1850 Federal Census, Pages 179-180

THE 1850 FEDERAL CENSUS
TOWN OF METOMEN
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Census Page:

179-80	181-182	183-184
185-186	187-188	189-190
191-192	193-194	195-196

The census for the town of Metomen filled 18 pages. To enhance download speed, only two of the original pages are displayed per HTML document. To jump to a page, use these links. Select Alphabetical Page for an alphabetical listing of entries. Note that question marks have been inserted to indicate uncertainty about the reading of names.

Unlike the 1847 Wisconsin territorial census, the federal census of 1850 identified every individual in the town. In addition to name, the census listed dwelling and family numbers (merely a chronological sequence), age, gender, color (if not white), occupation, value of real estate (usually head of household only), place of birth, marriage (if it occurred during the year), school attendance during the year, literacy, and other. For Metomen, no entries were made in the marriage, literacy, and "other" columns, and they have been eliminated in the following tables in the interest of conserving space.

The census was conducted between the 26th of September and the 2nd of October by George Williams, who followed the general route taken by the census taker in 1847, beginning in the vicinity of Brandon (Bungtown). The original sequence of entries has been preserved, once again because the sequence offers clues about where families were living (for an illustration, see the Fairwater 1853 page). Comparison with the federal land sales records can identify the general location of many of the homesteads, and those that do not appear in the land records can often be placed in relation to others by virtue of census sequence. Microfilm of the state's records of the census for Fond du Lac County is available at the Historical Society library in Madison (No. 1850-476).

PAGES 179-180

PAGE 179
Dwelling #	Family #	Name last	Name first	Age	Sex	Color	Occupation	Real estate	Place of birth	School
1306	1325	Stanton	Samuel N.	31	M		Farmer	1600	Vt
1306	1325	Stanton	Jane	28	F			0	Canada
1306	1325	Stanton	Polly J.	8	F			0	Canada
1306	1325	Stanton	William A.	6	M			0	Canada
1306	1325	Stanton	Agnes E.	4	F			0	Wis
1306	1325	Proctor (?)	Mary A.	31	F			0	Canada
1306	1325	Proctor (?)	Robert A.	10	M			0	Mass
1306	1325	Proctor (?)	William L.	5	M			0	Mass
1306	1325	Proctor (?)	Ellen S.	4	F			0	Mass
1306	1325	Proctor (?)	Agnes J.	2	F			0	Mass
1307	1326	Norris	Thomas J.	48	M		Farmer	3000	NH
1307	1326	Norris	Eunice	41	F			0	NY
1307	1326	Norris	Charles	16	M			0	NY
1307	1326	Norris	Thomas J. Jr.	13	M			0	NY
1307	1326	Norris	Adeline	10	F			0	NY
1307	1326	Norris	George	8	M			0	NY
1307	1326	Norris	Lidia	4	F			0	NY
1307	1326	Norris	Horatio	2	M			0	Wis
1308	1327	Danley	Silas	29	M		Farmer	400	NY
1308	1327	Danley	Julia A.	27	F			0	NY
1308	1327	Danley	Mary	7	F			0	NY
1308	1327	Danley	Edward	5	M			0	NY
1308	1327	Danley	Francis	3	M			0	Wis
1308	1327	Hickes (?)	Lucy E.	14	F			0	Mich
1309	1328	Philips	Abel A.	45	M		Farmer	2000	NY
1309	1328	Philips	Rachael	36	F			0	NY
1309	1328	Philips	Julia A.	18	F			0	NY
1309	1328	Philips	Russell	4	M			0	Wis
1309	1328	Philips	Sally	2	F			0	Pa
1309	1328	Porter	James	30	M		Farmer	0	Canada
1309	1328	Porter	Caroline	28	F			0	Canada
1309	1328	Porter	John	1	M			0	Canada
1309	1328	Porter	James	1	M			0	Canada
1310	1329	Hanoun	Solomon H	36	M		Farmer	800	NY
1310	1329	Hanoun	Chloe (?)	30	F			0	NY
1310	1329	Hanoun	Lesli B. (?)	12	F			0	Pa
1310	1329	Hanoun	Sarah L.	10	F			0	Pa
1310	1329	Hanoun	Almira H. (?)	8	F			0	Pa
1310	1329	Hanoun	Francis	5	M			0	Wis
1310	1329	Hanoun	Winfield	2	M			0	Wis
1310	1329	Hanoun	Duane E.	1	M			0	Wis
1310	1329	Gilman	John	26	M		Farmer	0	NY

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Dwelling #	Family #	Name last	Name first	Age	Sex	Color	Occupation	Real estate	Place of birth	School
1311	1330	Culverson	James D.	38	M		Farmer	1000	NY
1311	1330	Culverson	Anna M.	42	F			0	Pa
1311	1330	Culverson	David Y.	13	M			0	Pa
1311	1330	Culverson	John W.	11	M			0	Pa
1311	1330	Culverson	Daniel B.	10	M			0	Pa
1311	1330	Culverson	James L.	8	M			0	Pa
1311	1330	Culverson	William N.	6	M			0	Pa
1311	1330	Culverson	Jenett	13	F			0	Pa
1311	1330	Culverson	Barbara A.	3	F			0	Wis
1311	1330	Frisbi (?)	William	23	M			0	Vt
1312	1331	Zaeling (?)	Thomas M.	55	M		Farmer	2500	NY
1312	1331	Zaeling (?)	Dorcas (?)	45	F			0	NY
1312	1331	Zaeling (?)	Elena (?)	16	F			0	NY
1312	1331	Zaeling (?)	Thomas Jr.	14	M			0	NY
1312	1331	Zaeling (?)	Fralice (?)	12	F			0	Pa
1312	1331	Zaeling (?)	Lucina	11	F			0	Pa
1312	1331	Skewes	Sumner	26	M		Farmer	0	NY
1313	1332	Latimer	Chancey	36	M		Farmer	300	NY
1313	1332	Latimer	Eliz	35	F			0	NY
1313	1332	Latimer	Silas	16	M			0	NY
1313	1332	Latimer	Hezekiah	14	M			0	NY
1313	1332	Latimer	Peter	12	M			0	NY
1313	1332	Latimer	Delus	4	M			0	NY
1313	1332	Latimer	Lorinda	4	F			0	NY
1314	1333	Farnum	Lyman	62	M		Farmer	700	Canada
1314	1333	Farnum	Alma	47	F			0	Vt
1314	1333	Farnum	David	22	M		Farmer	0	Canada
1314	1333	Farnum	Charles M.	21	M		Farmer	0	Canada
1314	1333	Graves	John	18	M		Farmer	0	NY
1314	1333	Ivers (?)	Thomas	17	M		Farmer	0	Canada
1315	1334	Plocker	William	39	M		Tavern Keeper	4000	England
1315	1334	Elmer	Elizabeth	41	F			0	NY
1315	1334	Brugeman (?)	Theodore	20	M		Clerk	0	Holland
1315	1334	Dole	William	55	M		Farmer	0	Pa
1315	1334	Dole	George	12	M			0	Pa
1315	1334	Dole	Michael	8	M			0	Pa
1315	1334	Ornebrodt (?)	William	24	M		Laborer	0	Vt
1315	1334	Richardson	Edgar	21	M		Laborer	0	Vt
1316	1335	Collins	Franklin	28	M		Farmer	1700	NY
1316	1335	Collins	Louisa	25	F			0	NY
1316	1335	Collins	Emma	7	F			0	NY
1316	1335	Collins	Calvin	4	M			0	Mich

Last updated 1/1/99

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