1870 Census Mortality Schedule
Townships of  Kent County, Michigan

Locality

Fam #

Last Name

First Name

Age

Sex

Color

Mar. Stat.

Birthplace

Pa Foreign

Ma Foreign

Death Month

Profession

Cause of Death

Notes

Village of Lowell

Pursel

George

20

M

W

New York

October [1869]

Clerk in Mill

Typhoid Fever

Village of Lowell

Sprague

Silas

84

M

W

W

Vermont

February [1870]

No occupation

Old Age (No disease)

Village of Lowell

Blodgett

William

27

M

W

Vermont

January [1870]

Woolen Manuf.

Typhoid Fever

Village of Lowell

Dawson

Cynthia

26

F

W

M

Canada

1

1

January [1870]

Keeping House

Uterus Hemmorhage

Village of Lowell

Morse

Phebe

23

F

W

New York

March [1870]

Consumption

Village of Lowell

Stearns

Frederick

8

M

W

Michigan

December [1869]

Typhoid Fever

Village of Lowell

Edie

Blanche

10/12.

F

W

Michigan

September [1869]

Typhoid Fever

Locality

Fam #

Last Name

First Name

Age

Sex

Color

Mar. Stat.

Birthplace

Pa Foreign

Ma Foreign

Death Month

Profession

Cause of Death

Notes

Village of Rockford

2

Brown

Samuel

66

M

W

M

New York

April [1870]

Wagon Maker

Paralisis

Village of Rockford

4

Hughes

Frank E.

11/12.

M

W

Michigan

August [1869]

Dysentery

Village of Rockford

10

French

Francis

36

F

W

M

New York

October [1869]

Keeping House

Childbirth

Village of Rockford

15

McConnell

Mary E.

3

F

W

Michigan

May [1870]

Scarlet Fever

Locality

Fam #

Last Name

First Name

Age

Sex

Color

Mar. Stat.

Birthplace

Pa Foreign

Ma Foreign

Death Month

Profession

Cause of Death

Notes

Ada Twp.

5

Pool

Mahala

25

F

M

M

New York

June [1869]

Keeping House

Apoplexy

Ada Twp.

18

Lester

Jonathan

57

M

W

M

New York

December [1869]

Farmer

Apoplexy

Ada Twp.

22

Mitchell

Charles

5

M

W

Canada

February [1870]

Inflammation of Bowels

Ada Twp.

72

Houghton

Michael

63

M

W

M

Ireland

1

1/

August [1869]

Farmer

Chronic Dyspepsia

Ada Twp.

144

Gilman

Rosa

47

F

W

M

Ireland

1

1/

December [1869]

Keeping House

Brain Fever

Ada Twp.

152

Beach

Eliza

42

F

W

M

New York

July [1869]

Keeping House

Chronic Diareahea

Ada Twp.

197

Swarthout

Wealthy

37

F

W

M

Michigan

October [1869]?

Keeping House

Consumption

Ada Twp.

207

Hoffo

Bea

65

M

W

M

New Jersey

July [1869]

Farmer

Cancer

Ada Twp.

217

Silus

James

67

M

W

M

New York

June [1869]

Farmer

Congestion of Lungs

Ada Twp.

262

Smith

Frederick E.

17

M

W

Michigan

December [1869]

Acute Rheumatism

Ada Twp.

278

Hancock

Emerson

19

F

W

New York

March [1870]

Consumption

Locality

Fam #

Last Name

First Name

Age

Sex

Color

Mar. Stat.

Birthplace

Pa Foreign

Ma Foreign

Death Month

Profession

Cause of Death

Notes

Alpine Twp.

7

Olish

Theresa

9/12.

F

W

Michigan

1

1

July [1869]

Smallpox

Alpine Twp.

71

Murray

Annie

3

F

W

Michigan

February [1870]

Scarlet Fever

Alpine Twp.

71

Murray

Remy

8/12.

M

W

Michigan

February [1870]

Scarlet Fever

Alpine Twp.

