1885 Dakota Territory Census (Jamestown) + 1884 Patrick Murphy Declaration of Intent (composite PDF)

--- newspaper: Dakota Territory census of 1885, Schedule 1 (Inhabitants in Jamestown, County of Stutsman), sheet "Page No. 11", with the Stutsman County naturalization-volume title card, divider and page 110 (not a newspaper; a five-page microfilm composite PDF) date: 1885-06-01 page: 11 (the "Page No." as written on the sheet; PDF pages 1 and 2 are two scans of this one sheet; PDF page 5 is register page 110) transcribed_by: claude-sonnet-5-5 (Claude Code subagent), 2026-10-04 proofed_by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-04 method: the five embedded bitmaps extracted with pdfimages (p.1 1498 x 2215, p.2 1492 x 2210, p.3 1483 x 1931, p.4 1206 x 1619, p.5 1112 x 1662; about 200 ppi) and also rasterised at 300 dpi with pdftoppm -r 300 as the brief asked (the 300 dpi pages only enlarge the same bitmaps, so the native bitmaps were read); the sheet's row rules located by ink profile, every row cut into column tiles upscaled 4x to 14x, the seven vertical column headings rotated and read at 4.5x, every doubtful digit set beside clear digits from the same sheet and checked on the second scan; metadata.yaml was read first, as instructed, then every entry was read from the image; lines 1 to 24 are transcribed in full, lines 25 to 50 only in outline (outside the brief) --- # PDF page 1: Schedule 1 sheet, Page No. 11 [Layout: printed form in black on pale paper; handwritten entries are marked as such where it matters. The printed column numbers run 1 to 26 left to right. The form's own printed line numbers 1 to 50 stand at the left edge of each row (checked against the numbering below for lines 1 to 25 and 43 to 50). Faint show-through of writing from the other side of the leaf is not transcribed.] ## Heading [top right, large printed letter:] C. [printed form number, top centre:] [7-296.] Page No. [handwritten:] 11 } Supervisor's Dist. No. [handwritten:] 2 [the base of the 2 runs on into a thin hairline stroke rising to the upper right] } Enumeration Dist. No. [handwritten:] 44 [a long slanting pen stroke crosses and rises above the figures, with a thin horizontal stroke through them] } Note A.—The Census Year begins June 1, 1884, and ends May 31, 1885. Note B.—All persons will be included in the Enumeration who were living on the 1st day of June, 1885. No others will. Children BORN SINCE June 1, 1885, will be OMITTED. Members of Families who have DIED SINCE June 1, 1885, will be INCLUDED. Note C.—Questions Nos. 13, 14, 22 and 23 are not to be asked in respect to persons under 10 years of age. [In the scan the numerals 13 and 23 in Note C, and the final 5 of several printed "1885", print with open, 8-like shapes.] SCHEDULE 1.—Inhabitants in [handwritten:] Jamestown, in the County of [handwritten:] Stutsman, [handwritten above the printed word "State", which is struck through:] Terr [followed by a looping flourish] ~~State~~ of [handwritten:] Dakota enumerated by me on the [handwritten:] First day of June, 1885. [signature:] B. S. Russell Enumerator. ## Column headings (printed) [Printed column numbers are given first. Group headings run vertically along the right-hand side of each group.] [Unnumbered pair, group heading "In Cities."] Name of Street. / House Number. 1 [barely legible] Dwelling houses numbered in order of visitation. 2 [barely legible] Families numbered in order of visitation. 3 The Name of each Person whose place of abode, on 1st day of June, 1885, was in this family. [printed vertically] [Group heading "Personal Description."] 4 Color—White, W.; Black, B; Mulatto, Mu.; Chinese, C.; Indian, I. 5 Sex—Male, M.; Female, F. 6 Age at last birthday prior to June 1, 188[0?]. If under 1 year, give months in fractions, thus: 1/12. 7 If born within the Census year, give the month. 8 Relationship of each person to the head of this family—whether wife, son, daughter, servant, boarder, or other. [printed vertically] [Group heading "Civil Condition."] 9 Single, / . 10 Married, / . 11 Widowed, / . Divorced, D. 12 Married during Census year, / . [Group heading "Occupation."] 13 Profession, Occupation or Trade of each person, male or female. [printed vertically] 14 Number of months this person has been unemployed during the Census year. [Group heading "Health."] 15 Is the person [on the day of the Enumerator's visit] sick or temporarily disabled, so as to be unable to attend to ordinary business or duties? If so, what is the sickness or disability? [printed vertically] 16 Blind, / . 17 Deaf and Dumb, / . 18 Idiotic, / . 19 Insane, / . 