April 2014 Notes (Update for Research Thoughts Below)
1870 Census
NOTE: There are two 1870 census records for a "G. VENTER", one in Nebraska City 1st Ward and one in Nebraska City 2nd ward. It is not standard procedure to list just a first name initial in a census, yet ALL of the first names on the 2nd ward census sheet are initials.
Both census records list him as a teamster, born in England, about 1820, with oldest child born in Michigan and rest of children born in Nebraska. ????? Is it the same household, and he was in the process of moving or had recently moved? Someone other than the family could have given the information? OR Did are there two different households? Also, I (Michelle) have actually looked at both census records and found the same information.
1870 CENSUS: NE, Otoe County, 1st Ward Nebraska City, Post Office: Nebraska City; Enumeration Date: 1 Jun 1870; Ancestry.com. Roll M593_831;Page: 401A; Image: 315; Family History Library Film: 552330. Page 33, Lines 34-40; Dwelling number 219, Family number 231:
VENTER, G, age 45, male, white, teamster [difficult to read], value of real estate: $6000, value of personal estate: $1000, place of birth: England; father foreign born, mother foreign born, male citizen of the US21 years old and upwards;
_____, Mary, age 40, female, white, keeping house, place of birth: England; father foreign born, mother foreign born;
_____, Henry, age 15, male, white, place of birth: MI; father foreign born, mother foreign born;
_____, Sarah, age 12, female, white, place of birth: NE; father foreign born, mother foreign born;
_____, Emma, age 16, female, white, place of birth: MI; father foreign born, mother foreign born;
_____, Thomas, age 10, male, white, place of birth: NE; father foreign born, mother foreign born;
_____, Robt [Robert], age 8, male, white, place of birth: NE; father foreign born, mother foreign born.
1870 CENSUS: NE, Otoe County, 2nd Ward Nebraska City, Post Office: Nebraska City; Enumeration Date: 1 Jun 1870; Ancestry.com. Roll M593_831;Page: 413B; Image: 340; Family History Library Film: 552330. Page 6,Lines 18-21; Dwelling number 43, Family number 44[sharing house with son-in-law J MCCOLLUM (sic) and daughter M[ary]]:
VENTER, G, age 50, male, white, teamster [difficult to read], value of real estate: $2000, place of birth: England; father foreign born, mother foreign born, male citizen of the US 21 years old and upwards;
_____, C., age 45, female, white, keeping house, place of birth: England; father foreign born, mother foreign born;
_____, H., age 16, male, white, at school, place of birth: MI; father foreign born, mother foreign born, attended school within the year;
_____, S., age 10, female, white, place of birth: NE; father foreign born, mother foreign born.
June 2019:
Caroline Small Morgan married Gedney Venter in 1892. Question: Is the Caroline from the 1870 and 1880 census the same person?
New Thought about 1870 Census:
Is Mary Venter a sister-in-law? Gedney has a brother named Thomas. On FamilySearch Thomas has been given a wife named Maria Green. There are records documenting Thomas's parents as Joseph and Maria/Mary's father as William.
I can't find any death records that identify parents.
TODO: Look for marriage and/or death records of Emma, Thomas, and Robert Venter. Maybe they identify parents.
