Contra Costa County, CA 1860 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ca/contracosta/1860/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Debbie Leenutaphong and proofread by Russell Anderson for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2025 by Debbie Leenutaphong ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== Formatted by USGenWeb Census Project® File Manager, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1860 MICROFILM-#: T655- STATE CA (Microfilm 130 at the California State Library) COUNTY CONTRA COSTA SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1860 The 1860 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1859 and ends May 31, 1860 Because death certificates were mostly unknown prior to 1902, enumerators were instructed to collect the name and information for every person who died during the twelve months preceding the official census date. These censuses were taken from 1850 to 1900, although not all have survived. By 1902, most states had implemented vital records laws and the mortality schedules were phased out. It is important to remember that the information is available only for the year immediately preceding the census. Those who died outside of this range were never enumerated. Even then, the information was under- reported. According to U.S. Public Health Service estimates, only about 60% of deaths were reported in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: CA COUNTY: Contra Costa DISTRICT: Township 1 ENUMERATOR: Not written FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Borden Robert E 51 M . . W Mass. Jany. Laborer Dropsy 2 months . 2 Rodriques Julian *0 M . . M Sonora Mix April Laborer Consumption 1 year . 3 McLaughlin John 50 M . . . *** Dec. Carpenter Typhoid fever 2 months Birth Place could be Ila (Illinois). 4 Todis Castillo 25 M . . . Chili May Lab. Murdered Died Inst. 10 months . 5 Moragga Rafella 9 M Ind . . Cal. Dec. . Typhoid fever 2 months . 6 Rins Simon 2/12 M . . . Cal. March . Fever 3 days . 7 Morgan Thomas A 2 M . . . Cal. August . Dropsy 13 days . 8 Dodds Daniel 23 M . . . Scotland Dec. Merchant Consumption 2 years . 9 Gilligan Ellen 22 F . . W . Oct. . Inflamation of Bowels 21 days . 10 Baldwin Willie 1 M . . . Cal Spr. . Congestion of brain 2 days . 11 Baldwin John 50 M Ind . . Cal Feb. Lab. Inflamation of Chest 30 days . 12 Allen Elizabeth 21 F . . . Lou. May Housewife Dropsy of the Heart 15 days . 13 Nyman Charles R 29 M . . . Mass. April Farmer Typhoid fever 6 months . 14 Norris Edward 30 M . . W . Dec. Tinner Killed by Pistol Ball Insty . 15 Miranda Antonio 56 M . . M Mex. Feb. Brick Mason Enlargement of Heart 1 month . 16 Theobault Samuel 76 M . . M Conn May Merchant Typhoid fever 14 days . 17 Laurence Emeline *8 F . . M Mass. Jan. House Keeper Apoplexy 1 day . 18 Saing Mathias 23 M . . . Spain Feb. Hotel Keeper Typhoid fever 15 days . 19 Linville Lavina 23 F . . M Ohio June House Keeper Burned, Explo. . . 20 Linville Jasper 2 M . . . Cal. June . Camphire Lamp . . 21 Linville Henry 3/12 M . . . Cal. June . Camphire Lamp . . 22 Swanson Florence 6 F . . . Cal. Dec . Typhoid fever 25 days . 23 Wittenmyer Maria L 9/12 F . . . Cal. May . Teething 14 days . 24 Nanteuil Peter 32 M . . . France March Farmer Accidental discharge of gun in his own hands Insty Page blank below ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: CA COUNTY: Contra Costa DISTRICT: Township 2 ENUMERATOR: Not written FILE PAGE: 2 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Buckley Lucy 3/12 F . . . Cal. May . Croup 3 days . 2 Venable Angeline P 21 F . . M Oh. May House Keeper Consumption 4 months . 3 Beauchamp Ellen 4/12 F . . . Cal. March . Spasmodic Cholic 1 day . 4 Kenwick George W 6/12 M . . . Cal. Sept. . Croup 1 day . 5 Williams Jessee 1 M . . . Cal. Jan. . Measles 9 days . 6 Richards George 7/12 M . . . Cal. May . Dropsy of the Brain 42 days . 7 Vandyne Nemisena 5/12 F . . . Cal. April . Brain Feaver 2 months . 8 Moragga Catharine 18 F . Ind . Cal. June House Servant Inflamation of Bowels 15 days . 9 Isaac James A 1/12 M . . . Texas Jany. . Unknown 3 days . 10 Isaac Hannah 1/12 F . . . Texas Jany. . Unknown 3 days . 11 Lenox Infant 1/365 M . . . Cal. June . Unknown 1 day . 12 Harlen Ann Eliza 5 F . . . Cal. July . Scrofulous Tumor 1 year . 13 Moor John 1/12 M . . . Cal. Novr. . Cause Unknown 3 days . 14 Schlagert Pauline 2 F . . . Ky. Aug. . Lead Fever 15 days . 15 Wolf Maurice 1 M . . . Cal. Feb . Lead Fever 12 days . 16 Hoffman Mary 3 F . . . Cal. May . Lead Fever 1 day . 17 Williams O * 3/365 M . . . Cal. May . Cause Unknown 1 day . 18 Eppes David W Rev 31 M . . . Tenn. Jan Minister M. C. S. Consumption 4 months . 19 Daugherty Margaret J 25 F . . M Penn. Jan House Keeper Consumption 90 days . 20 Riggs John S 20 M . . . Mo. Oct. Farmer Consumption 8 months . 21 Beers William 32 M . . M Eng. June Carpenter Asthma 3 years . 22 Miranda Jose 1/12 M . . . Cal. May . Unknown 4 days Page blank below ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: CA COUNTY: Contra Costa DISTRICT: Township 3 ENUMERATOR: Not written FILE PAGE: 3 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Liberian Edward 8 M . . . Cal. March . Feaver 17 days . 2 Black Joseph 1/12 M M . . Cal. April . Unknown 14 days . 3 McNeil Franklin 2 M . . . Cal. Nov. . Poison 11 days . 4 Olds James 1/12 M . . . Cal. Dec. . Unknown 14 days . 5 Moore Edward T 1 M . . . Cal. March . Scarlet Feaver 23 days . 6 Duncan Robert 10/12 M . . . Cal. June . Teething 3 days . 7 Walker Barbary A 57 F . . W Tenn. Jan House Keeper Consumption 9 months . 8 Gregory Charles R 1 M . . . Cal. Dec. . C* Dor* 2 months . 9 Soto Juan B 3/12 M . . . Cal. Jan . Scarlet Feaver 3 days . 10 Selling Fanny 3 F . . . Cal. Nov. . Inflamation of the Head 1 month . 11 Selling Rosaria 8/12 F . . . Cal. August . Whooping Cough 21 days . 12 Condon Michael 41 M . . M Ild June Laborer Dropsy 6 months Ends Contra Costa county ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the rest of our growing collection of FREE online census transcriptions by going to the following URL: http://www.us-census.org/ =====================================================================================================================================================================================================