Vital RecordsFrom the1875 NYS CensusTown of GalenWayne County, NYInfo kindly provided by the Wayne County Office of the County Historian and digitally formatted by co-coordinator Allyn Hess Perry. Miscellaneous Statistics: Second Election District: Town of Galen for the year ending June 1, 1875 Inns, hotels and taverns - 1; Retail stores and groceries - 1 Remarks on the harvest of 1874: Wheat, large yeald; oats average; peach injured by hard frost; potatoes a fare crop; corne an average; cabage distroyed by wormes; other crops a fair average. Domestic animals in cities and villages (the number of domestic animals kept by those who occupy no farming lands): 14 horse; 15 cows Remarks on the mortality of the year ending June 1, 1875: nothing above an average Wages, estimated average pay of hired laborers and mechanics, exclusive of board: men working at common hand labor in building $1.50 by the day; farm hands hired by the season or year $20 by the month; farm hands hired in haying and harvest $2.00 by the day; women hired for common household work $3.00 by the week; carpenters and joiners $2.50 by the day; mason, stone and bricklayer $3.00 by the day; dressmakers $1.00 by the day; sewing and other woman's hand labor 75 cents by the day; male teachers $2.00 by the day; female teachers $5.00 by the week. Third Election District: Town of Galen Presbyterian Church; denomination Pres.; $3000 value of church & lot; $3000 value of other real estate; seats 544; 350 usual number in attendance; 216 number of communicants or regular members; $2000 salary of clergy besides use of real estate; Sab. School Library with 200 volumes. Episcopal: denomination Epis.; $3000 value of church and lot; $1500 value of other real estate; seats 552; 75 usual number in attendance; 100 number of communicants or regular members; $800 salary of clergy besides use of real estate; Sab. School Library of 150 volumes. Baptist: denomination Bap.: $8000 value of church and lot; seats 300; 100 usual number in attendance; 95 number of communicants or regular members; $1000 salary of clergy besides use of real estate; Sab. School library of 450 volumes. Roman Catholic; denomination Cath.; $17,000 value of church & lot; $4000 value of other real estate: seats 500; 350 usual number in attendance; 350 number of communicants or regular members; $1000 salary of clergy besides use of real estate. Public Libraries; School, with 500 volumes, $337000 value of real estate; Agricultural, with 250 volumes, in Town Hall Newspapers and Other Periodicals: Clyde Times, with 840 circulation Inns, hotels and taverns - 5, wholesale stores - 1; retail stores and groceries - 41 Remarks on the harvest of 1874: Wheat about an eighth larger crop than usual; oats about as usual; potatoes about as usual and other crops a fair average Domestic animals in cities and villages, the number of domestic animals kept by those who occupy no farming lands are 173 horses; 16 mules; 40 cows Wages, estimated average pay of hired laborers and mechanics, exclusive of board: men working at common hand labor in building, etc. $1 a day; farm hands hired by the season or year, $20 by the month; farm hands hired in haying and harvest $2 by the day; women hired for common household work, $2 by the week; carpenters and joiners $2.50 by the day; masons, stone and bricklayers, $3.25 by the day; shoemakers (journeymen) $8.00 by the week; machinists $1.50 by the day; moulders $1.50 by the day; blacksmiths $1.00 by the day; painters and glaziers $2.00 by the day; printers $11.00 by the week; dressmakers $3.00 by the week; sewing and other women's hand labor 75 cents by the day; boatman $25.00 by the month; teamsters with 2 horses $4.00 by the day; livery stableman $3.00 by the week. MARRIAGES: Second Election District, Town of Galen: during year ending June 1, 1875 Frank WEEDE, 24, single and Annie AVERY, age 23, single Charles CROFFORD, age 23, single and Roseta NORLEY, age 21, single Levi DICKSON, age 26, single and Annie MASTON, age 26, single David EMIGH, age 25, single and Kate SCHOONMAKER, age 24, single Joel THORNE, age 31, single and Annie