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1870 Census Records for  Bradford County PA 
1870 Wells Township Census


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Enumerated June 27, 1870 by V. M. Wilson, Ass't. Marshall
Transcribed for Tri Counties by Carlton Wolfe 2004 from Official Microfilm
Formatted & Published by Joyce M. Tice 2005
P# = Page, H# = Household - F# = Family
Note ! - Caucasian unless otherwise noted
Post Offices in Wells Township in 1870 included Old Hickory (later called Aspinwall in southern part of township) and French Mills (Now Mosherville in northern section of township) . In this census pages one through twelve used the Old Hickory Post Office in the south and pages thirteen through thirty one, picked up their mail at French Mills in the north. There was no rural delivery at this time so rural people had to pick up their own mail, usually weekly, at the post office in the near village. 
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.
 
Page 01 03 05 07 09 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29
Post Office : Old Hickory
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
11 80 79 Warner Amos 43 M   farmer 9,000 3,000 PA           1
        J. D. 41 F   housekeeper     NY            
        J. Y. 14 M   at home     PA            
      Rattan Artemus 15 M   farm laborer     PA       1    
      Mahona Mary 40 F   housekeeper     Ireland 1 1     1  
  81 80 Bowman F. P. 39 M   farmer 5,300 1,500 NJ           1
        Margaret 36 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Charles 12 M   at home     PA       1    
        Fred 11 M   at home     PA       1    
        Clark 6 M   at home     PA       1    
        Eleanor 4 F   at home     PA            
        Morris 1 M   at home     PA            
      Fries M. E. 14 F   housekeeper     PA       1    
  82 81 Bowman A. P. 72 M   farmer 11,000 3,000 NJ           1
        Ann 65 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        W. S. 27 M   farm laborer     PA           1
      Doland Sarah 17 F   housekeeper     NJ            
  83 82 Knapp Ananias 51 M   farmer 5,100 1,500 PA           1
        Rachel 48 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Esther 19 F   at home     PA            
        Judson 16 M   at home     PA       1    
        Charles 11 M   at home     PA       1    
        Anna B. 9 F   at home     PA       1    
  84 83 Leonard V. C. 41 M   farmer 7,000 1,000 PA           1
        M. J. 39 F   housekeeper     NY 1          
        C. H. 8 M   at home     PA       1    
        Camilla 7 F   at home     PA       1    
        James A. 4 M   at home     PA            
        Mary 1 F   at home     PA            
      Knapp M. J. 22 F   housekeeper     PA            
  85 84 Seely Alexander 65 M   farm laborer   200 PA           1
        M. J. 47 F   housekeeper     NY            
      Maye William 78 M   farm laborer     PA           1
  86 85 Gale J. C. 39 M   farmer 3,000 500 NY           1
        C. C. 31 F   housekeeper     NY            
      Roe Ettie 12 F   at home     NY       1    
        Charles 9 M   at home     NY       1    
    86 Smith Brink 59 M   farm laborer     PA           1
        Nancy 58 F   housekeeper     PA            
  87 87 Vanier C. H. 31 M   farmer 2,000 500 RI           1
12       Mary 31 F   housekeeper     PA            
  88 88 Osgood George 62 M   farmer 2,000 500 NY           1
        Alva 27 M   farmer   200 PA           1
        Mary 66 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Amanda 19 F   housekeeper     NY            
  89 89 Dickenson Erastus 42 M   farm laborer     NY           1
        Martha 38 F   housekeeper     NY            
        M. R. 18 F   at home     NY            
      Bowers G. W. 28 M   farm laborer     NY       1   1
        Mary 22 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Mary Ette 4 F   at home     NY            
  90 90 Brink J. H. 56 M   farmer 15,000 3,000 NJ       1   1
        Elizabeth 48 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Stephen 8 M   at home     PA            
  91 91 Newman George 34 M   farm laborer     NJ       1   1
        Margaret 27 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        Hattie 6 F   at home     NJ            
        T. D. 9m M   at home     NJ     Sept      
      Simanson Andrew 31 M   farm laborer     NJ       1   1
        Charlotte 29 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        Ida 2 F   at home     NJ            
        Hannah 19 F   housekeeper     NJ            
  92 92 Brink Alfred 28 M   farmer 4,000 1,000 PA       1   1
        Margaret 31 F   housekeeper     NJ            
      Bowers George 36 M   farm laborer     NY       1   1
      Reynolds Emma 34 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Hattie 2 F   at home     NY            
  93 93 Haldridge Daniel 67 M   farmer 3,000 1,000 NY       1   1
        Julia 60 F   housekeeper     NY            
      Grubham John 51 M   farm laborer   200 England 1 1   1   1
        Ann 35 F   housekeeper     PA            
        G. L. 17 M   at home     NY 1          
        W. G. 15 M   at home     PA 1          
        Julia 14 F   at home     PA 1          
        Adelaide 12 F   at home     PA 1          
        Mary 9 F   at home     PA 1          
        Mercy 8 F   at home     PA 1          
        Ida 4 F   at home     PA 1          
        Amarette 11m F   at home     PA 1   June      
  95 95 Twilegar James 67 M   farm laborer     CT         1 1

Published on Tri-Counties Site on 7/3/2005
By Joyce M. Toce