Shamong Township
Shamong Township
Burlington County, New Jersey

Federal Census 1880

Hse# Fam# Surname Name Age Birth Occupation
1 1 Cotton Thomas 59 NJ shoemaker
Elizabeth 56 NJ keeping house
Issac A. 27 NJ
Somers B. 16 NJ
Ella E. 13 NJ
2 2 Wilkinson John L. 48 Ireland farmer
Susan 24 Ireland servant
William 22 NJ farm labor
Lilla F. 20 NJ at home
C. Lewis 13 NJ at school
3 3 Brown Hannah 39 NJ farmer
Mary 12 NJ at home
C.Anna 9 NJ
John L. 6 NJ
Hannah 4 NJ
Le Munyon Richard ?? NJ servant
4 4 Weeks Asa S. 49 NJ farmer
Dorothy 36 NJ keeping house
Howard W. 10 NJ at home
Amanda 1 NJ
Curtis W. 22 NJ farm labor
*Curtis is listed as Asa's cousin
Powell Ida 18 NJ servant
5 5 LeMunyon James 37 NJ farm laborer
Anna E. 29 NJ keeping house
Ella V. 10 NJ
William 8 NJ
6 6 LeMunyon Joseph 70 NJ farmer
Ellen 57 NJ Keeping house
*Ellen's parents were both born in Ireland
John 35 NJ at home
Joseph 30 NJ farm labor
William 27 NJ farm labor
Alfred 19 NJ at home
Charles 16 NJ at home
7 7 Huntsman Jonathan 73 NJ shoemaker
Sarah 70 NJ keeping house
Sarah A. --- NJ dressmaker
8 Huntsman John 46 NJ RR laborer
Elizabeth 27 NJ keeping house
John C. 20 NJ farm labor
Clarence 5 NJ
8 9 Asay James K. 29 NJ wheelwright
Elizabeth 27 NJ keeping house
Lillian R. 7 NJ
Ida H. 5 NJ
Stephen P. 17 NJ wheelwright
*Stephen is James' brother
The gray family is the only non-white family on the page---they are all mulatto.
9 10 Gray* John 68 NJ farm labor
his parents were both born in Delaware
Mary Ann 57 NJ keeping house
Alice 20 NJ servant
Her occupation is servant. She is John and Mary Ann's daughter
Cooper J. 18 NJ farm labor
Viola 1 NJ
Viola is James' grand daughter
10 11 Montgomery Keziah 55 NJ farmer
Census says he has rheumatism
Rebecca 18 NJ at home
Conrow Frank 27 NJ farm labor
He is listed as a son; unclear why he has a different surname
Kelly Charles 27 NJ farm labor
He has no familial relation- his relation to Keziah is given as 'servant'
11 12 Holmes Richard H. 40 NJ farmer
Taylor Mary A. 35 NJ housekeeper
Campbell Charles 22 NJ servant
Alloway James 17 NJ farm laborer
12 13 Morrisey Robert J. 62 Scotland farmer
Ann 50 Scotland keeping house
13 14 Wills William H. 46 NJ peddler of tinware
Phoebe 39 NJ keeping house
Mary 19 NJ servant
Her occupation is servant; her relation to William H. is daughter
James 17 NJ at home
Eliza J. 15 NJ at home
Ella 14 NJ at home
William H. 6 NJ
14 15 Wills George 74 NJ farmer
Mary 71 NJ keeping house
Mary A. 36 NJ at home
16 Wills John 31 NJ farm laborer
Hannah A. 35 NJ keeping house
Ella V. 6 NJ
John NJ 1
15 17 Scott Sydney R. 37 Utah farmer
Mary P. 42 NJ keeping house
Susan H. 15 NJ at home
Rebecca W. 14 NJ at home
Samuel D. 10 NJ at home
Mary H. 8 NJ
David E. 6 NJ
Georgeanna 4 NJ
Sydney E. 9 mos NJ
Tiesenfetts John 23 Bavaria servant
16 18 Rinear Joseph B. 53 NJ blacksmith
Tolesn Elizabeth 44 Ireland housekeeper
17 19 McCully Matthew 73 Ireland wood chopper
18 20 Dobson Tobiah 59 NJ huckster
*his father was born in Baden, his mother in NJ
Hannah 37 NJ keeping house
Stephen C. 14 NJ at home
Susan A. 8 NJ
19 21 Dellett Aaron 28 NJ farm labor
*both of his parents were born in Ireland
Sophia 19 NJ keeping house
Lydia E. 1 NJ
20 22 LeMunyon Mark 57 PA farmer
*though born in PA, both of his parents were born in NJ
Nancy 54 NY keeping house
21 23 LeMunyon John 56 NJ farmer
22 24 Backridge Nicholas 67 France farmer
Rosanna 51 NY keeping house
Nicholas 24 NJ RR laborer
John C. 21 NJ farm laborer
Frances 20 PA
*she is Nicholas' daughter in law; her parents were both born in Ireland
Rosanna 17 NJ servant
Her occupation is servant; she is Nicholas' daughter
Lillian 2 NJ
*she is Nicholas' grand daughter
Charles C. 1 mo NJ
*He is Nicholas' grandson
23 25 Cline Amos P. 47 NJ farmer
Hannah 38 NJ keeping house
Georgianna 20 NJ at home
Ellen 17 NJ at home
Frederick 16 NJ works in cotton mill
E. Asbury 13 NJ at home
Charlotte H. 12 NJ at home
Walter G. 9 NJ
Anna L. 8 NJ
