Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
1880 Federal Census Records for  Chemung County NY 
Town of Big Flats

1880 Town of Big Flats Census
 Cigar Factory in Big Flats
Postcard from Collection of Alice PEASE Hartford 
Comments and "Corrections" to 1880 Transcription for Town of Big Flats
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Enumerated June 28, 1880 by John Brandt
Transcribed by Carlton Wolfe
Catlin 
Elmira
Erin
Veteran
Baldwin
Horseheads
Southport
Ashland
Chemung
Big Flats
VanEtten
 
Joyce's Search Tip - January 2008 -
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. 
Pages 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12 13-14 15-16 17-18 19-20
Pages 21-22 23-24 25-26 27-28 29-30 31-32 33-34 35-36 37-38 39-40
P# D# F# SURNAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RELAT'N OCCUP'T'N BORN PBORN MBORN
5 40 41 Pierce John 51 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Maria 48 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Jennie 21 F dau teacher NY NY NY
  41 42 Smith James P. 42 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Sarah J. 35 F wife housekeeper Eng Eng Eng
        Lucy M. 14 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        William T. 12 M son attend.school NY NY NY
        Carrie 9 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
      Cross Mary 60 F moth-in-lw wido/at home Eng Eng Eng
  42 43 VanGorder John 20 M   farmer NY NY NY
  43 44 Hammond Charles H. 39 M hus farmer NY PA CT
        Amanda 33 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Martin E. 12 M son attend.school NY NY NY
      VanGorder Kitti 20 F servant at home NY NY NY
  44 45 Parks George H. 40 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Margaret  38 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
  45 46 VanGorder Sarah 82 F widow housekeeper PA PA PA
      Beckhorn Ella  19 F niece  at home NY NY NY
        Sarah 10m F gr. dau at home NY NY NY
  46 47 Smith Charles 46 M hus farmer PA NY MA
        Emily 38 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Clara E. 20 F dau at home NY PA NY
        Fredrick 14 M son attend.school NY PA NY
  47 48 Knott Fannie 65 F widow housekeeper NY VT NY
        Edward B. 31 M son laborer NY NY NY
  48 49 Brown Frank 29 M hus laborer NY NY NY
        Jolina 24 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        John 6 M son at home NY NY NY
        Louis  3 M son at home NY NY NY
        Effie 7m F dau at home NY NY NY
  49 50 Carpenter Herman 32 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Martha J. 30 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Floyd 2 M son at home NY NY NY
  50 51 Parks Louise 64 F   housekeeper NY NY CT
        John 45 M brother farmer NY NY CT
        Millie 24 F niece  at home NY NY NY
  51 52 Jones Moses 31 M hus laborer SC SC SC
        Mary 36 F wife housekeeper VA VA VA
        Mercy 1 F dau at home NY VA VA
  52 53 Ford William 44 M   farmer NY NY NY
        Joseph 50 M broth/wido farmer NY NY NY
        Mary 77 F moth/wido housekeeper NY NY NY
        Jennie 19 F cousin at home NY NY NY
      Fiester Henry 27 M   farmer PA PA PA
      Ford Mary C. 10 F niece  attend.school NY NY NY
  53 54 Transue Jerry 55 M hus laborer PA PA PA
        Mary 40 F wife housekeeper NY PA PA
        John 10 M son attend.school NY PA NY
  54 55 Carpenter William 65 M widower farmer NY NY NY
5 55 56 Sofsong Thomas 29 M widower laborer Germ Germ Germ
6 58 59 Sofsong Casper 36 M hus farmer Germ Germ Germ
        Elizabeth 31 F wife housekeeper Germ Germ Germ
        Peter 10 M son attend.school PA Germ Germ
        Thomas 8 M son attend.school PA Germ Germ
        Mary 6 F dau attend.school NY Germ Germ
        Caroline 4 F dau at home PA Germ Germ
        Jacob 2 M son at home PA Germ Germ
        Lizzie 1 F dau at home NY Germ Germ
  59 60 Lovell William H. 33 M hus farmer NY NY PA
        Mary 33 F wife housekeeper PA PA PA
      Neilitz August 24 M   laborer Germ Germ Germ
      Fiester Ivine 24 M   laborer PA PA PA
      Hoffman E. P. 25 M   laborer NY NY NY
      Clair Kate 25 F   servant NY Ireld Ireld
  60 61 Ryan William H. 51 M hus butcher NY NY NY
        Nellie 50 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Eva 14 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Charlie 4m M son at home NY NY NY
  61 62 Dower's Joseph N. 34 M hus butcher NY NY CT
        Celindy 35 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
      McDonalds William 24 M   laborer NY Ireld Ireld
  62 63 Smith Benjamin 45 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Adaline 33 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Minnie 11 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Fredrick 6 M son at home NY NY NY
  63 64 Storms Uri 42 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Issable 33 F wife housekeeper Eng Eng Eng
        John 14 M son attend.school NY NY Eng
        Carrie L. 10 F dau at home NY NY Eng
        Allie 6 F dau at home NY NY Eng
  64 65 Mills Frank 23 M   farmer NY NY NY
  65 66 Greenwood Thomas 49 M hus farmer Eng Eng Eng
        Mary 51 F wife housekeeper Eng Eng Eng
        Rosana 23 F dau at home NY Eng Eng
        Sarah J. 21 F dau at home NY Eng Eng
        Joseph A. 19 M son laborer NY Eng Eng
        Robert R. 17 M son laborer NY Eng Eng
        Anna 15 F dau at home NY Eng Eng
        Fredrick 13 M son laborer NY Eng Eng
  66 67 Devenport George 56 M hus farmer NY NY PA
        Sarah 49 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Addie 23 F dau teach. school NY NY NY
        Fredrick 21 M son laborer NY NY NY
        Emma 19 F dau at home NY NY NY
      Rogers William 12 M   laborer NY NY NY
  67 68 Pease Wallis 45 M hus farmer NY CT NY
        Ellen  36 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Lewis 6 M son attend.school NY NY NY
        Willis 5 M son at home NY NY NY
6     Casterline Eliza 67 F widow housework NY NY NY

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 7/14/2002
By Joyce M. Tice
Email: JoyceTice@aol.com