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

Chemung River View  near Elmira
Postcard from Collection of  Joan NASH O'Dell 
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
21       Charley 10 M adopt-son attend.school MA PA MA
  208 212 Carr  Legrand 31 M hus blacksmith NY NY NY
        Caroline 26 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Mary 6 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Milton 2 M son at home NY NY NY
  209 213 Wixom O. M. 29 M hus merchant NY NY NY
        Hattie B. 28 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Mary F. 3 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Hattie B. 1 F dau at home NY NY NY
  210 214 Ruppensberger Conrad 58 M hus farmer Germ Germ Germ
        Mary 57 F wife housekeeper Germ Germ Germ
        Lena 21 F dau wks.shoe shp NY Germ Germ
        Katie 18 F dau servant NY Germ Germ
        Emma 14 F dau attend.school NY Germ Germ
        John 11 M son attend.school NY Germ Germ
  211 215 Masterson Oscar 33 M hus painter NY NY NY
        Saraette 29 F wife housekeeper NY Germ Germ
        Harry 11 M son at home NY NY NY
        Jennie  7 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Rudolph 4 M son at home NY NY NY
        Walter 2 M son at home NY NY NY
  212 216 Compton Carmy 42 M hus florist NY NY NY
        Cornelia 42 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Fred L. 17 M son laborer NY NY NY
        Edwin R. 2 M son at home NY NY NY
  213 217 Thurston Michael H. 42 M hus wagon maker PA PA PA
        E. J. 39 F wife housekeeper NY Scotld Scotld
        Hellen F. 10 F dau attend.school NY PA NY
        Mary H. 7 F dau attend.school NY PA NY
  213 218 Sterling Charles H. 28 M hus laborer NY Scotld Scotld
        Dora 21 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
  214 219 Bridgeman Lucinda  71 F widow housekeeper NY PA PA
      Stage Rexford J. 26 M boarder laborer NY NY NY
      Wood Rosanna 49 F widow boarder NY NY NY
  215 220 Haskill Peres 80 M hus farmer VT CT CT
        Ruth 72 F wife housekeeper NH CT CT
      Compton Zera 40 M son-in-law awning maker NY NY MA
        Sara T. 36 F dau housekeeper CT VT NH
  216 221 Griswold A. 59 M hus wks.shoe shp NY NY NY
        Julia A. 55 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
      Weaver Mary E. 18 F step-dau servant NY NY NY
  217 222 Jenkins Harmon 32 M hus laborer NY NY NY
        Rosetta 31 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        William 4 M son at home NY NY NY
  218 223 Mathews S. S. 58 M hus farmer NY CT CT
        Susan M. 55 F wife housekeeper NY CT CT
        Luther S. 18 M son farmer NY NY NY
        Ella M. 15 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Herman J. 13 M son farmer NY NY NY
21 219 224 Congdon Albert 26 M hus laborer PA    
22       Ella 25 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Libbie 3 F dau at home NY PA NY
        Joseph Franklin 1 M son at home NY PA NY
  220 225 Coats David 66 M hus farmer PA CT DE
        Nancy 51 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
      Seely J. J. 32 M son-in-law sh.store clerk PA PA PA
        Myra 22 F dau at home PA PA NY
        Fred  2 M gr. son at home PA PA PA
      Impson Elijah 43 M hus laborer NY DE DE
        Matilda 37 F wife housekeeper PA PA PA
        Edith 13 F dau attend.school PA NY PA
  221 226 Buckbee J. M. 55 M hus farmer NY CT CT
        Elizabeth M. 55 F wife housekeeper NY CT CT
      Lewis Frances 16 F   servant NY NY NY
  222 227 Rhodes Frank 28 M hus butcher NY Eng NY
        Nettie 28 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Bertie 6 M son attend.school NY NY NY
        Lena 4 F dau at home NY NY NY
      Strader Alfred 27 M boarder butcher NY NJ NY
  223 228 Lamouree Jarius 49 M hus laborer NY PA PA
        Christiana 48 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Mary 25 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Abbie 22 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Daniel 19 M son laborer NY NY NY
        Ann Eliza 16 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        J. J. 8 M son attend.school NY NY NY
  224 229 Armstrong W. A. 52 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Hannah M. 55 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Fannie 30 F adopt-dau at home NY CT NY
      Midaugh Andrew 60 M   laborer NY PA PA
  225 230 Carruthers John 54 M hus farmer Scotld Scotld Scotld
        Elizabeth 40 F wife housekeeper NY CT CT
        Jennie A. 11 F dau attend.school NY Scotld NY
        Harriet A. 8 F dau attend.school NY Scotld NY
        Alice 5 F dau at home NY Scotld NY
        Robert D. 38 M brother farmer NY NY Scotld
      Hapeman Louisa 22 F   servant PA PA PA
      Clark Albert 21 M   laborer NY NY NY
  226 231 Kingsbury Lucius 63 M hus farmer NY CT CT
        Phebe T. 42 F wife housekeeper NY CT NY
  227 232 Herrick John 36 M hus farmer NY NJ NY
        Mary 31 F wife housekeeper NY NJ NY
        Cora 6 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Loyal B. 5 M son attend.school NY NY NY
        Grace 3 F dau at home NY NY NY
  228 233 Carr  Samuel 65 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Sara 61 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Fletcher 28 M son printer NY NY NY
        Jennie M. 33 F dau at home NY NY NY
22       S. Nettie 23 F dau teach.school NY NY NY

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