Bradford County PA
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1870 Census Records for  Bradford County PA 
1870 Ridgebury Township Census
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Enumerated June 15 thru 30, 1870 by E. G. Durfey, Ass't. Marshall
Transcribed for Tri Counties by Carlton Wolfe 2004
Formatted & Published by Joyce M. Tice 2004
P# = Page Number
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.
H# = Household - F# = Family Note ! - Caucasian unless otherwise noted
Post Offices in Ridgebury Township  in 1870  -  Residents in Ridgebury Township picked up their mail at the Bentley Creek PO or the Ridgebury 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 the township in which your subject lived. Bentely Creek PO would serve the southern part of the township and the Ridgebury PO served the north, probably located in or near the village of Gillett. Households on this page received mail at the Ridgebury 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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P# 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
31       Caroline 18 F   at home     PA            
        Horace 15 M   at home     PA       1    
        Augusta 12 F   at home     PA       1    
  246 246 Peterson Joel 60 M   farmer 3,000 1,000 NY           1
        Juliett 58 F   housekeeper     NY            
  247 247 Decker Thomas 53 M   farmer 6,000 1,700 NY           1
        Mary 45 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Wilford 17 M   at home     NY       1    
        Edwin 12 M   at home     NY       1    
        Bell  7 F   at home     PA       1    
  248 248 Middaugh Mark 51 M   farmer 3,000 300 NY           1
        Emma  41 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Charles 14 M   at home     NY       1    
  249 249 Stevens William 53 M   farmer 3,500 800 NY           1
        Mariah 51 F   housekeeper     NY            
        James 28 M   at home     PA           1
        Josephine 22 F   at home     NY            
      Bull George 13 M   at home     NY       1    
      Stevens Hallis 10 F   at home     NY       1    
  250 250 Gillett D. H. 53 M   farmer 12,000 3,000 NY           1
        Olive 44 F   housekeeper     VT            
        Horace 17 M   at home     PA       1    
        Althea 14 F   at home     PA       1    
      Marshall Lois 21 F   dairy maid     PA            
  251 251 Casady Robert 57 M   laborer 1,800 400 NY           1
        Sarah 56 F   housekeeper     NY            
  252 252 Carley Squire 30 M   laborer     NY           1
        Frances C. 22 F   housekeeper     NY            
      Robertson Rachel 45 F   housekeeper     NY            
  253 253 Rainer Rich 69 M   farmer 3,500 1,000 NY           1
      Colwell Harriet 50 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Susannah 22 F   at home     PA            
        Richard 20 M   at home     PA            
        James H. 15 M   at home     PA       1    
        Mary E. 13 F   at home     PA       1    
        Daniel W. 11 M   at home     PA       1    
  254 254 Westbrook Benjamin 20 M   laborer     NY            
        Ellinor 18 F   housekeeper     PA            
  255 255 Ball James T. 53 M   farmer 3,700 300 NY           1
        Elsa Ann 46 F   housekeeper     NY            

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 09/16/2004
By Joyce M. Tice