1870 Federal Census Colfax County, New Mexico Territory (Precinct No 2: Page 1 of 1) ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwcensus.org/ http://www.usgwcensus.org/cenfiles/ ************************************************************************** The USGenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. Abstracted by Virginia Grace from public records. Edited and formatted by Maggie Stewart, August 2005. Submitted by Virginia Grace. This census was proofread by Jane Farnam. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. ___________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Colfax County, New Mexico, Please visit the Colfax County, NMGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enmcolfax/ ___________________________________________________________ This work follows all guidelines of the USGW Census Project, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. ___________________________________________________________ KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS: LN=Line Number HN=House Number FN=Family Number REAL VAL.=Value of Real Estate PERS VAL.=Value of Personal Estate FATHER FOREIGN BORN MOTHER FOREIGN BORN MONTH BORN=If Born within last year, Give Month MONTH MARR=If Married within last year, Give Month ATT. SCHOOL=Attended school within last year CAN'T READ=Adults who cannot read CAN'T WRITE=Adults who cannot write DEAF=Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict M-21yrs=Males Over 21 years of age ___________________________________________________________ This is the 1870 Federal Census for Colfax County, New Mexico Territory ___________________________________________________________ --- Year: 1870 Territory: New Mexico County: Colfax Post Office: Elizabeth City - New Mexico Sheet No: 139B Reel no: M593-893 Division: Precinct No. 2 Page No: 1 Enumerated on: July 14, 1870 by: Jon B.McCollough Transcribed by Virginia Grace and Proofread by Jane Farnam for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2005 =====|=============|=================================|==========|=================|===============|====================|=============|=======|===|=====|======|========================================== LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S C | Occupation | RealVa Person | BirthPlace | F F Mont Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|==========|=================|===============|====================|=============|=======|===|=====|======|========================================== 1 | 1 1 | Bergmaun Edward H. | 37 M W | Supt.of Mines | 60,000 1000 | Prussia | X X | | | X | B625 | 2 | 1 1 | Davis Frank | 23 M W | Engineer | | Vermont | | | | X | D120 | 3 | 1 1 | Hunsacker George | 38 M W | Engineer | | Illinois | | | | X | H522 | 4 | 1 1 | Driscoll Michael | 28 M W | Engineer | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | D624 | 5 | 1 1 | Dodson Frederick | 32 M W | Laborer | | Missouri | | | | X | D325 | 6 | 1 1 | Holmes Charles | 28 M W | Gold Miner | | So.Carolina | | | | X | H452 | 7 | 1 1 | Handershot Oscar | 25 M W | Laborer | | Ohio | | | | X | H536 | 8 | 1 1 | Roberts Charles | 21 M W | Laborer | | France | X X | | | | R163 | 9 | 1 1 | Hayes James | 23 M W | Laborer | | England | X X | | | X | H200 | 10 | 1 1 | Lund John | 40 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | L530 | 11 | 1 1 | Boyer Michael | 24 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | B600 | 12 | 1 1 | Gallagher James | 35 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | G426 | 13 | 1 1 | Rhodes James | 27 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | R320 | 14 | 1 1 | Shepherd George | 28 M W | Laborer | | New York | | | | X | S163 | 15 | 1 1 | Lennan Thomas | 30 M W | Gold Miner | 3000 1600 | Ireland | X X | | | | L550 | 16 | 1 1 | Sullivan Patrick | 38 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | S415 | 17 | 1 1 | Reilly James | 28 M W | Laborer | 2000 600 | Ireland | X X | | | X | R400 | 18 | 1 1 | Mangold Otto | 19 M W | Laborer | | Hessian Cassel | X X | | | | M524 | 19 | 1 1 | Bradley Michael | 35 M W | Gold Miner | 600 150 | Ireland | X X | | | X | B634 | 20 | 1 1 | O'Neil Daniel | 24 M W | Laborer | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | O'54 | 21 | 1 1 | Casey Garrett | 30 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | C200 | 22 | 1 1 | Dougherty Owen | 41 