Chapter I

35,000 and 10,000

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1870 U.S. Census, 8th District, 3rd Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, page 120, lines 27 to 32, enumerated June 18, 1870 (the printed column headings are joined above the lines)Today
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1 Dwelling-houses numbered in the order of visitation | 2 Families numbered in the order of visitation | 3 The name of every person whose place of abode on the first day of June, 1870, was in this family | 4 Age | 5 Sex | 6 Color | 7 Profession, Occupation, or Trade of each person, male or female | VALUE OF REAL ESTATE OWNED: 8 Value of Real Estate | 9 Value of Personal Estate | 10 Place of Birth
27 | 862 | 990 | Deakyne Adam | 38 | M | W | Physician | 8000 | 500 | Delaware
28 | Annie L | 31 | F | W | Keeps House | | | Penna
29 | Bessie | 8 | F | W | | | | Penna
30 | Clarence | 6 | M | W | | | | Penna
31 | Clark William | 62 | M | W | Lumber Dealer | 35,000 | 10,000 | Penna
32 | Wilhelmina | 65 | F | W | | | 1,000 | Penna
Source: Population schedules of the ninth census of the United States, 1870, Pennsylvania [microform] (Internet Archive populationschedu1389unit), image n122, U.S. Census Office; microfilm digitized by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Public domain.
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