Tri-Counties Genealogy & History
by Joyce M. Tice
1855 New York State Census Records for

Town of Erin, Chemung County NY
Chemung County NY
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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 our own time. The census taker wrote what he believed he heard as well as he could. Our volunteers have transcribed them 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 and will limit your research effectiveness.

Transcribed 2009 by Sherry LAMPMAN Nichols
Published April 2009 by Joyce M. Tice

The 1855 census for Erin was collected by James Hollenbeck from June 4 thru June 29, 1855.  I was able to copy the original records from microfilm to transcribe from. I looked in the 1850 & 1860 census for every family to compare to the 1855 census because of the bad handwriting. James Hollenbeck spelled the names just the way they sounded. For instance he spelled Hiram-Hyrum, Elizabeth-Elithabeth. His 4 & 7?s looked a lot alike. He spelled Orange Co as Oren throughout the census. I didn?t copy the names as he spelled them. He didn?t fill in a lot of the blanks. He only put down how many years the head of the household was in the county not the rest of the family. He only filled in child for the first child in column 9 for relationship. He left column 4 empty for households 83-87 & 90-96.
If I found names in the other census records that matched up to the 1855, I put parenthesis around them. If I couldn?t find the family and had to guess at a name, I put a question mark after them.
You can find the copies from the microfilm in the back of the notebook that I used. The notebook is located at the Steele Memorial Library in Elmira, NY. If you can correct any names feel free to correct them. The microfilm can be found at the LDS church in Horseheads or soon at the Steele Memorial Library.
        Sherry Nichols
           Mar 2009

( ) = name found in alternate census record
?  = name was a guess from the census
 

Page  01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Dwelling # in order of visitation of what material built value family # in order of visitation Name of every person who lived in this abode 1st day of June age sex color relationship to head of family county born or what state married widowed years in residence profession voter native born voter naturalized alien persons of color not taxed persons over 21 who can't read or write owners of land deaf, dumb, blind or idiot



 








 
 

       
1 frame 400 1 Hollenbeck James 53 M

Schoharie
1 33 farmer 1



1




Hollenbeck Henry 26 M
child Chemung

26 farmer 1









Hollenbeck Isaac 19 M
child Chemung














Hollenbeck Catharine 12 F
child Chemung










2 log 50 2 Hollenbeck Hamilton 23 M

Chemung 1
23 farmer 1



1




Hollenbeck Anna 24 F
wife Chemung

24











Hollenbeck James 3 M
child Chemung














Hollenbeck Sarah 1 F
child Chemung










3 frame 400 3 Hollenbeck Giles 19 M

Monroe 1
2 farmer




1




Hollenbeck Eliza 16 F
wife Chemung










4 frame 300 4 Frost Jason 39 M

Oneida 1
6 cooper 1



1




Frost Hannah 30 F
wife Oneida














Frost Wm.J. 12 M
child Ontario














Frost Albert A. 11 M
child Wayne














Frost Edwin O. 8 M
child Ontario














Frost Lydia M. 6 F
child Chemung














Frost Martha 7m F
child Chemung










5 frame 170 5 Caywood John 30 M

New Jersey 1
6 cooper 1



1




Caywood Sally 29 F
wife Chemung














Caywood Sarah Jane 6 F
child Chemung














Caywood Louise 1 F
child Chemung










6 frame 100 6 Cooper John 55 M

Dutchess 1
15 farmer 1



1




Cooper Sally 58 F
wife Conn










7 frame 100 7 Cooper William 27 M

Allegany 1
15 farmer 1









Cooper Christanna 21 F
wife Chemung














Cooper Lithabeth 7 F
child Chemung














Cooper John 1 M
child Chemung










8 log 10 8 Molter Jacob 42 M

Yates 1
30 chairmaker 1



1




Molter (Julia Ann) 35 F
wife Yates














Molter Emeline 17 F
child Chemung














Molter Phebe 16 F
child Chemung














Molter Catharine 14 F
child Chemung














Molter Adam 11 M
child Chemung














Molter John 9 M
child Chemung














Molter Harriet 5 F
child Chemung














Molter Elithabeth 3 F
child Chemung










9 log 50 9 Hock David 56 M

Jersey 1
2 shoemaker 1









Hock Mary 56 F
wife Jersey














Hock Mary 13 F
child Jersey














Haynes Edwith 9 M
grandchild New Jersey










10 frame 300 10 Rose Abraham 55 M

New Jersey 1
1 blacksmith 1



1




Rose Phebe 53 F
wife New Jersey














Rose Jacob 11 M
child Courtland










11 log 50 11 Westbrook John 35 M

Tioga 1
18 cooper 1



1




Westbrook Phebe 27 F
wife Tioga














Westbrook Catherine 11 F
child Chemung














Westbrook Miles 9 M
child Chemung














Westbrook Mary 7 F
child Chemung









idiot-fits




Westbrook Francis 5 M
child Chemung














Westbrook Sabra 3 F
child Chemung










Chemung County NY

Published On Tri-Counties Site On April 6, 2009
By Joyce M. Tice