Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Treasure Chest Tuesday -- 1870 U.S. Census Record for Seaver Torgerson Household in Deerfield, Wisconsin

Yes, I know it's supposed to be Treasure Chest Thursday, but I can't help it - I want to share some of the records that I (and others) have found in my/their repository and online searches for my ancestral families.

This week's Treasure is the 1870 United States Federal Census record for the Seaver Torgerson household in Deerfield, Dane County, Wisconsin (on two census pages):





The Seaver Torgerson household entries are:




The extracted data for the Seaver Torgerson household:

*  Seaver Torgerson - age 67, male, white, a Farmer, $800 in real estate, $3000 in personal estate, born Norway, father of foreign birth, mother of foreign birth, a male U.S. citizen over age 21
*  Betsy Torgerson - age 52, female, white, keeping house, born Norway, father of foreign birth, mother of foreign birth
*  Ole Torgerson - age 18, male, white, works on farm, born Norway, father of foreign birth, mother of foreign birth, attended school
*  Anna Torgerson - age 15, female, white, at home, born Norway, father of foreign birth, mother of foreign birth, attended school
*  Isabella Torgerson - age 12, female, white, born Wisconsin, father of foreign birth, mother of foreign birth, attended school

The source citation for this record is:

1870 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Dane County, Wisconsin, Deerfield Township, Page 179B, Dwelling #142, Family #149, Seaver Torgerson household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 1708.

This census record for the Seaver Torgerson household is spread over two pages of the census records.  The parents have other children who are not enumerated in this record.

Seaver Torgerson's Norwegian patronymic name was Sjur Torgersen, and Betsy Torgerson's Norwegian patronymic name was Brita Olsdtr.  The Norwegian patronymic names of the children should by Sjursdtr.  However, the family apparently followed the American custom of a common surname for all family members in the 1870 time frame.  In the 1875 to 1880 time frame, the family members adopted the Leland surname.

Sjur Torgersen (1804-1889) and Brita Olsdtr (1818-1895) are my wife's 2nd great-grandparents who migrated from Voss in Norway to Wisconsin in the 1850s, settling in Deerfield, Dane County, Wisconsin.  Linda is descended from Torger Sjursen Leland (1850-1933), the oldest son of Sjur Torgersen and Brita Olsdtr, who married Anna Ellingsdtr Natvig (1853-1911).


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