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NEGenWeb Project

1881 District #66
School Census 

The following school census records; both images and transcriptions, were supplied by the Denton Community Historical Society. See their website for many other interesting articles, photos and history of the southwest Lancaster County area.

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District #66 school census taken 15th day of July 1881
by Frank R. Denton
Parents	Child	Age	Age of	No in	Part of	Section	Township	Range
		of Males	Females	Family	Section
Wakem, J. O.	E. N. Wakem		19	8	NW	27	9	5
	M. W. Wakem		18
	F. J. Wakem	16
	A. Wakem		13
	E. Wakem		12
	J. Wakem		8
	H. G. Wakem		6
	Harold Wakem	5
Parents James O. and Mary J. Wakem with children Emily N., Mary, Frank J.; Anita, Ethen, Jessy, Helene and Harold info from 1880 census
Sullivan, Jerry	Mary Sullivan		14	5	NW	25	9	5
	Maggie Sullivan		12
	Mary Sullivan		8
	Maggie Sullivan		7
	Tim Hanley	6
Two older girls are stepdaughters
Tim Hanley believed to be nephew of Jerry's wife Julia Hanley Sullivan
Tim Sullivan	Pat Sullivan	15		4	SW	25	9	5
	Mary Sullivan		12
	John Sullivan	11
	Kate Sullivan		7
John Sullivan is probably a nephew actually John Shields
J.R. Sullivan	John Sullivan	7		2	SW	25	9	5
	Paul Sullivan	6
E.F Sullivan	Murt Sullivan	5		2	NE	25	9	5
	James Malone	?
D. Rohrbecker	Charley Rohrbecker	17		1	NE	36	9	5
D. M. Denton	John Denton	16		1	SE	22	9	5
H. P. Denton	E. S. King	19		2	SE	22	9	5
	Carrie Waugh		17
Dutton	? Dutton	12		2	NW	22	9	5
	Minnie Dutton		10
William Mitchell	Thomas Mitchell	17		4	NW	22	9	5
	Mollie Mitchell		14
	James Mitchell	9
	Almira Mitchell		6
No information on the Dutton family or the Mitchell family
The name Almira Mitchell is a reasonable guess.

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