CATCHPOLE, age 29, single Henry CLARK, age 24, single and Rosa THORNE, age 28, single Charles GRIDLEY, age 28, single and Emma FINCH, age 18, single Frank DESMON, age 21, single and Carrie WYKLE, age 18, single Theodore MYERS, age 23, single and Annie EGAN, age 22, single Frederick SPIES, age 25, single and Doratha SROHM, age 20, single Third Election District: Town of Galen; during the year ending June 1, 1875 Alonzo LAMB, age 29, single and Ada CARNE, age 24, single G.W.D. REYNOLDS, age 32, single and Emma M. SEARS, age 26, single Charles MERSER, age 22, single and Elizabeth PHILLIPS, age 19, single Charles BAKER, age 21, single and Mattie BIRDSELL, age 18, single Elijah DAVENPORT, age 19, single and Maria SIMMONS, age 21, single Frederick MUNN, age 19, single and Adella WOOD, age 18, single Frederick TERRY, age 22, single and Kattie WOOD, age 21, single Henry ROUSE, age 37, single and Ida WOOD, age 25, single Delmer ELLINWOOD, age 25, single and Frank SAYAR, age 20, single Frank CUNNINGHAM, age 32, single and Anna TAYLOR, age 21, single Lucus B. HOYT, age 27, widowed and Emma FORD, age 20, single Morley M. BURNHAM, age 26, single and Ella GROESBECK, age 22, single Adelbert VanTASSEL, age 30, single and Hattie REYERSON, age 25, single Marian CONKLIN, age 24, single and Martha LAMEREAUX, age 24, single Charles WHITEHEAD, age 26, single and Susan GRINER, age 19, widowed DEATHS: Second Election District: Town of Galen: during year ending June 1, 1875 Charlotte FURLONG, age 58, female, married, April 17, b. New York, housekeeper, consumption Hattie PETTYS, age 2 years 7 months, female, single, June 27, born New York, measels Third Election District: Town of Galen: during year ending June 1, 1875 Elmer WALDRUFF, age 19, male, single, Dec. 27, b. N.Y., farmer, consumption Hannah GROESBECK, age 83, female, widow, Dec. 7, b. England, old age Dortherty McLOUD, age 88, female, married, Nov. 24, b. N.Y., consumption Albert CLARRY, age 3, male, single, Jan. 2, b. N.Y., dropsy on brain Jno. R. WELCH, age 42, male, married, Dec. 8, b. Ireland, laborer, drowned Sarah COLGROVE, age 1y 1m, female, single, Dec. 7, b. N.Y., croup Mattie HUNT, age 17, female, single, May 5, b. N.Y., consumption Wm. H. CLEVELAND, age 1y 8m, male, single, Dec. 26, b. N.Y., brain fever Nathan ROSS, age 7 months, male, single, Aug. 14, b. N.Y., scarlet fever Jennie WHITE, age 36, female, married, Apr. 3, b. N.Y., consumption Simon O'BRIAN, age 2y 5m, male, single, Sept. 26, b. N.Y., scarlet fever Mary E. SHERIDAN, age 9y 11m, female, single, Sept. 11, b. N.Y., scarlet fever James HAYNER, age 3m, male, single, Feb. 22, b. N.Y., croup John SHEEHAN, age 2y 3m, male, single, Aug. 12, b. N.Y., scarlet fever Sarah EVEREST, age 2y 6m, female, single, June 17, b. N.Y., scarlet fever Alta RANYER, age 10, female, single, Sept. 9, b. N.Y., consumption Peter PALSLEY, age 13, male, single, Aug. 16, b. N.Y., scarlet fever Sarah BELTEY, age 42, female, married, June 22, b. England, unknown Cora GILLETT, age 14, female, single, Sept. 23, b. N.Y., scarlet fever Ernest ZEELUF, age 11m, male, single, May 24, b. N.Y., bowel complaint Chas. NICHOLS, age 2y 6m, male, single, Oct. 21, b. N.Y., unknown Macdelany SCHINDLER, age 82, female, married, March 9, b. Germany, old age Alexander WALDRUF, age 51, male, widowed, Oct. 5, b. N.Y., farmer, jandis Jno. CARRIGAN, age 43, male, married, Oct. 10, b. Ireland, RR laborer, killed on RR Phillip GRIMSHAW, age 72, male, married, March 14, Isle of Man, farmer, cancer in rectum Cathrin LUX, age 71, female, married, Feb. 26, b. Germany, lung disease William F. PERRY, age 37, male, married, Jan. 26, b. N.Y., consumption Henry VANTASSEL, age 67, male, married, Jan. 7, b. N.Y., farmer, apoplexy Ellen MURPHY, age 48, female, married, Dec. 1, b. Ireland, brain dropsy Theodore WHITING, age 41, male, single, Feb. 25, b. N.Y., bookkeeper, consumption Fredie GATES, age 4y 7m, male, single, May 23, b. N.Y., croup Chas. A. DAYTON, age 5y 3m, male, single, Aug. 11, b. N.Y., scarlet fever 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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