Stearns, MN 1870 Federal Census ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mn/stearns/1870/ This Census was transcribed by Thomas J. Steichen and proofread by Sandy Sterling for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright 2004 by Thomas J. Steichen ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. 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CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- REMARKS FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 1 1 Esick Huspins 40 M W Farmer . . Norway X X . . . . X . . . Last name may be Erick 2 1 1 Esick Sarah 35 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 3 1 1 Esick Sophia 3 F W . . . Wisconsin X X . . . . . . . . . 4 1 1 Esick Annie 6/12 F W . . . Minnesota X X Dec . . . . . . . . 5 2 2 Evanson Knud 40 M W Farmer . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 6 2 2 Evanson Oley 25 M W Farm Laborer . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 7 2 2 Evanson Matilda 21 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 8 2 2 Evanson Geyso 63 F W . . . Norway X X . . . . X . . . . 9 2 2 Evanson Gunnif 36 M W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 10 3 3 Anderson Peter 50 M W Farmer . 175 Sweeden X X . . . . . . . . . 11 3 3 Anderson Caroline 41 F W Keeping house . . Sweeden X X . . . . . . . . . 12 3 3 Anderson Albert 14 M W . . . Sweeden X X . . X . . . . . . 13 3 3 Anderson Peter 12 M W . . . Sweeden X X . . X . . . . . . 14 3 3 Anderson Gusta 10 F W . . . Sweeden X X . . X . . . . . . 15 3 3 Anderson Hulda 7 F W . . . Sweeden X X . . X . . . . . . 16 3 3 Anderson Annie 2 F W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 17 4 4 Peterson Peter 24 M W Farmer . 125 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 18 4 4 Peterson John 28 M W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 19 5 5 Swanson Frank 34 M W Farmer 1,000 400 Sweeden X X . . . . . . . . . 20 5 5 Swanson Kate 29 F W Keeping house . . Sweeden X X . . . . . . . . . 21 6 6 Peterson Swan J 30 M W Farmer . 225 Sweeden X X . . . . . . . . . 22 6 6 Peterson Lauisa 23 F W Keeping house . . Sweeden X X . . . . . . . . . 23 6 6 Peterson Alfred 1 M W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 24 6 6 Peterson Charlotte 14 F W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 25 7 7 McMindes Frank 36 M W Farmer . 400 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 26 7 7 McMindes Mary A 30 F W Keeping house . . England X X . . . . . . . . . 27 7 7 McMindes Annie T 8 F W Attending School . . Minnesota X X . . X . . . . . Farther Foreign seems inconsistent 28 7 7 McMindes Lidia 7 F W Attending School . . Minnesota . X . . X . . . . . . 29 7 7 McMindes William W 6 M W Attending School . . Minnesota . X . . X . . . . . . 30 7 7 McMindes Mary A 3 F W . . . Minnesota . X . . . . . . . . . 31 7 7 McMindes Jennie L 1 F W . . . Minnesota . X . . . . . . . . . 32 8 8 Searles Joseph 22 M W Farmer . 200 England X X . . . . . . X . . 33 8 8 Searles Annie 20 F W Keeping house . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 34 9 9 Johnson Knute 46 M W Farmer . 200 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 35 9 9 Johnson Estra 39 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 36 9 9 Johnson Mary 15 F W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 37 9 9 Johnson Christine 10 F W Attending School . . Norway X X . . X . . . . . . 38 9 9 Johnson Ledia 5 F W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . First Name may be Lidia 39 9 9 Johnson Knute 3 M W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 40 9 9 Johnson Carl 4 M W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: MN COUNTY: Stearns DIVISION: Crow Lake Town REEL NO: M593-716 PAGE NO: 71A REFERENCE: S M Bruce - August 3, 1870 - Sauk Center PO - p.2 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- REMARKS FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 10 10 Sanson Swan 33 M W Farmer . 200 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 2 10 10 Sanson Betsey 24 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . . X . . . . 3 10 10 Sanson Sam H 8 M W Attending School . . Wisconsin X X . . X . . . . . . 4 10 10 Sanson Rachael 6 F W . . . Wisconsin X X . . . . . . . . . 5 10 10 Sanson Olena 4 F W . . . Wisconsin X X . . . . . . . . . 6 10 10 Sanson John L 2 M W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 7 11 11 Hendrickson E. 52 M W Farmer 200 450 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 8 11 11 Hendrickson Henry 25 M W Farm Laborer . