 63 Wife . . . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
10 38 75 75 Swessinger Gottlieb w m 23 Son . . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
10 39 75 75 Swessinger Annie L w f 16 Grand Daughter . . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
10 40 75 75 Swessinger August w m 11 G Son . . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Germany Germany Germany
10 41 76 76 Randall M L w m 32 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Wis N.Y. Vt
10 42 76 76 Randall Malinda J w f 23 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Canada Canada Canada
10 43 76 76 Randall Addie L w f 2 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Wis Canada
10 44 76 76 Randall Bertha A w f 3/12 Mar Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Wis Canada Lines 45-50 left blank
11 1 77 77 Wenning J M w m 46 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
11 2 77 77 Wenning Louisa w f 41 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
11 3 77 77 Wenning Minnie w f 13 Daughter x . . . At School . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Germany
11 4 77 77 Wenning William w m 17 Son x . . . Works on farm x . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Germany
11 5 77 77 Schunk Henry w m 46 Brother in law x . . . Laborer 6 . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
11 6 78 78 Lund John w m 35 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
11 7 78 78 Lund Cecelia w f 35 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Germany Germany Germany
11 8 78 78 Lund Ella w f 6 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Germany Germany
11 9 78 78 Lund Adelia w f 3 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Germany
11 10 78 78 Lund Charles w m 1 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Germany Germany
11 11 79 79 Hough William w m 37 . . . . . Farmer x Lost right leg. . . . . . . . Ohio Penn Penn
11 12 79 79 Hough Mary w f 26 Wife . . . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . NY Ireland Ireland
11 13 79 79 Hough Rosa E w f 8 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Ill Ohio NY
11 14 79 79 Hough William H w m 6 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Ill Ohio NY
11 15 79 79 Hough Lillie M w f 4 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Ill Ohio NY
11 16 79 79 Hough Chas E w m 2 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ohio NY
11 17 80 80 Randall D L w m 40 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ohio NY Vt
11 18 80 80 Randall Mary S w f 30 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY
11 19 80 80 Randall Eva D w f 10 Daughter . . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Ohio NY
11 20 80 80 Randall Ines V w f 8 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Ohio NY
11 21 80 80 Randall Norman L w m 5 Son . . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Ohio NY
11 22 80 80 Knapp Joseph w m 68 Father in law . . x . . . . . . . . . . . . NY RI RI
11 23 81 81 Randall Asa E w m 29 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Wis NY Vt
11 24 81 81 Randall Josephine w f 25 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . NY NY NY
11 25 81 81 Randall Martha P w f 3 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Wis NY
11 26 81 81 Randall Eroy M w f 1 Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wis Wis NY
11 27 82 82 Randall E w m 69 . . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . NY NH NY
11 28 82 82 Randall Martha M w f 63 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Vt Vt Vt
11 29 82 82 Randall A H w m 27 . . . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Wis NY Vt
11 30 82 82 Randall Athaliah w f 18 Wife . . . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Canada Canada Canada
11 31 82 82 Randall Ettie L w f 7/12 Oct Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Wis Canada
11 32 82 82 Snulebing John w m 14 Herder . . . . Herding x . . . . . . . . . Ill NY Indiana