Schoolcraft County, MI 1870 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mi/schoolcraft/1870/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) This Mortality Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by I. D. Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2026 Linda Talbott ========================================================================== 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# T1164-27 STATE MICHIGAN COUNTY SCHOOLCRAFT 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---------------------------- ====================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: MI COUNTY: Schoolcraft DISTRICT: Munising MICROFILM#: T1164-27 ENUMERATOR: A. G. Benedict FILE PAGE NO: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 742 ====================================================================================================================================================== FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LINE FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ====================================================================================================================================================== 1 64 Jones Elizabeth 6/12 F W . Michigan X X July . Cholera infantum . 2 79 Dabeck Godfrey 8 M W . Michigan . . January . Inflamation of lungs . 3 35 Smyles Jacob 3 M W . Michigan . . May . Drowned Ends Schoolcraft Co. ENUMERATOR REMARKS: It may appear strange that there are no more to enumerate on this schedule the reason is the population is afloting on and the families where deaths had occurred had gone out of my districts consequently could not take them and the an other reason is all of their places are not over one or two years old and some not more than 6 months. ====================================================================================================================================================== 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/ ======================================================================================================================================================