Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
1880 Federal Census Records for  Chemung County NY 
City of Elmira  - Fifth Ward

1880 City of Elmira Census - Fifth Ward -Part 1 of 2

Nearly 3550  People in this Census Transcription For City of Elmira - Fifth Ward in Two parts
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City of Elmira, Fifth  Ward
Enumerated June 11, 1880 by C. A Pulford
Part One
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 29-30
Part Two
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 29-30
31-32 33-34 35-36 37-38 39-40
41-42 43-44
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 take them in your stride. 
P# Hse# D# F# SURNAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RELAT'N OCCUP'T'N BORN PBORN MBORN Location 
19 103 150 182 Decker George W. 28 M hus tobacco grow. NY NY NY  
          Isabel  23 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY  
          Harry  6m M son at home NY NY NY  
  103 150 183 Decker James R. 56 M hus tobacco grow. NY NY NY  
          Abagale J. 47 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY  
          Fredrick 12 M son at home NY NY NY  
  106 151 184 Polack Louis 30 M hus cigar manuf. Holland Holland Holland  
          Sarah 28 F wife housekeeper NY Eng Eng  
          Norris 6 M son at home NY Holland Eng  
          Alexander 4 M son at home NY Holland Eng  
          Henry 3 M son at home NY Holland Eng  
          Leon 11m M son at home NY Holland Eng  
        Levy Alexander 21 M boarder cigar maker NY Eng Eng  
          John 20 M boarder cigar mak.apr. NY Eng Eng  
          Ida 17 M boarder attend.school NY Eng Eng  
          Frances 15 F boarder   NY Eng Eng  
          Hannah 47 F moth-in-lw widow Eng Eng Eng  
  111 152 185 Beach Wilbur 34 M hus merchant CT MA NY  
          Jennie 30 F wife housekeeper CT Eng Eng  
          Mitchel 3 M son at home NY CT CT  
        Jeoffers Amanda 29 F   dom. servant NY NY NY  
  111 152 156 Rockford John 28 M hus clothing clerk NY Ireld Ireld  
          Mary 23 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY  
  108 153 187 Williams DeVer 38 M hus boot/shoe dlr. NY NY NY  
          Julia 39 F wife housekeeper NY NJ NY  
          Nellie S. 3 F dau at home NY NY NY  
        Ostrander Ella  34 F div. dom. servant PA PA NY  
  119 154 188 Burt Mark A. 60 M hus copyist NY CT CT  
          Susan U. 44 F wife dress maker NY NY NY  
        Carpenter George 50 M hus selling ringers PA MA MA  
          Nancy J. 46 F wife housekeeper PA CT CT  
          Nelson E. 24 M son hat/cap store PA PA PA  
        Spaulding Mary C. 35 F boarder widow NY MA MA  
          Henry 16 M boarder   NY NY NY  
          Kate 13 F boarder   NY NY NY  
  202 155 189 Thompson John U. 49 M hus machinist NY Scotld Eng  
          Ellen 49 F wife housekeeper Can Eng Eng  
          Frane 24 F dau dress maker NY NY Can  
          George 22 M son machinist NY NY Can  
          Lottie 15 F dau at home NY NY Can  
          John 14 M son at home NY NY Can  
          Jessie 8 F dau at home NY NY Can  
  211 156 190 Perry John K. 72 M hus druggist NY NY MA  
          Elizabeth 58 F wife housekeeper NY NY CT  
          Theodore 35 M son druggist NY NY NY  
          Nellie J. 23 F dau music teach. NY NY NY  
          William 40 M boarder editor free pr. NY NY NY  
          Vesta 38 F boarder   NY MA MA  
          William 11 M boarder   NY NY NY  
19       Smith Ellen 32 F   dom. servant NY VA GA  
20 216 157 191 Lung Catharine 42 F widow housekeeper Germ Germ Germ  
          Sophia 18 F dau sales lady NY Germ Germ  
  222 158 192 Davidson John F. 55 M hus US comm. NY      
          Amanda 49 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY  
          Emily M. 22 F dau at home NY NY NY  
  304 159 193 Scott William 46 M hus car shp.carp. PA Ireld NJ  
          Mary E. 46 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY  
          Louise 23 F dau teach.school PA PA NY  
          William H. 20 M son ship. clerk PA PA NY  
          Robert C. 17 M son telegraph op. PA PA NY  
          Marsden G. 15 M son at home PA PA NY  
        Wall Lizzie 15 F   dom. servant NY Ireld Ireld  
  314 160 194 Cook Jennie 33 F widow dress maker Eng Eng Eng  
          Alice V. 16 F dau dress maker Eng NY Eng  
          Maud J. 14 F dau box maker Eng NY Eng  
          Joseph E. 11 M son at home Dublin NY Eng  
  322 161 195 Frawley Martin 51 M widower car shp.labor Ireld Ireld Ireld  
          Mary 22 F dau housekeeper NY Ireld Ireld  
          Annie 17 F dau seamstress NY Ireld Ireld  
        Bias Augustus 33 M hus shoe fact.wkr. Scotld NY Scotld  
          Emma 22 F wife housekeeper NY NY NY  
  352 162 196 Cartlage James C. 37 M hus marble fac.wk. PA Eng Eng  
          Fanny M. 35 F wife housekeeper PA NJ NJ  
          Frank C. 9 M son at home PA PA PA  
          Percy R. 6 M son at home NY PA PA  
  366 163 197 Brady Mary A. 48 F widow dress maker NY Ireld NY  
          Rosanie 22 F dau milliner PA Ireld NY  
          James 18 M son grocery clerk PA Ireld NY  
          William 16 M son RR brakeman PA Ireld NY  
          Catharine 15 F dau attend.school PA Ireld NY  
        Hacket Ann  72 F mother widow NY Ireld Ireld  
          Margaret 38 F sister at home NY Ireld NY  
  366 163 198 Taylor Allen N. 60 M hus farm laborer PA VT NY  
          Harriet 55 F wife housekeeper PA VT VT  
          Rollin N. 25 M   hostler PA PA PA  
        Delo Thomas 32 M hus RR shp.clerk PA PA PA  
          Theodocia E. 35 F wife housekeeper PA PA PA  
          Roy B. 7 M son at home PA PA PA  
          Moore J. 6 M son at home PA PA PA  
        Moore Samuel T. 23 M boarder stenographer PA PA PA  
        Murray Addia 23 F   dom. servant NY Ireld Ireld  
  215 164 199 Assann Christian 62 M hus retired grocer Germ Germ Germ  
          Mary 62 F wife housekeeper Germ Germ Germ  
  215 164 200 Coburn Parley 44 M hus school teach. PA MA PA  
20         Margaret 40 F wife housekeeper NY Ireld Ireld  

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 4/1/2003
By Joyce M. Tice
Email: JoyceTice@aol.com