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Abstracted and transcribed by Carol J. Glidden, and proofread, corrected, and formatted by , ©2000 from the National Archives and Records Administration Federal Population Schedules for the 7th Census of the United States in 1850.

Submitted by C. Gagnon, March, 2000. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded.

This is the 1850 federal census for Aroostook County, ME.

LN = Line Number Family appeared on
HN = Dwelling houses numbered in the order of visitation
FN = Families numbered in the order of visitation
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME = The Name of every Person whose usual place of abode on the 1st day of June, 1850, was in this family
RACE = Color (white, black or mulatto)
OCCUP. = Profession, Occupation,or Trade of each Male over 15 years of age
VAL. = Value of Real Estate owned
BIRTHPLACE = Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country
MRD. = Married within the year
SCH. = Attended School within the year
R/W = Persons over 21 yrs of age who cannot read & write
DDB = Whether deaf & dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict.

This page was transcribed from and proofread against the microfilm copy of the 1850 US Census.

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CENSUS YR:  1850  STATE or TERRITORY:  ME  COUNTY:  Aroostook  DIVISION:  Number 9, Range 5  REEL NO:  M432-248  PAGE NO:  88a
REFERENCE:  Enumerated the 13th of Aug 1850 by John F.H. Hall (p.177)
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 LN  HN   FN  LAST NAME      FIRST NAME     AGE SEX  RACE  OCCUP.         VAL.      BIRTHPLACE       MRD.  SCH.  R/W  DDB
                                                           Inhabitants

 1  227  233   Houlton                                            1453     Fourteen hundred and fifty three
 2   23   24   B. Range 1                                          141     One hundred and forty one
 3    7    7   8, Range 5                                           33     Thirty three
 4    8    8   6, Range 5                                           39     Thirty nine
 5    2    2   7, Range 5                                           10     Ten
 6    6    6   6, Range 4                                           37     Thirty seven
 7    1    1   B, Range 2                                            5     Five
 8   26   26   Bridgewater Academy Grant                           143     One Hundred and forty three
 9   39   39   Belfast Academy Grant                               259     Two Hundred and fifty nine
 10  16   16   Portland Academy Grant                               78     Seventy eight   
 11   5    5   Framingham Academy Grant                             31     Thirty one
 12  38   38   Williams College Grant                              224     Two Hundred and twenty four
 13  29   29   Smyrna                                              172     One Hundred and seventy two         
 14   5    5   No.9, R.5                                            25     Twenty five
 15  11   11   No.9, R.6                                            59     Fifty nine   
 16  46   46   Monticello                                          227     Two Hundred and twenty seven
 17 489  496                                                      2936

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