Owyhee County, ID 1870 Federal Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/id/owyhee/1870 (File 1 of 1 for Oro Fino District) Pages 183B-184B This Census was transcribed by Robert E. Lane and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2025 by Robert E. Lane ========================================================================== 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, Robert E. Lane All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1870 CENSUS-DAY June 1, 1870 MICROFILM #M593-185 STATE IDAHO COUNTY OWYHEE ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- TRANSCRIBER REMARKS: The enumerator reported unoccupied residences in this enumeration. They are not included in this transcription. Placer mining is the mining of stream bed deposits for precious metal deposits (particularly gold) and gemstones. Many of the Chinese in this census were given a first or last name of "Ah". This is not a proper name, it is an honorific (such as "Mr." or "Sir") or a nickname and is normally written in the first name field. ============================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Owyhee DISTRICT: Oro Fino MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 183B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 28 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: July 2, 1870 ============================================================================================================================================================ REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE TRANSCRIBER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION EST EST BIRTHPLACE FRGN FRGN BORN MARR SCH READ WRITE ETC. 21YR DENY REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) ============================================================================================================================================================ 2 329 321 Mitchel Owen H. 34 M W Quartz Mining . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 3 329 321 Grayson Alexander 25 M W Farming . 50 Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 7 333 322 Lynch Stump 29 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 8 333 322 Lynch Mary 32 F W Housekeeping . . Ireland X X . . . . . . . . . 9 333 322 Lynch Maggie 8 F W At Home . . New York X X . . . . . . . . . 10 333 322 Lynch John 2 M W At Home . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 11 333 322 Lynch Jerry 1/12 M W At Home . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 12 334 323 Bruce Robert 28 M W Placer Mining 400 200 Idaho X X . . . . . . X . . 13 334 323 Bruce Susan 20 F W Housekeeping . . Ireland X X . . . . . . . . . 14 334 323 Bruce Samuel 31 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 18 338 324 Peck J. S. 46 M W Quartz Mining . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 19 338 324 Pheby William 48 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 20 339 325 Fullom John 37 M W Quartz Mining 100 1000 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 21 339 325 Fullom Eliza 27 F W Housekeeping . . Ireland X X . . . . . . . . . 22 340 326 Guldart P. 37 M W Quartz Mining . . Germany X X . . . . . . X . . 23 340 326 McGray M. 35 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 24 340 326 Rurne Charles 26 M W Quartz Mining . 100 England X X . . . . . . X . . 25 340 326 Hersey R. 28 M W Quartz Mining . 100 England X X . . . . . . X . . 26 340 326 Dolen John 29 M W Quartz Mining . 200 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 27 340 326 Malone Edward 31 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 28 340 326 Biggs David 27 M W Quartz Mining . 700 Penn . . . . . . . . X . . 29 340 326 Russel Dennis 27 M W Quartz Mining . 300 Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 30 340 326 Wallack Thomas 24 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 31 340 326 Wright William 44 M W Quartz Mining . . Tennessee . . . . . . . . X . . 32 340 326 Torbin Peter 42 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 33 340 326 Mounter David 41 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 34 340 326 Lee John 22 M W Quartz Mining . 500 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 35 340 326 Finnegan Pat 30 M W Quartz Mining . 300 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 36 340 326 Beuthe Robert 32 M W Quartz Mining . 200 England X X . . . . . . X . . 37 340 326 Noah Richard 27 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 38 340 326 Duffey P. 31 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 39 340 326 Chapman J. 25 M W Quartz Mining . 500 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 40 340 326 Hamilton Thomas 27 M W Quartz Mining . 500 Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . ============================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Owyhee DISTRICT: Oro Fino MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 184A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 29 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: July 2, 1870 ============================================================================================================================================================ REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE TRANSCRIBER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION EST EST BIRTHPLACE FRGN FRGN BORN MARR SCH READ WRITE ETC. 21YR DENY REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) ============================================================================================================================================================ 1 341 327 Williams John 23 M W Stage Driver . . Sweden X X . . . . . . X . . 2 341 327 From Stephen 28 M W Hostler . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 3 342 328 Lou Patrick 29 M W Hotel Keeping . 500 Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 4 342 328 Townsend John 45 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 5 342 328 Dorris Samuel 45 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 6 342 328 Norris George 35 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 7 342 328 Feeley John C. 31 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 8 342 328 Cassivett William 40 M W Quartz Mining . . Italy X X . . . . . . X . . 9 342 328 Fay Thomas 35 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . . . . 