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

Town of Horseheads, Chemung County NY
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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 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 2008 by Sherry LAMPMAN Nichols
Published October 2008 by Joyce M. Tice

Note from Sherry - The 1855 census for Horseheads was collected by DeWitt Curtis from June 1 thru June 19, 1855.  A group of people years ago looked at the original records and copied them to paper form for the library and indexed them.  I first typed the records from these paper records. Just like the original records some of the handwriting was hard to read or the person copying them had trouble reading the census. I then ordered the microfilm of the 1855 census for Chemung Co from the LDS church. This film is now on permanent loan at the LDS Church on Broad St in Horseheads. I spent many hours looking at the film and trying to be as correct as possible with the names.  I spent hours looking at the 1850 and 1860 census records trying to figure out names that were in question. I had other genealogists look at the records to help me figure out names. If you don?t agree with what I have typed I suggest you look at the film at the LDS church. There is a copy of the records at the clerk?s office in Elmira but the records in the census books there are copies that are faded and hard to read. For any names that I wasn?t sure of I put question marks after them. In a few cases I added names from other sources and put parenthesis around them. The census taker stopped putting visitation numbers in the columns after # 378 and either left it blank or put a 1 in the space. There was a page and half of records missing from the library?s records that I found and added from the microfilm. This took me about 1 ½ yrs to type up, much longer then I thought it would. I hope it will help everyone that looks at it. I did my best with what I had.

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Inmates of County Poor House are on page 37
Be sure to scroll to the right to see the entire page.
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
146 plank 50 160 Daily Timothy  50 M     Ireland 1   4 laborer     1     1
        Daily Bridget 50 F   wife Ireland     4              
        Daily Joanna 11 F   daughter Ireland     4              
        Barrett? Sarah 18 F   boarder Ireland 1   7m       1      
        Barrett? Anthony 22 M   boarder Ireland 1   7m       1      
        Hayes John 20 M   boarder Ireland     1 laborer     1      
        Welch Mike 21 M   boarder Ireland     6m laborer     1      
        Welch Garret 23 M   boarder Ireland     6m laborer     1      
147 frame 600 161 Norton C.L. 43 M     blank   W 6m   1          
        Norton Emily 24 F   daughter blank     6m              
        Norton Elizabeth 17 F   daughter blank     6m              
        Devoe? Almira 4 F   boarder blank     6m              
148 frame 600 162 Marshall Josiah 28 M     Orange     18 farmer 1          
        Marshall Phila A. 22 F   wife Orange     18              
        Marshall Joseph 1 M   son Chemung     1              
        Carpenter George 27 M     Orange     20 farmer 1          
        Carpenter Lydia 20 F   wife Yates     2              
        Carpenter Alice  1 F   daughter Chemung     1              
        Elmer Jackson 24       blank     blank              
149 frame 1200 163 Carpenter Elijah 56 M     Orange 1   22   1          
        Carpenter Elvira 60 F   wife Chemung 1   22              
        Carpenter Caroline 28 F   daughter Chemung     22              
        Carpenter Mathew 34 M   son Chemung 1   15 harness maker            
        Carpenter Priscilla 29 F   daughter in law Penn 1   2              
        Carpenter Elijah W. 1 M   grandson Tompkins     1              
150 frame 100 164 Ross Patience 30 F     Chemung     30 dressmaker            
151 frame 1000 165 Chapman Orin 38 M     Tompkins 1   14 farmer 1          
        Chapman Mary 34 F   wife Chemung 1   14              
        Chapman Harriet 10 F   daughter Chemung     10              
        Chapman Charles E. 6 M   son Chemung     6              
        Chapman Augusta 4 F   daughter Chemung     4              
        Parker Woodruff 24 M   servant New Jersey     2 shoemaker 1          
        Dalton William 19 M   servant Ireland     2m       1      
        Pholiss? Catherine 25 F   servant Ireland     2m       1      
152 frame 3000 166 Suffern John 52 M     New York 1   47 farmer 1         1
        Suffern Hannah 53 F   wife Orange 1   24              
        Suffern Mary 18 F   daughter Chemung     18              
        Suffern Edward 17 M   son Chemung     17              
        Arnold James 10 M   servant Chemung     10              
        Decker Robert 24 M     Orange 1   1 laborer 1          
        Decker Catherine 24 F   wife Ireland 1   1              
153 frame 2000 168 Suffern James 48 M     Chemung 1   48 farmer 1         1
        Suffern Sarah 34 F   wife Allegany 1   20              
        Suffern Mary A. 12 F   daughter Chemung     12              
        Suffern Marshall  7 M   son Chemung     9              
        Trumbull Benjamin 16 M   servant Chemung     16              
154 frame 2000 169 Suffern John S. 80 M     Ireland 1   49 farmer 1         1
        Suffern Elizabeth 81 F   wife Rockland 1   49              
        Suffern Samuel 53 M   son New York     49 farmer 1          
        Suffern Eliza 49 F   daughter New York     49              
        Suffern Andrew 40 M   son Chemung     40 farmer 1          
        Winters Emiline 2 F   niece Chemung     2              
        Manian? Patrick 51 M   servant Ireland     8       1      
        Manian? Catherine 51 F   wife Ireland     1              
        Manian? Catherine 13 F   daughter Ireland     1              
        Manian? Martin 11 M   son Ireland     1       1      
155 frame 150 170 Mathews Aaron 27 M     Chemung 1   27 laborer 1         1
        Mathews Jane 25 F   wife Chemung     2              
        Mathews Caroline 5 F   daughter Chemung     5              
        Mathews Viola 3 F   daughter Chemung     3              
        Mathews Lewis 8m M   son Chemung     8m              
156 frame 500 171 McConnell Daniel 45 M     Chemung 1   45 farmer 1         1
        McConnell Irena 37 F   wife Orange 1   23              
        McConnell Augustus 16 M   son Chemung     16              
        O'Driskel? Helen 13 F   servant Chemung     5              
157 frame 100 172 Brooks Nathaniel 47 M     Chemung 1   47 boatman 1         1
        Brooks Rebecca 38 F   wife Albany 1   36              
        Brooks Mary A. 17 F   daughter Chemung     17              
        Brooks Thomas 12 M   son Chemung     12              
        Brooks Horace  19 M   son Chemung     19 boatman            
158 board 10 173 Brown John 26 M     Tompkins 1   8 locktender 1          
        Brown Elizabeth 23 F   wife Chemung 1   23 laborer 1          
        Brown Marinus 8 M   son Chemung     8              
        Brown Esther 4 F   daughter Chemung     4              
159 plank 20 175 Lyman Leonard  26 M     Chemung 1   20              
        Lyman Julia 22 F   wife Chemung 1   22              
        Lyman Wm. O. 5 M   son Chemung     5              
        Lyman James O. 3 M   son Chemung     3              
        Lyman Josephine(Emma) 6 dys F   daughter Chemung                    
        Lyman George 12 M   nephew Chemung     3m              

Last Updated on 10/6/2008
By Joyce M. Tice