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 9 12 12 Ericson Aspeson 50 M W Farmer 200 290 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 10 12 12 Ericson Mary 38 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 11 12 12 Ericson Inger****** 2 F W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 12 12 12 Ericson Theresia 1 F W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 13 13 13 Swanson Torges 30 M W Farmer . . Minnesota X X . . . . X . . . . 14 14 14 Fenton Abraham 33 M W Farmer . 225 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 15 14 14 Fenton Eliza 31 F W Keeping house . . Maine . . . . . . . . . . . 16 14 14 Fenton Nellie 10 F W . . . Wisconsin . . . . X X X . . . . 17 14 14 Fenton Orra 5 F W . . . Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . 18 15 15 Baglinson Charles 41 M W Farmer . 190 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 19 15 15 Baglinson Carrie 30 F W Keeping house . . Sweeden X X . . . X X . . . . 20 15 15 Baglinson Amanda 10 F W . . . Sweeden X X . . . . . . . . . 21 15 15 Baglinson Erick 7 M W . . . Sweeden X X . . . . . . . . . 22 15 15 Baglinson Oscar 3 M W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 23 16 16 Torgenson - 65 M W Farmer . 600 Norway X X . . . X X . . . First Name not reported 24 16 16 Torgenson Tarensia 59 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . . X . . . . 25 16 16 Torgenson Sarah 20 F W . . . Norway X X . . . X X . . . . 26 16 16 Torgenson Johnson 33 M W Farm Laborer . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 27 16 16 Torgenson Ranoke 22 F W . . . Norway X . . . . X X . . . . 28 17 17 Christeson M 31 M W Farmer . 250 Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 29 17 17 Christeson Christina 29 F W Keeping house . . Denmark X X . . . X X . . . . 30 18 18 Audzodts Oscar 36 M W Farmer . 400 Norway X X . . . . . . . . Last Name unclear, Au****** 31 18 18 Audzodts Matilda 36 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 32 18 18 Audzodts Betsey T 7 F W . . . Illinois X X . . . . . . . . . 33 18 18 Audzodts Oley 6 M W . . . Illinois X X . . . . . . . . . 34 18 18 Audzodts Olsen 4 M W . . . Illinois X X . . . . . . . . . 35 18 18 Audzodts Matilda 2 F W . . . Illinois X X . . . . . . . . . 36 19 19 Anderson Gunder 46 M W Farmer . 200 Norway X X . . . X X . . . . 37 19 19 Anderson Olin 16 M W . . . Norway X X . . . . X . . . . 38 19 19 Anderson Cornelia 12 F W . . . Norway X X . . X . X . . . . 39 20 20 Talkelson John 40 M W Farmer . 100 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 40 20 20 Talkelson Matilda 41 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . . X . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: MN COUNTY: Stearns DIVISION: Crow Lake Town REEL NO: M593-716 PAGE NO: 71B REFERENCE: S M Bruce - August 4, 1870 - Sauk Center PO - p.3 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- REMARKS FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 20 20 Talkelson Turkle 15 M W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 2 20 20 Talkelson Oley 12 M W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 3 20 20 Talkelson Thomas 7 M W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 4 20 20 Talkelson Alver 3 M W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 5 21 21 Tesalstrip **** 57 M W Farmer . 475 Denmark X X . . . . . . . . Name is unclear, T**alstrip 6 21 21 Tesalstrip Johannah 46 F W Keeping house . . Sweeden X X . . . . . . . . . 7 21 21 Tesalstrip Mary A 6 F W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 8 21 21 Tesalstrip Frederick 8 M W . . . Sweeden X X . . . . . . . . . 9 22 22 Torggerson Christian 53 M W Farmer . 150 Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 10 22 22 Torggerson Annie C 50 F W Keeping house . . Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 11 22 22 Torggerson Christian 17 M W . . . Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 12 23 23 Iverson Peter 25 M W Farmer . . Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 13 23 23 Iverson Johannah 25 F W Keeping house . . Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 14 23 23 Iverson Peter 1/12 M W . . . Minnesota X X May . . . . . . . . 15 24 24 Paulson Julius 34 M W Farmer . 325 Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 16 24 24 Paulson Magdelene 34 F W Keeping house . . Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 17 24 24 Paulson George 13 M W . . . Denmark X X . . X . . . . . . 18 24 24 Paulson Catharine 2 F W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 19 25 25 Onanson George 40 M W Farmer . 150 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 20 26 26 Erickson Erick 58 M W Farmer . 475 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 21 26 26 Erickson Bertha 50 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 22 26 26 Erickson Nels 20 M W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 23 26 26 Erickson Andrew 16 M W Attending School . . Norway X X . . X . . . . . . 24 26 26 Erickson Anderson 12 M W . . . Norway X X . . X . . . . . . 25 27 27 Erickson Erick Jr 24 M W Farmer . 100 Norway X X . . . . . . X . . 26 28 28 Danielson Erasmus 30 M W Farmer . 275 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 27 28 28 Danielson Rose 47 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 28 28 28 Danielson Oley 13 M W . . . Norway X X . . X . . . . . . 29 28 28 Danielson Olaver 9 M W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 30 29 29 Hess Henry 26 M W Farmer . 375 Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 31 29 29 Hess Christina 22 F W Keeping house . . Sweeden X X . . . . . . . . . 32 29 29 Hess Ann 3 F W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 33 29 29 Hess Ellen 1 F W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 34 29 29 Hess Christina 59 F W . . . Denmark X X . . . X X . . . . 35 30 30 Barso Louis 34 M W Farmer . 175 Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 36 30 30 Barso Julia A 28 F W Keeping house . . Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 37 30 30 Barso Peter 5/12 M W . . . Denmark X X Jan . . . . . . . . 38 31 31 Knuteson Peter 45 M W Farmer 800 900 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 39 31 31 Knuteson Annie 50 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . . X . . . . 40 31 31 Knuteson Knute 17 M W Attending School . . Michigan . . . . X . . . . . Neither Father or Mother Foreign seems inconsistent CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: MN COUNTY: Stearns DIVISION: Crow Lake Town REEL NO: M593-716 PAGE NO: 72A REFERENCE: S M Bruce - August 4, 1870 - Sauk Center PO - p.4 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- REMARKS FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 31 31 Knuteson Matilda 14 F W Attending School . . Wisconsin X X . . X . . . . . . 2 31 31 Knuteson Charles 9 M W Attending School . . Wisconsin X X . . X . . . . . . 3 31 31 Knuteson Theodore M 5 M W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 4 31 31 Hanson Rios 18 M W Farm Laborer . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 5 32 32 Anfenson Gilbert 43 M W Farmer 300 500 Norway X X . . . . . . X . . 6 32 32 Anfenson Annie 27 F W Keeping house . . Norway X . . . . . X . . . . 7 32 32 Anfenson Mary A 8 F W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 8 32 32 Anfenson Andrew 6 M W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 9 32 32 Anfenson Betsey J 3 F W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 10 32 32 Anfenson Christina 1 F W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 11 32 32 Olson John 20 M W Farm Laborer . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 12 33 33 Knute Nelson 45 M W Farmer . 400 Norway X X . . . X X . . . . 13 33 33 Knute Rachael 35 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . X X . . . . 14 33 33 Gunsanson Oley 20 M W Farm Laborer . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 15 34 34 Larson Gessnan 47 M W Farmer . 400 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 16 34 34 Larson Christina 43 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . X X . . . . 17 34 34 Larson Sarah 12 F W . . . Iowa X X . . . X X . . . . 18 34 34 Larson Lewis 10 M W . . . Iowa X X . . . . . . . . . 19 34 34 Larson Oley 9 M W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 20 34 34 Larson Nels 7 M W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 21 34 34 Larson George 4 M W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 22 34 34 Larson Cornelius 1 M W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 23 35 35 Gorganson Oley 50 M W Farmer . 350 Norway X X . . . X X . . . . 24 35 35 Gorganson Tana 50 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . . X . . . . 25 35 35 Gorganson Jacob 17 M W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 26 35 35 Gorganson Betsey 14 F W . . . Norway X X . . . . X . . . . 