81

Willis

Hearlem

7/12.

M

W

Michigan

July [1869]

Scrofula

Alpine Twp.

93

Eramney

Estilla

2

F

W

Michigan

March [1870]

Drospy

Alpine Twp.

96

Rogers

Sarah

48

F

W

M

New York

February [1870]

Keeping House

Consumption

Alpine Twp.

100

Rogers

Catherine

76

F

W

M

New York

December [1869]

Keeping House

Numb Palsy

Repetitions are in the original.

Alpine Twp.

112

Teller

Eunice

67

F

W

M

New York

February [1870]

Keeping House

Consumption

Alpine Twp.

108

Rogers

Jesse

79

M

W

M

Pennsylvania

1

July [1869]

Farmer

Gangrene

Alpine Twp.

188

Rogers

Catherine

77

F

W

W

New York

December [1869]

Keeping House

Numb Palsy

Repetitions are in the original.

Alpine Twp.

190

Eddy

Ephraim

20

M

W

M

New York

March [1870]

Farmer

Typhoid Pneumonia

Alpine Twp.

216

Rogers

Sarah

48

F

W

M

New York

February [1870]

Keeping House

Consumption

Alpine Twp.

238

Sillebridge

Thomas

7/12.

M

W

Michigan

1

June [1869]

Inflam. Lungs

Alpine Twp.

255

Weber

Mary

32

F

W

M

1

1

May [1870]

Keeping House

Scarlet Fever

Alpine Twp.

273

Platte

Theresa

40

F

W

M

Prussia

1

1

March [1870]

Keeping House

Child Bed

Locality

Fam #

Last Name

First Name

Age

Sex

Color

Mar. Stat.

Birthplace

Pa Foreign

Ma Foreign

Death Month

Profession

Cause of Death

Notes

Algoma Twp.

33

Gilmond

Lucinda

31

F

W

M

Ohio

April [1870]

Keeping House

Consumption

Algoma Twp.

57

Abbot

Philip

63

M

W

M

Pennsylvania

October [1869]

Corn Labour

Consumption

Algoma Twp.

76

Whitney

Caroline

45

F

W

M

New York

August [1869]

Keeping House

Typhoid Fever

Algoma Twp.

113

Martin

Albert

11

M

W

Michigan

1

1

December [1869]

At home

Pneumonia

Algoma Twp.

145

Carr

Allen

1

M

W

Michigan

January [1870]

At home

Congestion of the Brain

Algoma Twp.

186

Black

Wm. J.

13

M

W

Canada

1

1

October [1869]

At home

Cancer

Algoma Twp.

198

Mosher

Hiram A.

36

M

W

New York

August [1869]

Farmer

Consumption

Algoma Twp.

278

Simmons

Carrie

3/12.

F

W

Michigan

February [1870]

Cancer

Locality

Fam #

Last Name

First Name

Age

Sex

Color

Mar. Stat.

Birthplace

Pa Foreign

Ma Foreign

Death Month

Profession

Cause of Death

Notes

Bowne Twp.

Cuiges

James

1/12.

M

W

Michigan

1

1

April [1870]

Cholera Infantum

Bowne Twp.

10

Gibson

James

82

M

W

W

New York

October [1869]

No occupation

Sculo Dysentery

Bowne Twp.

29

Silcox

Peter

22

M

W

New York

February [1870]

Farm Laborer

Consumption

Bowne Twp.

53

Wilson

Richard

44

M

W

M

England

1

1

August [1869]

Farmer

Typhoid Fever

Locality

Fam #

Last Name

First Name

Age

Sex

Color

Mar. Stat.

Birthplace

Pa Foreign

Ma Foreign

Death Month

Profession

Cause of Death

Notes

Byron Twp.

2

Ranch

Elieta

42

F

W

M

Ohio

April [1870]

Keeping House

Consumption of Lungs

Byron Twp.

31

Thomas

David

27

M

W

M

New York

May [1870]

Blacksmith

Consumption of Lungs

Byron Twp.

