Merced County, CA 1860 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ca/merced/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 MERCED 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: Merced DISTRICT: Township 1 ENUMERATOR: J. W. Robertson FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ============================================================================================================================================= LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================= 1 Stockard Geo W 9/12 M . . . California April . Scrofula 90 Twp 1 2 DeLashmutt L 22 F . . * Pennsylvania April . Unknown 5 . 3 Bonsall E 3/12 F . . . California May . Fever 90 . 4 Post C 1/12 F . . . California May . Putrid Sore throat 10 . 5 Collins Joseph 36 M . . . Tennessee Dec Miner Consumption 120 . 6 Johnson Jas. 39 M . . . Ireland May Farmer Drowned Sudden Ends Merced 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/ =============================================================================================================================================