[or-roots] missing from 1860, 1870, 1880 censuses

[W David Samuelsen]

1860 and 1870 (and 1880) censues may be complete but the people in some areas 
are completely missed.  in case of Baker County, one entire community of
Wingville is not enumerated at all in 1870 census! There's more than 100
families in this community alone and it's the first permament settlement in
the county.

in case of 1880 Baker County, the ENTIRE area between Ontario and Nevada/
Idaho border is completely overlooked. I am still looking for the people
who lived in Ontario, Nyssa, Vale, Jordan Valley, etc. They have been
there since at least 1864.

So it is likely there are other spots in Oregon that were overlooked
in 1860, 1870 and 1880 censuses.

David Samuelsen

Leslie Chapman wrote:
> On a whim I just peeked in my deleted folder and there was Sues reply to the
> post from Aloha, I don't know if that was my fault or a quirk of my spam
> blocker, but lucky I looked. Yes a very informative post.
> 
> I would dispute the assertion these folks can "ALL" be found in the Census
> records though, I have been page by page through most of that end of Douglas
> County in 1860 and 1870 Census with only limited luck finding many of these
> folks. As to their hiding from being shipped out, since most of the tribe
> was rounded up and sent north I fail to understand why there would not have
> been instances of folks making themselves scarce to avoid that, though I
> only have that as a suggestion from one of the cousins. I know of many
> instances where I "know" where a relative of mine is in a particular Census
> year, and they simply aren't in the records. Whether they were enumerated
> and their records lost, they didn't want to be taken or the Census taker
> simply missed them I do not know. I did manage to find several of the folks
> I was looking for by going page by page through the Douglas County Census,
> but would be more than happy to post a list of missing folks if you wish to
> prove me wrong.
> 
> Les Chapman khanjehgil at presys.com