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  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
27 270 276 Allen John J. 32 M   sells wagons NY    
        Addie 24 F   housekeeper NY NY NY
        Willie  4 M   at home NY NY NY
  271 277 McCall Isa H. 28 M hus laborer NY NY NY
        Mary E. 31 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Bessie 3 F dau at home NY NY NY
  272 278 McLean Andrew 30 M hus lumberman NY Ireld Ireld
        Jennie 27 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Mabel 7 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Edith 4 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Ethel 2 F dau at home NY NY NY
      Houghtaling Chloe 50 F mother-in-lw widow  NY MA MA
  273 279 Brockway L. R. 51 M hus supt.of prison CT CT PA
        Jane 50 F wife housekeeper CT CT CT
        Emma 25 F dau at home NY CT CT
        Carrie 23 F dau at home NY CT CT
      Mills Fred H. 19 M   clerk NY NY NY
      Koch Charles 20 M   tailor Germ Germ Germ
      Brockway H. B. 47 M brother prison officer CT CT PA
      Thompson David L. 24 M boarder prison officer MD MD MD
      Beach Joseph H. 29 M boarder prison officer PA CT PA
      Hanford H. Clay 31 M boarder prison officer NY NY NY
      Ingraham William M. 22 M boarder brush maker NY NY NY
      VanAlstyne N. 50 M boarder moulder NY NY NY
      Rich Frank C. 38 M boarder cook NY NY NY
      Martin John C. 40 M boarder prison officer Can Eng Eng
      Woolf O. C. 26 M boarder prison officer NY NY NY
      Hogan William H. 27 M boarder prison officer NY Ireld Ireld
      Brown William W. 43 M boarder prison officer NY NY NY
      Sisk John 52 M boarder blacksmith NY Scotld Germ
      Maguire C. W. 45 M boarder brush maker NY NY NY
      Cox Henry  50 M boarder brush maker E.India Ireld Ireld
      Sisk David J. 18 M boarder engineer NY NY NY
      Meadowcroft Thomas 36 M boarder carpenter Eng Eng Eng
      Ennis John 29 M boarder farmer NY Ireld NY
      Chapman John B. 37 M boarder prison officer NY NY Holland
  274 280 Crane Eliza J. 53 F widow housekeeper NY NY NY
      McDowell Ed 18 M son laborer NY PA NY
  275 281 Stannard Giles 59 M hus farmer NY MA NY
        Lydia J. 59 F wife housekeeper NY MA MA
      Hollenbeck George 9 M gr. son attend.school NY NY NY
      Wilkin Abbie 19 F boarder school teach. NY NY NY
  276 282 Looney Sara 53 F widow housekeeper Ireld Ireld Ireld
        Maggie 19 F dau at home PA Ireld Ireld
  277 283 Rady Michael  64 M hus farmer Ireld Ireld Ireld
        Peggie 65 F wife housekeeper Ireld Ireld Ireld
  278 284 Ronan William 50 M hus farmer Ireld Ireld Ireld
        Catharine 40 F wife housekeeper Ireld Ireld Ireld
27       John 21 M son farmer MI Ireld Ireld
28       William 15 M son farm laborer MI Ireld Ireld
        James 13 M son farm laborer NY Ireld Ireld
        Katie 11 F dau attend.school NY Ireld Ireld
        Thomas 9 M son attend.school NY Ireld Ireld
        Michael  5 M son attend.school NY Ireld Ireld
        Frank 3 M son at home NY Ireld Ireld
  279 285 Kilmer Charles 35 M hus blacksmith NY NY NY
        Sara E. 35 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Myrtie 12 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Joseph  10 M son attend.school NY NY NY
        Herbert H. 5 M son attend.school NY NY NY
        Pearl 2 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Joseph 72 M father/widow laborer NY NY NY
  280 286 Pierce R. G. L. 60 M hus blacksmith NY NJ NJ
        Martha  54 F wife housekeeper VT VT VT
        Eli 21 M son laborer NY NY VT
      Watson Frances 27 F dau at home NY NY VT
        Bertha 1 F gr. dau at home NY NY NY
      Wheat William 59 M hus carpenter NY CT NY
        Amanda 55 F wife housekeeper OH NY NY
        Mina 22 F dau at home NY NY OH
  281 287 Stannard Frank 30 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Nettie  23 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Dana 3 M son at home NY NY NY
        Dora 2 F dau at home NY NY NY
      Yan X. Charles 24 M   farm laborer France France France
  282 288 Goldsmith James 47 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Sharlotte 44 F wife housekeeper NY PA Ireld
        Ida 20 F dau teach.school NY NY NY
        Edward 17 M son farmer NY NY NY
        Amelia 15 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Emma 13 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Fannie  5 F dau at home NY NY NY
  283 289 Wheat Mark  47 M hus laborer NY CT NY
        Lois 42 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Daniel 15 M son laborer PA NY NY
  284 290 Donahue Thomas 50 M hus laborer Ireld Ireld Ireld
        Hannah  46 F wife housekeeper Ireld Ireld Ireld
        Patrick 22 M son laborer NY Ireld Ireld
        Frank 16 M son laborer NY Ireld Ireld
        Thomas 13 M son laborer NY Ireld Ireld
  285 291 Tice Jacob 72 M hus farmer NY NY NY
        Harriet  68 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Mary E. 43 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Henry  33 M son farmer NY NY NY
        Fannie  37 F dau at home NY NY NY
      Jacobs Daniel 18 M   farm laborer NY NY NY
  286 292 Elston Marcuus 33 M hus selling milk NY NY NY
        Maggie 35 F wife housekeeper NY NY PA
28       Elijah 8 M son attend.school NY NY NY

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