Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
1880 Federal Census Records for  Chemung County NY 
Town of Elmira (Including Reformatory)

1880 Town of Elmira Census

Chemung River View  near Elmira
Postcard from Collection of  Joyce M. Tice 
Over 1900 People in this Census Transcription
For Town of Elmira
Do NOT Confuse with City of Elmira which is a separate political unit
Comments and "Corrections" to 1880 Transcription for Town of Elmira
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Transcribed by Carlton Wolfe
Town of Elmira
1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10
11-12 13-14 15-16 17-18 19-20
21-22 23-24 25-26 27-28 29
Reformatory
30-31 32-33 34-35
36-37 38-39 40
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. 
P# D# F# SURNAME FIRST NAME AGE  SEX RELAT'N OCCUP'T'N BORN PBORN MBORN
23 229 234 Compton Jacob 68 M hus farmer NY NJ NJ
        Maria 65 F wife housekeeper NY RI PA
        John 33 M son farmer NY NY NY
        Ann E. 23 F dau at home NY NY NY
  229 234 Haskins Osman 41 M hus salesman NY MA MA
        Adelia 38 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Hollis 5 M son at home NY NY NY
        Bertie 2 M son at home NY NY NY
  230 235 Elliott Asa 57 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Ann E. 47 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Mary Jane 17 F dau at home NY NY NY
        William F. 16 M son farmer NY NY NY
        Hattie  10 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Ella 7 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
  231 236 Smith Catharine 50 F widow housekeeper Germ Germ Germ
        William A. 20 M son farmer NJ NJ Germ
        Anna G. 19 F dau at home NJ NJ Germ
        Lizzie D. 16 F dau attend.school NY NJ Germ
        Hellena 12 F dau attend.school NY NJ Germ
      Stage Isaac 18 M   laborer NY NY NY
  232 237 Griffin A. H. 42 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Sara J. 40 F wife housekeeper IN WV OH
        Oscar B. 19 M son laborer WI NY IN
        Henry  13 M son attend.school WI NY IN
        Edith 9 F dau attend.school IA NY IN
        William 1 M son at home NY NY IN
  233 238 Westervelt Eliza 47 F widow housekeeper NY NY NY
        Reubin 21 M son farmer NY NY NY
        James C. 19 M son farmer NY NY NY
        Edwin 11 M son attend.school PA NY NY
        Lina A. 21 F dau-in-law at home NY NY NY
  234 239 Gregory Norton 42 M hus miller NY NY NY
        Julia 38 F wife housekeeper NY Scotld NY
        Lelah 13 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Harry 10 M son attend.school NY NY NY
        Jossie 9 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Jesse 7 M son attend.school NY NY NY
        Lewis 5 M son at home NY NY NY
  235 240 Coleman A. K. 60 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Mary 55 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Charles F. 23 M son farmer NY NY NY
      Campbell Hobert 20 M   farm laborer NY NY NY
  236 241 Peterson Hans 34 M hus blacksmith Sweden Sweden Sweden
        Mary 29 F wife housekeeper Sweden Sweden Sweden
        Ella 5 F dau attend.school NY Sweden Sweden
      Wilmot Edward 19 M   blacksmith Eng Sweden Eng
      Kell O. 61 M father-in-law blacksmith Sweden Sweden Sweden
        Kate 57 F mother-in-lw housekeeper Sweden Sweden Sweden
  237 242 Bigelow William A. 58 M hus shoemaker MA MA MA
23       Mary E. 54 F wife housekeeper MA MA MA
24       John A. 28 M son shoemaker MA MA MA
  238 243 Thomas Dandridge 68 M hus laborer MA MA MA
        Mary 32 F wife housekeeper DC MA MA
        Jason 15 M son laborer NY MA MA
        William 13 M son attend.school NY MA MA
        Sara 5 F dau at home NY MA MA
        Emma 1 F dau at home NY MA MA
  239 244 McDonald James R. 22 M hus farm laborer KY PA PA
        Elma 17 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
  240 245 Green Samuel 41 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Mary 40 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Martha D. 14 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Fred Archer 9 M son attend.school NJ NY NY
        Frank 1 M son at home NY NY NY
  241 246 Phillips E. C. 50 M hus farmer NY NJ NJ
        Amelia 39 F wife housekeeper NY NJ NJ
        Bessie 13 F niece at home NY MI PA
  242 247 Warner Charles E. 22 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Nettie A. 21 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Cora B. 7m F dau at home NY NY NY
        Mary J. 54 F mother/wido carpet weaver NY NY NY
        Fred L. 19 M brother laborer NY NY NY
  243 248 Pease Salmon 39 M hus farmer PA PA PA
        Sara E. 31 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Robert D. 8 M son attend.school NY PA NY
        Fannie E. 4 F dau attend.school NY PA NY
        Clayton 1 M son at home NY PA NY
  243 249 Savage Charles 64 M hus farmer Eng Eng Eng
      Starr Catharine 53 F sister-in-law wido/housekp NY NY NY
        Charles 18 M nephew at home NY PA NY
        Mary 19 F niece at home NY PA NY
  244 250 Hutchinson S. S. 66 M hus farmer NY MA NH
        Mary 58 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
  245 251 Dunn Noah 44 M hus farmer NJ NJ NJ
        Phebe  45 F wife housekeeper NJ NJ NJ
        Emma J. 15 F adopt-dau at home PA NJ NJ
  246 252 Garrison A. R. 26 M hus farmer PA PA PA
        Mallie 25 F wife housekeeper NJ NJ NJ
        Onie 2 F dau at home PA PA NJ
  247 253 Gray Hiram 78 M hus retired lawyer NY MA NH
        Aurelia 69 F wife housekeeper NY PA NY
        Margaret 42 F dau at home NY NY NY
        John 38 M son store clerk NY NY NY
      Shehan Dennis 30 M   farm laborer Ireld Ireld Ireld
      Lewis Elizabeth 25 F   servant Wales Wales Wales
      Welsh Ana 18 F   servant NY Ireld Ireld
  248 254 McGrath M. H. 61 M hus architect PA PA Ireld
        Amanda 61 F wife housekeeper CT CT CT
        Amanda 31 F dau at home NY PA CT
24 249 255 Guinnip R. H. 60 M hus merchant NY NJ NJ

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 03/14/2002
By Joyce M. Tice
Email: JoyceTice@aol.com