1850 Federal Census Ottawa County, Michigan (Ravenna) ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE 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 Jeffrey Spear from public records. Edited and reformatted by Maggie Stewart, August 2005. Submitted by Jeffrey Spear. A volunteer has not yet been found to proofread this transcription. If you are interested in doing this please contact the USGenWeb Census Project. 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The complete original, handwritten census of this county is available in book form (including a typed index) from S-K Publications, PO Box 8173, Wichita KS 67208 (www.skpub.com/genie/census.html). ___________________________________________________________ You can view the SK census images online at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/ottawa/census/1850/ ___________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Ottawa County, Michigan, Please visit the Ottawa County, MIGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~miottawa/ ____________________________________________________________________________ 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 MRD=Married within last year SCH=Attended school within last year R/W=Adults who cannot read and write DDB=Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1850 Federal Census Ottawa County, Michigan ____________________________________________________________________________ --- Year: 1850 State: Michigan County: Ottawa Sheet No: 27A Reel no: M432-361 Division: Ravenna Page no: 40 Enumerated on: October 9th, 1850 by: Wm T Per See Transcribed by Jeffrey Spear for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2005 ======|=============|=================================|==========|=================|============|=========|======|========================== LINE | Dwell Famil | Firstname Lastname | Age S C | Occupation Real | Birthplace | M S R D | SNDX | Remarks ======|=============|=================================|==========|=================|============|=========|======|========================== 1 | 298 298 | Alanson Danmons | 45 M | Farmer 250 | Mass | | D552 | 2 | 298 298 | Jerusia Danmons | 33 F | | N Y | | D552 | 3 | 298 298 | George Danmons | 12 M | | Mich | | D552 | 4 | 298 298 | Thomas Danmons | 7 M | | Mich | | D552 | 5 | 298 298 | Lucina Danmons | 4 F | | Mich | | D552 | 6 | 298 298 | Irenus Danmons | 1 M | | Mich | | D552 | 7 | 299 299 | Lucius Thurber | 30 M | Farmer 150 | N Y | | T616 | 8 | 299 299 | Louisa Thurber | 26 F | | N Y | | T616 | 9 | 299 299 | Mary Thurber | 1 F | | Mich | | T616 | 10 | 300 300 | William Rogers | 34 M | Farmer 300 | N Y | | R262 | 11 | 300 300 | Margaret J Rogers | 32 F | | N Y | | R262 | 12 | 300 300 | William Jr Rogers | 6 M | | Mich | X | R262 | 13 | 300 300 | Aaron Rogers | 5 M | | Mich | X | R262 | 14 | 300 300 | Adaline Rogers | 3 F | | Mich | | R262 | 15 | 301 301 | Benjamin Smith | 28 M | Lumbering 200 | N Y | | S530 | 16 | 301 301 | Sarah F Smith | 25 F | | N Y | | S530 | 17 | 301 301 | J M Smith | 37 M | Lumbering | N Y | | S530 | 18 | 301 301 | Thomas D Smith | 30 M | Physician | N Y | | S530 | 19 | 301 301 | James W Smith | 2 M | | Mich | | S530 | 20 | 301 301 | Timothy Fletcher | 40 M | | Mass | | F432 | 21 | 302 302 | Abraham Dorge | 48 M | Farmer | Holland | | D620 | 22 | 303 303 | Cornelius VanSleetright | 52 M | Farmer | Holland | | V524 | 23 | 303 303 | Mary VanSleetright | 48 F | | Holland | | V524 | 24 | 303 303 | Hart VanSleetright | 18 M | Laborer | Holland | | V524 | 25 | 303 303 | Mary DeCaske | 15 F | | Holland | X | D220 | 26 | 304 304 | Jacob DeWa | 40 M | Farmer | Holland | | D000 | 27 | 304 304 | Martha DeWa | 39 F | | Holland | | D000 | 28 | 304 304 | Gabriel DeWa | 17 M | Laborer | Holland | X | D000 | 29 | 304 304 | Cornelia DeWa | 16 M | | Holland | X | D000 | 30 | 304 304 | Leonard