VITAL RECORDS FROM THE 1875 STATE CENSUS
TOWN OF WALWORTH
WAYNE COUNTY, NY






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Miscellaneous Statistics:

First Election District, Walworth, For the year ending June 1, 1875
Wm. A. FOSKETT, Enumerator

Lincoln M.E. Church: denomination M.E.; value of church & lot 5100; seats 400; 150 usual number in attendance; number of communicants or regular members 50; salary of clergy besides use of real estate 300.

First E. Baptist Church of Walworth: denomination F.B.; value of church & lot 3000; value of other real estate 1200; seats 300; usual number in attendance 75; number of communicants or regular members 60; salary of clergy 400.

First Baptist Church of Walworth: denomination Baptist; value of church & lot 4000; seats 300; usual number in attendance 100; number of communicants or regular members 64; salary of clergy 400.

First M.E. Church of Walworth: denomination M.E.; value of church & lot 15000; value of other real estate 1000; seats 500; usual number in attendance 250; number of communicants or regular members 125; salary of clergy 800.

Second Baptist Church of Walworth; denomination Baptist; value of church & lot 4000; seats 300; usual number in attendance 200; number of communicants or regular members 120; salary of clergy 800.

Inns, hotels and taverns - 1; retail stores and groceries - 9.

Remarks on the harvest of 1874: Corn, oats and grass crops about one third below the usual yeald. Cause drouth.

Wages: Estimated average pay, exclusive of board: men working at common labor in building etc. $1.25 by the day; farm hands hired by the season or year $20.00 by the month; farm hands hired in haying and harvest $2.00 by the day; women hired for common household work $2.00 by the week; carpenters and joiners $2.25 by the day; blacksmiths $2.00 by the day; painters and glaziers $2.00 by the day; dressmakers $1.00 by the day.

General Remarks: The village of Lincoln contains 64 inhabitants. The village of West Walworth contains 145 inhabitants, and the village of Walworth contains 383 inhabitants.


MARRIAGES:

First Election District: Town of Walworth: during year ending June 1, 1875
Wm. A. FOSKETT, Enumerator

Andrew SIBERDT, 25, single and Lena REUTHER, 20, single
Oct. 15 in Rochester by a Presb. clergyman

John RHINEWALTZ, 25, single and Catharine WEAVER, 16, single
July 22 in Rochester by a R.C. clergyman

Michael LINTNER, 23, single and Mary RHINEWALTZ, 26, single
July 22 in Rochester by a R.C. clergyman

Francis H. BROWN, 18, single and Ida COVEY, 17, single
June 9 in Rochester by a M.E. clergyman

Wallace C. HORN, 20, single and Julia E. MOORE, 18, single
Dec. 24 in Walwroth by an M.E. clergyman

William H. CLARK, 23, single and Julia E. DENISE, 18, single
July 4 in Walwroth by a B. clergyman

William EBERT, 47, widowed and Doris MAHNS, 46, widow
Aug. 18 in Rochester by an E.L. clergyman

Russell D. BRIGGS, 59, widow and Sarah J. MALCOM, 45, widow
Nov. 27 in Phelps by a Pres. clergyman

Franklin HURLEY, 22, single and Nettie LEUTEWELLER, 20, single
Sept. 19 in Port Gibson by a Methodist clergyman

John L. PHILLIP, 20, single and Mary E. DICK, 24, single
Nov. 25 in Walworth by a M.E. clergyman

Thomas CAPERN, 33, single and Hattie A. CORY, 32, single
Mar. 17 in Marion by a M.E. clergyman

Hiram DURFEE, 66, widowed and Barbary COREY, 63, widow
Sept. 1 in Rochester, Ind. by a Pres. clergyman

Sanford BUCKLEY, 22, single and Ida CASE, 19, single
Jan. 13 in Milo, Monroe Co., Mich. by a M.E. clergyman

