Poor Farm Census Data: 1880-1885-1895

 

1880 Federal Census	Age	Marital status	Birth Year	Origin	Occupation
Rice (Reice?), W.A.	58	married	1822	New York	Poor Master
Rice, Merian	63	married	1827	New York	wife
Rice, Chas.	18	single	1862	Iowa	son
Rice, Medora	15	single	1865	Iowa	daughter
Rice, Leonora	15	single	1865	Iowa	daughter
Rice, Barton G.	30	not given	1850	Michigan	nephew
Residents:
Newton, Page	53		1827	Ohio	pauper
Steel, Mary	66		1915	England	pauper
McGarrett, R.	61		1819	Ireland	pauper
Bradford, Elisabeth	43		1837	New York	pauper
Boardman, George	7		1873	Iowa	pauper
Boardman, Frank	6		1874	Iowa	pauper
Boardman, May	1		1879	Iowa	pauper

 

1885 State Census	Age	Marital Status	Birth Year	Origin	occupation
Administrative
Wilson, Louis P.	47	married	1838	Pennsylvania	Steward, County Home
Wilson, Olive L.	42	married	1843	New York	keeping house
Wilson, Samuel	21	single	1864	Buchanan Co, IA	son
Wilson, Pery	19	single	1866	Bremer	son
Tiedt, Louise	19	single	1866	Illinois	housekeeper
Residents
Fleming, Alexander	68	married	1817	Indiana	pauper
Fleming, Rebecka	47	married	1838	Indiana	pauper
Bradford, Elizabeth	48	widowed	1837	New York	pauper
McGarrett, Rosena	80	widowed	1805	Ireland	pauper
Gibbs, William	71	widowed	not given	not given	pauper
Plageman, Henry	76	married	1809	Germany	pauper
Plageman, Magdalena	77	married	1808	Germany	pauper
Bordman, Chester F.	10	single	1875	Bremer Co, IA	pauper
Wuslin, Albert	30	single	1855	Germany	pauper

 

Name	Age	Marital Status	Place of Birth	Occupation
Muether, Carl	64	m	Germany	Farmer
Muether, Emma	62	m	Germany	keeping house
Muether, Paul (son)	30	s	Bremer County, IA	farmer
Muether, Marry (dau)	15	s	Bremer County, IA	housekeeper
Dilley, Catherine	82	wd	Massachusetts	lives in Poor House
Lay, Hattie	57	wd	New York	lives in Poor House
Thomas, Martha	32	wd	New York	lives in Poor House
Bradford, Elizabeth	58	wd	Pennsylvania	lives in Poor House
Dewit, Sara	56	wd	Pennsylvania	lives in Poor House
Hutchingson, Daniel	80	wd	Vermont	lives in Poor House
Haase, Fred	33	s	Germany	lives in Poor House
Stanford, Charles	79	wd	New York	lives in Poor House
Webster, George	82	wd	England	lives in Poor House
Stout, Ganot	75	wd	New York	lives in Poor House
Turneure, Charles	55	s	Illinois	lives in Poor House
Guenther, Conrad	78	wd	Germany	lives in Poor House
Barber, Clarence	27	s	Bremer County, IA	none
Davis, John	67	m	Ohio	carpenter
Churcher, John	46	s	England	farming
Huhnerberg, Henry	24	s	Bremer County, IA	farming
Quimby, John	27	s	Bremer County, IA	painter
Lambert, Mary	81	m	New York	housekeeper
Ahlers, Elinor	37	m	England	seamstress
French, Josiah	53	s	Ohio	none
Budermann, Charles	22	s	Bremer County, IA	none
Bickner, John	65	m	Germany	farming
Rhode, Charles	34	s	Germany	none
Lashbrook, Thos.	38	s	Illinois	none
Formacher, Wm.	21	s	Germany	none
Kohagen, Chas.	26	s	Bremer County, IA	farming
Crytzmeyer, George	38	s	Bremer County, IA	farming
Tibbits, Charles	46	s	Illinois	none
Farr, Dunnick (female)	35	s	Bremer County, IA	none
The following may be employees or residents
Callender, Nory	62	m	Virginia	housekeeper
Boardman, Noria	62	s	New York	teacher
Land, William	29	s	Germany	labor
Sweet, Chas.	65	m	Massachusetts	farming
Fifield, Lincoln	28	s	Bremer County, IA	none

See also: Poor Farm Census Data for 1900 - 1910 ----- 1915 - 1920 ----- 1925 - 1930