24 26 Milley Deborah 57 NJ farmer
*both of her parents were born in Ireland
James 24 NJ RR laborer
Mary J. 19 NJ
*she is Deborah's daughter in law
Graham 16 NJ at home
Josephine 1 NJ
*she is Deborah's grand daugter
25 27 Milley John 31 NJ RR laborer
*his mother was born in Ireland
Hannah A. 25 NJ keeping house
Graham 3 NJ
Here begins the enumeration of the town of Atsion
26 28 Thompson Edward 51 NJ farm manager
Sarah J. 51 NJ
Raleigh Walter J. 34 PA boarder
*Walter's parents were born in Ireland
Horner Robert E. 54 NJ clerk in store
*Robert's mother was born in Pennsylvania
O'Mara Patrick 21 Ireland clerk in store
Crain Mary 11 NJ servant
27 29 Morris Martin F. 24 NJ RR laborer
Sarah 17 NJ
Franklin 1 mo. NJ
28 30 Wills Daniel F. 47 NJ carpenter
Hannah W. 36 NJ
Mary R. 18 NJ works in cotton mill
Thomspon Reuben 37 NJ RR laborer
29 31 Broom William T. 42 NJ works in cotton mill
Catherine 37 Baden keeping house
Rebecca A. 19 NJ works in cotton mill
Henry E. 17 NJ works in cotton mill
Hannah J. 14 NJ works in cotton mill
Jenetta 11 NJ works in cotton mill
William R. 8 NJ
Cinderella 5 NJ
30 32 O'Brien Julia A. 37 NJ works in cotton mill
*her father was born in Ireland, her mother in New York
Magee Mary A. 64 NY
*Mary is Julia's mother. Her father was born in Vermont, her mother in NY.
Mary also has cancer according to the census.
Abbott Sarah E. -- NJ works in cotton mill
Sarah is Julia's daughter, presumably from another marriage (different surname)
Mary H. 10 NJ works in cotton mill
O'Brien Michael 6 NJ
Richard T. 2 NJ
31 33 Hyne J. Wilkins 45 NY telegraph operator
Emma M. 43 Bavaria
32 34 Meenan Fannie 57 Ireland works in cotton mill
33 35 Platts Edward 36 NJ RR laborer
Rachel 36 NJ
Clara B. 13 NJ works in cotton mill
Charles 9 NJ works in cotton mill
Jerusha 8 NJ
Edward 6 NJ
Edward 6 NJ
William H. 2 NJ
Sarah C. 5 mos NJ
34 36 Rose William 81 NJ farm laborer
Lucy A. 47 NJ
Irene 14 NJ works in cotton mill
Anna E. 12 NJ works in cototn mill
35 37 Ford John 51 NJ farm laborer
Mary E. 25 NJ works in cotton mill
Crain Sarah H. 67 NJ
She is John's mother in law
Guff Sarah A. 27 NJ works in cotton mill
*She is John's sister in law
36 38 Brown Benjamin B. 78 MA farmer
Lydia T. 68 VT
Briggs Margaret 15 NJ servant
37 39 Cahill William 36 MA works in cotton mill
Elizabeth W. 38 NJ
Gifford Emma 14 NJ works in cotton mill
*she is listed as William's daughter, but has a different surname
Joseph 9 NJ
Charles L. 7 NJ
38 40 McIntyre Catherine 43 Ireland keeping house
John F. 15 NJ works in cotton mill
Charles 18 NJ works in cotton mill
Mary 11 NJ works in cotton mill
39 41 Robinson James 44 Canada RR laborer
Mary T. 35 PA
*Her parents were both born in Ireland
John J. 15 Canada works in cotton mill
Jane H. 14 Canada works in cotton mill
Mary 12 Canada works in cotton mill
Joseph 11 Canada works in cotton mill
Charles 3 PA
Ella 2 NJ
40 42 Kell Peter 43 NJ farm laborer
Elizabeth 40 NJ
Mary A. 16 NJ works in cotton mill
John 13 NJ works in cotton mill
David S. 11 NJ
Charlie 8 NJ
Theodore 6 NJ
Eva May 2 NJ
41 43 Castle T.B. 49 NY physician
*According to this census, his father was from England, his mother from PA.
He also suffers from dysentery
Sarah F. 46 England
Anna F. 12 PA at home
Craven Lillian 14 NJ servant
42 44 Roselle Elwood 49 NJ farm laborer
Mary E. 41 NJ
Benjamin 15 NJ works in cotton mill
Elwood 10 NJ works in cotton mill
Mary E. 8 NJ
Sarah A. 2 NJ
43 45 Milley Susan 52 Ireland washer woman
Smith 9 NJ
*Smith is Susan's grandson
44 46 Philipp John 35 Ireland RR laborer
Catherine 36 Ireland
John H. 13 NY works in cotton mill
Hugh J. 11 NJ works in cotton mill
James 8 NJ
Catherine 1 NJ
Egemore Alvin 7 NJ
*Alvin is John's nephew; his mother was born in England and his mother in Ireland.
Here ends the enumeration of the town of Atsion

Although this is the end of Atsion, there is more to add for the rest of Shamong Township, which I will be doing in the future.