Bradford County PA
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Enumerated 08 AUG, 1870 through 11 AUG  by E. G. Durfey, Ass't. Marshall
Transcribed for Tri Counties by Carlton Wolfe 2004
Formatted & Published by Joyce M. Tice 2005
Joyce's Search Tip - January 2008
Do You Know that you can search just the Census Records on the site by using the three county level Census  buttons in the Partitioned search engine at the bottom of the Current What's New Page? 

You can further limit your search by choosing the find all words option and entering a year or township name along with your surname. Remember that alternate spellings of surnames WILL affect your search results.
P# = Page Number H# = Household - F# = Family
Note ! - Caucasian unless otherwise noted
Post Offices in Athens Township  in 1870  -  Residents in Athens Borough ALL  picked up their mail at the Athens PO. Residents of Athens Township, used the Athens Post Office, or Orcutt Creek PO.   There was no rural delivery until 1903.  The present day boroughs of Sayre and South Waverly were not yet formed in 1870. Be sure to read You Gotta Know the Territory for more information to help you understand this area and time. For individual pages the Post Office will be indicated, and it gives you information on the part of the township in which your subject lived.  Households on this page received mail at the ATHENS Post Office
Joyce's Search Tip - January 2008 -
Do You Know that you can search just the Census Records on the site by using the three county level Census  buttons in the Partitioned search engine at the bottom of the Current What's New Page? 

You can further limit your search by choosing the find all words option and entering a year or township name along with your surname. Remember that alternate spellings of surnames WILL affect your search results.
Census records are very often difficult to read because of handwriting, microfilm quality, and spelling issues. Our early census takers were not as well educated as we'd like them to have been, and even the people bearing the names often could not spell them with the same consistency we are accustomed to in this era. The census taker wrote what he believed he heard as well as he could. These have been transcribed for you to the very best or our abilities given the difficulties mentioned. Please be tolerant of what you would consider "mistakes." If you can recognize the names you are looking for, then it is a success. If not, then you may want to find a place where you can view the originals so that you can judge for yourselves. Excessive attention to outmoded spelling issues is the sign of a beginner in family research. Those of you who have been at this a while are well aware of the "spelling errors" in our early records and have learned to deal with them. If you have a comment that you think is important for a particular entry send it to me with the EXACT page URL and I will place your note at the bottom of the page.
Athens Borough 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Athens Township 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
H# F# SURNAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR/ RACE SEE NOTE 1 OCCUPATION VALUE REAL ESTATE VALUE PERSON. PROP. BORN FATHER FOREIGN BORN MOTHER FOREIGN BORN MONTH BORN OR MARRIED IN YEAR ATTEND SCHOOL IN YEAR CANNOT READ OR WRITE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE
      Merritt M. 6 M   at home     NY       1    
177 185 Clap C. W. 36 M   coal dealer 4,500 6,000 PA           1
      Elizabeth 36 F   housekeeper     PA            
      Anna 12 F   at home     PA       1    
      Mary 9 F   at home     PA       1    
      Elizabeth 1 F   at home     PA            
      Allen 72 M   at home     NY           1
    Parry Janitt 72 F   at home     S. Wales 1 1        
    Dorsey Martha 17 F B housekeeper     NY            
    Phenny W. 53 M   laborer     Ireland 1 1       1
178 186 Perkins E. H. 60 M   consoler 1,500 500 CT           1
      Mary E. 40 F   housekeeper     England 1 1        
      Nellie 16 F   at home     PA   1   1    
      William 12 M   at home     PA   1   1    
      Elizabeth 10 F   at home     PA   1   1    
      John 8 M   at home     PA   1   1    
      Susan 23 F   housekeeper     PA            
    Clark Delila 14 F B dom. servant     TN            
179 187 Wells Eliza M. 39 F   housekeeper   400 PA            
      Sarah 76 F   housekeeper     PA            
      James 14 M   at home     NJ   1        
      Cami 12 F   at home     NY   1        
      George A. 7 M   at home     PA   1        
    Wilson Simon 20 M   printer     PA            
    Coweg Julia 17 F   housekeeper     NY            
180 188 Paul Alex 42 M   gardener   250 Scotland 1 1       1
      Christiana 37 F   housekeeper     Scotland 1 1        
      James M. 14 M   clerk     PA 1 1   1    
      Christiana 12 F   at home     PA 1 1   1    
181 189 Housten C. F. 35 M   printer 2,000 200 PA           1
      Sarah W. 47 F   housekeeper     PA            
      Rebecca J. 32 F   at home     PA            
    Williamson Mary 30 F   at home     PA            
    Warden Oliver 53 M   printer     NY           1
182 190 Wells C. F. 57 M   contractor 75,000 15,000 PA           1
      Elizabeth 43 F   housekeeper     PA            
      Ella 22 F   at home     PA            
      John 20 M   at home     PA            
      Lewis 16 M   at home     PA       1    
      Robert 13 M   at home     PA       1    

Published on Tri-Counties Site on 10/5/2005
By Joyce M. Tice