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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
27       N. A. 1 F   at home     PA            
  215 215 Davey Augustus 25 M   farm laborer     PA           1
        Alice 21 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Edwin 1 M   at home     PA            
  216 216 Wilson James A. 76 M   farmer 9,000 2,000 Scotland 1 1       1
        Angeline 35 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Katie 12 F   at home     PA 1     1    
  217 217 Beers Charles 49 M   farmer 1,800 300 NY           1
        Sarah 34 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Maria 21 F   school teach.     PA            
        Howard 19 M   at home     PA       1    
        Adelbert 15 M   at home     PA       1    
        Ida 13 F   at home     PA       1    
        Carrie 10 F   at home     PA       1    
        Henry 8 M   at home     PA       1    
        Charles 5 M   at home     PA            
        Ed 3 M   at home     PA            
        Catharine 4m F   at home     PA     February      
  218 218 O'Brien Ann 50 F   housekeeper     Ireland 1 1     1  
  219 219 VanShiver Thomas 42 M   farm laborer   200 NY           1
        Philena 32 F   housekeeper     PA            
        M. B. 5 F   at home     PA            
  220 220 Moon J. M. 46 M   farmer   550 NY           1
        M. E. 41 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Eleanor 19 F   at home     NY            
        Edmond 18 M   at home     NY            
      Danchen John 30 M   farm laborer     Ireland 1 1     1  
  221 221 Shernor John 35 M   farmer 1,500 100 Baden 1 1        
        Sarah 30 F   housekeeper     PA            
        William 7 M   at home     PA 1     1    
        Emily 2 F   at home     PA 1          
  222 222 Spencer Samuel 62 M   farmer 2,000 1,000 NY         1 1
        Eliza 55 F   housekeeper     NY         1  
        John 30 M   farm laborer     NY           1
        George 28 M   farm laborer     PA           1
        Marshal 19 M   at home     PA            
      Canfield M. J. 12 F   at home     PA       1    
  223 223 Johnson Alexander 73 M   farmer 1,000 500 PA         1 1
        Harriett 61 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Rachel 50 F   housekeeper     PA            
28 224 224 Warner B. S. 35 M   farmer 1,200 500 NY           1
        Elizabeth 23 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Francis 2 M   at home     PA            
        Prudence 66 F   housekeeper     CT         1  
  225 225 Brewer Henrick 28 M   farmer 4,900 600 PA           1
        Rosy 23 F   housekeeper     PA 1          
        Nellie 3 F   at home     PA            
      Oldroyd Edward 20 M   farm laborer   150 PA 1         1
  226 226 Spencer Wallace 25 M   farm laborer     PA           1
        Martha 25 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Willis 1 M   at home     NY            
  227 227 Canfield Merwin 39 M   farm laborer   100 CT         1 1
        Jenette 34 F   housekeeper     NY         1  
        George 7 M   at home     PA       1    
        A. J. 10 M   at home     PA       1    
        Martha 2 F   at home     PA            
  229 228 Sair/Sayre D. M. 68 M   farmer 6,000 600 NJ           1
        Polly 64 F   housekeeper     NY            
        William N. 27 M   farm laborer     PA           1
  230 229 Lewis J. R. 35 M   farm laborer   200 NJ           1
        Harriett 28 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Mary 4 F   at home     PA            
        Richard 1 M   at home     PA            
  231 230 Canfield William 40 M   farm laborer   200 CT         1 1
        Joanna 38 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Rosetta 7m F   at home     PA     December      
  232 231 Seely Albert 47 M   farmer 5,400 2,000 PA           1
        Martha 43 F   housekeeper     NY            
        W. H. 23 M   farm laborer     NY            
        D. M. 20 F   housekeeper     PA            
        James 88 M   retired farmer     PA           1
      Buchanan Mary 16 F   housekeeper     PA            
  233 232 Seely Hannah 62 F   housekeeper 1,500 2,200 PA            
        Samuel 30 M   farm laborer   750 PA           1
        Polly 35 F   housekeeper   750 PA            
        Alvira 23 F   school teach.   750 PA            
        Almira 23 F   school teach.   750 PA            
  234 233 Miller William 51 M   farmer 3,000 1,000 PA           1
        Eunice 61 F   housekeeper     NY            
29       Francis 26 M   farmer     PA           1

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