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | D263 | 23 | 1 1 | Ryerson Nicholas | 34 M W | Laborer | | New Jersey | | | | X | R625 | 24 | 1 1 | MacDonald Michael | 50 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | M235 | 25 | 1 1 | McPhillip Thomas | 30 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | M214 | 26 | 1 1 | Gehring Mathias | 26 M W | Laborer | | Prussia | X X | | | X | G652 | 27 | 1 1 | Dawson William | 35 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | D250 | 28 | 1 1 | Richmond Samuel | 27 M W | Laborer | | Michigan | | | | X | R255 | 29 | 1 1 | Beal David H. | 27 M W | Laborer | | Ohio | | | | X | B400 | 30 | 1 1 | Werner David | 28 M W | Laborer | 2000 500 | Texas | X X | | | X | W656 | 31 | 1 1 | Pearson Nilson | 32 M W | Blacksmith | | Sweden | X X | X X | | | P625 | 32 | 1 1 | Cornelius Aanaru?* | 31 M W | Laborer | | Norway | X X | X X | | | C654 | Poss: Aaron 33 | 1 1 | Terrason Lars | 32 M W | Laborer | | Sweden | X X | | | | T625 | 34 | 1 1 | Selbow Peter | 33 M W | Laborer | | Norway | X X | | | X | S410 | 35 | 1 1 | Barney Joseph | 43 M W | Laborer | | Canada | X X | | | X | B650 | 36 | 2 2 | Richey Thomas | 34 M W | Laborer | | Ohio | | | | X | R200 | 37 | 2 2 | Buchanan John C. | 58 M W | Gold Miner | | Pennsylvania | | | | X | B255 | 38 | 2 2 | Cairus David | 27 M W | Laborer | | Canada | X X | | | X | C620 | 39 | 3 3 | McKinney Thomas F. | 32 M W | Laborer | | Virginia | | | | X | M250 | 40 | 3 3 | McKinney John | 54 M W | Laborer | | Massachusettes | | | | X | M250 | =====|=============|=================================|==========|=================|===============|====================|=============|=======|===|=====|======|========================================== --- Year: 1870 Territory: New Mexico County: Colfax Post Office: Elizabeth City - New Mexico Sheet No: 140A Reel no: M593-893 Division: Precinct No. 2 Page No: 2 Enumerated on: July 15, 1870 by: Jon B.McCollough Transcribed by Virginia Grace and Proofread by Jane Farnam for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2005 =====|=============|=================================|==========|=================|===============|====================|=============|=======|===|=====|======|========================================== LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S C | Occupation | RealVa Person | BirthPlace | F F Mont Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|==========|=================|===============|====================|=============|=======|===|=====|======|========================================== 1 | 4 4 | McKian John | 32 M W | Cook | | Ireland | X X | X X | | X | M250 | 2 | 4 4 | Romero Habel/Abel | 36 M W | Laborer | | New Mexico | | X X | | X | R560 | 3 | 4 4 | Weltz Jose | 35 M W | Laborer | | New Mexico | | X X | | X | W432 | 4 | 5 5 | Murkenhanst Peter | 50 M W | Cook | | Prussia | X X | | | X | M625 | 5 | 5 5 | Dupre William | 29 M W | Cook | | Missouri | | X X | | X | D160 | 6 | 6 6 | Graham Darrell | 37 M W | Laborer | 200 | Ohio | | | | X | G650 | 7 | 6 6 | Chaves Rafaela | 25 F W | Keeping House | | New Mexico | | X X | | | C120 | 8 | 7 7 | Wilsey Francisca | 27 M W | Keeping House | | New Mexico | | X X | | | W420 | 9 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling 10 | 9 8 | Davis Theodora | 16 F W | Keeping House | | New Mexico | | X X | | | D120 | 11 | 10 9 | Mondragon Soledad | 25 F W | Keeping House | | New Mexico | | X X | | | M536 | 12 | 10 9 | Sandoval Placido | 24 F W | Laborer | 300 | Mexico | X X | X X | | | S531 | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling 14 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling 15 | 13 10 | Hall Nathaniel T. | 32 M W | Laborer | | Ohio | | | | X | H400 | 16 | 13 10 | Kerig Andrew J. | 33 M W | Laborer | | Ohio | | | | X | K620 | 17 | 13 10 | Cairus John L. | 32 M W | Laborer | | Ohio | | | | X | C620 | 18 | 13 10 | Bowman George W. | 23 M W | Laborer | | Pennsylvania | | X X | | X | B550 | 19 | 14 11 | Martinez Pablo | 21 M W | Laborer | | New Mexico | | X | | X | M635 | 20 | 14 11 | Sandoval Juan | 18 M W | Laborer | | New Mexico | | X | | | S531 | 21 | 14 11 | Cruz Juan D. | 35 M W | Laborer | | New Mexico | | X X | | X | C620 | 22 | 15 12 | Bruckner William | 34 M W | Mining Engineer | 200 | Saxony Go????? | X X | | | X | B625 | 23 | 16 13 | McCardy Joseph | 35 M W | Laborer | | Virginia | | | | X | M263 | 24 | 16 13 | Cunningham George | 24 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | C552 | 25 | 17 14 | Walker Asa | 26 M W | Teamster | | Iowa | | | | X | W426 | 26 | 18 15 | Bierce William | 45 M W | Gold Miner | | Maine | | | | X | B620 | 27 | 18 15 | Thomas John | 25 M W | Laborer | | Wales | X X | | | | T520 | 28 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling 29 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling 30 | 21 16 | Kelly Patrick | 37 M W | Blacksmith | 300 | Ireland | X X | | | X | K400 | 31 | 22 17 | Casey Edmond | 28 M W | Laborer | | Ireland | X X | | | X | C200 | 32 | 23 18 | Nestl-? Martin | 26 M W | Gold Miner | 500 | Maine | X X | | | X | N234 | 33 | 23 18 | Cotton Cyrus | 24 M W | Gold Miner | 500 | Indiana | X X | | | X | C350 | 34 | 24 19 | Kemp John | 28 M W | Laborer | 1000 | Missouri | X | | | X | K510 | 35 | 24 19 | Williams Milton | 25 M W | Laborer | | Missouri | | | | X | W452 | 36 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling 37 | 26 20 | Ellis Henry S. | 45 M W | Gold Miner | 300 | Massachusettes | | | | X | E420 | 38 | 26 20 | Ellis Lucia | 26 F W | Keeping House | | New Mexico | | | | | E420 | 39 | 27 | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling 40 | 28 21 | Kelly James W. | 33 M W | Gold Miner | 250 | Virginia | X | | | X | K400 | =====|=============|=================================|==========|=================|===============|====================|=============|=======|===|=====|======|========================================== --- Year: 1870 Territory: New Mexico County: Colfax Post Office: Elizabeth City - New Mexico Sheet No: 140B Reel no: M593-893 Division: Precinct No. 2 Page No: 3 Enumerated on: July 15, 1870 by: Jon B.McCollough Transcribed by Virginia Grace and Proofread by Jane Farnam for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2005 =====|=============|=================================|==========|=================|===============|====================|=============|=======|===|=====|======|========================================== LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S C | Occupation | RealVa Person | BirthPlace | F F Mont Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|==========|=================|===============|====================|=============|=======|===|=====|======|========================================== 1 | 29 22 | Romero Juana | 23 F W | Keeping House | | New Mexico | | X X | | | R560 | 2 | 29 22 | Romero Alejandro | 3 M W | | | New Mexico | | | | | R560 | 3 | 29 22 | Romero Lee | 1 M W | | | New Mexico | | | | | R560 | 4 | 30 23 | Blair John | 29 M W | Laborer | 250 | Ohio | | | | X | B460 | 5 | 30 23 | Atwood John W. | 38 M W | Laborer | | Kentucky | | | | X | A330 | 6 | 31 | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling 7 | 32 24 | Osterlow Henry | 27 M W | Farmer | | Missouri | X X | | | X | O236 | 8 | 32 24 | Francisco?* Juan | 64 M W | Laborer | | Mexico | X X | X X | | | | *prob middle name 9 | 33 | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling 10 | 34 | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling 11 | 35 25 | Stevens Isaac J. | 59 M W | Farmer | 3000 | Maine | | | | | S315 | 12 | 35 25 | Stevens Priscilla | 52 F W | Keeping House | | Maine | | | | | S315 | 13 | 35 25 | Stevens Isaac | 21 M W | | | Maine | | | | X | S315 | 14 | 35 25 | Stevens Emma | 20 F W | | | Maine | | | | | S315 | 15 | 35 25 | Stevens Mary | 18 F W | | | Maine | | | | | S315 | 16 | 35 25 | Stevens Charles | 10 M W | | | Minnesota | | X | | | S315 | 17 | 35 25 | Stevens Josephine | 9 F W | | | New Mexico | | | | | S315 | 18 | 35 25 | Stevens Albert | 6 M W | | | New Mexico | | | | | S315 | 19 | 36 26 | Whitchell Harvey H. | 32 M W | Laborer | 400 | Ohio | | | | X | W324 | 20 | 36 26 | Whitchell Hattie | 31 F W | Keeping House | | Maine | | | | | W324 | 21 | 36 26 | Whitchell Harvie B. | 1 M W | | | New Mexico | | | | | W324 | 22 | 37 27 | Mead E.Swain | 32 M W | Laborer | | New Hampshire | | | | X | M300 | 23 | 37 27 | Baubelzer Leonard | 25 M W | Laborer | | Canada | X X | | | X | B142 | 24 | 37 27 | Apodaca Juan | 20 M W | Laborer | | New Mexico | | X X | | | A132 | 25 | 38 28 | Irwin Reuben | 32 M W | Keeping Hotel | 500 | Pennsylvania | | | | X | I650 | 26 | 38 28 | Irwin Mary M. | 26 F W | Keeping House | | Ohio | | | | | I650 | 27 | 38 28 | Irwin Elmira | 10 M W | | | Colorado | | X X X | | | I650 | 28 | 38 28 | Irwin Hattie | 5 F W | | | Colorado | | | | | I650 | 29 | 38 28 | Irwin John R. | 3 M W | | | Colorado | | | | | I650 | 30 | 38 28 | Irwin Eva G. | 1 F W | | | New Mexico | | | | | I650 | 31 | 38 28 | Clark David | 36 M W | Gold Miner | 200 | Illinois | | | | X | C462 | 32 | 38 28 | Cossant John | 31 M W | Gold Miner | | Missouri | X X | | | X | C253 | 33 | 39 29 | Finian John | 35 M W | Hotel Keeper | 500 | Massachusettes | X X | | | X | F550 | 34 | 39 29 | Finian Kate | 32 F W | Keeping House | | Ireland | X X | | | | F550 | 35 | 39 29 | Finian Mary | 15 F W | | | Iowa | X | | | | F550 | 36 | 39 29 | Finian Thomas | 13 M W | | | Iowa | X | | | | F550 | 37 | 39 29 | Finian Adela | 10 F W | | | Iowa | X | | | | F550 | 38 | 39 29 | Finian John F. | 9 M W | | | Iowa | X | | | | F550 | 39 | 39 29 | Finian Milton | 9/12 M W | | | New Mexico | X Sept | | | | F550 | 40 | 39 29 | Moulton Edmund | 22 M W | | | New Mexico | | | | X | M435 | =====|=============|=================================|==========|=================|===============|====================|=============|=======|===|=====|======|========================================== --- Year: 1870 Territory: New Mexico County: Colfax Post Office: Elizabeth City - New Mexico Sheet No: 141A Reel no: M593-893 Division: Precinct No. 2 Page No: 4 Enumerated on: July 16, 1870 by: Jon B.McCollough Transcribed by Virginia Grace and Proofread by Jane Farnam for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2005 =====|=============|=================================|==========|=================|===============|====================|=============|=======|===|=====|======|========================================== LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S C | Occupation | RealVa Person | BirthPlace | F F Mont Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|==========|=================|===============|====================|=============|=======|===|=====|======|========================================== 1 | 40 30 | Maxwell Delah----? | 25 F I | Keeping House | Native | Navajo Ind.Country | | X X | | | M240 | 2 | 40 30 | Maxwell Felipe | 2 M I | | Native | Navajo Ind.Country | | | | | M240 | 3 | 41 31 | Maxwell Dolores | 30 F I | | Native | Navajo Ind.Country | | X X | | | M240 | 4 | 41 31 | Lee Juana A. | 35 F I | | Native | Navajo Ind.Country | | X X | | | L000 | 5 | 41 31 | Trujillo Maria | 22 F I | | Native | Navajo Ind.Country | | X X | | | T624 | 6 | 41 31 | Maxwell Marietta | 22 F I | | Native | Navajo Ind.Country | | X X | | | M240 | 7 | 41 31 | Maxwell Estefanita | 3 F I | | Native | Navajo Ind.Country | | | | | M240 | 8 | 41 31 | Maxwell Rafael | 23 M I | | Native | Navajo Ind.Country | | X X | | X | M240 | 9 | 41 31 | Maxwell Antonia | 32 F I | | Native | Navajo Ind.Country | | X X | | | M240 | 10 | 42 32 | Irwin William | 28 M W | Laborer | | Missouri | | | | X | I650 | 11 | 43 | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling 12 | 44 | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling 13 | 45 | | | | | | | | | | | Unoccupied Dwelling 14 | 46 33 | Chittenden Oso?Oscar K. | 37 M W | Hotel Keeper | 1000 | Connecticut | | | | X | C353 | 15 | 46 33 | Chittenden Mary J. | 25 F W | Keeping House | | Missouri | | | | | C353 | 16 | 46 33 | Chittenden Mary | 7 F W | | | Missouri | | | | | C353 | 17 | 46 33 | Chittenden Jasper | 5 M W | | | Missouri | | | | | C353 | 18 | 46 33 | Newland Leonard | 30 M W | Laborer | | Missouri | | | | X | N453 | 19 | 46 33 | Ellington Hiram | 26 M W | Laborer | | Missouri | | | | X | E452 | 20 | 46 33 | Cummings James | 36 M W | Laborer | | Missouri | | | | X | C552 | 21 | 46 33 | Knott Thomas | 27 M W | Laborer | | Ohio | X X | | | X | K530 | 22 | 46 33 | Fairbauch George | 26 M W | Laborer | | Massachusettes | X X | | | X | F612 | 23 | 46 33 | Childs Albert | 30 M W | Laborer | | Missouri | | | | X | C432 | 24 | 46 33 | Romero James/Jesus S.? | 31 M W | Laborer | | New Mexico | | X X | | X | R560 | 25 | 47 34 | Steele Richard | 35 M W | Gold Miner | | New York | X | | | X | S340 | 26 | | This line is blank. 27 | | Precinct No.2 of Colfax County, Completed 28 | | Lines 37 - 42 left blank. =====|=============|=================================|==========|=================|===============|====================|=============|=======|===|=====|======|==========================================