Census - 1855 - rensselaer - Source Documents

1855 Census - Rensselear county New York

by Janet Derbyshire - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/.
Columns
1 - Dwellings numbered in the order of visitation
2 - Families numbered in the order of visitation
3 - Name of every person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June was in
      this family
4 - Age
5 - Sex: m = male, f = female
6 - Color: w = white, b = black, m = mulatto
7 - Relationship to head of family
8 - Place of birth, being what county of this State or in what other State or Foreign
      country born
9 - Married or Widowed: mar = married, wid = widowed
10 - Years resident in this city or town
11 - Profession, trade or occupation
12 - Citizenship: nv = native, nz = naturalized, al = alien
13 - Persons over 21 years who cannot read and write: cnr = cannot read,
       cnrw = cannot read and write
14 - Whether or not owns land: ol = owns land
15 - Of what material house is built
16 - Value of house

1855 NY Census
Town of Berlin
The town of Berlin consists of the villages of Berlin, South Berlin and Center Berlin.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/census18.htm
138   164   MILLARD, John      60  m               Rens       mar   60  farmer      nv cnrw  ol  frame   $300
                     Hannah    57  f  wife         Albany     mar   36        
                     Samuel    24  m  child        Rens             24  farmer      nv     
                     Wm A?     15  m  child        Rens             15  farmer       
            POOL, Peace        48  f  sister       Rens             16        
141   167   SWEET, Luther      72  m               RI         mar   53  farmer      nv           frame   $200
                   Sally       68  f  wife         RI         mar   40        
                   Roxy        28  f  child        Rens             28  tailoress            ol 
            POOL, Mathew       13  m  grandchild   Rens             13        
---   327   GODFREY, Josiah    93  m               RI         mar   70  farmer      nv       ol 
                     Sarah     73  f  wife         MA         mar   36        
            POOL, Ann          45  f  help         Rens    `        45        

1855 Census
Town of Grafton
The town of Grafton consists of the villages of Grafton, East Grafton and Quackenkill.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/census19.htm
  46   49 COVEY, Samuel        69   m w             Rens      mar   50 farming      nv        ol frame    $50
                 Phebe         72   f w wife        VT        mar   60                                       
          STEWARD, Welthy      34   f w dau         Rens      wid   32                                   
                   Almon        6   m w grandson    Rens             4                                      
          POOL, Penelope       50   f w boarder     Wash          1/12                                      
 114  123 HOWARD, E. B.        28   m w             Rens      mar   12 farming      nv        ol frame   $250
                  Katherine    24   f w wife        VT        mar   12                                      
                  M.            5   m w son         Rens             5                                       
                  D. B.         3   m w son         Rens             3                                      
                  A. H.      8/12   m w son         Rens          8/12                                       
          POOL, Jedediah       33   m w servant     Rens            15 farming      nv                       
 
  80   86 DURKEE, L. W.        35   m w             Rens      mar   25 farming      nv           frame   $125
                  S. A.        29   f w wife        Rens      mar   19                                      
          STRAIT, A. D.         9   f w dau         Rens             9                                       
                  Rosilla       6   f w dau         Rens             6                                       

  __   __ STRAIT, Elisha       55   m w             RI        mar   34 farming      nv        ol frame     
                  Nancy        55   f w wife        Rens      mar    5                                     
                  H. M.        30   f w dau         Rens             5                                       
                  William S.   16   m w son         Rens            16 farming                               
                  E. M.        11   m w dau         Rens            11                                       
                  Cinderilla    5   f w dau         Rens             5                                       
                  J. H.         1   m grandson      Rens             1                                       

  __   __ HART, John           40   m w             Ire       mar    4 farming      nz        ol log      $30
                Mary           25   f w wife        Ire       mar    2              al                     
                William         5   m w son         Ire              4                                       
                Mary         1/12   f w dau         Rens          1/12                                      

