FAIRFIELD TWP, 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.
Census_Year 1880
Microfilm #T9-359
State Iowa
County Palo Alto
District 165
Enumerator W. H. H. Booth
Post Office Fairfield Township
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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)
17 1 127 127 Wright George w m 25 x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . N.Y. England N.Y. Fairfield Township Enumerated 21st day of June, 1880
17 2 128 128 Mathieson Julius A w m 33 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Denmark Denmark Denmark
17 3 128 128 Mathieson Hannah w f 29 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden
17 4 128 128 Mathieson Annie L w f 6 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Denmark Sweden
17 5 128 128 Mathieson Emma w f 4 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Denmark Sweden
17 6 128 128 Mathieson Ida S w f 1 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Denmark Sweden
17 7 129 129 Huxton Paul T w m 32 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
17 8 129 129 Huxton Dora w f 32 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
17 9 129 129 Huxton Thomas w m 18 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Norway Norway Norway
17 10 129 129 Huxton Martha J w f 8 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Norway Norway
17 11 130 130 Gappa Mathias w m 38 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
17 12 130 130 Gappa Catherine w f 29 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Luxemburg Luxemburg
17 13 130 130 Gappa Lizzie w f 7 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Prussia Iowa
17 14 130 130 Gappa Isadore w m 6 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Prussia Iowa
17 15 130 130 Gappa Joseph w m 5 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Prussia Iowa
17 16 130 130 Gappa George w m 4 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Prussia Iowa
17 17 130 130 Gappa Catherine w f 3 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Prussia Iowa
17 18 130 130 Gappa Maggie w f 2/12 May Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Prussia Iowa
17 19 131 131 Kleigle George w m 60 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Bireland Bavaria Bireland Bireland
17 20 131 131 Kleigle Mary w f 38 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
17 21 131 131 Kleigle George w m 20 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Wis. Bireland Prussia
17 22 131 131 Kleigle Joseph w m 20 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Wis. Bireland Prussia
17 23 131 131 Kleigle Adam w m 17 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Bireland Prussia
17 24 131 131 Kleigle Matilda w f 14 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Bireland Prussia
17 25 131 131 Kleigle Frances w f 12 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Bireland Prussia
17 26 131 131 Kleigle Annie w f 9 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Bireland Prussia
17 27 131 131 Kleigle Martha w f 8 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Bireland Prussia
17 28 131 131 Kleigle Sophronia w f 3 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wis. Bireland Prussia
17 29 131 131 Kleigle John w m 5 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wis. Bireland Prussia
17 30 131 131 Kleigle Allen w m 7/12 Nov Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wis. Bireland Prussia
17 31 132 132 Domek Adam w m 35 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Poland Poland Poland
17 32 132 132 Domek Barbara w f 35 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Poland Poland Poland
17 33 132 132 Domek Joseph w m 13 Son x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Poland Poland
17 34 132 132 Domek Henry w m 12 Son x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Poland Poland
17 35 132 132 Domek Barbara w f 10 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Poland Poland
17 36 132 132 Domek George w m 9 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Poland Poland
17 37 132 132 Domek Mary w f 7 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Poland Poland
17 38 132 132 Domek Andrew E w m 4 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Poland Poland
17 39 132 132 Domek John w m 1 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Poland Poland
17 40 133 133 Higley John w m 29 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . N.Y. Switzerland Switzerland
17 41 133 133 Higley Ida w f 26 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ill. Ohio Pa.
17 42 133 133 Higley Vincent w m 5 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa N.Y. Ill.
17 43 133 133 Higley Laura A w f 4 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa N.Y. Ill.
17 44 133 133 Higley Harvey T w m 3 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa N.Y. Ill.
17 45 133 133 Higley Ida M w f 1 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa N.Y. Ill.
17 46 134 134 Peterson Ole O w m 42 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden
17 47 134 134 Peterson Ellen w f 35 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland
17 78 134 134 Peterson Joseph w m 10 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Sweden Ireland
17 49 134 134 Peterson Mary A w f 8 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Sweden Ireland
17 50 134 134 Peterson John w m 6 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Ireland
18 1 134 134 Peterson Ellen w f 4 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Ireland Fairfield Township Enumerated 21st & 22nd day of June, 1880
18 2 134 134 Peterson Kate w f 3 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Ireland
18 3 134 134 Peterson James E w m 2/12 Mch Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Ireland
18 4 135 135 Daily Thomas w m 48 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland
18 5 135 135 Daily Sarah L w f 48 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . N.Y. N.Y. N.Y.
18 6 135 135 Daily Harvey S w m 22 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Ill. Ireland N.Y.
