This week I came across an 1885 Minnesota State Census record for the John Paulson family. This is the family that I recently reported on their family line-up in the Ship Donau's passenger list that brought them to America in 1880. You can read that article by clicking here. It was on this list we saw that John also brought along his mother who accompanied the whole family. John was my 2x great-grandmother, Toline G. Paulson's, older brother.
In the five years since John's family's landing in New York, they had made their way to Stony Brook Township in Grant County, Minnesota. It is here that the census taker found them among a neighborhood with a large number of others from Norway.
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| IMAGE: Page 2 of 1885 Minnesota State Census of Stony Creek Township, Grant County, Minnesota. Provided by Ancestry.com. [1] |
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| SNIPPET: Close-up of Family #10, John Paulson, et al. |
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Top of the page heading states: Page No. 2, Schedule, Inhabitants in Stony Brook in the County of Grant, 577, State of Minnesota, enumerated by me on the 20th day of May 1885. Post office Aasted. A.E. Dybdal, Assessor.
Columns represent: Families numbered in the order of visitation, Name of every person who was in this family of the 1st of May, 1885; Description- Age at last birthday, if less than one year give months in fractions thus 3/12; Sex- Males (M), Females (F); Color- White (W), Black (B), Mulatto (M), Chinese (C), Indian (I); Place of birth, naming the State or Territory of U.S. or the Country if of foreigh birth;
10 John Paulson 45 M W Norway
Anna M Paulson 46 F " "
Gunnild Paulson 20 " " "
Gunder Paulson 17 M " " [likely Gunnuld]
Maria Paulson 15 F " " [likely Aaste Maria]
Halvor Paulson 12 M " "
Isabel Paulson 7 F " " [likely Ingeborg Elise]
Gunnild Johnson 67 " " " [John's mother]
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Source:
1. Minnesota, Territorial and States Censuses, 1849-1905, online database with images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 01 March 2018); citing Minnesota Historical Society, 1977, Minnesota State Population Census Schedule, 1885, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA; Microfilm roll MNSC_21, Grant County, Stony Brook, page 2, family Number 10, lines 7-14, John Paulson household.
As we know from last Wednesday's article, this list of family members is missing the young son named Paul. It is not known if he is just at another's household or if, when he died. But I am still looking.
Amanuensis Monday is a weekly blog theme that was started by John Newmark, the author of TransylvanianDutch blog. John defines Amanuensis as "A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another." I also appreciate the good work and format examples of San Diego genealogist Randy Seaver of the blog Genea-musings. Thanks, guys.
I am reminded that transcribing helps me to learn what a document contains. I have learned over time that I have a tendency to "skim" over an item; a bad trait for a researcher who needs to learn even the smallest details documented records contain. Transcribing helps me to slow down; to capture all aspects of the paper in hand. It also gives me a better opportunity to share the document with you.
Thank you so much for stopping in to read this post. It is a treat for me that you did. Hope your week is starting off well. Have a good day too.
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