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Early McAninch's in Iowa, on Federal and State Census Records before the Civil War |
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Iowa was part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, including lands that are now part of fifteen |
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U.S. states and small parts of two Canadian provinces. The Territory of Orleans (most of which |
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would become the state of Louisiana) and the District of Louisiana were organized in 1804, |
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and the following year, the District of Louisiana was renamed the Territory of Louisiana, |
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aka Louisiana Territory (1805-1812). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase] |
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Iowa was officially part of Missouri Territory from 1812-1821. Between 1824 and 1834 it was |
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considered to be unorganized Territory and between 1836 and 1838, it was part of Wisconsin |
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Territory. In 1838, the area became the Territory of Iowa and finally achieved statehood in 1846. |
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Iowa State Census records have survived for 1841, 1844, 1846, 1847, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1853, |
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1854, 1856, 1859, 1862, 1867, 1869, 1881, 1885, 1889, 1895, 1905, 1915, and 1925, which was |
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the last State Census taken in Iowa. The 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915 and 1925 Iowa state |
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censuses enumerated all counties, however, earlier censuses were spotty, incomplete or offered |
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only statistical information [Note 1]. |
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1836 |
Wisconsin Territorial Census, Dubuque and Des Moines Counties (Des Moines and |
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Dubuque Counties covered all of the area which become the state of Iowa) [Note 2] |
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No M(a)cA/I/Ninch, and no other surnames anywhere close |
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1838 |
Wisconsin Territorial Census: Includes the original counties of Dubuque and |
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Des Moines, along with Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Henry, Johnson, Lee, Louisa, |
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Muscatine, Scott, Slaughter (renamed Washington) and Van Buren counties (and |
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possibly Delaware, Jackson, Jones, Linn); covered the area to become Iowa Territory. |
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No M(a)cA/I/Ninch, and no other surnames anywhere close [Note 3] |
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1840 |
Territorial Census (1840 Federal Census of the Territory of Iowa); 18 original counties |
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and several precincts which comprised the area then known as Iowa. |
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No M(a)cA/I/Ninch, and no other surnames anywhere close [Note 4] |
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1841 |
Various special censuses, only a few counties, no McA/I/Ninch, and nothing close [1] |
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-1850 |
1841: Special Census: Includes head of household; Incomplete |
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1844: Special Census: Johnson County, and Special Census: Keokuk County only |
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1846: Special Census: Louisa, Polk, and Wapello counties. |
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1847: Special Census: Clinton, Davis, Louisa, Marion, Scott, Van Buren & Wapello |
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1849: Special Census: Benton, Boone, Clinton, Jackson, Louisa, Madison, Poweshiek, |
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Scott, Van Buren, and Washington counties. |
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1850: Special Census: Black Hawk, Pottawatomie, Tama, Clarke, Taylor, and Page |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XXIII n.1 / April 2015/ Copyright Frank McAninch / pg.2015-05 |