Annotated Oneida Tribal Census Roll, 1886-1887
The following census has been annotated by New York Oneida Genealogist Becky Karst. She has done extensive research regarding this census data. Her annotations are noted in red.
Becky's email: bkarst@twcny.rr.com
Information is broken down as follows:
TRIBAL ROLL NUMBER ...NAMES....BIRTH & DEATH DATES ...RELATIONSHIP.....AGE
1.Antone, Dollie (Maiden name Dollie John)...mother of #41...11/26/1821 - 2/1904...sister of #93 & #135...age 64
2. Antone, Elizabeth...b.1843 ...daugh...age 43
3. Antone, Aaron...1848 - 9/23/1894...son...age 35
4. Antone, Christy (real name: Calista)...1840 - 12/6/1903...daughter of #1 ...age 46
5. Antone, Alexander...b.1/23/1872...son of #3 ...age 14
6. Antone, Sophia...6/14/1877 - 4/20/1921 daugh of #4 ...age 13
7. Antone, Moses Powless...7/14/1879 - 7/21/1931 ...st. son of #4 ...age 5
8. Antone, Peter White...6/3/1874 - 12/20/1915...son of #2 ...age 10
9. Burning, Augustus...(Maybe Mohawk)...1836 - 1/31/1891 ...age 50
10. Burning, Catherine (Scanondoa) ...5/12/1842 - 1029/1933..wife...age 44
11. "Chief" Burning, Alexander...8/26/1864 - 3/1936 ...son...age 22
......married Charlotte Powless Sconondoah in Oct. 1891 8/21/1870 - 8/1944
12. Burning, Lillie...b.4/26/1863 ...dau...m. George Stabb ...age 23
13. Bruning, Baby Frances ...son of #12 ...age 2
14. Bread, Dollie (She may have been Dollie Johnson) ...age 79
15. Bread, Jacob....d.5/11/1893
16. Bread, Lucy (Chrisjohn)...b.Oct 1848 - 1909/09
...wife 1st m. to Abram George
17. Bread, Carrie...11/7/1878 - 3/16/1935 ...daugh...
18. Bread, Martin...7/6/1880 - 9/6/1938 ...son.....
19. Bread, Phebe...6/7/1882 - 2/16/1922 ...daug...m. Paul Beck, St.Regis
20. Bread, Baby Jacob...b.4/10/1884...son....
21. Bread, Daniel...Moved to Wisconsin w/wife
22. Bread, Mary...Moved to Wisconsin w/husband
23. Cornelius, Phebe (Maybe Phoebe Honyost) ...age 28
24. Cornelius, John...b.1844 ...age 42
25. Cornelius, Hannah (White John) ...wife...age 39
26. Cornelius, Hattie...daug....age 16
27. Corneluis, Wilson...b. 6/6/1872 in Canada ...son...age 6
.....adopted back into NY Oneidas. Father of Mary Cornelius Winder.