10 342 328 Freely William 28 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 11 342 328 Wilde James 36 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 12 342 328 Corin John 24 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 13 342 328 Richard William 30 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 14 342 328 McGougle James 35 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . . . . 15 342 328 Whiten William 30 M W Quartz Mining . . Wisconsin . . . . . . . . X . . 16 342 328 Hicks George 38 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 17 342 328 Donohue Andrew 30 M W Quartz Mining . . Canada X X . . . X X . X . . 18 342 328 Terry Charles 22 M W Quartz Mining . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 19 342 328 Florrence S. 45 M W Quartz Mining . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 20 343 329 Feely George 34 M W Foreman Mine 1000 5000 England X X . . . . . . X . . 21 343 329 Feely Josephine 30 F W Housekeeping . . Virginia X X . . . . . . . . . 22 343 329 Feely Frank 4 M W At Home . . Idaho X . . . . . . . . . . 23 343 329 Feely Grace 2 F W At Home . . Idaho X . . . . . . . . . . 24 343 329 Feely Isaac 1 M W At Home . . Idaho X . . . . . . . . . . 25 344`330 Reynolds William 32 M W Placer Mining . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 26 344`330 Wang Ah 38 M C Not Employed . . China X X . . . X X . . . Chinese names were 27 344`330 Sing Ah 40 M C Not Employed . . China X X . . . X X . . . reversed 28 344`330 Ling Ah 36 M C Not Employed . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 29 345 331 Edward Thomas 40 M W Quartz Mining . . Wales X X . . . . . . X . . 30 345 331 McCracken John 25 M W Quartz Mining . . New Jersey . . . . . . . . X . . 31 346 332 Hasking James 35 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 32 346 332 Jones David 27 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 33 346 332 Thomas John 29 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 34 346 332 Ashford Fred 24 M W Quartz Mining . . Nova Scotia X X . . . . . . X . . 35 346 332 Heng Ah 30 M C Cook . . China X X . . . X X . . . Names reversed 36 347 333 Casper John 42 M W Hotel Keeper . . Prussia X X . . . . . . X . . 37 347 333 Young Charles H. 42 M W Quartz Mining . . Prussia X X . . . . . . X . . 38 347 333 Segun Patrick 37 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . . . . 39 347 333 Hannan Andrew 25 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . . . . 40 347 333 Kline F. D. 39 M W Quartz Mining . . Baden X X . . . . . . X . . ============================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Owyhee DISTRICT: Oro Fino MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 184B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 30 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: July 2, 1870 ============================================================================================================================================================ REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE TRANSCRIBER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION EST EST BIRTHPLACE FRGN FRGN BORN MARR SCH READ WRITE ETC. 21YR DENY REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) ============================================================================================================================================================ 1 347 333 Riding Henry 37 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 2 347 333 Lake Henry 27 M W Quartz Mining . . Australia X X . . . . . . X . . 3 347 333 Catron James 28 M W Quartz Mining . . Australia X X . . . . . . . . . 4 347 333 Ployman James 37 M W Quartz Mining . . Australia X X . . . . . . . . Plogman? 5 347 333 Bigelow W. H. 41 M W Quartz Mining . . Australia X X . . . . . . . . . 6 347 333 Pelens John 42 M W Quartz Mining . . Australia X X . . . . . . . . . 7 347 333 Campbell Patrick 27 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 8 347 333 Jones P. 25 M W Quartz Mining . . Wales X X . . . . . . X . . 9 347 333 Patrick John 29 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 10 347 333 Jenkins William 30 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 11 347 333 Looney Patrick 32 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 12 347 333 Barney Robert 36 M W Quartz Mining . . Prussia X X . . . . . . X . . 13 347 333 Myers Henry 37 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 14 347 333 Johnson James 39 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 15 347 333 Ormond Mat 27 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 16 347 333 Dorsey David 28 M W Quartz Mining 500 2000 Maine . . . . . . . . X . . 17 347 333 Springer John 25 M W Quartz Mining . . Maine . . . . . . . . X . . 18 347 333 Williams Thomas 24 M W Quartz Mining . . Maine . . . . . . . . X . . 19 347 333 Fleming Geo. 52 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 20 347 333 McDonald Wm. 47 M W Quartz Mining . . Scotland X X . . . . . . X . . 21 347 333 Lewis John 28 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 22 347 333 Godfrey Charles 35 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 23 347 333 Chorm John 37 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 24 347 333 O'Brien M. 40 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 25 347 333 O'Conners J. 41 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 26 347 333 Angone Robert 37 M W Quartz Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 27 347 333 Williams D. 34 M W Quartz Mining . . Wales X X . . . . . . X . . 28 347 333 Beatty Pat 33 M W Quartz Mining . . Wales X X . . . . . . X . . 29 347 333 Hellen Hugh 37 M W Quartz Mining . . Wales X X . . . . . . X . . 30 347 333 Wells John 28 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 31 347 333 Thomas Thomas 27 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 32 347 333 Robins Thomas 24 M W Quartz Mining . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 33 348 344 Stoddard Jack 23 M W Boarding House . 800 Iowa . . . . . . . . X . . 34 348 344 Tilford W. 37 M W Hotel Steward . . England X X . . . . . . . . . 35 348 344 Tilford Emma 26 F W Housekeeping . . England X X . . . . . . . . . 36 348 344 Heung Sam 26 M C Hotel Cook . . China X X . . . X X . . . Names reversed 37 348 344 Sam Ah 20 M C Hotel Cook . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 38 349 345 Boyle John T. 42 M W Merchant Rt 1000 4000 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 39 350 346 Ramsdell Wm. S. 57 M W Saloon Keeper 6000 . Mass . . . . . . . . X . . 40 350 346 Graham Edward 33 M W Saloon Keeper . . Ireland X X . . . . . . 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