1870 Federal Census Dona Ana County, New Mexico Territory (Garrison of Fort Selden: 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, April 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 Dona Ana County, New Mexico Territory, Please visit the Dona Ana County, NMGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmdonaan/index.htm ___________________________________________________________ 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 Dona Ana County, New Mexico Territory ___________________________________________________________ --- Year: 1870 Territory: New Mexico County: Dona Ana Post Office: La Mesilla, N.M. Sheet No: 171B Reel no: M593-893 Division: The Garrison of Fort Selden Page No: 1 Enumerated on: July 30, 1870 by: M.Cronen Transcribed by Virginia Grace and Proofread by Jane Farnam for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2005 =====|=============|=================================|========|====================|===========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================= LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Ag S C | Occupation | Real Pers | BirthPlace | F F Mo Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|========|====================|===========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================= 1 | 1 1 | Ott Peter P. | 32 M W | Keeping Hotel | 800 1000 | Wisconsin | | | | X | O300 | 2 | 1 1 | Ott Teodora | 24 F W | Keeping Hotel | | Mexico | X X | X | | | O300 | 3 | 1 1 | Gallegos Mauricia | 48 F W | Cook in Hotel | | Mexico | X X | X X | | | G422 | 4 | 1 1 | Ott Nancy | 6 F W | | | New Mexico | X | | | | O300 | 5 | 1 1 | Gonzales Meliton | 18 M W | H----- | | New Mexico | X X | | | | G524 | 6 | 1 1 | Sty---? Charles | 30 M W | Asst Surgeon/Army | | Pennsylvania | | | | X X | S3-- | 7 | 1 1 | Fichet Edmund G. | 26 M W | Officer US Army | | Michigan | | | | X X | F230 | 8 | 1 1 | Scott Owen L. | 29 M W | Clerk in A.M.Dept | | Virginia | | | | X | S300 | 9 | 1 1 | Buss/Burr? John E. | 28 M W | Post Trader | | New York | | | | X | | 10 | 1 1 | Moorehead Aloisius H. | 34 M W | clerk in Store | | Wisconsin | | | | X | M630 | 11 | 2 2 | Watts Albion K. | 40 M W | Post Butcher | | Maine | | | | X | W320 | 12 | 2 2 | Watts Cresencia | 20 F W | Keeping Hotel | | New Mexico | | X X | | | W320 | 13 | 2 2 | Watts Librada | 9 F W | at Home | | New Mexico | | | | | W320 | 14 | 2 2 | Belarde Jose | 17 M W | Cattle Herder | | New Mexico | | X X | | | B463 | 15 | 2 2 | Parra/Pena? Marcelina | 20 F W | Domestic Servant | | New Mexico | | X X | | | | 16 | 3 3 | Wilson James | 37 M W | Blacksmith in Army | 150 | Pennsylvania | | | | X | W425 | 17 | 3 3 | Wilson Refugio | 28 F W | Keeping Hotel | | Mexico | X X | X X | | | W425 | 18 | 3 3 | Wilson Mary | 8 F W | at Home | | New Mexico | X | | | | W425 | 19 | 3 3 | Wilson Andrew | 4 M W | at Home | | New Mexico | X | | | | W425 | 20 | 3 3 | Wilson John | 2 M W | | | New Mexico | X | | | | W425 | 21 | 4 4 | Clindeman Daniel E. | 40 M W | Officer US Army | 1000 | Pennsylvania | | | | X X | C453 | 22 | 4 4 | Clindeman Sophia D. | 35 F W | Keeping Hotel | | New York | | | | | C453 | 23 | 4 4 | Clindeman Charles F. | 13 M W | at Home | | Illinois | | X | | | C453 | 24 | 4 4 | Clindeman Paul | 11 M W | at Home | | Illinois | | X | | | C453 | 25 | 4 4 | Arnold Carlos | 17 M W | Domestic Servant | | Hanover | X X | | | | A654 | 26 | 4 4 | Gonzales Canuta | 30 F W | Domestic Servant | | Mexico | X X | X | | | G524 | 27 | 5 5 | Williams James M. | 36 M W | Officer US Army | | New York | | | | X X | W452 | 28 | 5 5 | Williams Mary E. | 30 F W | Keeping Hotel | | Maryland | | | | | W452 | 29 | 6 6 | Ellington Michael | 43 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ohio | | | | X X | E452 | 30 | 6 6 | Ellington Mary | 45 F W | Company Laundress | | Ireland | X X | | | | E452 | 31 | 7 7 | Younger Griggs | 35 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ohio | | | | X X | Y526 | 32 | 7 7 | Younger Lola/Josa? | 25 F W | Company Laundress | | Pennsylvania | | | | | Y526 | 33 | 7 7 | Younger Lola/Josa? | 6 F W | | | Miso?