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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
29       Francis 26 M   farmer     PA           1
        Lucy 19 F   housekeeper     PA            
      Barrington Clara 7 F   at home     NY       1    
  235 234 Wilson G. B. 59 M   farmer 5,000 1,000 PA           1
        Sarah 58 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Patience 24 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Esther 18 F   at home     PA       1    
        Henry 16 M   at home     PA       1    
        Nelly 11 F   at home     PA       1    
  236 235 Tillinghast Robert 47 M   farmer   500 NY           1
        Clarissa 33 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Delos 11 M   at home     PA       1    
        Dell 8 F   at home     PA       1    
        Mertie B. 6 F   at home     PA       1    
        Maud 1 F   at home     PA            
  237 236 Wilson John 56 M   farmer 1,200 400 PA         1 1
        E. E. 42 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Isabel 2 F   at home     PA            
  238 237 Wilson Nathaniel 32 M   farmer 1,500 500 PA           1
        Amanda 22 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Minett 4 F   at home     PA            
  239 238 Pedrick J. S. 57 M   farmer 10,000 1,000 NY           1
        H. M. 52 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Semantha 24 F   at home     NY            
        J. V. 19 M   farm laborer     NY       1    
        Ella 13 F   at home     PA       1    
        Ida 10 F   at home     PA       1    
        Andrew 10 M   at home     PA       1    
  240 239 French Lyman 55 M   farmer 7,000 2,500 NY           1
        Catharine 44 F   housekeeper     NY            
        F. A. 8 F   at home     PA       1    
        S. E. 3 F   at home     PA            
      Sutherland Florence 26 F   housekeeper     PA            
      Robison Nick 21 M   farm laborer     VA         1 1
  241 240 Fitzman John 77 M   farmer 7,000 2,000 PA           1
        Alice 62 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Rachel 74 F   at home     PA         1  
        Jane 36 F   housekeeper     NY            
  242 241 VanDoser Adolphus 36 M   farm laborer     NY           1
        Minerva 32 F   housekeeper     NY            
30       Willie 9 M   at home     NY       1    
        Jane 6 F   at home     NY       1    
        Mary 4 F   at home     NY            
        Fred 2 M   at home     NY            
  243 242 Helm F. S. 55 M   farmer 6,000 2,800 NY           1
        B. C. 53 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Samuel 28 M   farm laborer     NY           1
        J. E. 25 M   at home     NY           1
        Emma 15 F   at home     PA            
  244 243 Berry R. R. 31 M   farm laborer   600 NJ           1
        S. E. 30 F   housekeeper     PA            
      Peters Frances 20 F   dressmaker     PA            
  245 244 Owen James 35 M   farmer 4,000 1,000 NJ           1
        Jane 30 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Minnie 3 F   at home     PA            
        May 2 F   at home     PA            
        Thomas 8m M   at home     PA     November      
        Jennie 8m F   at home     PA     November      
      Quail Mary A. 35 F   housekeeper     PA            
      Owen Ruth 74 F   ret.housekpr.   1,000 VT            
  246 245 Sickles Jacob 50 M   farm laborer   300 NJ         1 1
        Nancy 46 F   housekeeper     NJ         1  
        G. J. 21 M   farm laborer     NJ         1 1
        E. O. 12 F   at home     PA       1    
  247 246 Roy J. A. 52 M   farmer 15,000 4,000 NY           1
        Hannah 49 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Charles H. 21 M   farmer     PA           1
        Weasner J. 19 M   at home     PA       1    
        Hattie A. 18 F   at home     PA       1    
        Emma J. 15 F   at home     PA       1    
        L. M. 12 M   at home     PA       1    
        Angeline 8 F   at home     NY       1    
        Clara 3 F   at home     NY            
      Woodford Emma 21 F   housekeeper     PA            
  248 247 McCorrick John 37 M   shoemaker 300 500 NJ           1
        M. E. 32 F   housekeeper     NJ       1    
        H. F. 18 F   at home     PA       1    
        A. J. 15 M   at home     PA       1    
        A. A. 13 F   at home     PA       1    
        E. A. 10 M   at home     PA       1    
31       W. H. 8 M   at home     PA       1    
        S. E. 5 F   at home     PA            
        C. W. 1 M   at home     PA            
  249 248 Ingals Catharine 76 F   housekeeper 1,000 600 NY            
        S. E. 31 F   housekeeper     PA            
  250 249 Stone Origin 50 M   hotel keeper 2,500 1,000 NY           1
        M. E. 42 F   housekeeper     PA            
        J. R. 22 M   carpenter     NY           1
        Juliette 18 F   school teach.     PA            
        Charles 10 M   at home     PA            
        Forest 3 M   at home     PA            
  251 250 Smith Michael 42 M   farmer 2,000 1,000 Baden 1 1        
        Matilda 41 F   housekeeper     PA 1          
        Harriett 17 F   at home     NY 1     1    
        Daniel P. 15 M   at home     PA 1     1    
        William 7 M   at home     PA 1     1    
        Edwin 5 M   at home     PA 1          
        Alice 3 F   at home     PA 1          
        Albert G 2m M   at home     PA 1   March      

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