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1855 CENSUS OF TOWN OF HALFMOON
SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK
HOUSES #151 through 300

See also: Families 1-150, Families 301-450 and Families #451-603

This record was made from microfilm copies of the original census pages, photocopied by the office of the Saratoga County Historian and transcribed by Suzy and Lynn Calvin.

The enumerator's penmanship was adequate but his spelling was atrocious. He had particular trouble in spelling names of Irish-American residents. He made up new spellings for any name he didn't recognize and mismarked many columns. The photocopies also were at places very faint. Any errors in this transcription may be due to the inability of the transcribers to overcome these problems, and so the reader should check the originals. Spellings are mostly transcribed into this record just as found in the original, so some imagination must be used in reading and searching this census.

Any corrections of misread names may easily be posted or annotated if a reader will submit such observations to the Calvins.

Column headings were as follows:

1. Dwelling numbered in order of visitation
2. Of what material built
3. Value
4. Families numbered in the order of their visitation
5. Name of every person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June was in this family
6. Age
7. Sex
8. Color (whether black or mulatto)
9. Relation to the head of the family
10. In what county of the State or in what other State of Foreign Country born
11. Married
12. Widowed
13. Years resident in this city or town
14. Profession, Trade or Occupation
15. Voters – Native
16. Voters – Naturalized
17. Aliens
18. Persons of color not taxed
19. Persons over 21 years who cannot read and write
20. Owners of land
21. Deaf, Dumb, Blind, Insane or Idiotic

