1900 Census —Early Settlers
 

McKinley Settlers in June 1900 United States Census for the “Beaverdam Precinct”

Census questions:  Can read?  Can write? Can speak English?

Response codes:  Y=Yes     N=No 

O = Owned,  H=Home,  F=Farm,  R=Rented

Red * shows the brothers who built the first McKinley School in 1889, and their families as of 1900.

Blue shows links on website.

In 1900, McKinley School had been in operation for 11 years.

Trachsel, Jacob  51 Swiss farmer arrived in1891 yyy O F

Susie  33 wife (children listed below) yyy

Susie  16 yyy

Rosa C 14 yyy

Mary  13  at school yyy

Jacob 10 at school yyy

Emil  9

Emma 7  (the last four children born in Oregon)

Lillie 6

Cecilia 2

Martha 1


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Keehn, Albert  36  German farmer nny O F

Anna 27 wife yyy   

Emma 2

Torin 2



Trachsel, John  37  Swiss farmer yyy O F

Adelina 46  married 1883 yyy

John 15 yyy

Adelina 13 yyy

Mary 12 yyy

Fred 11 yyy

Robert 9

Carl 7

Helen 5

Clara 3


Keehn, William C.  48  German  farmer yyy O F

Augusta P.  44 yyy

Albert William. 19 yyy

Elna A 15 yyy

Skeels, Raphael S. 26 boarder teacher yyy



* Keehn, Ernest H. 40  German farmer nny O F

Frederick (father) 83 yyy

Minnie (mother) 76 yyy


Foege, Julius 39  German  imm. 1883 yyy O F

Elizabeth 34 yyy o

Carl 9 at school

Clara 8 at school

Alma 7 at school

August

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Hamel, Fred   German  39  farmer yyy O F

Emily  34  (children all listed at school) yyy

Lewis 14

Eleaner 9 

Maud 7

Marion Murphey 42 boarder, carpenter yy


Hamel, John F.  German 41(1854-1895)

Matilda widowed Swiss 41 farmer yyy  O F

  1. H.George b. 1876, 23 yyy

Caroline E. b. 1879,  yyy

Albert Otto b. 1881, 19 yyy

Amelia1 b. 1883, 16   yyy

Herman b.1889, 10

Mary b. 1893, 7

Orrin Abbey  85 boarder from England nny



Johnson, Nels 47 Denmark farmer yyy  O F

Karen 50

Carrie  15 at school yyy

Ella  14 at school   yyy

Nels 12 at school   yyy

Nellie 9  at school



Stucki, Fred 38 Swiss arrived 1887 yyy O F dairy & grain farmer 

Eliza wife 29  yyy

Huldah12 at school yyy

Rosa A. 10 at school

Mary 7 at school

Bertha 5

Freda 3

Walter F. 2

Herman 1

Mary Zimmerman 30 boarder yyy  (wife’s sister)


Berger, John 37 Swiss  farmer yyy O F

Elise 29 yyy

Tina 6  at school

Flora 5

Ella 4

Ernest 3

Henry 1 s

Simon 7 Months

John Sn Father 65 cheesemaker


Lichty, Eliza 53  widowed Swiss  Head of Household Farmer yyy R   F

Willism J. Lichty 25 farm laborer  yyy

Frank L. Lichty 19 farm laborer yyy

John A. Foote 62 boarder  Land Lord yyy