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. 
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P# D# F# SURNAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RELAT'N OCCUP'T'N BORN PBORN MBORN
25       Albert 4 M son at home PA NY NY
  277 278 Eacker William 45 M hus farmer NY Germ NY
        Emily 34 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Kate 12 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Almira 8 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Libbie 5 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Sarah 1 F dau at home NY NY NY
      Ostrander William 19 M servt/hus laborer NY NY NY
        Ella 16 F servt/wife housework NY NY NY
  278 279 Smith John J. 39 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Abbie J. 40 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Jennings C. 11 M son attend.school NY NY NY
        Emma J. 9 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Anna A. 6 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Ettie M. 5 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Lucy J. 3 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Hannah 65 F moth/wido at home NY NY NY
  279 280 Webber Alphonzo 44 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Sarah E. 38 F wife housekeeper NY Ireld Ireld
        Jennie 22 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Mary A. 19 F dau at home NY NY NY
        John 17 M son wks. on farm NY NY NY
        Mary 82 F moth/wido at home Ireld Ireld Ireld
  280 281 Weaver Henry 43 M hus farmer NY NJ NJ
        Emily 34 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Bertha 8 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Corra  6 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Edith 4 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Millie 2 F dau at home NY NY NY
  281 282 Vanderhoff Henry 36 M hus farmer NJ NJ NJ
        Ursula 32 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Elvira 11 F dau attend.school NY NJ NY
        Jessie 8 F dau attend.school NY NJ NY
      Smith Sandford 57 M father-in-lw farmer NY NJ NJ
      Vanderhoff Nellie 6 F dau attend.school NY NJ NY
        Clara  4 F dau at home NY NJ NY
        Clarence 2 M son at home NY NJ NY
      Draimis Westly 32 M servant laborer NJ NJ NJ
  282 283 Canfield George 43 M hus farmer NY NJ NY
        Mary 47 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Charles 22 M son laborer NY NY NY
        Judson 19 M son laborer NY NY NY
        John 17 M son laborer NY NY NY
        Corra 14 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
  283 284 Smalley Benjamin 48 M hus farmer NY NY PA
        Margaret 42 F wife housekeeper NY PA PA
      Newton Lucinda 18 F boarder servant PA PA PA
  284 285 Casterline Benjamin 41 M div laborer NY NY NY
        Cyrus B. 13 M son at home NY NY NY
25       Irua 11 M son attend.school NY NY NY
26 285 286 Phillips Henry 29 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Issable 20 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Minnie 5 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Fredrick 4 M son at home NY NY NY
        Nancy 3m F dau at home NY NY NY
  286 287 Edminister Effingham 38 M hus farmer NY NJ NJ
        Hettie 17 F wife housekeeper NY Eng Eng
  287 288 Phillips George 39 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Lucinda 29 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        George Jr. 17 M son laborer NY NY NY
        Mollie 14 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Hattie 12 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Libbie 10 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Mertie 8 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Carrie 2 F dau at home NY NY NY
  288 289 Thompson Thomas C. 38 M hus farmer MD NY NY
        Esther 28 F wife housekeeper NY Eng NY
        Eugene 6 M son attend.school NY MD NY
      Lambs Ida 19 M boarder servant NY NY NY
  289 290 Smith George B. 36 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Kate 35 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Harrie 12 M son attend.school NY NY NY
        Nellie 10 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Benjamin 3 M son at home NY NY NY
  290 291 Smith Benjamin D. 60 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Nancy 60 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Eva 23 F dau at home NY NY NY
      Shultz William 18 M boarder laborer Germ Germ Germ
  291 292 Smith John H. 52 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Maria 51 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Albert 18 M nephew laborer IL IL IL
  292 293 Hibbard Rachel 67 F widow  housekeeper Eng Eng Eng
        Edward 24 M son wks. on farm NY Eng Eng
      Paul Sarah 37 F dau at home Eng Eng Eng
        William 40 M son-in-law farmer Eng Eng Eng
        Alice 12 F gr. dau attend.school NY Eng Eng
        Louis  10 M gr. son attend.school PA Eng Eng
  293 294 Titus Barney 46 M   farmer NY NJ NJ
        Mary H. 72 F mother housekeeper NJ NJ NJ
        John 73 M father  at home NJ NJ NJ
        John Jr. 50 M brother farmer NJ NJ NJ
      Lovell Sarah L. 40 F sister/wido at home NJ NJ NJ
  294 295 Titus David 41 M   farmer NJ NJ NJ
      Lovell Mary H. 23 F niece housekeeper NY NJ NY
  295 296 Spafford Andrew 51 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Julia 48 F wife housekeeper NY MA MA
  296 297 Stafford Frank 44 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Mary 23 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Samuel 16 M son laborer NY NY NY
26       James 14 M son attend.school NY NY NY

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