  __   __ BURDICK, Samuel C.   30   m w             Rens      mar   30 farming      nv        ol log      $30
                   Harriet     19   f w wife        Rens      mar    4                                       
                   Susan        3   f w dau         Rens             3                                       
                   Leah         8   f w dau         Rens             8                                       
                   B. T.        4   m w son         Rens             4                                       
                   J. W.        1   m w son         Rens             1                                       

  __   __ SWEET, Hiram         38   m w             Rens      mar   38 farming      nv cnrw      log      $15
                 Clarissa      31   f w wife        Rens      mar 2/12                                       
                 W. R.          5   m w son         Rens          2/12                                      
          ROWLAND, E. M.       25   f w boarder     Rens          2/12                 cnrw                  
  __   __ SWEET, Amos B.       42   m w             Cortland  mar   18 farming      nv cnrw   ol plank   $200
                 Rosanna       46   f w wife        not kn    mar   18                                       
                 S. M.         13   f w dau         Rens            13                                       
                 A. B.         11   m w son         Rens            11                                       
                 O. E.          9   m w son         Rens             9                                       
                 R. S. W.       4   m w son         Rens             4                                       
  __   __ SWEET, Caleb         29   m w             Rens            19 farming      nv cnrw   ol log      $50
                 Lucy          64   f w mother      Rens      wid   40                 cnrw                  
                 A. M.         34   m w brother     Cortland        19 farming      nv cnrw   ol           
  __   __ FERON, Orlando       40   m w             not kn    mar   18 farming      nv cnr    ol plank    $75
                 Lucy          31   f w wife        Cortland  mar   30                 cnrw                  
                 Orvilla       14   f w dau         Rens            14                                     
                 A. A.         11   m w son         Rens            11                                      
                 C. A.          8   m w son         Rens             8                                       
                 D. E.          5   m w son         Rens             5                                       
                 R. E.          1   f w dau         Rens             1                                      
          SWEET, L. T.         23   m w             Rens      mar   23 farming      nv cnrw                  
                 M. E.         22   f w wife        Rens      mar   22                                       
                 Clarissa       2   f w dau         Rens             2                                       
                 Lucy        8/12   f w dau         Rens          8/12                                       
  __   __ BURDICK, David H.    33   m w             Rens      mar   33 farming      nv           log      $15
                   Mary M.     28   f w wife        Rens      mar   28                                       
                   A. F.        7   m w son         Rens             7                                       
                   L. M.        5   m w son         Rens             5                                       
                   E. H.        3   m w son         Rens             3                                       
 309  336 SWEET, Godfrey       54   m w             Rens      mar   40 farming      nv cnrw      log      $10
                 Angeline      36   f w wife        Rens      mar   60?                cnrw                  

1855 Census
Town of Greenbush
(formerly Town of Clinton)
The town of East Greenbush contains the village of East Greenbush. 
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/census1.htm
128  129  Bedell, William R.    49  m  w            Dutchess  mar   22  farmer      nv        ol frame  $1000
                  Ann           44  f  w  wife      Renss           44
                  Maragret      20  f  w  child     Renss           20
                  Mary          18  f  w  child     Renss           18
                  Schuyler E.   10  m  w  child     Renss           10
          Burroughs, George     20  m  w  servant   Ireland          1              al
          Sweet, Abraham        56  m  w            Warren          11              nv

1855 NY Census
Town of North Greenbush 
The town of North Greenbush consists of the villages of Bath, Defreestville and
  Wynantskill. 
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/census4.htm
 90   96 SCHERMERHORN   Simon   30 m                Schoharrie  mar 11 merchant     nv           frame   $200
         SCHERMERHORN   Sarah   22 f  wife          Georgia     mar  5
         SWEET          Byron   15 m  servant       Iowa             6

1855 Census
Town of Poestenkill
The town of Poestenkill consists of the villages of Poestenkill, East Poestenkill and
  Barberville. 
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/census3.htm
128 128 SWEET, Ichabod          27 m w              Renss       mar  3 publick hse  nv        ol frame   $800
               Palmyra          25 f w  wife        Renss       mar  3
               Daniel J.         8 m w  son         Renss            3
        GARNER, George          25 m w  boarder     Renss           25 teamster     nv        ol

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