Bradford County PA
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1870 Census Records for  Bradford County PA 
1870 Orwell Township Census
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Enumerated July 14 thru 22, 1870 by Ethel Fuller, Ass't. Marshall
Transcribed for Tri Counties by Carlton Wolfe 2004
Formatted & Published by Joyce M. Tice 2004
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.
H# = Household - F# = Family
Note ! - Caucasian unless otherwise noted
Post Offices in Orwell Township in 1870  -  Residents in Orwell Township picked up their mail at oneof several post offices including some in adjoining townships. There was no rural delivery until 1903. Within the township there were Post Offices at South Hill, Allis Hollow, Potterville, Orwell Hill and North Orwell. Some residents received mail at West Warren Post Office in Warren Township and some at Leraysville Post Office in Pike Township. The appropriate Post Office will be designated on each of these 33 pages. Be sure to read You Gotta Know the Territory for more information to help you understand this area and time.
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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.
Post Office for this page: Orwell Hill PO
P# 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
32       Aaron 15 M   farm laborer     PA            
  265 261 Orbarn Henry 41 M   farmer 2,500   PA           1
        Matilda 41 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Miles 19 M   farm laborer     PA            
        Milton 18 M   farm laborer     PA       1    
        Joshua 13 M   at home     PA       1    
        Matilda 4 F   at home     PA            
  266 262 Morey Matilda 39 F   housekeeper 200 200 PA            
        Julia 12 F   attend. school     PA            
  267 263 Russell Stephen 35 M   farmer 5,000 1,800 PA           1
        Mary 34 F   housekeeper     PA            
        George 9 M   attend. school     PA            
        Horace 6 M   attend. school     PA            
        Ulyssus 4 M   at home     PA            
        Flora 2 F   at home     PA            
        Infant 6m F   at home     PA     December      
  268 264 Russell Julia 60 F   housekeeper   300 NY            
        Frances 29 F   at home     PA            
        Florence 23 F   teach. school     PA            
  269 265 Bushnell Ezra 39 M   farmer   1,000 NY           1
        Thryphesa 33 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Frank 12 M   attend. school     NY            
        Jessie 10 F   attend. school     NY            
        Libbie 4 F   at home     NY            
        Collette 2 F   at home     PA            
  270 266 Boardman Edward 28 M   farmer   900 PA           1
        Rubie 27 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Cyntha 4 F   at home     PA            
        Frisbie 6m M   at home     PA     December      
        William 58 M   at home 6,000   NY           1
        Hannah 57 F   at home     NY            
  271 267 Frost Frewers 40 M   farmer 3,000 1,200 PA           1
        Rebecca 40 F   housekeeper     PA            
  272 268 Chaffee Jerome 33 M   farmer 1,500 500 PA           1
        Emily 25 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Marvin 4 M   at home     PA            
        Zellii 1 F   at home     PA            
  273 269 Chaffee Jarvis 46 M   farmer 1,800 500 PA           1
        Maria 44 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Ida 16 F   at home     PA       1    

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 09/27/2004
By Joyce M. Tice