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

Mountain House near Elmira, was a popular recreational spot
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
3 25 25 Greatsinger John 56 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Aurela 56 F wife housekeeper PA CT CT
        Wesley 27 M son farmer NY NY PA
        Sara 21 F dau at home NY NY PA
        Fanny 18 F dau at home NY NY PA
      Bosworth Laurinda 61 F sister-in-law at home PA CT CT
  26 27 Kilmer George 37 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Mary A. 39 F wife housekeeper NY Ireld Ireld
        Laura 10 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Floyd 8 M son attend.school NY NY NY
        Ellen 3 F dau at home NY NY NY
  27 28 Miller Sara 28 F dau housekeeper NY NY NY
  28 29 Crane Cyrenus C. 60 M hus farmer NY CT CT
        Emily C. 51 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Ezra F. 19 M son farmer NY NY NY
      Lathrop Jennie 21 F   servant NY NY NY
  29 30 Elston Abram 68 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Lovisa 64 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
  30 31 Elston Wallace 26 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Melissa 25 F wife housekeeper PA WI PA
        Lula 2 F dau at home NY NY PA
      Wilcox Hattie 15 F   servant PA PA PA
  31 32 Simpson Samuel 24 M hus farm laborer NY NY NY
        Lucinda 23 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Alva 8m M son at home NY NY NY
  32 33 Sprague Charles 37 M hus laborer NY NY NY
        Frances 36 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Amelia 15 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Jonas 13 M son at home NY NY NY
        Leroy 11 M son at home NY NY NY
        Winfield 1 M son at home NY NY NY
  33 34 Jenkins Miles 39 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Lucinda 40 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Julia A. 18 F dau   NY NY NY
        Minerva 15 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Delphine 14 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        George 81 M father widower PA NY NY
      Baldwin Nancy 84 F boarder   NY NY NY
  34 35 Darrar Edward 54 M hus stone mason MA MA MA
        Elizabeth 48 F wife housekeeper MA MA MA
  35 36 Goldsmith Vincent 54 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Maggie 48 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        James 16 M son farmer NY NY NY
        Almond K. 7 M son attend.school NY NY NY
      Durfee Elmira 18 F niece servant NJ NJ NY
  36 37 Herington William 33 M hus blacksmith NY NY NY
        Catharine M. 34 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Charles 7 M son at home NY NY NY
        Bertie 4 M son at home NY NY NY
3     Dairy Sara 18 F   servant NY NY NY
4 37 38 Richardson Jacob 63 M hus farmer NY CT CT
        Caroline 56 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Johannah 33 F dau at home PA NY NY
        Amanda 26 F dau at home PA NY NY
        Darwin 20 M son farmer PA NY NY
        Perthenia 18 F dau at home PA NY NY
        Lyman 16 M son farmer PA NY NY
  38 39 Carey Robert 57 M hus farmer NJ NJ NJ
        Olive 53 F wife housekeeper NY MA VT
        Hattie 16 F dau at home NY NJ NY
        Fanny 12 F dau attend.school NY NJ NY
        Sara 10 F dau attend.school NY NJ NY
      Stage George 17 M   laborer PA PA PA
  39 40 Rhoades Almond  38 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Melvina 26 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Elizabeth 14 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Raymond 2 M son at home NY NY NY
      Delill Harriet 23 F sister-in-law at home NY NY NY
        Judson 1 M   at home NY NY NY
  40 41 Mack John 61 M hus farmer Ireld Ireld Ireld
        Mary 50 F wife housekeeper Ireld Ireld Ireld
        Daniel 25 M son laborer NY Ireld Ireld
        Michael 24 M son wks. on RR NY Ireld Ireld
        John 22 M son wks. on RR NY Ireld Ireld
        James 19 M son farmer NY Ireld Ireld
        Anna 17 F dau at home NY Ireld Ireld
        Patrick 12 M son at home NY Ireld Ireld
  40 42 Beckhorn Levi 30 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Harriet 30 F wife housekeeper NY PA NY
        Grace 9 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Ollie 3 F dau at home NY NY NY
      Jordan Charles 65 M   farm laborer NY NJ NY
  41 43 Rhoades William 64 M hus farmer NY   NY
        Harriet 59 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        George 37 M son farmer NY NY NY
        Clarence 24 M son farmer NY NY NY
        Clarrisa 24 F dau housekeeper NY NY NY
  42 44 Taylor Isaac 44 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Arminda 50 F wife housekeeper NY NY  
  43 45 Campbell Francis 26 M hus laborer NY NY NY
        Mary 29 F wife housekeeper PA PA NY
        Jane 9 F dau at home PA NY PA
        Henry 5 M son at home NY NY PA
        Emma 2 F dau at home NY NY PA
        Effee 9m F dau at home NY NY PA
  44 46 Moore John 29 M hus laborer NY NY NY
        Harriet 21 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Asa B. 6 M son at home NY NY NY
        Isaac F. 5 M son at home NY NY NY
4       William F. 1 M son at home NY NY NY

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