Shasta County, CA 1870 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ca/shasta/1870/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) 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) 2026 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 1870 MICROFILM #: T655 STATE CALIFORNIA (Microfilm 132 at the California State Library) COUNTY SHASTA SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1870 The 1870 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1869 and ends May 31, 1870 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---------------------------- Transcriber's Note: There were no pages available for townships 2 or 3 =================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: CA COUNTY: Shasta DIVISION: Township No. 1 FILE PAGE NO: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ENUMERATOR: Sam'l J. R. Gilbert =================================================================================================================================================================== FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FAM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =================================================================================================================================================================== 1 17 Griffin Addie 1 F W . California . . April . Pneumonis . 2 50 Baindridge George W. 47 M W M England X X Sept Miner Fever . 3 68 Mounts Sarah M. 34 F W M New York . . Sept Keeping House Asthma . 4 81 Worthing Bela L. 42 M W M Canada . . Oct Machinist Dis of Liver . 5 145 Downer Cyntha A. 56 F W M New York . . June Keeping House Anurism . 6 176 Wellendorff Oscar 33 M W . Saxony X X Nov Druggist Erisepelas . 7 177 Pelham Virginia 49 F W M Kentucky . . Nov . Infl'mtn of Brain . 8 183 Lewin Florence 1 F W . California X X June . Measles . 9 203 Sparber Francis 42 M W M Prussia X X Aug Tanner Tetanus Lock jaw was originally written as COD 10 234 Tapie Arnaud 34 M W M France X X May Hotel Keeper Consumption . 11 252 Wells Mary A. 49 F W W England X X Jan Keeping House Consumption . 12 *34 Ladd Alvin P. 35 M W . Maine . . Nov County Assessor Pneumonia . 13 *35 Curry James 19 M W . Louisiana X X June Apprentice Blk Smith Measles Page blank below =================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: CA COUNTY: Shasta DIVISION: Township No. 4 FILE PAGE NO: 2 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: - ENUMERATOR: Sam'l J. R. Gilbert =================================================================================================================================================================== FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FAM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =================================================================================================================================================================== 1 9 Whittle Mary M. 16 F W M Missouri . . June Keeping House Measles . 2 24 Callison W'm T. 37 M W M Kentucky . . Dec Farmer Dysentery . 3 24 Callison Alvin A. 9 M W . Oregon . . Nov . Dysentery . 4 24 Callison Fannie 7/12 F W . California . . Sept . Dysentery . 5 28 Start Florence 1/12 F W . California . . Aug . Convulsions . 6 58 Lewis Frances E. 1 F W . California . . Oct . Dysentery Page blank below =================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: CA COUNTY: Shasta DIVISION: Township No. 5 FILE PAGE NO: 3 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ENUMERATOR: Sam'l J. R. Gilbert =================================================================================================================================================================== FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FAM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =================================================================================================================================================================== 1 14 Gregory W'm H. 3 M W . California . . Dec . Scarlet Fever . 2 43 Mahan Tehresa 1 F W . California X X July . Diptheria . 3 59 Hillbrant Susan C. 16 F W . Missouri . . Nov At Home Dropsy . 4 110 Boyce Jane 14 F W . California . X July At Home Convulsions Page blank below =================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: CA COUNTY: Shasta DIVISION: Township No. 6 FILE PAGE NO: 4 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ENUMERATOR: Sam'l J. R. Gilbert =================================================================================================================================================================== FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FAM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =================================================================================================================================================================== 1 74 Taylor Herman Z. 23 M W . Missouri . . Sept Farmer Consumption . 2 79 Shouse Geo. E. 3 M W . California . . Aug At Home Remit. Fever . 3 125 Simpson Cha's. M. 6/12 M W . California . . June At Home Inflamation of Bowels . 4 167 Barry Glover 3 M W . California . . July At Home Measles Names may have been recorded in reverse. 5 174 McCoy Sarah B. 2/12 F W . California . . May At Home Dis of Liver . 6 176 Barker Leander 2 F W . California . . Jan At Home Infl'mtn Bowels Page blank below =================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: CA COUNTY: Shasta DIVISION: Township No. 7 FILE PAGE NO: 5 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ENUMERATOR: Sam'l J. R. Gilbert =================================================================================================================================================================== FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FAM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =================================================================================================================================================================== 1 70 Chueng Slung 52 M Ch . China X X April China Doctor Consumption . 2 75 Shin Fat 40 M Ch . China X X May Miner Inter. Fever Ends Shasta 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/ ===================================================================================================================================================================