VITAL RECORDS FROM THE 1875 STATE CENSUS |
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Info kindly provided by the Wayne County Office of the County Historian and digitally formatted by co-coordinator Allyn Hess Perry.
Miscellaneous Statistics:
Town of Ontario; for the year ending June 1, 1875
James H. RIKER, Enumerator
First M.E. Ch. of Ontario: Meth. Epis.; value of church & lot $5000; seats 300; usual number in attendance 75; number of communicants or regular members 60; salary of clergy besides use of real estate $550
Free Meth. of Ontario: value of church & lot $1500; seats 200; usual number in attendance 60; number of communicants or regular members 24
Ontario Bapt. Society: Baptist; value of church & lot $1200; seats 400; usual number in attendance 100; number of communicants or regular members 90; salary of clergy besides use of real estate $600
Presb. Ch. of Ontario: Presbyterian; value of church & lot $1400; seats 200; usual number in attendance 40; number of communicants or regular members 35; salary of clergy besides use of real estate $500
First Weslyan Meth. of Ontario: Wesl. Meth.; value of church and lot $2000; seats 250; usual number in attendance 60; number of communicants or regular members 40
St. Marys of the Lake: R.C.; value of church & lot $1800; seats 300; number of communicants or regular members 175
Newspapers & other Periodicals; Ontario Sun with a circulation of 550
Inns, hotels and taverns - 3; whole sale stores - none; retail stores and groceries - 9
Domestic animals in cities and villages. The number of domestic animals kept by those who occupy no farming lands are 85 horses; 53 cows.
Wages, estimated average pay of hired laborers and mechanics, exclusive of board: men working at common hand labor in building etc. $1.25 by the day; farm hands hired by the season or year $1 by the day, $20 by the week; farm hands hired in haying and harvest $2 by the week; carpenters and joiners $2 by the day; masons, stone and bricklayers $2.25 by the day; blacksmiths $1.50 by the day; painters and glaziers $2 by the day; sewing and other woman's hand labor 75 cents by the day.
General Remarks: A place called the Burgh contains 160 inhabitants, one called Ontario contains 320; one called Ontario Center 170 and one called Furnaceville 160. The usual place of employment of all is in this town.
MARRIAGES:
Town of Ontario: during year ending June 1, 1875
James H. RIKER, Enumerator
William BURGESS, 22, single and Louis EARL, 17, single
April 15 in Ontario by a J.P.
Eugene RUSSEL, 20, single and Mary J. PAYNE, 22, single
Dec. 8 in Ontario by a Presb. clergyman
Wesley OSBORN, 27, single and Emma SMITH, 23, single
Dec. 17 in Marion by a Bapt. clergyman
Horace HILL, 76, widowed and Susan SHERBURN, 72, widowed
Aug. 6 in Ontario by a Bapt. clergyman
Chauncy NORTON, 21, single and Ida ALLEN, 20, single
Mar. 17 in Ontario by a Meth. E. clergyman
Irving CUTTEBACK, 20, single and Emma WALL, 17, single
July 4 in Ontario by a Presby. clergyman
Edgar FITTS, single and Clare RISLEY, single
Mar. 12 in ontario by a Presb. clergyman
Brien FOLEY, 23, single and Margeret GILNO, 19, single
Sept. 18 in Newark by a J.P.
Francis DAILY, 38, single and Jennie McVAY, 24, single
May 1 in Fairport by a R.C. clergyman
Cornelius O'NEIL, 25, single and Rosa BAILY, 18, single
Dec. 25 in Clifton Spr. by a R.C. clergyman
Abraham VERDOW, 23, single and Libbie LEROY, 23, single
Mar. 24 in Pultneyville by a Meth. clergyman
Mathew SCOTT, 24, single and Mary KELLY, 18, single
April 7 in Fairport by a R.C. clergyman
Albert HARBERTSON, 24, single and Ella COOPER, 25, single
Feb. 7 in Ontario by a W. Meth. clergyman
Warner BENNETT, 21, single and Lelia BROWN, 24, single
Mar. 16 in Ontario by a Bapt. clergyman
Isaac Harrison GRANGER, 36, single and Lenora SMITH, 23, single
Mar. 16 in Ontario by a J.P.