28. Cornelius, Baby Joseph...son of #24 & #25
29. Cornelius, Thomas, Jr...brother of #24 ...age 42
30. Corneluis, Joshua...b. 6/15/1848...bro of #24
31. Cornelius, Mrs...wife
32. Cornelius, Baby...child
33. ChrisJohn, James...Father of #16
34. ChrisJohn, Mary
35. Dana, Mary
36. Dana, John...b. 1863...son of #35 % ...age 23
37. Dana, Thomas...b. 1835 age 51
38. Day, Baptist...b. 1841 ...age 44
39. Day, Electa Beechtree...1841 - 2/20/1901 ...wife...age 43
40. Stout, Lewis...Father: James Stout ...son of #39
...age 15
41. Doxtator, Lewis...9/30/1856 - 8/14/1931 ...age 31
42. Doxtator, Nancy George...dau of #16...2/7/1869 - 12/5/1899 ...wife...age 20
43. Doxtator, Estella ...daug...age 3
44. Doxtator, William...1831 - 3/17/1894...Father of #41 ...age 55
45. Doxtator, Mary Chrisjohn...3/10/1827 - 11/23/1911
...wife...age 57
46. Chrisjohn, Susie...st.daug of #44, daug of #38 & #45 ...age 19
47. Doxtator, Lydia...12/6/1859 - 3/12/1926...dau of #44 & #45 ...age 27
48. Doxtator, Electa...10/4/1860 - 5/1907...dau of #44 & #45 ...age 25
49. Day, Moses...1821 - 8/11/1892 ...age 65
50. Day, Susan Johnson...1825 - 1/23/1897 ...wife...age 67
51. Day, Louisa...d. 1951 ...daug...age 27
52. Day, Henry...10/1852 - 1/20/1911...son of #49 & #50 ...age 36
53. Day, Lucy (Sconondoa)...d. 8/27/1899 ...wife...age 27
54. Day, Gertie...1883 - 1/13/1901 ...daug...age 8
55. Day, Lucinda...b.4/7/1882 ...daug of #56 & #57 ...ill.
56. Day, Lewis ...age 32
57. Day, Margaret Johnson ...wife...age 34
58. Day, Lizzie...5/26/1882 - 1/16/1902 ...daug of #52 & #53 ...age 4
59. Day, Simeon Elm...5/23/1871 - 8/27/1912...st.son (not true) son of #60 ...age 15
60. Elm, Abram...5/24/1844 - 1912/13
61. Elm, Maggie Margaret Cornelius...b.4/24/1850
...wife
62. Elm, Charlie...b. 6/26/1872 ...son of #61 & Dennison Sconondoh of Green Bay, Wis.
63. Elm, Horten...b. 8/26/1880 ...son
64. Elm, Elias...b. 4/6/1882 ...son
65. Elm, Elsie...b. 1/6/1883 ...daug
66. Elm, baby 60. Hattie...b. 5/6/1886...daug
67. George, Elijah...b. 7/4/1854 ...age 30
68. George, James...son of #1 ...age 29
69. George, William...son of #1 ...age 26
70. Rev. George, Henry b. 3/19/1857 - 5/4/1913 ...age 29
71. George, Mary...b. 7/11/1867 ...sister...age 19
72. Gould, Mary Skenandoa...d. 12/12/1893...m. to A Smith, Brower, & Gould
73. Gould, Katie
74. Charles White...Grand Son of #72
75. Alex White...Grand Son of #72
76. Mary Ann White
77. Honyost, Margaret...b. Sept 1843 ...age 41
78. Honyost, William William Honyost Rockwell ...son....age 16
79. Honyost, Isaac...4/1845 - 1911/1912 ...age 31
80. Honyost, William...b. 9/10/1854 ...age 31
81. Honyost, Simon...b. 1/5/1850 - 6/17/1902 ...age 36
82. Honyost, Mary "Gar-Gea-Junta-Tar" Plucking Flower...6/13/1838 ...age 47
83. Albert Sconondoah...b.12/24/1867 ...son...age 20
84. Chapman Sconondoah....b.5/16/1870 ...son...age 20
85. Nicholas Sconondoah...b.6/20/1872 ...son...age 14
86. Honyost, Nicholas...7/7/1847 - 5/12/1920 ...age 39
87. Honyost, Mary Johnson...wife...age 34
88. Honyost, Louisa...daug...age 15
89. Honyost, Silvia (Elm)...1875 - 1944...m.#59 ...daug of #87 ...age 13
90. Honyost, Daniel...6/30/1875 - 11/28/1950...m.#165...son...age 20
91. Honyost, Katie...1/17/1878 - 4/22/1950...m. #97...daug...age 8
