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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
25       Rosilla 33 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Emma 11 F   at home     PA       1    
        F. A. 9 M   at home     PA       1    
  199 199 Averson William 40 M   farm laborer     PA           1
        Jane 17 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Fred 1 M   at home     PA            
  200 200 Rathbone William 34 M   farm laborer     PA           1
        Eliza 35 F   housekeeper     PA            
  202 201 Ellison Nathaniel 37 M   farmer 2,500 1,000 NY           1
        Angeline 34 F   housekeeper     NY            
        G. S. 4 M   at home     PA            
        N. C. 2 M   at home     PA            
        Lottie 20 F   school teach.     NY            
  203 202 Tanner Ransom 45 M   farmer 5,000 2,500 NY           1
        Eleanor 40 F   housekeeper     NY 1 1        
        Sherman 17 M   at home     PA       1    
        Mary 16 F   at home     PA       1    
        Sarah 16 F   at home     PA       1    
        June 14 F   at home     PA       1    
        Ida 10 F   at home     PA       1    
        Eda 5 F   at home     PA            
        Willie 2 M   at home     PA            
  204 203 Gray D. H. 61 M   farmer 2,000 400 NJ           1
        Permelia 60 F   housekeeper     NY         1  
        Joseph 34 M   farm laborer     PA         1 1
        Albert 25 M   farm laborer     PA           1
        Phebe 28 F   at home     PA            
  205 204 Fredrick F. B. 61 M   farmer 1,800 100 NY           1
        Anna 61 F   housekeeper     PA         1  
        M. E. 34 F   housekeeper     NY            
      Burdick Anna 22 F   housekeeper     PA            
    205 Pedrick Hiram 33 M   farm laborer   100 NY           1
        Huldah 22 F   housekeeper     PA            
        H. G. 3 F   at home     PA            
        H. F. 1 M   at home     PA            
  206 206 McCullo Berton 45 M   carpenter   200 NY           1
        H. A. 44 F   housekeeper     NY            
        M. A. 16 F   at home     NY       1    
        A. J. 15 M   at home     NY       1    
26 207 207 Brewer Ephriam 48 M   farmer 4,000 500 NY           1
        Louisa 44 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Aaron 22 M   huckster   200 PA           1
        Joel 17 M   at home     PA       1    
        Levi 14 M   at home     PA       1    
        Edellbert 11 M   at home     PA       1    
        Nettie 7 F   at home     PA       1    
  208 208 Brooks Philander 45 M   farmer     PA         1 1
        J. A. 38 F   housekeeper 1,200 200 MA            
        Delia 17 F   at home     PA            
        Shalor 16 M   at home     PA            
        William 8 M   at home     PA       1    
  209 209 Hill M. J. 42 F   housekeeper 2,000 500 PA            
        F. R. 18 M   at home     PA            
        Florence 16 F   at home     PA       1    
        J. C. 13 M   at home     PA       1    
        J. W. 10 M   at home     PA       1    
  210 210 Soper Burt 27 M   farmer 800 300 PA           1
        Minervy 26 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Willis 5 M   at home     PA            
      Fulet Edwin 44 M   farm laborer     France 1 1       1
  211 211 Henderson Harvy 37 M   farm laborer     England 1 1       1
        Hannah 18 F   housekeeper     NY            
        J. P. 8m M   at home     NY 1   December      
  212 212 Brewer Johnson 35 M   farmer 2,500 1,000 PA           1
        Harriett 30 F   housekeeper     PA 1 1        
        W. H. 9 M   at home     PA       1    
  213 213 Macook John Jr. 34 M   farmer 2,000 800 PA 1 1       1
        John 60 M   farm laborer     Ireland 1 1        
        Nancy 63 F   housekeeper     Ireland 1 1        
        James 30 M   farm laborer     PA 1 1       1
        Thomas 24 M   farm laborer     PA 1 1       1
        Margaret 36 F   housekeeper     Canada 1 1        
        Sarah 32 F   housekeeper     PA 1 1        
  214 214 Heater Nelson W. 45 M   farm laborer     NJ           1
        Helen 30 F   housekeeper     NY         1  
        Mary J. 10 F   at home     NJ       1    
        Ansign 8 M   at home     NJ       1    
        William 5 M   at home     NJ       1    
        Thirza 4 F   at home     NJ            

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