Albert E. WARNER, 20, single and Martha Louisa GRANGER, 20, single
July 1 in Sodus by a Prot. Epis. clergyman
DEATHS:
Town of Ontario; during year ending June 1, 1875
James H. RIKER, Enumerator
Henry James POPE, 10 months, male, single, May 13, b. N.Y., inflamation of brain
Josephine SHAW, 17, female, single, April 23, b. N.Y., inflamation of lungs
Addison SHERBURN, 34, male, married, Jan. 24, b. N.Y., farmer, inflamation of lungs (quick consumption)
Anna BARNHART, 12, female, single, Dec., b. N.Y., fitts
Huldah BARNUM, 1 month, female, single, Sept. 18, b. N.Y., unknown (Dr. Ellsworth)
Edmond FRIES, 35, male, married, Jan. 5, b. Dutchess, farmer, inflamation of stomach
Roy E. CRANDALL, 2 months, male, single, March 2, b. N.Y., inflamation of lungs
Wallace CLARK, 24, male, single, April 16, b. Wayne, farmer, congestion of lungs
Eliza E. PAYNE, 17 years 3 months, female, single, July 19, b. N.Y.
Emily DUEL, 38, female, married, May 22, b. N.Y., keeping house, inflamation of liver
Elias CLEVENGER, 71, male, widowed, May 2, b. New Jersey, carpenter, appoplexy
Caroline WHITNEY, 64, female, married, July 20, b. N.Y., keeping house, cancer in stomach
Sidney WHITNEY, 73, male, widowed, Dec. 17, b. Washington Co., farmer, injured by timber falling on him and kidney complaint
Mary ROOT, 14, female, single, Aug. 7, b. N.Y., heart disease (dropsy)
Debra WHITCOMB, 76, female, married, Dec. 8, b. Vermont, keeping house, inflamation of stomach
Loami WHITCOMB, 77, male, widowed, March 10, b. N.Y., physician, cancer
Alison J. CAREY, 1 year 6 months, male, single, October 11, b. N.Y., disease of brain
William James BLYTHE, 51, male, married, Sept. 4, b. England, farmer, consumption
Harriet Jane MARCHANT, 11 days, female, single, April 22, b. Wayne
Peter CATEAU, 2 years 11 months, male, single, April 21, b. Wayne, fitts
Susan Colwell, 6, female, single, April 14, b. Wayne, scarlet fever
Ezra CHAPMAN, 87, male, widowed, July 7, b. Conn., farmer, old age
Samuel A. MORSE, 5 years 6 months, male, single, March 23, b. Wayne, scarlet fever
Rachel BOGART, 1 year 11 months, female, single, April 2, b. N.Y., scarlet fever
Isaac HATHAWAY, 35, male, married, Jan. 18, b. N.Y., hotel keeper, rupture of bladder by kick from a person
Harriet SANDERS, 22, female, married, May 31, b. N.Y., keeping house, abortion
Hattie May Sanders, 5 months, female, single, Nov. 7, b. N.Y., bowel complaint and cutting teeth
Anna DRATON, 7 months, female, single, September 25, b. N.Y., cholera infantum
Edwin McKOWN, 38, male, single, August 24, b. N.Y., farm laborer, enlargement of the heart
Elizabeth HOST, 3 months, female, single, October 5, b. N.Y., scarlet fever
Edson J. WHITCOMB, 52, male, married, Jan. 1, b. N.Y., physician, paralysis
William F. REED, 39, male, married, March 17, b. N.Y., merchant, consumption (hemorrhage from lungs)
William CRAMMER, 67, male, single, May 27, b. N.Y., farm laborer, consumption
John DENNEY, 68, male, married, Jan. 20, b. N.Y., farmer, consumption
These records were taken as part of the NY State 1875 state census and cover the calendar year from June 2, 1874 to
June 1, 1875. Otherwise there are no such government records for the other 1870s years ex. for the US 1880 Mortality Schedule.
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