27 35 35 Gorganson William 8 M W Attending School . . Iowa X X . . X . . . . . . 28 35 35 Gorganson George 5 M W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 29 36 36 Rallson Tukbar 48 M W Farmer 500 . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 30 36 36 Rallson Betsey 41 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . . X . . . . 31 36 36 Rallson William 19 M W . . . Wisconsin X X . . . . . . . . . 32 36 36 Rallson Annie 17 F W . . . Wisconsin X X . . . . . . . . . 33 36 36 Rallson Tilda 14 F W . . . Wisconsin X X . . . . . . . . . 34 36 36 Rallson Betsey 9 F W . . . Wisconsin X X . . . . . . . . . 35 36 36 Rallson Isabell 7 F W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 36 36 36 Rallson George 6 M W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 37 36 36 Rallson Gunder 3 M W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 38 36 36 Rallson Oley 3/12 M W . . . Minnesota X X March . . . . . . . . 39 37 37 Benson Stiner 27 M W Farmer 100 175 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 40 37 37 Benson Stinerson 75 M W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: MN COUNTY: Stearns DIVISION: Crow Lake Town REEL NO: M593-716 PAGE NO: 72B REFERENCE: S M Bruce - August 4, 1870 - Sauk Center PO - p.5 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- REMARKS FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 38 38 Johnson Oley 83 M W Farmer 2,000 . Norway X X . . . . X . . . . 2 38 38 Johnson Gra 80 F W Keeping House . . Norway X X . . . . X . . . . 3 38 38 Johnson Julia 25 F W . . . Norway X X . . . . X . . . . 4 39 39 Johnson Christian 34 M W Farmer 1,400 650 Norway X X . . . . . . X . . 5 39 39 Johnson Regena M 19 F W Keeping house . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 6 39 39 Johnson Edward 10/12 M W . . . Minnesota X X Aug . . . . . . . . 7 40 40 Read W B 46 M W Farmer 600 1,200 Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 8 40 40 Read Martha 40 F W Keeping House . . Kentucky . . . . . . X . . . . 9 40 40 Read Hanton 18 M W Attending School . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 10 40 40 Read Mary E 17 F W Attending School . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 11 40 40 Read David N 15 M W Attending School . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 12 40 40 Read Willis L 14 M W Attending School . . Minnesota . . . . X . . . . . . 13 40 40 Read Levi C 12 M W Attending School . . Minnesota . . . . X . . . . . . 14 40 40 Read Aurelia 10 F W Attending School . . Minnesota . . . . X . . . . . . 15 40 40 Read Martha L 7 F W Attending School . . Minnesota . . . . X . . . . . . 16 40 40 Read Irene W 5 F W Attending School . . Minnesota . . . . X . . . . . . 17 40 40 Read Lilley 10/12 F W . . . Minnesota . . Aug . . . . . . . . 18 41 41 Seranson Keslet 29 M W Farmer . 200 Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 19 41 41 Seranson Mary 34 F W Keeping House . . Norway X X . . . X X . . . . 20 41 41 Seranson Margaret 8 F W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 21 41 41 Seranson Gunder 7 M W . . . Wisconsin X X . . . . . . . . . 22 41 41 Seranson Seran 5 M W . . . Wisconsin X X . . . . . . . . . 23 41 41 Seranson Talef 4 M W . . . Wisconsin X X . . . . . . . . . 24 41 41 Seranson Paul 2 M W . . . Minnesota X X . . . . . . . . . 25 41 41 Seranson Ingsann M 9/12 F W . . . Minnesota X X Sep . . . . . . . . 26 42 42 Tallefson T 31 M W Farmer . 375 Norway X X . . . X X . . . . 27 42 42 Tallefson Berget 45 F W Keeping House . . Norway X X . . . X X . . . . 28 42 42 Tallefson Mary 19 F W Attending School . . Norway X X . . X . . . . . . 29 42 42 Tallefson Tallif 13 M W . . . Norway X X . . X . . . . . . 30 42 42 Tallefson Ann 11 F W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 31 42 42 Tallefson Zergan 10 M W . . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 32 42 42 Tallefson Julia 7 F W . . . Wisconsin X X . . . . . . . . . 33 43 43 Olson Knute 33 M W Farmer . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 34 43 43 Olson Margaret 16 F W Keeping House . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 35 44 44 Lingrin Peter 30 M W Farmer . . Sweeden X X . . . . . . . . . 36 44 44 Lingrin Magnis 25 M W Farmer . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 37 45 45 Grabnek Gunder 35 M W Farmer . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . *** lines 38-40 blank; End of Township