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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
21       M. F. 4 F   at home     PA            
      Baker Thomas 33 M   shoe shp.wkr.     PA           1
        Julia 29 F   housekeeper     NY         1  
  163 163 Wickham Ellison 40 M   farmer 1,800 500 NY           1
        Melissa 39 F   housekeeper     NY            
        R. R. 15 M   at home     PA       1    
        Annie 11 F   at home     PA       1    
        Clarance 11m M   at home     PA     July      
  165 164 Seely Alfred 64 M   farmer 400 100 PA           1
        Rachel 49 F   housekeeper     OH            
        Arthur 17 M   at home     PA            
        Eathen 8 M   at home     PA       1    
  166 165 Clary Timothy 43 M   farmer 1,800 200 OH           1
        A. M. 44 F   housekeeper     NY            
        C. E. 19 M   at home     NY            
        H. B. 15 M   at home     NY       1    
  167 166 Hatfield M. R. 41 M   farmer 1,500 500 NY           1
        Angeline 39 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Arvilla 15 F   at home     PA       1    
        Hattie 7 F   at home     PA       1    
        William 3 M   at home     PA            
        Ida 9m F   at home     PA     August      
  168 167 Schofield Moses 40 M   farmer 3,000 800 NJ           1
        Mary 39 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Grace 16 F   at home     PA       1    
        E. A. 13 F   at home     PA       1    
        Samuel 80 M   retired farmer     NJ           1
  169 168 Baker David 38 M   farmer 900 300 NY           1
        Adelaide 41 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        Andrew 17 M   at home     PA       1    
        M. J. 14 F   at home     PA       1    
  170 169 Boughton Miles 25 M   farm laborer 900 300 PA           1
        Emma J. 22 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Minnie 3 F   at home     PA            
        Alice 7m F   at home     PA     December      
  171 170 Hurlbert Norman 26 M   farm laborer 2,000 100 PA           1
        M. C. 23 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Angie L. 1 F   at home     PA            
      Murdock Bell 9 F   at home     PA            
22 172 171 Bristol J. H. 43 M   farmer 2,500 500 NY           1
        S. E. 36 F   housekeeper     England 1 1        
        Gertrude 12 F   at home     NY   1   1    
        Annie 7 F   at home     NY   1   1    
        George 3 M   at home     PA   1        
      Fuller J. V. 35 M   farm laborer     PA         1 1
  173 172 Tillinghast G. L. 37 M   farmer 1,000 200 NY           1
        M. C. 28 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Delphena 7 F   at home     PA       1    
        M. L. 3 M   at home     PA            
      Webler Maria 60 F   housekeeper     PA            
  174 173 Rily Fannie 40 F   housekeeper 1,300 500 PA            
        H. E. 16 M   at home     NY            
        C. B. 14 M   at home     NY       1    
        S. L. 11 M   at home     NY       1    
      Rarick E. B. 3 M   at home     NY            
  175 174 Sullivan John 60 M   farmer 2,500 1,500 Ireland 1 1     1 1
        Mary 44 F   housekeeper     Ireland 1 1     1  
        Timothy 21 M   farm laborer     Ireland 1 1       1
        Eugene 15 M   at home     PA 1 1   1    
        Dennis 12 M   at home     PA 1 1   1    
        M. A. 10 F   at home     PA 1 1   1    
        Catharine 8 F   at home     PA 1 1   1    
  176 175 Stafford J. A. 38 M   farm laborer 2,000 500 PA         1 1
        Julia 35 F   housekeeper     PA         1  
      Hayns Anna 12 F   at home     PA       1    
  177 176 Knapp L. W. 58 M   farmer 2,250 500 NY           1
        M. E. 51 F   housekeeper     NY            
      Lawrence Alice 24 F   housekeeper     PA            
  178 177 Ayres J. J. 54 M   farmer 4,500 1,000 PA           1
        Delila 49 F   housekeeper     NY            
        S. E. 21 F   at home     PA            
        G. W. 14 M   at home     PA       1    
  179 178 Ayres L. J. 27 M   farm laborer   600 PA           1
        Maggie 22 F   housekeeper     PA            
  180 179 Opdyke Reuben 49 M   farmer 1,000 200 NY           1
        Phebe Ann 32 F   housekeeper     PA            
        F. L. 9 F   at home     PA       1    
        J. F. 7 M   at home     PA            
        A. L. 3 M   at home     PA            

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