House	Bldg.	Surname	Given name	Age	Sex	Col	Rel	Birthplace	Mar	Wid	Yrs res	Occupation	Voters		Alien	No tax	Not r/w	Own Ld	Other
													Native	Natlzd
151	Framed	Close	Gideon	38	M			Montgomery Co.	|		9		|					|
		Close	Elisabeth	38	F		wife	Montgomery Co.	|		9
		Close	Jane	13	F		child	Fulton Co.			9
		Close	Isabella	11	F		child	Fulton Co.			9
		Close	William	9	M		child	Saratoga Co.			9
152	Framed	McCarty	Patrick	40	M			Ireland	|		9				|			|
		McCarty	Margaret	29	F		wife	Ireland	|		9				|		|
		McCarty	Mary A.	5	F		child	Saratoga Co.			5
		McCarty	Bridget	2	F		child	Saratoga Co.			2
		McCarty	Margaret 2d	3 mos	F		child	Saratoga Co.			3 mos
		Brotherick	Michael	40	M		brother	Ireland			2				|		|
		Carr	Anthony	35	M		boarder	Ireland			2				|
153	Framed	McKane	Andrew	77	M			Penn	|		26	None	|
		McKane	Catharine	62	F		wife	Saratoga Co.	|		26	None
		McKane	Julia E.	38	F		child	Saratoga Co.	|		38	None
154	Framed	Smith	Lucus	55	M			Saratoga Co.	|		55	Farmer	|					|
		Smith	Abby	50	F		wife	Saratoga Co.	|		16	None
		Smith	William	20	M		child	Saratoga Co.			16	None
		Smith	James	18	M		child	Saratoga Co.			16	None
		Smith	David S.	16	M		child	Saratoga Co.			16	None
155	Framed	Brier	William	55	M			Ireland	|		12	Mason		|	|
		Brier	Mary	35	F		wife	Saratoga Co.	|		9	None
		Brier	John	8	M		child	Saratoga Co.			8
		Brier	Thomas	6	M		child	Saratoga Co.			6
		Brier	Charles	4	M		child	Saratoga Co.			4
		Brier	William 2d	3	M		child	Saratoga Co.			3
		Brown	Thomas	69	M		father	Saratoga Co.			3 mos
		Brown	Mary	63	F		mother	Albany Co.			3 mos
156	Framed	Dater	George Jr.	34	M			Rensselaer Co.	|		19	Hotel Keeper	|					|
		Dater	Mary J.	30	F		wife	Saratoga Co.	|		9	None
		Dater	Argelia	11	F		child	Saratoga Co.			11
		Dater	Flora	5	F		child	Saratoga Co.			5
		Dater	John S.	3	M		child	Saratoga Co.			3
		Odell	Margaret	19	F		servant	Ireland			1				|
		McGrey	Catharine	25	F		servant	Ireland			1 mos				|
		Mills	Sarah	69	F		mother	Saratoga Co.			69
157	Framed	Buckby	Richard F.	47	M			Dutchess Co.	|		3 mos	Mechanic	|
		Buckby	Elisabeth J.	43	F		wife	Dutchess Co.	|		3 mos
		Brown	Phoebe	19	F		child	Dutchess Co.	|		3 mos
		Buckby	Elzada	15	F		child	Washington Co.			3 mos
		Morburn	Samuel S.	11	M		nephew	Washington Co.			3 mos
158	Framed	Parks	Charles	25	M			Rensselaer Co.	|		1 mos	Harness Maker	|
		Parks	Lydia	22	F		wife	Rensselaer Co.	|		1 mos
		Parks	Francis	1	M		child	Rensselaer Co.			1 mos
159	Frame	Merril	David	41	M			Rensselaer Co.			8	Blacksmith	|					|
		Merril	Sabrina	41	F		wife	Rensselaer Co.	|		8	None
		James	Sarah B.	44	F		sister	Rensselaer Co.	|		8
		Merril	Lorenzo	20	M		child	Rensselaer Co.			8	Carriage Maker
		Merril	Elmira	17	F		child	Rensselaer Co.			8	None
		Merril	Eliza A.	14	F		child	Rensselaer Co.			8
		Merril	David	12	M		child	Rensselaer Co.			8
160	Framed	McLees	James C.	34	M			Saratoga Co.	|		18	Farmer	|					|
		McLees	Mary	28	F		wife	Saratoga Co.	|		8	None
		McLees	John J.	2	M		child	Saratoga Co.			2
		Boyce	Daniel	80	M		father	Dutchess Co.	|		25	None	|
		Boyce	Mary	70	F		mother	Dutchess Co.	|		19	None
		Neher	Amanda	43	F		sister	Saratoga Co.		|	10	None
		Neher	Cornwall	16	M		nephew	Saratoga Co.			10	None
		Neher	Deborah M.	14	F		niece	Saratoga Co.			10
161	Framed	Filkins	J. J.	37	M			Saratoga Co.	|		1 mos	Farmer	|					|
		Filkins	Eliza	35	F		wife	Columbia Co.	|		1 mos
		Filkins	William H.	12	M		child	Columbia Co.			1 mos
		Filkins	Sarah J.	10	F		child	Columbia Co.			1 mos
		Filkins	Heber R.	7	M		child	Columbia Co.			1 mos
		Schemahorn	Abba R.	25	F		boarder	Saratoga Co.			1 mos	Dress Maker
		Schemahorn	Darwin	14	M		boarder	Saratoga Co.			1 mos
		Burke	Cornelius C.	37	F		boarder	Schenectady Co.			1 mos
162	Framed	Everetts	Mrs.	28	F			Saratoga Co.		|	7	None
		Everetts	William	15	M		child	Rensselaer Co.			7	Farmer
		Skinner	Elmira	30	F		sister	Saratoga Co.			7	None
163	Framed	McRan	Hugh	70	M			Ireland	|		23	Farmer		|	|
		McRan	Jane	66	F		wife	Ireland	|		23	None
		McRan	Lucy	23	F		child	Washington Co.			23
164	Framed	Usher	Wesley	29	M			Washington Co.	|		15	Farmer	|					|
		Usher	Lois	28	F		wife	Saratoga Co.	|		6	None
		Usher	Mary M.	2	F		child	Saratoga Co.			2
165	Framed	Usher	John	65	M			Saratoga Co.	|		20	Farmer	|					|
		Usher	Sarah	53	F		wife	Rensselaer Co.	|		20	None
		Usher	Mary E.	19	F		child	Saratoga Co.			19
		Usher	Selena M.	16	F		child	Saratoga Co.			16
		Usher	Drucilla	14	F		child	Saratoga Co.			14
		Usher	Emily	12	F		child	Saratoga Co.			12
		Usher	James	26	M		child	Saratoga Co.			20	Farmer	|
		King	Patrick	19	M		boarder	Ireland			1
166	Framed	Conlin	James	25	M			Ireland	|		5	None			|
		Conlin	Bridget	25	F		wife	Ireland	|		3	None			|		|
167	Framed	Stephenburg	Elias	50	M			Saratoga Co.	|		10	Farmer	|					|
		Stephenburg	Phoebe	40	F		wife	Saratoga Co.	|		40	None
		Stephenburg	Orin C.	18	M		child	Saratoga Co.			18	None
		Stephenburg	Frederick	15	M		child	Saratoga Co.			15	None
		Stephenburg	Amelia	13	F		child	Saratoga Co.			13
		Stephenburg	Emily	7	F		child	Saratoga Co.			7
		Stephenburg	Elisabeth	5	F		child