20 Maimed, Crippled, Bedridden, or otherwise disabled, / . [Group heading "Education."] 21 Attended school within the Census year, / . 22 Cannot read, / . 23 Cannot write, / . [Group heading "Nativity."] 24 Place of Birth of this person, naming State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth. [printed vertically] 25 Place of Birth of the FATHER of this person, naming the State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth. [printed vertically] 26 Place of Birth of the MOTHER of this person, naming the State or Territory of United States, or the Country, if of foreign birth. [printed vertically] ## Entries, lines 1 to 24 [Columns: Ln = printed line number; 1 = dwelling; 2 = family; 3 = name (surname first, as written); 4 = color; 5 = sex; 6 = age; 7 = month; 8 = relationship; 9 and 10 = a slash mark in the Single or Married column; 13 = occupation; 14 = months unemployed; 21 = slash in "Attended school"; 24, 25, 26 = birthplace of the person, of the father, of the mother. "Do" is the ditto written in the cell. A blank cell is empty. Columns 11, 12, 15 to 20, 22 and 23 are empty on every line 1 to 24 (apart from the one tick noted at line 24).] | Ln | 1 | 2 | 3 Name | 4 | 5 | 6 Age | 7 | 8 Relationship | 9 / 10 | 13 Occupation | 14 | 21 | 24 Born | 25 Father | 26 Mother | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | 83 | 89 | Connell Peter | W | M | 21 | | Boarder | 9 / | Laborer | [faint mark] | | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | | 2 | 84 | 90 | [F?]owley Robert | W | M | 72[?] | | Husband | 10 / | Do | 2 | | England | England | England | | 3 | | | Do Ann | W | F | 42 | | Wife | 10 / | | | | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | | 4 | | | Do Mary | W | F | 10 | | Daughter | | | | / | Minnesota | England | Do | | 5 | | | Do Charles | W | M | 20[?] | | Son | 9 / | [Fireman?] | | | Michigan | Do | Do | | 6 | | | Moore William | W | M | 44 | | Boarder | 9 / | Do | | | Minnesota | Do | Do | | 7 | 85 | 91 | Fletcher John | W | M | 29 | | Husband | 10 / | Engineer | | | Wisconsin | Penna | Penna | | 8 | | | Do Maggie | W | F | 22 | | Wife | 10 / | | | | England | England | Ireland | | 9 | | | Do George | W | M | 4/12 | Feb | | | | | | Dakota | Wisc^n | England | | 10 | 86 | 92 | Kelleher D. M. | W | M | 42 | | Husband | 10 / | Saloon | | | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | | 11 | | | Do Mary F. | W | F | 33 | | Wife | 10 / | | | | Mass^t[?] | Do | Do | | 12 | | | Do Dan[l?] M. | W | M | 9 | | Son | | | | / | Dakota | Do | Do | | 13 | | | Do John | W | F[?] | 12 | | Do | | | | / | Minnesota | Do | Do | | 14 | | | Mahoney Mollie[?] | W | F | 16 | | Servant | | | | | Wisconsin | Do | Do | | **15** | | | **Murphy Patrick** | W | M | **26** | | **Boarder** | **9 /** | **Bartender** | | | **Ireland** | **Do** | **Do** | | 16 | 87 | 93 | Hale [Wm?] L. | W | M | 39 | | Husband | 10 / | Butcher | | | Iowa | Mich^a | Canada | | 17 | | | Do Melinda | W | F | 34 | | Wife | 10 / | | | | New York | New York | N.Y. | | 18 | | | Do Edwin [W?] | W | M | 14 | | Son | | | | / | Iowa | Iowa | Do | | 19 | | | Do Thomas H. | W | M | 11 | | Do | | | | / | Do | Do | Do | | 20 | | | Do Mirriam E. | W | F | 8 | | Daughter | | | | / | Do | Do | Do | | 21 | | | Do Roy L.[?] | W | M | 2 | | Son | | | | | Dakota | Do | Do | | 22 | 88 | 94 | Rees [Smith?] | W | M | 37 | | Husband | 10 / | Carpenter | 6 | | Penna | Penna | Penna | | 23 | | | Do Orpah | W | F | 34 | | Wife | 10 / | | | | Do | Ireland | Do | | 24 | | | Do Bessie | W | F | 8 | | Daughter | [a faint short tick in column 10] | | | / | Do | Penna | Do | [Line 9: the age is written as a small 4 above 12 (4/12); the month "Feb" is written in column 7. Line 10: the surname begins with a looped capital K, unlike the capped F of "Fletcher" on line 7; the initials are a looped D and an M. Line 15: the surname "Murphy" is written in full; the second digit of the age has the tall stem and closed lower loop of the 6s in "16" (line 14) and "26" (line 36), not the crossed 4 of lines 17, 18, 23, 42 and 47. Line 13: the sex cell is a looped letter that reads as F; the name is John and the relationship cell is "Do" (ditto of Son). Line 5: the occupation reads Fireman (an i-dot stands over the second letter, as over the i of "Engineer" on line 7) or Foreman; line 6 repeats it as "Do". Line 2: the first letter of the surname is a large looped capital with a long tail that runs down into line 3; the figure read as the first digit of the age has the flat top bar of a 7. A heavy rule is printed under lines 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21 