Tuesday, June 20, 2006

1870 MN Census - Jacob Wehr and Susanna Brandscheid

VEDLEY, JOHN (1870 U.S. Census)
MINNESOTA , STEARNS, ST CLOUD
Age: 30, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: PRUS
Series: T132 Roll: 11 Page: 158

WEHR, JACOB (1870 U.S. Census)
MINNESOTA , STEARNS, ST CLOUD
Age: 61, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: PRUS
Series: T132 Roll: 11 Page: 158

In this census Jacob and Susanna Wehr are living next to Susannah’s son, John Wetle. The census incorrectly records John’s name as “Vedley”, not an uncommon occurrence since the German “W” sounds like our “V”.

Dwelling # 97, Family # 97
Vedley, John, age 30, male, white, farmer, real estate value $500, personal value $240, born in Prussia, mother and father of foreign birth, male citizen of U.S. 21 or older
Vedley, Theresia, age 35, female, white, keeping house, born Prussia mother and father of foreign birth
Vedley, Anna, age 2, female, white, born Minnesota, father and mother of foreign birth
Vedley, Mathias, age 11/12, male, white, born Minnesota, father and mother of foreign birth, born in Oct

Dwelling #98, Family #98
Wehr, Jacob, age 61, male, white, farmer, real estate value $500, personal value (non shown), born Prussia, father and mother of foreign birth, male citizen of U.S. 21 or older
Wehr, Susanna, age 60, female, white, keeping house, born Prussia, father and mother of foreign birth

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