John H. PLYTER, 25, single and Sarah NEWELL, 42, single
July 8 in Walworth by a M.E. clergyman


DEATHS:

Town of Walworth: during year ending June 1, 1875
Wm. A. FOSKETT, Enumerator

Leonard HERMAN, 25, male, single, May 29, b. Wayne Co., farmer, scarlet fever

Daniel GILBERT, 70, male, married, Dec. 19, b. Onondaga Co., farmer, infirmities of age

Caroline FRY, 37, female, married, April 20, b. N.Y., housekeeper, congestion of lungs

Elizabeth COLE, 46, female, married, Nov. 5, b. Monroe Co., housekeeper, inflamation of heart

Ruben COLE, 13, male, single, Feb. 22, b. Ind., farm laborer, scarlet fever

Amelia BARRON, 10, female, May 12, b. Monroe Co., scarlet fever

Barbary BARRON, 44, female, married, May 18, b. Germany, housekeeper, in childbed

Catharine OTT, 11, female, May 28, b. Wayne Co., scarlet fever

Owen J. WATERMAN, 9, male, May 22, b. Wayne Co., scarlet fever & diptheria

Seth LOCKWOOD, 75, male, married, FEb. 12, b. Mass., farmer, infirmities of age and kidney complaint

Marilla T. BANCROFT, 44, female, married, Feb. 4, b. Wayne Co., housekeeping, consumption and ulceration of the bowels

Joseph STRICKLAND, 86, male, widowed, Feb. 8, b. Mass., farmer, congestion of lungs and infirmities of age

John H. STIGGINS, 38, male, married, Jan. 19, b. England, farmer, typhoid fever

Lois H. SMITH, 83, female, widow, Dec. 16, b. Mass., dropsy and broken hip by accident two years previous

William H. MATHEWSON, 59, male, married, June 3, b. Wayne Co., surveyor, paralysis

Cynthia MATHEWSON, 83, female, widow, Aug. 6, b. Mass., housekeeping, infirmities of age

Mary Ann WHITNEY, 43, female, married, March 23, b. Dutchess Co., housekeeping, ulceration of stomach and bowels

Alfred SPENCER, 70, male, married, Aug. 5, b. Dutchess Co., farmer, kidney complaint and infirmities of age

William DURKIN, 73, male, married, April 17, b. Ireland, farmer, dropsy and consumption

Achsah NORTON, age 87, female, widow, Oct. 5, b. Mass., paralysis

Sarah E. UNDERHILL, 35, female, married, April 20, b. Wayne Co., housekeeping, consumption

Mary GRAHAM, 70, female, married, Nov. 26, b. Rodiland, housekeeping, congestion of the lungs

Henry GRAHAM, 75, male, married, Feb. 26, b. Rodiland, rake maker, valvular disease of the heart

Sarah E. STILL, 2m, female, Feb. 9, b. Wayne Co., congestion of the brain

Agusta ALLEN, 34, female, married, March 8, b. Germany, housekeeping, diabettes

Sally WHITTLETON, 75, female, married, August 6, b. Chenango Co., constipation of the bowels

Alzore L. CARTMAN, 26, female, married, April 19, b. Wayne Co., inflamation of the womb

Lydia MIX, 79, female, widow, April 14, b. Dutchess Co., constipation of the bowels and infirmities of age

Elizabeth MARTIN, 48, female, married, Aug. 4, b. Holland, dropsy

Hiram STEVENS, 72, male, married, Jan. 26, b. Schoharrie Co., shoemaker, paralysis

William W. GARDNER, 75, married, male, May 8, b. Greene Co., physician, typhoid pneumonia

David BUTOLPH, 70, male, widowed, May 25, b. Madison Co., farmer, pneumonia and infirmities of age




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. Not all records have survived for all towns and counties in New York State. To find out what has survived, please check with the historical society of the county you're interested in, visit the New York State Historical Society in Cooperstown, NY, or inquire of your nearest Family History Center about microfilm loan.

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