Bradford County PA
Chemung County NY
Tioga County PA
Canton Township, Alba Borough
Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
1870 Census Records for  Bradford County PA 
1870 Canton Township Census
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Enumerated June 1 thru 23, 1870 by Ward Warren, Ass't. Marshall
Transcribed for Tri Counties by Carlton Wolfe 2004
Burial Information added by Pat NEWELL Smith
Formatted & Published by Joyce M. Tice 2006
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.
P# = Page Number H# = Household - F# = Family
Note ! - Caucasian unless otherwise noted
Post Offices in Canton Township  in 1870  -  Residents in Canton Township picked up their mail at the Canton PO, East Canton PO, Alba PO.  There was no rural delivery until 1903. Be sure to read You Gotta Know the Territory for more information to help you understand this area and time. For individual pages the Post Office will be indicated, and it gives you information on the part of Canton Township in which your person of interest lived. 
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. If you have a comment that you think is important for a particular entry send it to me with the EXACT page URL and I will place your note at the bottom of the page.
Canton Township 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41
Alba Borough 01 02 03 04 05 06
H# F# SURNAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR/ RACE SEE NOTE 1 OCCUPATION VALUE REAL ESTATE VALUE PERSON. PROP. BORN FATHER FOREIGN BORN MOTHER FOREIGN BORN MONTH BORN OR MARRIED IN YEAR ATTEND SCHOOL IN YEAR CANNOT READ OR WRITE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE POST OFFICE COMMENTS
19 18 Welch H. G. 31 M   farmer 5,000 645 PA           1 Alba SRGP 04787
      Mary 23 F   housekeeper     PA                
      Freeman 6 M   at home     PA       1       Alba Cem., Canton Twp.; m. Addie ?
      Maud 4 F   at home     PA                
      Harry  1 M   at home     PA                
20 19 Owen Augustus 27 M   farmer 5,000 980 PA           1    
      Soffie 27 F   housekeeper     PA               Main St. Cem., Canton
      Adeline 9m F   at home     PA     August          
    Fitzpatrick Frank 16 M   dom. servant     PA                
    Roberts Ella 16 F   dom. servant     PA 1 1   1        
21 20 Bothwell Alexander 66 M   farmer 3,500 1,000 NY       1   1    
22     Hannah 45 F   housekeeper 2,000 PA                
    Greanleaf Esther 23 F   housekeeper     PA                
      Jesse 17 M   attend. school     PA       1        
      Ida 15 F   attend. school     PA       1        
23 21 Bothwell J. A. 64 M   farmer   800 NY           1    
      Polly 61 F   housekeeper     VT 1              
    Rockwell Nancy 88 F   ret.housekeepr     CT                
    Lilley Mary 8 F   attend. school     PA       1        
24 22 Barto Dwight 26 M   farmer   350 NY           1    
      Deliliah 24 F   housekeeper     PA                
      Charlie 1 M   at home     NY                
25 23 Manley G. D. 35 M   farmer 4,500 1,645 PA           1    
      E. Augusta 23 F   housekeeper     PA                
      Randolph J. 7 M   at home     PA                
    Shea Edwin 16 M   dom. servant     PA 1 1   1        
26 24 Lilley E. F. 30 M   carriage maker     PA     Sept.     1    
      Libbie 32 F   housekeeper     NY     Sept.          
27 25 Cosper Daniel 42 M   farmer 9,000 1,800 PA           1   Alba Cem., Canton Twp
      Lucy J. 38 F   housekeeper     PA               Alba Cem., Canton Twp.; birth name KIFF
      Emma A. 10 F   at home     PA       1        
      Shepherd 5 M   at home     PA                
      Florence 3 F   at home     PA                
    Phelps Lora 17 F   housekeeper     PA                
    Rollison Henry 18 M   farm hand     PA                
28 26 Coughlin William 36 M   farmer 1,500 125 Ireland 1 1     1 1    
      Margaret 69 F   housekeeper     Ireland 1 1     1      
29 27 Moore Sarah 50 F   farmer 6,000 1,710 PA                
      Harriett  39 F   housekeeper     NY                
      Mary 19 F   at home     NY                

Published on Tri-Counties Site on 7/17/2006
By Joyce M. Tice