Relevant Census Data

Last Update: Monday 01 Jan 0001

A summary of all of the census data of Edward Mills’ family that I have been able to access.

Year	Type	Town	Name	Age	Birthplace	Occupation	Industry
1860	US	Castleton	Bartlett Brown	27	New York	Merchant
1860	US	Castleton	Edward H. Mills	42	New York	Clerk
1860	US	Castleton	Mary A Mills	42	New York
1860	US	Castleton	Jonas E Mlls	8	New York
1860	US	Castleton	Horace F Mills	5	New York
1860	US	Castleton	Mary E Mills	1	New York
1865	NYS	Ithaca	Anna [unclear]	42
1870	US	Pembroke	Mills Edward	51	New York	Dry goods dealer
1870	US	Pembroke	Mills Mary A.	51	New York	Keeping house
1870	US	Pembroke	Mills Jonas E.	18	New York	At home
1870	US	Pembroke	Mills Horace F.	15	New York	Clerk in dry goods store
1870	US	Pembroke	Mills Mary E.	11	New York	At school
1870	US	Danby	Eastman Hannah	46	England
1875	NYS	Pembroke	Edward H Mills	56	Long Island	Merchant
1875	NYS	Pembroke	Mary A Mills	56	Long Island
1875	NYS	Pembroke	Jonas E Mills	22	Staten Island
1875	NYS	Pembroke	Horace F Mills	20	Staten Island
1875	NYS	Pembroke	Emma M Mills	16	Staten Island
1880	US	Caroline	Mills Edward. H.	61	New York	Merchant
1880	US	Caroline	Mills Mary. A.	61	New York	Keeping house
1880	US	Caroline	Mills Jonas. E.	28	New York	Clerk in Store
1880	US	Caroline	Mills Em. Emily.	20	New York
1880	US	Danby	Eastman Hannah	56	England	Keeping home
1892	NYS	Caroline	E. H. Mills	73		Merchant
1892	NYS	Caroline	Mary A. Mills	73
1892	NYS	Caroline	Emily Mills	34		Clerk
1892	NYS	Danby	Hannah Eastman	68	England
1900	US	Caroline Town	Mills Edward	81	New York	Dealer in general mdse.
1900	US	Caroline Town	Mills Hannah	76	England
1900	US	Caroline Town	Mills Mary E	41	New York	Saleswoman (General store)
1905	NYS	Caroline	Mills E. H.	86		Merchant
1905	NYS	Caroline	Mills Hannah	87	England English	House work
1905	NYS	Caroline	Mills Emily	46		[unclear] clerk
1910	US	Caroline Town	Mills Hannah	85	Eng. English	None
1910	US	Caroline Town	Mills Emily	51	New York	Merchant	Country Store
1915	NYS	Caroline	Mills Hannah	91	England English	House work
1915	NYS	Caroline	Mills Emily M.	56	US	Merchant
1920	US	Caroline	Mills Mary E.	61	New York	Manager	General Store
1920	US	Caroline	Gould, Ellen J.	71	New York	Servant	Private Family
1925	NYS	Caroline	Mills, Emily M.	67		Merchant
1925	NYS	Caroline	Gould, Ellen J.	77		Housekeeper
1930	US	Caroline Township	Mills, Mary E.	71	New York	Proprietor	Grocery Store

— United States Federal Census and New York, U.S., State Census, ancestry.com. Click column headers to change sort order. Download source data.

According to newyorkfamilyhistory.org:

The second Constitution of the State of New York, written in 1821, required that a state census be taken in 1825 and every ten years after that - censuses were then taken every ten years until 1875.
Due to a number of political and bureaucratic conflicts, no state census was taken in 1885 - New York State wound up taking a census in 1892, skipped the census which should have occurred in 1895, and then resumed census-taking every ten years in the fifth year of each decade - 1905, 1915, and 1925. The state census was officially abolished in 1931, so the 1925 state census is the last one that exists.
...In 1911, a fire in New York's State Capitol, Albany, destroyed an enormous amount of crucial historical and genealogical records.

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