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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. 
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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.
 
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Post Office : French Mills
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
17       Henry 17 M   at home     PA       1    
        Elizabeth 13 F   at home     PA       1    
        Charles 1 M   at home     PA            
  129 129 Sheive Charles 50 M   farmer 8,000 2,000 PA           1
        Helen 44 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Henry 20 M   at home     PA       1    
        William 16 M   at home     PA       1    
        Emma 12 F   at home     PA       1    
        Hammond 6 M   at home     PA            
      Vaughn Harmon 34 M   farm laborer     PA   1       1
      Kilfred M. J. 24 F   housekeeper     PA   1        
  130 130 Davy Norman 55 M   farmer 3,000 500 NY           1
        Genette 49 F   housekeeper     NY            
        H. W. 23 M   farm laborer     PA           1
        Martha 14 F   at home     PA       1    
        Hattie 4 F   at home     PA            
        Davey 81 M   retired farmer     NY           1
  131 131 Shepard Simeon 40 M   farmer 2,500 200 NJ           1
        Mary 64 F   housekeeper     NJ            
  132 132 Davy J. S. 29 M   stone mason   200 PA           1
        Adaline 23 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Freddie 7 M   at home     PA       1    
        Albert 6 M   at home     PA       1    
  133 133 Strong Andrew 27 M   farmer   900 PA           1
        Elizabeth 23 F   housekeeper     PA 1          
      Wilcox Asa 26 M   farm laborer     NY           1
        Mary 23 F   housekeeper     PA            
        L. M. 3 F   at home     PA            
        William L. 1 M   at home     PA            
      Strong George 12 M   farm laborer     PA            
  134 134 Strong Lucretia 51 F   housekeeper 8,000 500 NY            
        Daniel 9 M   at home     PA       1    
  135 135 Jennings Lorenzo 45 M   farmer 2,500 1,000 PA   1       1
        Catharine 35 F   housekeeper     PA            
        C. E. 15 M   at home     PA       1    
        Freddie 8 M   at home     PA       1    
        Mahalia 10 F   at home     PA       1    
        William 17 M   at home     PA       1    
  136 136 Barrett William 32 M   carpenter 100 300 PA           1
        Lucinda 26 F   housekeeper     NY            
18       William 9 M   at home     PA       1    
        James 4 M   at home     PA            
        Justin 2 M   at home     PA            
  137 137 Shepard C. L. 26 M   retail merchant 5,000 4,000 PA           1
        Ethlin 21 F   housekeeper     PA            
        L. F. 20 M   store clerk     PA            
  138 138 Burdick E. E. 26 M   shoemaker 100 100 NY           1
        Kittie 21 F   housekeeper     PA            
        James 1 M   at home     PA            
  139 139 White Tyler 78 M   farm laborer   1,000 NJ           1
        Maria 68 F   housekeeper     PA            
      Rightmire Mary 42 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Nettie 7 F   at home     PA       1    
  140 140 Wilson W. R. 51 M   farmer 6,000 1,500 Ireland 1 1       1
        Abigail 40 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Effie D. 17 F   at home     PA 1          
        Fannie 16 F   at home     PA 1     1    
        Edwin 14 M   at home     PA 1     1    
        Susie 12 F   at home     PA 1     1    
  141 141 Carr Moses 68 M   farmer 5,000 1,000 NY           1
        Jane 61 F   housekeeper     NJ         1  
        Harrison 77 M   farm laborer 200   PA           1
        James 24 M   farm laborer     PA           1
        Mary 23 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Ella 16 F   at home     PA            
  142 142 O'Neal Nancy 48 F   housekeeper   100 Ireland 1 1     1  
        John 19 M   at home     PA 1 1   1    
  143 143 Beckwith Elizabeth 50 F   housekeeper 200 100 PA            
  145 144 Little Thomas 55 M   millwright 1,500 500 NY 1 1       1
        Nancy 54 F   housekeeper     NY            
  146 145 Barrett Arvin 28 M   farm laborer 800   PA           1
        Lucy 73 F   housekeeper     MA            
  147 146 Cunningham John 42 M   farmer 4,000 2,000 Ireland 1 1       1
        Catharine 35 F   housekeeper     Ireland 1 1        
        Michael 18 M   at home     NY 1 1   1    
        J. C. 16 M   at home     PA 1 1   1    
        James 12 M   at home     PA 1 1   1    
        William 8 M   at home     PA 1 1   1    
        Matthew 6 M   at home     PA 1 1        

Published on Tri-Counties Site on 7/3/2005
By Joyce M. T1ce