37

Shafer

Emily

54

F

W

M

New York

April [1870]

Keeping House

Aneurism

Byron Twp.

44

Snider

John

78

M

W

M

Pennsylvania

April [1870]

Farmer

Congestion of Lungs

Byron Twp.

69

Stoys

Frank A.

1

M

W

Michigan

February [1870]

Congestion Chills

Byron Twp.

75

Wittenfeler

Louis

5

M

W

Michigan

February [1870]

Scarlet Fever

Byron Twp.

75

Wittenfeler

Catherine

6/12.

F

W

Michigan

January [1870]

Scarlet Fever

Byron Twp.

76

Colwell

John

77

M

W

W

Vermont

July [1869]

Boarding

Dropsy of Pericardium

Byron Twp.

86

Harmon

Demyas

72

M

W

W

Connecticut

April [1870]

Boarding

Consumption & Old Age

Byron Twp.

95

Whitcomb

Amos

9

M

W

Michigan

November [1869]

At Home

Dropsy of Brain

Byron Twp.

107

Coney

Mary

70

F

W

W

New York

August [1869]

Boarding

Hemorrage of Lungs

Byron Twp.

124

Bainbridge

Betsy

15

F

W

England

1

1

June [1869]

At School

Dropsy of Stomach

Byron Twp.

125

Hickock

Ruth

62

F

W

M

Connecticut

May [1870]

Boarding

Dropsy of Legs

Byron Twp.

146

Winters

Albert

11

M

W

Michigan

November [1869]

At Home

Aneurism

Byron Twp.

167

Haymaker

Samuel

58

M

W

M

Canada

January [1870]

Teamster

Aneurism

Byron Twp.

177

Cook

Sylvester

3

M

W

Michigan

February [1870]

At Home

Pneumonia

Byron Twp.

215

Jackson

Sarah

24

F

W

M

New York

1

1

August [1869]

At Home

Consumption of Lungs

Byron Twp.

233

Haines

John R.

24

M

W

Ohio

August [1869]

At Home

Chronic Diarrhea

Locality

Fam #

Last Name

First Name

Age

Sex

Color

Mar. Stat.

Birthplace

Pa Foreign

Ma Foreign

Death Month

Profession

Cause of Death

Notes

Caledonia Twp.

47

Butler

John

58

M

W

M

Ireland

1

1

November [1869]

Farmer

Congestion of Brain

Caledonia Twp.

60

Nickols

Owen

33

M

W

M

Vermont

February [1870]

Farmer

Killed by a tree falling on him

Caledonia Twp.

66

Sanborn

Monteville

37

M

W

M

New York

July [1869]

Farmer

Drowned

Caledonia Twp.

117

Smith

Sarah

36

F

W

M

Canada

1

1

May [1870]

Keeping House

Puerpial Convulsions [?]

Caledonia Twp.

125

Detwalla

Mens

11

M

W

Canada

1

1

April [1870]

Dropsy of Chest

Caledonia Twp.

129

Stetsick

Mary

58

F

W

M

Prussia

1

1

September [1869]

Keeping House

Typhoid Fever

Caledonia Twp.

180

Cans

Mary

63

F

M

Pennsylvania

December [1869]

Keeping House

Typhoid Fever

Caledonia Twp.

187

Eldridge

Hilo

25

M

W

New York

March [1870]

No occupation

Consumption

Caledonia Twp.

216

Reed

Israel

49

M

W

M

New York

March [1870]

Farmer

Consumption

Caledonia Twp.

230

Cross

Sarah

2/12.

F

W

Michigan

September [1869]

Scarlet Fever

Caledonia Twp.

265

Defimculter

Angeline

7

F

W

Canada

1

1

September [1869]

Erysipilis

Caledonia Twp.

284

Newson

William

47

M

W

M

England

1

1

September [1869]

Shoemaker

Inflammation of Stomach

Caused by drinking alcohol as a beverage

Locality

Fam #

Last Name

First Name

Age

Sex