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
 Street Car Tracks 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
13 135 136 Peterson John 30 M hus laborer NY NY NY
        Margaret 32 F wife housekeeper PA PA PA
        Charles 12 M son attend.school PA NY PA
        George 11 M son attend.school PA NY PA
        Bertha 7 F dau attend.school PA NY PA
        Mary 5 F dau at home PA NY PA
        William 3 M son at home PA NY PA
        Edgar  1 M son at home PA NY PA
  136 137 Lovell George 59 M hus stone mason NY NY NY
        Sarah M. 49 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Ella J. 28 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Ida  28 F dau wk.cigar store NY NY NY
        Jennie 15 F dau wk.cigar store NY NY NY
        Lucy 12 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Minnie 10 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Olive 29 F dau servant NY NY NY
        Lauren 22 M son bartender NY NY NY
  137 138 Johnson Oliver 56 M hus carriagemakr NY CT DE
        Mary 53 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Frank 18 M son wks. on farm NY NY NY
        Clara S. 12 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
  138 139 Higgins Norman C. 55 M hus farmer NY MA MA
        Jennette E. 55 F wife housekeeper NY NY MA
      Chubb Harret M. 66 F sister at home MA NY MA
      Higgins Samuel  48 M brother wido/farmer NY MA MA
        Theodore 8 M nephew attend.school NY NY NY
      Washington Helen 22 F   servant NY NY NY
  139 140 Rowley Ezra 52 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Rocinda S. 51 F wife housekeeper NY NY  NY
        Jennie 18 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
  140 141 Minier John 71 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Emily 69 F wife housekeeper CT CT CT
        Addie 38 F dau at home NY NY CT
        John R. 33 M son merchant NY NY CT
        Ella 28 M dau-in-law at home NY NY NY
        Emily C. 2 F dau at home NY NY NY
      Gregory Charles L. 18 M   store clerk NY NY NY
  141 142 Smith Simmeon 48 M hus farmer NY NY RI
        Caroline 38 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Wells R. 1 M son at home NY NY NY
  142 143 Reeder Seely 59 M hus carpenter NY NY NY
        Maudarilla 54 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
      Dorn Catherine 76 F moth/wido at home NY NY NY
  143 144 Quakenbush David  60 M hus grocer NY NY NY
        Sally A. 58 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
  144 145 Wickham Harris  40 M hus school teach. NY NY NY
        Louise 39 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Willis 16 M son attend.school NY NY NY
        Arthur 13 M son attend.school NY NY NY
13 144 146 Tuttle Lola 65 F   housekeeper NY NY NY
14 145 147 Rhineheart Clinton D. 37 M hus miller NY NY NY
        Lucy 35 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
  146 148 Brant Luther S. 33 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Delia  27 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
      Neal Fhebz 15 M   servant NY NY NY
  147 149 Morgan John P. 37 M hus cigar maker NY NY NY
        Louise 28 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Moses 8 M son at home NY NY NY
        John 4 M son at home NY NY NY
        Freddie 2 M son at home NY NY NY
  148 150 Burch Erastus 60 M widower carpenter NY NY NY
      Wing Emily 42 F sister/div housekeeper NY NY NY
      Stage William 20 M nephew laborer NY NY NY
  149 151 Allen Elizabeth 60 F widow housekeeper NY NY NY
        David  16 M son laborer NY NY NY
  150 152 Brown Philander J. 48 M   grocer NY NY NY
  151 153 Hardaman Patrick 45 M hus wks. on RR Ireld Ireld Ireld
        Margaret 36 F wife housekeeper Ireld Ireld Ireld
        Michal 14 M son laborer Ireld Ireld Ireld
        William 12 M son attend.school Ireld Ireld Ireld
        Owen 9 M son attend.school NY Ireld Ireld
        Peter 6 M son at home NY Ireld Ireld
        Mary 4 F dau at home NY Ireld Ireld
        Joseph 2 M son at home NY Ireld Ireld
  152 154 Miner Abram B. 51 M hus grocer NY NY NY
        Sarah 41 F wife housekeeper Eng Eng Eng
  153 155 Smith Samuel H. 38 M hus RRstation agt VT VT VT
        Helen 35 F wife housekeeper NY NJ NJ
        Currie 16 F dau attend.school NY VT NY
        Fredrick 6 M son attend.school NY VT NY
  154 156 Gildea William 46 M hus laborer Ireld Ireld Ireld
        Ellen  55 F wife housekeeper Ireld Ireld Ireld
        Henry 10 M son attend.school NY Ireld Ireld
  155 157 Campbell Edgar A. 30 M hus grocer NY NY NY
        Mary E. 22 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Charles H. 8m M son at home NY NY NY
  156 158 Hoysrad Charles F. 26 M hus carriagemakr NY NY NY
        Helen 23 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
  157 159 Rhinesmith Godfrey 74 M hus laborer NJ NJ NJ
        Hannah 68 F wife housekeeper NJ NJ NJ
  158 160 Groom Orland 55 M hus blacksmith NY NY NY
        Nancy 55 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        James  22 M son laborer NY NY NY
  159 161 Hammond Martin 44 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Emily 34 F wife housekeeper NY NY Scotld
        John M. 13 M son attend.school NY NY NY
        Frank D. 7 M son attend.school NY NY NY
        Martha L. 4 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Bertie A. 1 M son at home NY NY NY
14     Clair Lizzie 21 F   servant NY Ireld Ireld

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