1870 Michigan Mortality Schedule
Manistee County

Persons who Died during the Year  ending 1st June, 1870


Recorded during the 1870 Federal Census by Samuel Glover.
The # shown to the left of the name corresponds with the
dwelling # in the 1870 census for the particular Ward or City.

Town of Bear Lake

# Name Age Sex Color Marital Status Place of Birth Month of Death Occupation Disease⁄Cause of Death
10 Thomas Murphy 10 m w Canada April measels
33 Rockwell, Charles 3 m w   Michigan July   inflammation of stomach
40 Morse, Amasa A. 41 m w married New York June Farmer abcess in side
65 Castles, William 1⁄12 m w   Michigan Sept.   inflamation of bowels
  Robinson, Minerva 35 f w married Ohio July keeping house epilepsey
  Latimore, Samuel 53 m w married Canada Oct. carpenter dropsey

 

Filer City


Those without #'s were taken from County records
# Name Age Sex Color Marital Status Place of Birth Month of Death Occupation Disease⁄Cause of Death
4 Haravorn ---- 1 wk. m w   Michigan Jan   dysentery
5 Peterson, Peter 5⁄12 m w   Michigan Aug   convulsions
6 Bergime, Mary 2 f w   Minnesota Aug   dysentery
6 Bergime, Charles 8⁄12 m w   Minnesota Sep   scarlet fever
27 Rejal, Herman 2 m w   Prussia Sep   cholera infantum
27 Rejal, 
Frederick		 1 m w   Prussia Sep   cholera infantum
57 Ball, George 1 m w   Michigan Aug   cholera infantum
  Barrett, James W. 2 m w   Michigan Sep   typhoid fever
  Dolka, Anton 1 m w   Germany Aug   remittent fever
  Grant
(Grains?), Sophia		 24 or 27 f w married Poland Sep keeping house child birth
  Bueler, Johann 7 m w   Poland Jan   fever
  Bouk, Michael 25 m w   Poland Dec laborer diarrhea
  Rishwak, Anna 21 f w   Germany Dec   fever

 

Town of Manistee


Those without #'s were taken from County records
# Name Age Sex Color Marital Status Place of Birth Month of Death Occupation Disease⁄Cause of Death
2 Greenwood, Phillip E. 5⁄12 f w   Michigan Oct   measels
14 Messer, Mary 26 f w   Mass. Oct no occupation venereal disease

1st Ward, City of Manistee

# Name Age Sex Color Marital Status Place of Birth Month of Death Occupation Disease⁄Cause of Death
5 Turville, Mary A. 7 f w   Michigan Sep   measels
16 Goodwin, Archibald 1⁄12 m w   Michigan Oct   cholera infantum
20 Hoffman, Ferdinand 9⁄12 m w   Michigan July   cholera infantum
41 Engfar, Willie 4⁄12 m w   Michigan March   cholera infantum

2nd Ward, Manistee City

# Name Age Sex Color Marital Status Place of Birth Month of Death Occupation Disease⁄Cause of Death
24 Williams, Samuel B. 1 m w   Michigan Aug   cholera infantum
71 Molven, Heller 31 f w married New York March   _____ of lungs
71 Molven, Charles 11 days m w   Michigan Feb   cholera infantum
99 Leggett, John 29 m w married Scotland Aug laborer drowning
110 DeLoya,
Daniel H.		 3 m w   Canada Oct   typhoid fever
185 Yager, William D. 1 m w   Michigan Nov   cholera infantum
195 McElroy, Charles 21 m w   Rhode Island Oct laborer drowning
201 Hornkohl, William 1 m w   Michigan May   convulsions

3rd Ward, Manistee City

# Name Age Sex Color Marital
Status		 Place of
 Birth		 Month of 
Death		 Occupation Disease⁄Cause
 of Death
21 Durmett, 
Charles F.		 1⁄2 m w   Michigan Aug   cholera
infatum
62 Bailey, John C.F. 12 m w   Michigan Aug   typhoid fever
70 Thompson, 
Charles W.		 1⁄2 m w   Michigan May   congestion
of brain
94 Elza, Eddie M. 1⁄12 m w   Michigan Apr   ulcer in
throat
105 Chamberlain,
Mary		 1⁄2 f w   Michigan Apr   cholera infantum
111 Brandt, Isabelle 17 f w Married Bavaria Sep   consumption
111 Brandt, Charles 67 m w Married Prussia Aug surveyor palpitation
of heart
114 Collins, Anne M. 4⁄12 f w   Michigan June   dysentery
119 Crompsy, Joseph 52 m w Married Canada May laborer typhoid fever
186 Welbes, Frankie 2 m w   Michigan Oct   cholera infantum
188 O'Connell, Mary A. 1⁄12 f w   Michigan Aug   smothered in bed?
cocifasse
207 Tieffenback, Sarah M. 42 f w   Scotland Dec   cancer in stomach
  Cunningham,
Margaret		 1 f w   Michigan Sep   intermittent fever
  Anderson,
Christina		 1
day		 f w   Michigan Dec   not known
  Jackson, Anna J. 1 f w   Michigan Aug   consumption
  Johnson, John P. 2 m w   Michigan Aug   not known
  Whitfield, John 6 m w   Michigan Nov   remittent
fever

 

4th Ward, City of Manistee


Those without #'s were taken from County records
# Name Age Sex Color Marital Status Place of Birth Month of Death Occupation Disease⁄Cause
of Death
32 Weeger, Helmuth (?) 1⁄12 m w   Michigan Jan   cholera infantum
45 Sibben, Holister 5⁄12 m w   Michigan July   cholera infantum
57 Gaffney, Jane 1⁄12 f w   Michigan Jan   dysentery
68 Wydt, Frankie 4 m w   Wisc. May   drowning

Onekama

# Name Age Sex Color Marital Status Place of Birth Month of Death Occupation Disease⁄Cause of Death
19 Dailey, Minnie (Millie?) 1 f w   Michigan July   consumption

Pleasanton

# Name Age Sex Color Marital Status Place of Birth Month of Death Occupation Disease⁄Cause of Death
25 Glover, Edgar 1 m w   Michigan July   dysentery
25 Glover, Jane 1 f w   Michigan July   dysentery
  Austin, Mrs. 45 f w Married Mass. Oct keeping house cancer in stomach


Stronach


Those without #'s were taken from County records
# Name Age Sex Color Marital Status Place of Birth Month of Death Occupation Disease⁄Cause of Death
7 Scofield, Edward A. 1 m w   Michigan Sep   cholera infantum
23 Pauling, John M. 1 m w   Michigan Sep   cholrea infantum
34 Rosetta, Hellen 1⁄12 f w   Michigan Mar   cholera infantum