DeWa | 15 M | Laborer | Holland | X | D000 | 31 | 304 304 | Clazena DeWa | 14 F | | Holland | X | D000 | 32 | 304 304 | John DeWa | 12 M | | Holland | X | D000 | 33 | 304 304 | Helen DeWa | 10 F | | Holland | X | D000 | 34 | 304 304 | Lena DeWa | 4 F | | Holland | X | D000 | 35 | 305 305 | Herlbert Hostred | 35 M | Farmer | Holland | | H236 | 36 | 305 305 | Trientje Hostred | 35 F | | Holland | | H236 | 37 | 305 305 | Christense Hostred | 8 F | | Holland | X | H236 | 38 | 305 305 | Fre* Hostred | 4 M | | Holland | X | H236 | 39 | 305 305 | Angelina Hostred | 1 F | | Mich | | H236 | 40 | 306 306 | U * Spencer | 38 M | Farmer 400 | N H | | S152 | *First name illegible 41 | 306 306 | Calista Spencer | 38 F | | Vt | | S152 | 42 | 306 306 | Manuel Spencer | 19 M | | N Y | | S152 | ======|=============|=================================|==========|=================|============|=========|======|========================== --- Year: 1850 State: Michigan County: Ottawa Sheet No: 27B Reel no: M432-361 Division: Ravenna Page no: 41 Enumerated on: October 9th, 1850 by: Wm T Per See Transcribed by Jeffrey Spear for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2005 ======|=============|=================================|==========|=================|============|=========|======|========================== LINE | Dwell Famil | Firstname Lastname | Age S C | Occupation Real | Birthplace | M S R D | SNDX | Remarks ======|=============|=================================|==========|=================|============|=========|======|========================== 1 | 306 306 | Ezra Spencer | 9 M | | N Y | X | S152 | 2 | 306 306 | Ozrin W Spencer | 6 M | | N Y | X | S152 | 3 | 306 306 | Emily Spencer | 3 F | | N Y | | S152 | 4 | 307 307 | Jacob Gow | 35 M | Farmer | Holland | | G000 | 5 | 307 307 | Hannah Gow | 34 F | | Holland | | G000 | 6 | 307 307 | Marenas Gow | 5 M | | Holland | X | G000 | 7 | 307 307 | Clace Gow | 4 M | | Holland | X | G000 | 8 | 308 308 | Adrian Plunar | 27 M | Farmer | Holland | | P456 | 9 | 308 308 | Nellye S Plunar | 24 F | | Holland | | P456 | 10 | 308 308 | Peter Plunar | 1 M | | Mich | | P456 | 11 | 308 308 | Canol Plunar | 1/12 M | | Mich | | P456 | 12 | 308 308 | Peter Strotmaker | 55 M | Laborer | Holland | | S363 | 13 | 308 308 | Michael Strotmaker | 28 M | Laborer | Holland | | S363 | 14 | 308 308 | John Strotmaker | 20 M | Laborer | Holland | | S363 | 15 | 309 309 | Cathrena Plunar | 55 F | | Holland | | P456 | 16 | 309 309 | Jane Plunar | 14 F | | Holland | X | P456 | 17 | 310 310 | Cynn Miller | 34 M | Tanner 200 | N Y | | M460 | 18 | 310 310 | Phoebe Ann Miller | 36 F | | N Y | | M460 | 19 | 310 310 | Rosana Miller | 8 F | | Pa | X | M460 | 20 | 310 310 | Martha Miller | 6 F | | Mich | X | M460 | 21 | 310 310 | Rufus Miller | 4 M | | Mich | X | M460 | 22 | 311 311 | Noah Hill | 47 M | Lumbering 250 | Vt | | H400 | 23 | 312 312 | John Legg | 25 M | Lumbering 400 | N Y | | L200 | 24 | 313 313 | Peter J Hodenpyl | 32 M | Farmer 2000 | Holland | | H351 | 25 | 313 313 | Anna M Hodenpyl | 24 F | | N J | | H351 | 26 | 313 313 | Mary M Hodenpyl | 6 F | | N J | | H351 | 27 | 313 313 | Margaretta Hodenpyl | 3 F | | N Y | | H351 | 28 | 313 313 | Johanna Euthoven | 14 F | | Holland | X | E315 | 29 | 314 314 | Leendert Darge | 34 M | Farmer 500 | Holland | | D620 | 30 | 314 314 | Johanna Darge | 33 F | | Holland | | D620 | 31 | 314 314 | Martin Darge | 11 M | | Holland | X | D620 | 32 | 314 314 | Neeltge Darge | 9 F | | Holland | X | D620 | 33 | 314 314 | Miltge Darge | 4 F | | Holland | X | D620 | 34 | 314 314 | Jane C Darge | 1/12 F | | Mich | | D620 | 35 | 314 314 | Cornelia Dout | 22 F | | Holland | | D300 | *Last line in township 36 | | | | | | | | Lines 36 - 42 left blank. ======|=============|=================================|==========|=================|============|=========|======|==========================