and 24 (every third line); it does not mark a household boundary. Line 23: a long pen stroke from the 7 of line 22 crosses the age cell.] ## Lines 25 to 50 [Not transcribed line by line (outside the brief). Relationship and occupation words seen, with the names where they are clear: 25 Husband, "Farmer Landowner"; 26 Wife; 27 Daughter; 28 Son; 29 Daughter; 30 Son; 31 Son; 32 Servant; 33 Do; 34 Do, "Laborer"; 35 Husband, "Dentist"; 36 Wife; 37 Son; 38 Daughter; 39 Servant; 40 Husband, "Second Hand Goods"; 41 Wife; 42 Husband, "Banker"; 43 Wife; 44 Brother, "Banker"; 45 Daughter ("Do Elizth"); 46 Servant ("Mahoney Catharine[?]"); 47 Husband, "Merchant" ("Lyon Lewis"); 48 Wife ("Do Mary H."); 49 Daughter ("Do Julia"); 50 Son ("Do W. H.").] # PDF page 2: second scan of the same sheet [A second scan (1492 x 2210 px) of the same Schedule 1 sheet, Page No. 11, slightly offset (by about 2 px across and 1 px down) and a little darker. Heading, column headings and lines 1 to 24 agree with PDF page 1 wherever compared (see the report). Not transcribed a second time.] # PDF page 3: microfilm title card [White lettering on black:] NORTH DAKOTA STUTSMAN COUNTY NATURAL- IZATION RECORDS 1874 THROUGH 1915 [bottom right corner, cut off by the lower edge: a small logo and a script word, Claridge[?]] # PDF page 4: microfilm divider [Black diagonal-striped frame on white; inside, in black block capitals:] VOLUME 2 # PDF page 5: register page 110, two declarations of intention [Two printed forms on one register page. The black edge of the film at left and a sliver of the adjoining page at right (the same printed form begins there). Two black shapes, apparently a document clip or a film-holder shadow, stand at the bottom edge and cover the middle of the "By" line of the second form. Printed text plain; handwriting in **bold** where it matters. In both forms the printed word "the" before the sovereign's name is blotted out by heavy pen strokes, shown here as ~~the~~.] 110 United States of America, } ss. TERRITORY OF DAKOTA, COUNTY OF STUTSMAN. **Patrick Murphy** personally appeared before the subscriber, the Clerk of the District Court of Stutsman County, Dakota Territory, being a Court of Record, and made oath that he was born in **Ireland** on or about the year eighteen hundred and **fifty eight**; that he emigrated to the United States and landed at the port of **New York** on or about the month of **March** in the year eighteen hundred and **Eighty two**; that it is bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to ~~the~~ **Queen Victoria and Great Britain and Ireland** whereof he is a subject, and he will support the Constitution and Government of the United States. [signature:] **Patrick Murphy** Subscribed and sworn to this **4th** day of **Nov,** 188**4** **Chas. T. Hills** Clerk. By ........................ ~~Deputy.~~ [The "By" line is blank; a pen line runs through the printed word "Deputy". A stray hand-drawn pen squiggle stands at the left, just above the "By".] United States of America, } ss. TERRITORY OF DAKOTA, COUNTY OF STUTSMAN. **George Linskens** personally appeared before the subscriber, the Clerk of the District Court of Stutsman County, Dakota Territory, being a Court of Record, and made oath that he was born in **Holland** on or about the year eighteen hundred and **fifty nine**; that he emigrated to the United States and landed at the port of **New York** on or about the month of **May** in the year eighteen hundred and **seventy four**; that it is bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to ~~the~~ **William III, King of Holland and the Kingdom of Holland** whereof he is a subject, and he will support the Constitution and Government of the United States. [signature:] **Georg: Linskens** [the middle of the signature is smudged] Subscribed and sworn to this **6th** day of **Nov,** 188**4** **Chas. T. Hills** Clerk. By ........ [the middle of the line is hidden by the black shapes at the bottom edge] ........ ~~Deputy.~~ [A pen line runs through the printed word "Deputy".] ## Peripheral items - Census sheet (PDF pages 1 and 2): handwritten town name Jamestown, county name Stutsman, and the Territory wording crossing out the printed "State". - Census sheet: line numbers 1 to 50 printed at the left edge; enumerator's signature B. S. Russell at the right of the heading. - PDF page 3: title card in white on black; PDF page 4: "VOLUME 2" divider. - PDF page 5: a sliver of the adjoining page shows at the right edge (the same printed form begins there: "Unit…", "subscr…", "that h…", "hund…", "ticul…", "he is…"); not transcribed.