Edward Nixon Census Records

So I've just started to get my feet wet with this family history stuff. I got on to new.familysearch.org and just started following lines back until they started getting sketchy. I ended up researching the Nixon line. I wanted to find a maiden name for Edward's (b 1803) wife, Margaret. I went to labs.familysearch.org record search (which is very cool) and found the family in the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses (narrow search by date 1810-1819, 5 results, one is irrelevant). Edward and Margaret are both in the 1880, which is interesting because family search says that he died in 1847. Ha ha thats wrong. The 1850 census has the whole family with all of the kids. They are in Green township, Monroe, Ohio. They stay there until 1880, though most of the kids move out and some grandkids move in. I still need to figure out who the grand kids belong to.


1850 Green, Monroe, Ohio Census



Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Green, Monroe, Ohio; Roll: M432_712; Page: 363; Image: 343.

Extraction and Citation from labs.fam...

Name: Margaret Nixon
Residence: Monroe, Ohio
Age: 40 years
Estimated birth year: 1810
Birth place: Pennsylvania
Gender: Female
Film number: 444705
Image number: 00347
Reference number: 14
Dwelling: 73
Household id: 73
Collection: 1850 United States Census


Self-Extraction of the rest of the household:

Name: Edward Nixon (Head of House)
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Attended School in census year: no

Name: Catharine Nixon
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Occupation:
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Attended School in census year: yes

Name: John Nixon
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Attended School in census year: yes

Name: Margaret Nixon
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Occupation:
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Attended School in census year: yes

Name: Belford Nixon
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Occupation:
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Attended School in census year: yes

Name: Rebecca Nixon
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Occupation:
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Attended School in census year: yes

Name: Joshua Nixon
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Occupation:
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Attended School in census year: yes

Name: Nancy Nixon
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Occupation:
Birthplace: Ohio
Attended School in census year: no

Note: The family moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio sometime between 1842 and 1846.


1880 Census, Monroe Co. Ohio



Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Green, Monroe, Ohio; Roll: T9_1050; Family History Film: 1255050; Page: 477.1000; Enumeration District: 124; Image: 0232.

Extraction and citation from labs.fam...

Name: Margaret Nixon
Residence: Green, Monroe, Ohio
Birth date: 1811
Birth place: Pennsylvania, United States
Relationship to head-of-household: Wife
Spouse name: Edward Nixon
Spouse birth place: Pennsylvania, United States
Father birth place: Ireland
Mother birth place: Ireland
Race or color (expanded): White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Age: 69 years
Occupation: Keeping House
NARA film number: T9-1050
Page: 477
Page letter: A
Entry number: 4719
Film number: 1255050
Collection: 1880 United States Census


Self-extraction for other household members:

Name: Edward Nixon (Head of Household)
Race: White
Gender: Male
Age: 80
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania

Name: Margared Endsley
Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: 8
Relationship to HoH: Granddaughter
Marital Status: Single
Attended School in census year: Yes
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio

Name: John T. Nixon
Race: White
Gender: Male
Age: 3
Relationship to HoH: Grandson
Marital Status: Single
Attended School in census year: no
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio

Note: the family is living in the same house as another family. The head of house is Frederic Claugus, no apparent relation.