Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
1880 Federal Census Records for  Chemung County NY 
Town  & Village of Horseheads, Breesport, Poor House

1880 Town & Village of Horseheads, 

Village of Breesport, Chemung County Poor House
Photo from Collection of Frank Patterson 
Comments and "Corrections" to 1880 Transcription for Horseheads
Enumerated June 1-30, 1880 by Merritt Glines 
Enumerated June 1-30, 1880 by Chas. F. Taber
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Total CA 3480 People
In Town & Village of Horseheads
& Breesport
You Gotta Know the Territory-
Tips for Genealogists
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. 
Part One by Merritt Glines
Part Two by  Chas. F. Taber
Village of Horseheads 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12 13
Town of Horseheads 14-15 16-17 18-19 20-21 22-23 24
Village of Breesport 25-27 28-29 30/32
County Poor House 31
Town of Horseheads 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9
Village of Horseheads 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 38-40
P# D# F# SURNAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RELAT'N OCCUP'T'N BORN PBORN MBORN
12 106 110 Wordon Clark 49 M hus foreman NY CT CT
        Samantha 52 F wife housekeeper PA RI CT
        Carrie 21 F dau at home PA NY PA
  107 111 Hendrix Isaac M. 68 M hus retired farmer Eng Eng NY
        Lucretia  66 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
  108 112 Short James D. 43 M hus pump maker NY NY NY
        Charlotte 33 F wife housekeeper VT VT VT
        Nina 15 F dau attend.school NY NY VT
        J. Winslow 13 M son attend.school NY NY VT
        Edward J. 6 M son at home NY NY VT
        James 1 M son at home NY NY VT
  109 113 McNish George 42 M hus travel'g. agt. NY NY NY
        Kate 38 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Elmer 16 M son at home NY NY NY
        Clarolena 13 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Hiram  7 M son at home NY NY NY
  110 114 Boon Harry 34 M hus carriage paint Eng Eng Eng
        Sarah 32 F wife housekeeper NY    
        Harry 14 M son appr.painter NY Eng NY
        May 12 F dau attend.school NY Eng NY
        Bertha 11m F dau at home NY Eng NY
  111 115 Mitchell Henry 55 M hus painter Eng Eng Eng
        Susan 39 F wife housekeeper NJ NY NY
        Harry 14 M son attend.school NY Eng NY
        Florence  4 F dau at home NY  Eng NY
  112 116 Horton John L. 26 M hus carriage makr NY NY NY
        Jennie 25 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Claude 5m M son at home NY NY NY
  113 117 Bales Peter 68 M hus carpenter NJ NJ NJ
        Elizabeth 68 F wife housekeeper NJ NJ NJ
  114 118 Bales John W. 33 M hus wagonmaker NY NJ NJ
        Addie M. 32 F wife housekeeper NY NJ NJ
        Lorenzo D. 8 M son attend.school NY NY NY
        Jeroda E. 2 M son at home NY NY NY
  115 119 Wheat William 53 M hus retired farmer NY NY NY
        Sarah M. 51 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
      Shappee Anna L. 6 F gr. dau at home NY NY NY
  116 120 Benedict Edward R. 51 M hus carriage paint NY NY NY
        Sarah J. 48 F wife housekeeper NY NJ NY
        Gurdon 19 M son painter NJ NY NY
        Louesar 17 F dau at home NJ NY NY
        Walter G. 15 M son at home NY NY NY
        Anna Bell 12 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Stephen W. 9 M son at home NY NY NY
        Fred P. 4 M son at home NY NY NY
  117 121 Nichols Thomas C. 29 M hus peddler NY CT NY
        Mollie 22 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
  118 122 Heaton Henry 30 M hus   Eng Eng Eng
12       Ellen 25 F wife housekeeper Eng Eng Eng
13 118 123 Beard Alva P. 38 M hus carpenter NY VT VT
        Elizabeth 37 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        George H. 17 M son store clerk NY NY NY
        Jennie L. 16 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Mabel A. 13 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
      Tomlinson Fred 26 M boarder   PA PA PA
  119 124 Gardner Harry 63 M hus cabinetmaker NY NY  NY
        Julia 64 F wife housekeeper NY CT CT
        Libbie 29 F dau at home Eng Eng Eng
  120 125 Compton Stephen  47 M hus cabinetmaker PA PA NY
        Agusta 44 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Mary A. 19 F dau at home NY PA NY
        Anna J. 17 F dau teach.school NY PA NY
        Satie L. 13 F dau attend.school NY PA NY
        Hellen K. 4 F dau at home NY PA NY
  121 126 Tomlinson Dewitt C. 28 M hus   NY NY PA
        Sarah A. 29 F wife housekeeper PA PA PA
        Leaphy A. 2 F dau at home PA NY PA
        Fred 5m M son at home NY NY PA
        Charles 17 M brother machinist PA NY PA
  122 127 Marshall Josiah H. 53 M hus travel'g. agt. NY NY NY
        Phila A. 46 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Charles 14 M son attend.school NY NY NY
  123 128 Cromwell Robert 60 M widower farmer NY    
        Louesa  33 F dau housekeeper NY    
  124 129 Carpenter Myron 34 M hus teamster NY NY NY
        Frank M. 33 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Walter M. 8 M son at home NY NY NY
        Fred 6 M son at home NY NY NY
  125 130 West William 35 M hus blacksmith Eng Eng Eng
        Ida  25 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY
        Charles 6 M son at home NY NY NY
  126 131 VanDusen Richard  34 M hus merchant NY NY NY
        Sarah 28 F wife housekeeper NY CT CT
        Frankie 8 F dau at home NY NY NY
        George 2 M son at home NY NY NY
  127 132 Bennitt John 33 M hus banker NY NY NY
        Josephine 27 F wife housekeeper NY NJ NY
        Mabel  6 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Louese 3 F dau at home NY NY NY
      Holbert Sayre 19 M   bank clerk NY NY NY
      Owens Emma 21 F   servant NY NY NY
  128 133 Bachman Martin T. B. 41 M hus lawyer NY NJ NJ
        Catharine T. 34 F wife housekeeper NY NY Eng
        Grace M. 9 F dau at home NY NY NY
  129 134 Hammond Charles B. 50 M widower teamster NY NJ NJ
        E. Sophia 16 F dau at home NY NY NY
        Mary 13 F dau attend.school NY NY NY
        Charles L. 12 M son attend.school NY NY NY
13       Herbert 7 M son at home NY NY NY

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 7/7/2002
By Joyce M. Tice
Email: JoyceTice@aol.com