18 7 135 135 Daily Edward C w m 19 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Ill. Ireland N.Y.
18 8 135 135 Daily Charles M w m 15 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Ireland N.Y.
18 9 135 135 Daily Mary w f 9 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Ireland N.Y.
18 10 135 135 Daily Frank A w m 24 Son . x . . Dentist x . . . . . . . . . N.Y. Ireland N.Y.
18 11 136 136 Wegener Frederick w m 32 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
18 12 136 136 Wegener Caroline w f 29 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
18 13 136 136 Wegener John w m 10 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Prussia Prussia
18 14 136 136 Wegener Henry w m 7 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Prussia Prussia
18 15 136 136 Wegener Lewis w m 5 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Prussia Prussia
18 16 136 136 Wegener Matilda w f 6/12 Dec Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Prussia Prussia
18 17 137 137 McCabe Anthony w m 37 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland
18 18 137 137 McCabe Catherine w f 37 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ireland Ireland Ireland
18 19 137 137 McCabe Terrence w m 12 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Ill. Ireland Ireland
18 20 137 137 McCabe John J w m 10 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Ill. Ireland Ireland
18 21 137 137 McCabe Sarah M w f 9 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Ill. Ireland Ireland
18 22 137 137 McCabe Anthony P w m 1 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ireland Ireland
18 23 138 138 Wilson Edward w m 66 . x . . Tanner & Courier x . . . . . . . . . Ohio Va. Va.
18 24 138 138 Wilson Adaline w f 63 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Canada Canada
18 25 138 138 Wilson Edward R w m 30 Son x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ohio Ohio Ohio
18 26 138 139 Dow John w m 34 Son-in-Law . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ill. VT VT
18 27 138 139 Dow Emily w f 32 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Ohio Ohio
18 28 138 139 Dow Samuel w m 8 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Ill. Ill. Ohio
18 29 138 139 Dow Frank w m 6 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ill. Ohio
18 30 138 139 Dow Addie w f 5 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ill. Ohio
18 31 138 139 Dow Edward w m 3 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ill. Ohio
18 32 139 140 Clark George L w m 35 x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Penn. Penn. Pa.
18 33 140 141 Ostrvald Fred w m 31 . . x . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
18 34 140 141 Ostrvald Amelia w f 10 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
18 35 140 141 Ostrvald Paulina w f 6 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wis Prussia Prussia
18 36 140 141 Halbrader Annie w f 21 Servant x . . . House Keeper x . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
18 37 141 142 Meyer William w m 33 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Hanover Hanover Hanover
18 38 141 142 Meyer Mary w f 34 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Paris Paris Paris
18 39 141 142 Meyer Annie w f 8 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Hanover Paris
18 40 141 142 Meyer August w m 8 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Hanover Paris
18 41 141 142 Meyer Emma w f 2 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Hanover Paris
18 42 142 143 Yeager Conrad F w m 43 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Hessen Hessen Hessen
18 43 142 143 Yeager Delia w f 42 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Saxon Saxon
18 44 142 143 Yeager Amelia w f 20 Daughter x . . . Servant x . . . . . . . . . Minn. Hessen Ohio
18 45 142 143 Yeager Martha w f 17 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wis Hessen Ohio
18 46 142 143 Yeager Frank w m 14 Son x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Minn. Hessen Ohio
18 47 142 143 Yeager Louise w f 11 Daughter x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Minn. Hessen Ohio
18 48 142 143 Yeager George w m 8 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Hessen Ohio
18 49 142 143 Yeager Frances w f 6 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Hessen Ohio
18 50 143 144 Wegener Lewis w m 28 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Hanover Hanover Hanover
19 1 143 144 Wegener Wilhelmine w f 20 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Hesse Damstad Hesse Damstad Fairfield Township Enumerated 22nd day of June, 1880
19 2 143 144 Wegener Annie w f 2 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Hanover Iowa
19 3 143 144 Wegener Mary w f 1/12 May Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Hanover Iowa
19 4 144 145 Mathieson Jacob w m 60 . . x . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Denmark Denmark Denmark
19 5 144 146 Wilson Calvin J w m 29 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ohio N.Y. Ohio
19 6 144 146 Wilson Emma w f 32 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Ohio Ohio
19 7 144 146 Wilson Ora O w f 6 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Ohio Ohio
19 8 144 146 Wilson Maggie M w f 4 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ohio Ohio
19 9 144 146 Wilson Freddie C w m 1 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ohio Ohio
19 10 145 147 Croulhom B w m 58 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden
19 11 145 147 Croulhom Elsie w f 48 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden
19 12 145 147 Croulhom May w f 24 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden
19 13 145 147 Croulhom John w m 20 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden
19 14 145 147 Croulhom Henry w m 15 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden
19 15 145 147 Croulhom Alma w f 12 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden
19 16 145 147 Croulhom Oscar w m 7 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . N.Y. Sweden Sweden
19 17 145 147 Croulhom Annie w f 5 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N.J. Sweden Sweden
19 18 146 148 Jakomski Theodore w m 32 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
19 19 146 148 Jakomski Antonia w f 40 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
19 20 146 148 Jakomski Peter w m 4 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
19 21 146 148 Jakomski Varonia w f 6 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prussia Prussia Prussia
19 22 147 149 Jensvold John w m 45 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
19 23 147 149 Jensvold Ann w f 44 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
19 24 147 149 Jensvold Sobert w m 19 Son x . . . School Teacher x . . . . . . x . . Wis. Norway Norway
19 25 147 149 Jensvold Henry w m 16 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Norway Norway
19 26 147 149 Jensvold Kate w f 12 Daughter x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Minn. Norway Norway
19 27 147 149 Jensvold Lewis w m 9 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Norway Norway
19 28 147 149 Jensvold Alexander w m 4 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Norway Norway
19 29 147 149 Jensvold Lula w f 1 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Norway Norway
19 30 148 150 Toole Charles w m 38 x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . New Brunswick Ireland Ireland
19 31 149 151 Brown Henry w m 26 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . N.Y. England N.Y.
19 32 149 151 Brown Etta w f 22 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Mich. Canada Canada
19 33 150 152 Wright John w m 63 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . England England England
19 34 150 152 Wright Harriet w f 62 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . N.Y. N.Y. N.Y.
19 35 150 152 Wright Orrin W w m 15 Son x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . N.Y. England N.Y.
19 36 150 152 Wright Susie w f 9 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . x . . N.Y. England N.Y.
19 37 151 153 Paxton John N w m 35 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Ohio Va. Pa.
19 38 151 153 Paxton Cynthia J w f 24 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Ohio Ohio
19 39 151 153 Paxton Alfred w m 3 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ohio Ohio
19 40 151 153 Paxton Blanch w f 2 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ohio Ohio
19 41 152 154 Reed Isaac w m 26 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . x . . . Me Me Me
19 42 152 154 Reed Melissa w f 26 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Wis. Ill. Ohio
19 43 152 154 Reed Almina w f 1 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Me. Wis.
19 44 153 155 Hanson Hans w m 39 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
19 45 153 155 Hanson Gunil w f 37 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
19 46 153 155 Hanson Martha w f 12 Daughter x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Norway Norway
19 47 153 155 Hanson Helen w f 9 Daughter x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Norway Norway
19 48 153 155 Hanson Henry w m 7 Son x . . . Attending School . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Norway Norway
19 49 153 155 Hanson John w m 4 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Norway Norway
19 50 154 156 Johnson Lewis w m 40 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Sweden Sweden Sweden
20 1 154 156 Johnson Chisten w f 35 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway
20 2 154 156 Johnson Josephine w f 6 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Norway
20 3 154 156 Johnson Albert w m 4 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Norway
20 4 154 156 Johnson Ludwick w m 3 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Norway
20 5 154 156 Johnson Theadore w m 1 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Sweden Norway
20 6 155 157 Moore William w m 32 . x . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Canada England Canada
20 7 155 157 Moore Elizabeth w f 28 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Ohio Ohio Ohio
20 8 155 157 Moore Cora w f 7 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Canada Ohio
20 9 155 157 Moore Clara w f 5 Daughter x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Iowa Canada Ohio
20 10 155 157 Moore Earl w m 4 Son x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Canada Ohio
20 11 155 157 Moore Livera w f 3 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Canada Ohio
20 12 155 157 Moore Gerta w f 10/12 Aug Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Canada Ohio
20 13 155 158 Harrison Albert E w m 29 x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Wis. England Canada
20 14 156 159 Seely Lafayette w m 54 . x . . Carpenter x . . . . . . . . . N.Y. Vermont Vermont
20 15 156 159 Seely Maria L w f 50 Wife . x . . Keeping House . . . . . . . . . . Conn. Conn. Conn.
20 16 156 159 Seely Oriet M w m 16 x . . . At Home . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Conn. Conn.
20 17 156 159 Seely Francis W w f 14 Daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . x . . Wis. Conn. Conn.
20 18 156 159 Rustebakke Syvert w m 34 x . . . Farmer x . . . . . . . . . Norway Norway Norway