92.Honyost, Nicholas...son...age 4
93.John, Sarah...d. 3/1892...age 53
94.John, Martin...4/15/1856 - 4/16/1908...bro of #98 & #99...age 28
95.John, Solomon...1840 - 8/23/1925...son of #93...age 41
96.John, Melinda Sconandoa...m.to #98...age 35
97.John, Marshall...3/30/1878 - 4/25/1933...m.to #91...age 8
98.John, John...5261853 - 5/21/1915...bro.of #99...age 31
99.John, David...1854 - 6/22/1902...bro.of #98 & half bro.of #16...age 29
100. Johnson, James "Chewey"...4/6/1834 - 8/1904...age 59
101.Johnson, Sarah "Aunt Sally"...1832 - 2/1916...wife...age 55
102.Johnson, Angelina...1859 - 3/5/1893...m.James George, Oneida...daug...age 26
103.Johnson, Betsy Elm ...d.8/19/1892...age 49
104.Johnson, Lovina May George...b.7/31/1882...daug of #102...age 3
105.Johnson, Helena George...3/30/1880 - 1964...m.Wm Babcock in 1900, called her "Lena"...daug of #102
...age 1
106.Johnson, Dollie Cornelius M....age 79
107.Johnson, William...son...age 41
108.Johnson, Melinda...4/7/1847 - 12/2/1911...sister...age 38
109.Johnson, Nicholas...age 45
110.Johnson, Hannah...age 81
111.Moses Powlis...gr.son...age 35
112.Johnson, Thomas 4/29/1842 - 1911...age 44
113.Johnson, Betsy Billings (St. Regis Mohawk adopted by Oneida)...wife...age 38
114.Johnson, Lillie...daug...age 10
115.Johnson, Emma...3/11/1878 - 5/23/1915...m.#164
...age 8
116.Johnson, Lewis b.3/14/1881...m. Rosabelle Garlock...son...age 6
117.Johnson, Jennie...daug...age 4
118.Johnson, Nelson...b.12/23/1884...age 2
119.Johnson, Baptist...1/11/1823 - 1/1907...age 51
120.Johnson, Betsy Elm...wife...age 49
121.Johnson, Phebe...b.7/4/1858...m.Daniel George, Onondaga...daug...age 27
122.Johnson, Libbie (Elizabeth)...m.a Burning...daug...age 16
123.Johnson, Estella...1868 - 3/19/1908...m.Lyman Garlock on 1/18/1894...daug...age 18
124.Johnson, Joseph...b.2/11/1876...son...age 10
125.Johnson, Hosiah...3/22/1879 - 3/28/1926...son...age 6
m. Ann Doxtator (10/19/1885 - 9/12/1966) on 10/27/1908
126.Jordan, Henry...d. 2/15/1887...son of Adam & Jennie Jordan (Jurden correct spelling)
127.Jordan, Sophia Denny...d.8/9/1902
128.Jordan, Jonathan...b.2/24/1840...son...Civil War Vet
129.Jordan, Henry, Jr...b.1851...son
130.Jordan, Nick...b.1848...son
131.Kennedy, Elizabeth...2/15/1846 - 12/1/1936...m. Elijah Camprun
132.Kennedy, Eli...may be gr.child of #131
133.Kennedy, Mary...may be gr.child of #131
134. Powless, James...d.9/10/1895age 56
135. Powless, Kate John...1833 - 1911/1912...sister of #1 & #93...wife...age 57
136. Powless, Sarah Elm...b.8/13/1839...age 49
137. Powless, Thomas...b.5/3/1877...son... age 11
138. Powless, Martin... b.1840...m.Calista Antone (1840 - 12/2/1903)...age 46
parents: Baptist Powless & Mary Cooper
139.Webster, Daniel...1824 - 9/28/1907...age 56
140.Webster, Hannah Beechtree...2/1837 - 4/11/1903...wife...age 46
141.Webster, Elijah...4/17/1858 - 1/3/1904...m.Lydia Sconondoa (1863 - 10/22/1888)...son...age 29
142.Webster, Lydia Sconondoah...wife...age 24
143.Webster, Maud...b.2/23/1879...daug...age 7
144.Webster, Nellie...b.3/26/1881...daug...age5
145.Webster, Gilbert...1/21/1884 - 7/9/1923...son...age 2
146.Webster, Joshua..may be nephew of #148...age 29
147.White, David...father of #8...age 38
148.Webster, Mary...1827 - 8/10/1901
...age 60
149.Webster, Eliza...b.1852...daug...age 20