/Missouri | | | | | Y526 | 34 | 8 8 | Urback John | 36 M W | Soldier of Army | | Hine?/Germany | X X | | | X X | U612 | 35 | 8 8 | Urback Tilly | 27 F W | Hospital Matron | | Iowa | | | | | U612 | 36 | 8 8 | Urback John | 8 M W | at Home | | Iowa | X | | | | U612 | 37 | 8 8 | Urback Willard | 5 M W | at Home | | California | X | | | | U612 | 38 | 8 8 | Urback Franklin | 4 M W | at Home | | California | X | | | | U612 | 39 | 8 8 | Urback James | 1 M W | at Home | | California | X | | | | U612 | 40 | 9 9 | Martinez Juana | 38 F W | Company Laundress | | Mexico | X X | X | | | M635 | =====|=============|=================================|========|====================|===========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================= --- Year: 1870 Territory: New Mexico County: Dona Ana Post Office: La Mesilla, N.M. Sheet No: 172A Reel no: M593-893 Division: The Garrison of Fort Selden Page No: 2 Enumerated on: July 30, 1870 by: M.Cronen Transcribed by Virginia Grace and Proofread by Jane Farnam for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2005 =====|=============|=================================|========|====================|===========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================= LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Ag S C | Occupation | Real Pers | BirthPlace | F F Mo Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|========|====================|===========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================= 1 | 10 10 | Brauley Robert W. | 33 M W | Soldier of Army | | Kentucky | | | | X X | B640 | 2 | 10 10 | Brauley Rowina | 33 F W | Keeping House | | England | X X | | | | B640 | 3 | 10 10 | Brauley George | 7 M W | at Home | | California | X | | | | B640 | 4 | 10 10 | Brauley Thomas | 7 M W | at Home | | California | X | | | | B640 | 5 | 10 10 | Brauley Louis | 2 M W | at Home | | California | X | | | | B640 | 6 | 11 11 | Cilclasser Frank L. | 54 M W | Hospital Steward | | Pennsylvania | | | | X X | C424 | 7 | 11 11 | Klanec Miris/Mines | 30 M W | Hospital Nurse | | Bavaria | X X | | | X X | K452 | 8 | 11 11 | Savage John | 25 M W | Hospital l--k? | | Ireland | X X | | | X X | S120 | 9 | 11 11 | Broward Francis | 23 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | X X | B663 | 10 | 11 11 | O'Neill Patrick | 23 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | | O'54 | 11 | 12 12 | Swan Robert | 30 M W | Soldier of Army | | England | X X | | | X X | S500 | 12 | 12 12 | McLean Henry C. | 25 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ohio | | | | X X | M245 | 13 | 12 12 | Clarke John I. | 32 M W | Soldier of Army | | New York | | | | X X | C462 | 14 | 12 12 | Bickel John | 40 M W | Soldier of Army | | Baden* | X X | | | X X | B240 | Town in Germany 15 | 12 12 | Tayler George T. | 34 M W | Soldier of Army | | Maryland | | | | X X | T460 | 16 | 12 12 | Foster John B. | 33 M W | Soldier of Army | | Kentucky | | | | X X | F236 | 17 | 12 12 | Patterson James | 34 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | X X | P362 | 18 | 12 12 | Abraham Henry | 22 M W | Soldier of Army | | Poland | X X | | | | A165 | 19 | 12 12 | Cavanaugh Daniel | 34 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | X X | C152 | 20 | 12 12 | Conrad John | 29 M W | Soldier of Army | | Virginia | | | | X X | C563 | 21 | 12 12 | O'Keefe John | 27 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | X X | O'21 | 22 | 12 12 | Landrito Anthony | 35 M W | Soldier of Army | | New York | | | | X X | L536 | 23 | 12 12 | Jackson Newton | 37 M W | Soldier of Army | | Michigan | | | | X X | J225 | 24 | 12 12 | Parker Samuel | 32 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | X X | P626 | 25 | 12 12 | Shephard Christopher | 20 M W | Soldier of Army | | Pennsylvania | | | | X X | S163 | 26 | 12 12 | Smith Joseph | 29 M W | Soldier of Army | | New York | | | | X X | S530 | 27 | 12 12 | Harrendon Frank | 21 M W | Soldier of Army | | Massachusettes | | | | X X | H653 | 28 | 12 12 | Hoffman George | 21 M W | Soldier of Army | | Bavaria | X X | | | | H155 | 29 | 12 12 | Parker George A. | 21 M W | Soldier of Army | | New Hampshire | | | | X X | P626 | 30 | 12 12 | Russ Caleb | 22 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ohio | | | | X X | R200 | 31 | 12 12 | Thomas Frederick | 26 M W | Soldier of Army | | Prussia | X X | | | X X | T520 | 32 | 12 12 | Preston George | 21 M W | Soldier of Army | | Vermont | | | | X X | P623 | 33 | 12 12 | Kelly Patrick | 23 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | | K400 | 34 | 12 12 | Kiernan Patrick | 20 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | | K655 | 35 | 12 12 | Kenny Edward I. | 33 M W | Soldier of Army | | New Jersey | | | | X X | K500 | 36 | 12 12 | Littlefield Thomas | 22 M W | Soldier of Army | | Massachusettes | | | | X X | L341 | 37 | 12 12 | Littlejohn Samuel B. | 28 M W | Soldier of Army | | England | X X | | | X X | L342 | 38 | 12 12 | Long Elbert | 21 M W | Soldier of Army | | Prussia | X X | | | | L520 | 39 | 12 12 | Losefery? Charles | 22 M W | Soldier of Army | | England | X X | | | | L216 | 40 | 12 12 | Mosforth? John R. | 29 M W | Soldier of Army | | New York | | | | X X | M216 | =====|=============|=================================|========|====================|===========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================= --- Year: 1870 Territory: New Mexico County: Dona Ana Post Office: La Mesilla, N.M. Sheet No: 172B Reel no: M593-893 Division: The Garrison of Fort Selden Page No: 3 Enumerated on: July 30, 1870 by: M.Cronen Transcribed by Virginia Grace and Proofread by Jane Farnam for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2005 =====|=============|=================================|========|====================|===========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================= LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Ag S C | Occupation | Real Pers | BirthPlace | F F Mo Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|========|====================|===========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================= 1 | 12 12 | Mayhew John | 21 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | | M000 | 2 | 12 12 | Merrill Alfred | 21 M W | Soldier of Army | | Indiana | | | | X X | M640 | 3 | 12 12 | Mcleland? Patrick | 21 M W | Soldier of Army | | New York | | | | X X | M244 | 4 | 12 12 | Merrill George | 26 M W | Soldier of Army | | Illinois | | | | X X | M640 | 5 | 12 12 | Murphy William | 21 M W | Soldier of Army | | England | X X | | | | M610 | 6 | 12 12 | Howard Henry | 25 M W | Soldier of Army | | England | X X | | | X X | H630 | 7 | 12 12 | Howard Joseph I | 28 M W | Soldier of Army | | Michigan | | | | X X | H630 | 8 | 12 12 | Ardie Peter | 23 M W | Soldier of Army | | Virginia | | | | X X | A630 | 9 | 12 12 | Howard William | 22 M W | Soldier of Army | | New York | | | | X X | H630 | 10 | 12 12 | Leap John | 31 M W | Soldier of Army | | France | X X | | | X X | L100 | 11 | 12 12 | McFadden Simon | 21 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ohio | | | | X X | M213 | 12 | 12 12 | Rourke John | 23 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | | R620 | 13 | 12 12 | Green Fe------? | 35 M W | Soldier of Army | | Saxony | X X | | | X X | G650 | 14 | 13 13 | Adam John | 24 M W | Soldier of Army | | Hisu? | X X | | | | A350 | 15 | 13 13 | Banlett Oscar E. | 24 M W | Soldier of Army | | Illinois | | | | X X | B543 | 16 | 13 13 | Bales Barrett | 25 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ohio | | | | X X | B420 | 17 | 13 13 | Baker Peter | 28 M W | Soldier of Army | | New York | | X | | X X | B260 | 18 | 13 13 | Barnacle Demetrius | 33 M W | Soldier of Army | | Pennsylvania | | X | | X X | B652 | 19 | 13 13 | Conlon Edward | 26 M W | Soldier of Army | | England | X X | X | | X X | C545 | 20 | 13 13 | Carr John | 24 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ohio | | X | | X X | C600 | 21 | 13 13 | Collins John | 24 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | X | | | C452 | 22 | 13 13 | Cork George | 32 M W | Soldier of Army | | New York | | | | X X | C620 | 23 | 13 13 | Donahue John L. | 23 M W | Soldier of Army | | Maryland | | | | X X | D500 | 24 | 13 13 | Disne James | 31 M W | Soldier of Army | | Indiana | | | | X X | D250 | 25 | 13 13 | Edward Edwin L. | 24 M W | Soldier of Army | | Missouri | | | | X X | E363 | 26 | 13 13 | Edward William | 29 M W | Soldier of Army | | Pennsylvania | | | | X X | E363 | 27 | 13 13 | Eis Charles | 22 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ohio | | | | X X | E200 | 28 | 13 13 | Gutierres Salbador | 45 M W | Soldier of Army | | Chilli/Chile? | X X | | | X X | G362 | 29 | 13 13 | Gingian John | 25 M W | Soldier of Army | | Prussia | X X | | | | G525 | 30 | 13 13 | Gray? Zacharias T. | 22 M W | Soldier of Army | | Mississippi | | | | X X | G6?0 | 31 | 13 13 | Green William | 28 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | X | | X X | G650 | 32 | 13 13 | Hill Bingerman H. | 27 M W | Soldier of Army | | New Jersey | | | | X X | H400 | 33 | 13 13 | Harding Mosta--ch? | 26 M W | Soldier of Army | | Canada | X X | | | X X | H635 | 34 | 13 13 | Hinman John T. | 28 M W | Soldier of Army | | Pennsylvania | | | | X X | H550 | 35 | 13 13 | James John | 27 M W | Soldier of Army | | England | X X | | | X X | J520 | 36 | 13 13 | Kessler Louis P. | 22 M W | Soldier of Army | | Maryland | | | | X X | K246 | 37 | 13 13 | Krug August | 25 M W | Soldier of Army | | Saxony | X X | | | | K620 | 38 | 13 13 | Keeler/Kesler? Louis P. | 35 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ohio | | | | X X | | 39 | 13 13 | Lightcap Edwin | 22 M W | Soldier of Army | | Pennsylvania | | | | X X | L232 | 40 | 13 13 | Luttoman Christian | 31 M W | Soldier of Army | | Hanover | X X | | | X X | L355 | =====|=============|=================================|========|====================|===========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================= --- Year: 1870 Territory: New Mexico County: Dona Ana Post Office: La Mesilla, N.M. Sheet No: 173A Reel no: M593-893 Division: The Garrison of Fort Selden Page No: 4 Enumerated on: July 30, 1870 by: M.Cronen Transcribed by Virginia Grace and Proofread by Jane Farnam for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2005 =====|=============|=================================|========|====================|===========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================= LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Ag S C | Occupation | Real Pers | BirthPlace | F F Mo Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|========|====================|===========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================= 1 | 13 13 | Larwith Henry | 25 M W | Soldier of Army | | New York | | | | X X | L630 | 2 | 13 13 | McDonald John | 28 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | X X | M235 | 3 | 13 13 | Morris Jeremiah? | 25 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | | M620 | 4 | 13 13 | McCann James | 30 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | X X | M250 | 5 | 13 13 | Mccarthy John | 22 M W | Soldier of Army | | Massachusettes | | | | X X | M263 | 6 | 13 13 | Mccarthy Charles | 25 M W | Soldier of Army | | Massachusettes | | | | X X | M263 | 7 | 13 13 | Murphy Patrick | 23 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | | M610 | 8 | 13 13 | Maloney William | 29 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | X X | M450 | 9 | 13 13 | Miller Winston | 24 M W | Soldier of Army | | Switzerland | X X | | | | M460 | 10 | 13 13 | Neal James | 34 M W | Soldier of Army | | Alabama | | | | X X | N400 | 11 | 13 13 | O'Donnel Joseph | 25 M W | Soldier of Army | | New York | | | | X X | O'35 | 12 | 13 13 | Plummer Henry | 26 M W | Soldier of Army | | Hanover | X X | | | | P456 | 13 | 13 13 | Pendergas William R. | 35 M W | Soldier of Army | | Indiana | | | | X X | P536 | 14 | 13 13 | Pengally? Edmund | 42 M W | Soldier of Army | | England | X X | | | X X | P524 | 15 | 13 13 | Rourke? Francis | 33 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | X X | R62? | 16 | 13 13 | Riley John | 24 M W | Soldier of Army | | Connecticut | | | | X X | R400 | 17 | 13 13 | Reil Adam | 25 M W | Soldier of Army | | Illinois | | | | X X | R400 | 18 | 13 13 | Shrader/Strader William | 30 M W | Soldier of Army | | Prussia | X X | | | X X | | 19 | 13 13 | Smith William | 30 M W | Soldier of Army | | Missouri | | | | X X | S530 | 20 | 13 13 | Siebert Nicholas | 24 M W | Soldier of Army | | Baden | X X | | | X X | S163 | 21 | 13 13 | Steiner Christian | 28 M W | Soldier of Army | | Wirtenburg | X X | | | X X | S356 | 22 | 13 13 | Scott Robert B. | 26 M W | Soldier of Army | | New York | | | | X X | S300 | 23 | 13 13 | Spence Orsonbee C. | 24 M W | Soldier of Army | | Pennsylvania | | | | X X | S152 | 24 | 13 13 | Shephard Michael | 24 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | X X | S163 | 25 | 13 13 | Smith Andrew I. | 23 M W | Soldier of Army | | Maryland | | | | X X | S530 | 26 | 13 13 | Swasa Griffin | 28 M W | Soldier of Army | | Delaware | | | | X X | S200 | 27 | 13 13 | Schreiber Charles | 33 M W | Soldier of Army | | Hanover | X X | | | X X | S616 | Line 34 is blank. 28 | 13 13 | Schaffer Frederick | 26 M W | Soldier of Army | | Hesse? | X X | | | X X | S160 | This Post Completed 29 | 13 13 | Schoir Conrad | 24 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ohio | | | | X X | S600 | Territory of New Mexico 30 | 13 13 | Tracey John | 24 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | | T620 | County of Dona Ana } I M.Cronen Asst Marshall 31 | 13 13 | Taylor William | 21 M W | Soldier of Army | | Ireland | X X | | | | T460 | for the 11th Subdivision, County of Dona Ana and 32 | 13 13 | Ulrich John | 34 M W | Soldier of Army | | Saxony | X X | | | X X | U462 | have the Township of Ft. Sheldon do hereby Certify and 33 | 13 13 | Wykoff Gingrich | 33 M W | Soldier of Army | | New Jersey | | | | X X | W210 | Solumnly swear that the foregoing Census ****** ** 34 | | | | | | | | | | | | W of C***** were made according to the 35 | | | | | | | | | | | | tenor of my oath of office, knowledge 36 | | | | | | | | | | | | and belief. So Help Me God. 37 | | | | | | | | | | | | Sworn and Subscribed before me M.Cronen 38 | | | | | | | | | | | | on the 30th day of September 1870 Assistant Marshal 39 | | | | | | | | | | | | Mark N Torres 40 | | | | | | | | | | | | Justice of the Peace =====|=============|=================================|========|====================|===========|================|===========|=======|===|=====|======|=======================================================