Bradford County PA
Chemung County NY
Tioga County PA
Canton Township, Alba Borough
Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
1870 Census Records for  Bradford County PA 
1870 Canton Township Census
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Enumerated June 1 thru 23, 1870 by Ward Warren, Ass't. Marshall
Transcribed for Tri Counties by Carlton Wolfe 2004
Burial Information added by Pat NEWELL Smith
Formatted & Published by Joyce M. Tice 2006
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 Canton Township  in 1870  -  Residents in Canton Township picked up their mail at the Canton PO, East Canton PO, Alba PO.  There was no rural delivery until 1903. 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 Canton Township in which your person of interest lived. Everyone in Alba Borough received mail at the Alba Post Offic eand all in Canton Borough picked up mail at the canton Post Office.
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.
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Alba Borough 01 02 03 04 05 06
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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 POST OFFICE COMMENTS
1 1 Ferguson  James 41 M   farmer 5,000 900 Ireland 1 1         Alba Windfall Cem., Granville Twp.
      Ellen D. 34 F   housekeeper     NY 1             Windfall Cem., Granville Twp.
      Allie A. 12 F   at home     PA 1     1        
      Myrt M. 7 M   at home     PA 1             Windfall Cem., Granville Twp.
      Harry L. 4 M   at home     PA 1              
      Olive M. 11m F   at home     PA 1   July          
    Payne Aaron G. 21 M   farm laborer     NY 1         1    
      Sarah A. 23 F   housekeeper     CT 1              
    Eastman Elen 18 F   housekeeper     NY 1 1            
    Ferguson  Bertha M. 6 F   at home     NY 1              
2 2 Brigham George 60 M   farm laborer   400 PA           1    
      Amy 60 F   housekeeper     PA               birth name STOCKWELL
      Putnam 22 M   farm laborer     NJ           1    
      Julia 20 F   housekeeper     NY                
3 3 Avery William P. 64 M   farmer 6,000 800 NY           1    
      Sarah  51 F   housekeeper     PA         1      
4   Clugson D. W. 79 M   farm laborer     PA           1    
      Eustice 16 M   dom. servant     PA       1        
5 4 Sturdevant Anson 33 M   farm laborer     PA           1   Windfall Cem., Granville Twp.
      Sarah 23 F   housekeeper     PA               Windfall Cem., Granville Twp. ,birth name ROCKWELL
      Orren 2 M   at home     PA               Windfall Cem., Granville Twp.
      Archy 8m M   at home     PA     Sept.         Windfall Cem., Granville Twp
      Casual 21 M   farm laborer     PA           1    
  5 Baker Ann 33 F   housekeeper     PA                
      Mary 15 F   at home     PA       1        
6 6 Packard L. A. 30 M   farmer 5,000 900 PA           1   Windfall Cem., Granville Twp.
      Jane 26 F   housekeeper     NY               Windfall Cem., Granville Twp
      Herdic 8m M   at home     PA     Sept.         Windfall Cem., Granville Twp
      Gertrude 20 F   housekeeper     PA                
    Kelly Watson 16 M   farm laborer     PA                
7 7 Packard Keleon 42 M   farmer ##### 1,750 PA           1   Windfall Cem., Granville Twp
      Matilda 34 F   housekeeper     PA               Windfall Cem., Granville Twp
      Arvilla 11 F   at home     PA       1        
      Laura 9 F   at home     PA       1        
8 8 Packard William  64 M   farmer 6,500 1,610 MA           1   Windfall Cem., Granville Twp
      Delia 64 F   housekeeper     CT                
9     Tennemore 22 M   farm laborer   225 PA           1    
    Ayres Laura 22 F   housekeeper     PA                
10 9 Packard Martin 32 M   farmer 5,000 1,145 PA           1   Park Cem., Canton Twp.
      Harriett M. 29 F   housekeeper     PA               Park Cem., Canton Twp.; birth name LEWIS
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