1857 Minnesota Territorial Census

Compiled by Jonathan Webb Deiss, 2000, 2001, 2002

1857

Dwellings#/Family#, Name, Age, Sex, Color, Place of Birth, Voter, Occupation of all males over 15

1857 Federal Census. Town 113, Range 14 (near Red Wing), County of Goodhue, Minnesota Territory

487/492, William D. Chillson, 45, Male, White, New York, Hotel Keeper

487/492, Anna Chillson, 38, Female, White, Ohio, na

487/492, W. D. Chillson, 6, Male, White, Minnesota, na

487/492, Julia H. Chillson, 3, Female, Minnesota, na

487/492, L. D. Chillson, 27, Male, White, New York, Clerk

487/492, Larry Newton, 24, Male, White, Connecticut, Mason

487/492, Jennie Austin, 18, Female, White, Michigan, na

487/492, John Barrow, 24, Male, White, England, Mason

487/492, L. Buttorf, 25, Male, White, New York, Cabinet Maker

487/492, Charles Betcher, 28, Male, White, Pennsylvania, Hardware Merchant

487/492, R. P. Nichols, 30, Male, White, Illinois, none

487/492, R. McCain, 25, Male, White, Illinois, Carpenter

487/492, Har. Betcher, 22, Male, White, New York, Clerk

487/492, L. J. Hasler, 28, Male, White, Pennsylvania, Merchant

487/492, J. H. Gowen, 27, Male, White, Maine, Mason

487/492, S. Hard, 57, Male, White, Vermont, Money Lender (surname could be Hand)

487/492, L. Hard, 26, Male, White, Vermont, Money Lender (surname could be Hand)

487/492, C. Jacobson, 22, Male, White, Sweden, Labourer

487/492, H. T. Lawater, 20, Male, White, Massachusetts, Book Merchant

487/492, S. A. Bevans, 26, Male, White, Ohio, Clerk

487/492, William Wright, 45, Male, White, Kentucky, Clerk

487/492, C. Kempe, 22, Male, White, Sweden, Clerk

487/492, G. C. Morris, 24, Male, White, South Carolina, Tinner

487/492, Loren Webb, 21, Male, White, Illinois, Printer

487/492, S. Kennedy, 24, Male, White, Illinois, Printer

487/492, F. A. Meredith, 26, Male, White, Illinois, Printer

487/492, L. F. Hubbard, 28, Male, White, Illinois, Editor

487/492, Wily Smith, 24, Male, White, Illinois, Tinner

487/492, J. B. Clark, 24, Male, White, Illinois, Tinner

487/492, J. Ashton, 29, Male, White, Vermont, Hard. Merchant

487/492, Wm. P. Brown, 30, Male, White, New York, Hard. Merchant

487/492, R. W. Hamilton, 34, Male, White, Canada, Lawyer

487/492, B. A. Cox, 26, Male, White, Indiana, Clerk

487/492, L. Eaton, 21, Male, White, Vermont, Farmer

487/492, S. Hard, 30, Male, White, Massachusetts, Miller

487/492, Sarah Hard, 28, Female, White, Massachusetts, na

487/492, Jane Wright, 34, Female, White, North Carolina, na

487/492, A. M. Strope, 20, Female, White, Michigan, na

487/492, Catharine Betcher, 20, Female, White, New York, na

487/492, Mary Beavers, 20, Female, White, Indiana, na

487/492, Anna Peterson, 24, Female, White, Sweden, na

487/492, Cecila Peterson, 21, Female, White, Sweden, na

487/492, Ingra Swansen, 20, Female, White, Sweden, na

487/492, Isabel Johnson, 26, Female, White, Sweden, na

487/492, Mary Irishman, 21, Female, White, Ireland, na

487/492, John Jervis, 28, Male, White, New York, Laborer

487/492, G. W. Patch, 22, Male, White, Vermont, Farmer

487/492, H. Buttorf, 30, Male, White, New York, Cabinet Maker

487/492, Ole Petersen, 8, Male, White, Sweden, na

1857 Federal Census. Town 109, Range 16W (Roscoe), County of Goodhue, Minnesota Territory;

enumerated 21 October AD 1857 by W.W. DeKay, Ass’t Marshall

1/1, Harvey Webb, 26, Male, White, Ohio, 1, Farmer

1/1, Jemima Webb, 24, Female, White, Ohio, na

1/1, Benjamin Webb, 3, Male, White, Indiana, na

2/2, Francis Webb, 21, Male, White, Ohio, 1, Farmer

2/2, Rachel Webb, 19, Female, White, Indiana, na

2/2, Clara May Webb, 7/12, Female, White, Indiana, na

2/2, Oliver Webb, 57, Male, White, New York, 1, Farmer

2/2, Lester A. Webb, 15, Male, White, Ohio, Farmer

2/2, Martin L. Webb, 13, Male, White, Ohio, na

3/3, not transcribed

4/4, not transcribed

5/5, Charles Dana, 42, Male, White, Vermont, 1, Farmer

5/5, Sarah A. Dana, 42, Female, White, New York, na

5/5, Edmund Dana, 17, Male, White, Illinois, na, Farmer (this man is actually Edmund Druse)

5/5, Charles S. Dana, 6, Male, White, Illinois, na