1855 New York State Census

Transcribed by Susan Stalker Mulvey

25 June 2005

Census of the Inhabitants in the Eastern District of the Town of Ancram in the County, of Columbia taken by me on the Twelfth day of July 1855.

Taken by: Peter Felis Marshall

(Note:  I have left off the columns: "Color," "Dwellings numbered in the order of visitation," "Of what material built," and "Value," which are at the beginning of the form and "Aliens," Persons of color not taxed," "Persons over 21 years who cannot read and write," "Owners of land," and "Deaf, Dumb, Blind, Insane, or Idiotic" to save room.  If there is information in the end columns, I will add that to the name.  I have highlighted the head of household in bold.  I have transcribed the census to the best of my ability.  Some pages are totally unreadable. I will make a notation, where applicable, as to which pages that I cannot read.  Notations in [ ]  are mine.)

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Dwelling
Number
 

Family

Number

 NAME AGE SEX Relation to Head Where Born Married Widow

Years

Resident

to this

city or town

 Profession Voter

Alien
Native Alien
102 120 con'd Poriahe Halstead 14 M Child Columbia     2      
    Mary Halstead 13 F Do Do     2      
    Clark Halstead 5 M Do Do     2      
103 121 John Burch or Barch 30 M   Do /   30 Farmer /  
    Pommera [?] Barch 30 F Wife Do /   30      
    Hainer or Haines Burch 4 M Child Do     4      
104 122 Henry Bruise 34 M Do / 34 Laborer /
    Betsey Bruise 33 F Wife Do /   33      
    Archelaus Bruise 10 M Child Do     10      
Benjamin Bruise 7 M Do Do 7
    Mary Bruise 3 F Do Do     3      
105 123

Lord Cook

[Owner of Land]

 55 M   Dutchess /   3 Farmer /  
    Almyra Cook 33 F Wife Connecticut /   3      
Mary M. .Cook 11 F Child Columbia 3
    Alzina Cook 9 F Do Do     3      
    William H. Cook 7 M Do Do     3      
    Manchester [?] Cook 3 M Do Do     3      
Alice Pan [?] Cook 2 F Do Do 3
    Virgil Cook 0/12 M Do Do     3      
106 124

Peter McArthur

[Owner of Land]

 ? M   Rensselaer /   5 Farmer /  
    Mary McArthur 32 F Wife Vermont [?] /   5      
    Lydia McArthur 16 F Child Connecticut     5      
    Caroline McArthur 14 F Do Do     5      
    Susan McArthur 10 F Do Do     5      
    Peter McArthur Jr. 5 M Do Do     5      
    Walter [?] McArthur 3 M Do Columbia     3      
    [?] McArthur 8/12 M Do Do     8/12      
    [?] Keys? 20 F Domestic Dutchess ?     3      
107 125 Silvernail   M   Columbia /   32      
    Silvernail 32 F Wife Do /   32      
    Silvernail 1 F Child Do     1      
    [unreadable] 21 M Domestic Do     21 Laborer /  
  126 Silvernail 28 M   Do /   28 Laborer /  
    Silvernail 21 F Wife Do /   21      
    J. Danford Silvernail 1 M Child Do     1      
    Mariah Silvernail   F Mother Do     63      
108 127 Philip [Surname unreadable] 57 M   Do       Farmer    
    Caroline 33 F Wife Do            
    John 62 M Brother or Father Do       Laborer /  
    Lydia 72 F Mother-in-Law Do   /        
    David Morse[?] 21 M Nephew Do     2/12 Laborer /  
109 128

Hiram Silvernail

[Owner of Land]

 39 M   Do /   39 Farmer /  
    Amanda Silvernail 38 F Wife Do /   38      
    Pheby W. Silvernail 18 F Child Do     18      
    Nicholas Silvernail 13 M Do Do     13      

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