150.Webster, Moses...b.1850...son of #148...age 36
151.Webster, Hannah...wife...age 32
152.Webster, Thomas...b.1855...son of #148...age29
153.Webster, Joe...b.1805...age 81
154.Sconondoah, Thomas...4/15/1840 - 8/28/1906...son of #155...m.Mary Denny, Oneida...age 49
155.Sconondoah, Daniel Sr...1812 - 8/26/1891...age 74
156.Sconondoah, Phebe...150.Dan Sr's 2nd wife...said to be Canadian Mohawk...age 46
157.Sconondoah, Josiah...b. 1864...son of #156...age 16
158.Sconondoah, Joel...b. 1864...m.Ellen Croose, Seneca...son of #156...age 9
159.Sconondoah, Daniel, Jr...7/4/1846 - 8/9/1908...son of #155...age 40
160.Sconondoah, Mary Ann (Day)...sister of #38...wife...age 41
161.Sconondoah, Frank...b.3/19/1868....son...age 15
m. Charlotte Powless, Oneida (b. 8/21/1870) m. Mary George, Oneida (b. 7/7/1867)
162.Sconondoah, George...son...age 15
163.Sconondoah, Maria...b.6/17/1872...m.Stephen Webster, Onondaga...daug...age 12
164.Sconondoah, Nelson...3/14/1876 - 7/2/1956...son...age 10
m. Anna Doxtator Johnson, July 1928 (10/19/1885 - 9/16/1966
165.Sconondoah, Nancy...3/26/1881 - 11/25/1954...m.Dan Honyost, Oneida #90...daug...age 6
Powless,Thomas - There are seven in this family, but the names are not given.
Total 174
Number of males above 18 years of age .................................57
Number of females above 14 years of age ...............................46
Number of children between 6 and 16 years of age.......................29
Oneida Indians residing upon the Onondaga Reservation. Census furnished
by an Oneida Chief.
Heads of Families ........................... # in family
Adams, John ....was in War of 1812...1
Kennedy, Daniel ...d.5/8/1895...m.Mary Thomas, Onondaga...1
Elm, Peter................................................1
*George, George ...b.3/16/1835...m.Sally Sconondoah, Onondag-Oneida b.1/10/1841...1
*George, John ...b.12/1/1827...m.Mary George, Onondaga...m.Mary Deone, Caugnawaga-Canada, St Regis...1
*George, Adam ...d.10/11/1888...m.Julia Jones, Oneida...4
(*brothers)
Hill, Nancy ...b.1861...3
Hill, Mary Nicholas...b.1863...4
Hill, Abram ....d.2/1895...m.Lucy Commissary, Onondaga, d.9/6/1857...1
Ireland, Abram ...........................................1
John, Phebe Johnson...7/17/1849 - 11/12/1913...m Rev Thomas John, Onondage, d.7/21/1913...1
Jones, Joshua ............................................1
Jones, Melinda .....m.abbott Hones, Onondaga.....2
Jack, Thomas .............................................8
Johnson, Joseph ..........................................3
Jones, Sally .....d. 9/1886...m.Adam Jones, Onondaga......5
Jacobs, David .............................................2
Jones, Mary ...............................................5
Powless, Henry .............................................1
Sconondoah, Ida ...........................................2
Thomas, Lewis ....4/1839 - 1912....1
parents: Salo Thomas, Onondaga & Lachete Racoon, Oneida
Thomas, Elizabeth Jones...7/1839 - 2/2/1903...m.Jimerson Thomas, Ononodaga...7
Williams, Adam ............................................1
Waterman, Charles .........................................3
Total .................................................66
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