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1870 Census - Poor House
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The following information was taken from the 1870 census, Hanover Township, Parsippany Post Office, Morris County Poor House, pages 123 to 124. They have been listed in the order that they were found on the census record. In the 1860 census the Poorhouse was known as the Boonton Poor House.

I have listed the column number on the table. The headings would be:

Column Heading Note
3 Name  
4 Age  
5 Sex  
6 Race  
7 Occupation  
8 Real Estate Value  
9 Personal Estate Value  
10 Place of Birth  
11 Father of Foreign Birth These 2 columns have been combined
12 Mother of Foreign Birth
13 If born within the year, state month  
14 If married within the year, state month No entries for Poorhouse
15 Attend school within the year  
16 Cannot read These 2 columns have been combined.
17 Cannot write
18 Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict  
19 Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upward These 2 columns have been combined
20 Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards, whose right to vote is denied or abridged on other grounds than rebellion or other crime

 

"Do" indicates Ditto

Schedule 1. - Inhabitants in The Township of Hanover in the County of Morris, State of New Jersey enumerated by me, on the 18th day of July 1870, S. B. Harmon, Asst Marshall. Post Office Boonton.

Dwelling-house number 132.   Families numbered in the order of visitation 135 and 136.

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11/12 13  15 16/17 18 19/20
Jackson Norris 34 M W Farmer   300 NJ     Y/_
Harriet 34 F W Keeps House 800   do      
Mary Howell 16 F W       do   Y    
Louisa Norris 06 F W       do      
Caroline Jennings 20 F W Domestic Servant     ENG Y/Y _/Y  
Rich Atno 62 M W       NJ     Y/Y
Abm. Fairchild 40 M W       do      
John Moore 65 M W       IRE Y/Y    
James McDivit 71 M W       do Y/Y    
Peter Bassitt 85 M W       CAN Y/Y    
Mathew Doyle 82 M W       PA      
Wm Deboe 66 M W       NJ     Y/Y
Peter Cole 75 M W       do     Y/Y
John McJoters 63 M W       IRE Y/Y    
John Ohul 77 M W       NJ     Y/Y
John Martin 23 M W       DEN Y/Y    
Carngan 50 M W       IRE Y/Y    
John Bud 41 M W       SCO Y/Y    
Chas Winters 67 M W       NJ     Y/Y
John Vucwer 65 M W       PRU Y/Y    
Joseph Hessel 71 M W       BAD Y/Y    
John McKinnon 86 M W       SCO Y/Y    
Wm Highland 23 M W       IRE Y/Y    
Thos Cources 22 M W       do Y/Y    
John McGuinness 46 M W       do Y/Y    
Elias Terry 16 M W       NJ   Y/Y Idiotic  
Wm Applegate 12 M W       do      
Abert Dworce 13 M W       do      
John Osborn 50 M W       do     Y/Y
Geo Truman 35 M W       do     Y/Y
Wm McCinon 30 M W       do     Y/Y
David Trimmer 70 M W       do     Y/Y
John Morse 16 M W       do   Y/Y Idiotic  
John Speer 30 M W       do   Y/Y do Y/Y
Isaac Demott 25 M B       do     Y/Y
Thos Rex 32 M W       ENG Y/Y    
John Pierson 69 M W       NJ     Y/Y
Mat Scudder 76 M W       do     Y/Y
James Madder 68 M W       IRE Y/Y    
James Coughlan 25 M W       ENG Y/Y    
Frank Dougherty 55 M W       IRE Y/Y    
Augustus Halmen 32 M W       HAM Y/Y    
Jacob Stickle 78 M W       NJ      
Pat Peffer 52 M W       IRE Y/Y    
David Pound 60 M W       NJ   Y/Y Idiotic Y/Y
Michl Mehan 50 M W       IRE Y/Y    
Betsey Hathaway 65 F W       NY      
Hannah Toulan 54 F W       NJ      
Elisie Mills 03 F W       do      
Marria Totten 72 F W       do      
Christenia Crib 38 F W       PRU Y/Y    
Hattie Hopper 68 F W       NJ     Insane  
Mary Lister 20 F W       do      
Cornelia King 40 F W       NJ      
Elizabeth Hoover 09 F W       do      
Caty Fee 10 F W       do Y/Y    
Mary Good 40 F W       do      
Peter Y Good 07 M W       do      
Amy Berry 23 F W       do      
Annie Cox 13 F W       NY      
Mary A Shadwell 16 F W       NJ      
Emaline Bates 35 F W       do      
Henryett Lyon 08 F W       do      
Susan Mascen 16 F W       do      
Joseph Applegate 05 M W       do      
Mary Lewarn 33 F W       ENG Y/Y    
Cathn Hoffman 30 F W       NJ      
Annie Timly 09 F W       do      
Lucy Demott 25 F B       do      
Ecldir Demott 03 M B       do      
Mary Demott 01 F B       do      
Margit Demott 15 F B       do      
Allice 40 F W       IRE Y/Y   Insane  
Harriet Talmadge 43 F W       NJ     do  
____ Reinhart 65 F W       IRE Y/Y   do  
Peggy 70 F B       NJ     do  
Susan Bunch 82 F W       do      
Ephriam Bunch 48 M W       do     Y/Y
Wm Grady 22 M W       ENG Y/Y    
Charlotte Talman 35 F W       NJ     do  
Harriet Stickels 30 F W       do     do  
Charlaina Muth 80 F W       SCO Y/Y    
Nelly McKenna 25 F W       NJ      
George McKenna 6/12 M W       do   Dec    
Caroline McKenna 05 F W       do      
Mary Elson 20 F W       do   Y/Y Idiotic  
Eliza Searing 16 F W       do   Y/Y do  
Sarah Eaton 94 F W       do Y/Y    
Wm Gavott 86 M W       MA   D   Y/Y
Caroline Jennings 6/12 F W       do   Dec    
____ Kearney 60 F W       IRE Y/Y    
Mary Connely 18 F W       do Y/Y Y/Y do  
Henry 85 M B       NJ     Y/Y

NJ - New Jersey
NY - New York
MA - Massachusetts
ENG - England
IRE - Ireland
CAN - Canada
PA - Pennsylvania
DEN - Denmark
SCO - Scotland
PRU - Prussia
BAD - Baden
HAM - Hamburgh

 

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