Updated 11/22/2023

Riga Township, Lenawee Co, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules

Disclaimer: 1850-1880 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules can be found on Ancestry.com (with a census subscription). Those found on this website were transcribed by Mary Teeter from online mortality schedule images and are always subject to corrections and additions. If you are looking for a certain surname and don't find it, please check the actual images as the handwriting is often difficult to interpret. In addition, please keep in mind that these are not the only deaths occurring between Federal Censuses, but only in the years listed.

Definitions of archaic medical terms commonly found in mortality schedules

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1850; Riga Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

No Mortality Schedule Available for Riga 1850

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1860; Riga Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending 1st June, 1860,
Whose Usual Place of Abode at the Time of His Death was in this Family.

Name	Age	Sex	M/W	Place of Birth	Month of death	Occupation	Cause of Death	# days ill
GRAFT, Mary	25	Fe	M	Michigan	March, 1860	*	consumption	365
FISHER, Christiana	38	Fe	M	Saxony	April, 1860	*	child birth	4
RHODES, Jane	38	Fe	M	NY	Aug., 1859	*	consumption	14

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1870; Riga Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending 1st June, 1870,
Whose Usual Place of Abode at the Time of His Death was in this Family.

Name	Age	Sex	M/W	Place of Birth	Month of Death	Occupation	Cause of Death
BAILEY, James	3/12	M	*	Michigan	March, 1870	*	lung fever
FULLER, Emily	17	Fe	*	Ohio	April, 1870	no occupation	rheumatic fever
ANGELL, Mary	57	Fe	M	NY	May, 1870	keeping house	cancer
CASSADY, George	1/12	M	*	Michigan	April, 1870	*	whooping cough
ORWELL/OSWELL, Levi	2	M	*	Michigan	July, 1869	*	drowned
COMPTON, Myron	13	M	*	Ohio	Nov., 1869	at school	inflammation of lungs
BIRD, Martin	31	M	M	NY	Aug., 1869	farmed	fell from barn
HARSH, Fred K.	46	M	M	Virginia	Feb., 1870	farmed	disease of heart
HOOD, William	19	M	M	Ohio	Dec., 1869	farmed	cancer of stomach
BLAKE, Eddie	2/12	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1870	*	inflammation of lungs
McMUNN, James	2	M	*	Michigan	March, 1870	*	lung fever
LIPP, Susan	1	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1869	*	chronic dysentery
ALLEN, Clarence	1	M	*	Michigan	Aug., 1869	*	cholera infantum
BURK, Louise	10/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Aug., 1869	*	cholera infantum
CABEL, Evaline	57	Fe	M	Ohio	Jan., 1870	keeping house	consumption
SEEBURGER, Christina	2	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1869	*	cholera infantum
MIETH, Laura	2/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1869	*	cholera infantum
BAKER, Catharine	63	Fe	M	Hesse Darmstadt	Nov., 1869	keeping house	chronic dysentery
HEISEL, *****	*	M	*	Michigan	Aug., 1869	*	at birth
GOLL, Polly	16	Fe	*	Michigan	June, 1869	no occupation	bilious fever
BRIARLEY, Gottleib	4	M	Fe	Michigan	Aug., 1869	*	cholera infantum
BRIARLEY, Christian	6/12	M	*	Michigan	Aug., 1869	*	cholera infantum
DREHLE, Anna	7/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Sept., 1869	*	cholera infantum
BLATTSTARGER, Elizabeth	63	Fe	M	Prusia (sic)	Aug., 1869	keeping house	chronic dysentery
WAGONLANDER, William	7	M	*	Ohio	Oct., 1869	*	cholera infantum
FILBEL, Elizabeth	35	Fe	M	Hesse Kassel	April, 1870	keeping house	consumption
SCHWEN, Philapena	3/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Nov., 1869	*	inflammation of lungs
FISHER, Alma	2	Fe	*	Ohio	April, 1870	*	lung fever
MERSEREAU, Flora	2/12	Fe	*	Michigan	April, 1870	*	typhoid fever
POOL, David	48	M	M	NY	May, 1870	farmed	consumption
WOOLERD, William	22	M	*	Ohio	Oct., 1869	telegrah opp'tor	consumption
VanDENBURG, Cornelius	30	M	M	PA	Mar, 1870?	farmed	consumption
ENGELHART, Julia	4	Fe	*	Prusia (sic)	Oct., 1869	*	scarlet fever
COX, Mary	1/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Oct., 1869	*	apoplexy
LYONS, John	3	M	*	Michigan	July, 1869	*	inflammation of stomach
GILLAM, Josephine	1/12	Fe	*	Michigan	Mar., 1870	*	inflammation of lungs

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Riga Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Beginning June 1, 1879,
and Ending May 31, 1880.

Name	Age	Sex	M/W/S	Place of Birth	Place of birth/father	Place of birth/mother	Occupation	Month of Death	Cause of Death	Resident of County
PASELK, Ludwig	2/30	M	S	Michigan	Prussia	Prussia	*	Aug., 1879	croup	2/365
HOLTZ, Minnie	58	Fe	M	Prussia	Prussia	Prussia	keeping house	April, 1880	apoplexy	15
PRICE, Charles	66	M	M	Prussia	Prussia	Prussia	farmer	July, 1869	pneumonia	27
ALBRING, Jessie H.	2/12	Fe	S	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	*	Nov., 1879	congestion of lungs	2/12
BELMAN, Oscar H.	45	M	M	NY	PA	NY	farmer	May, 1880	congestion of stomach	22
MEDSKER, Enoch	8/12	M	S	Michigan	Ohio	Ohio	*	Nov., 1879	burned	8/12
JENTZ, Mary	1/30	Fe	S	Michigan	Prussia	Prussia	*	Feb., 1880	croup	1/30
STOCK, William E.	6/12	M	*	Michigan	Wurtemburg	Baden	*	July, 1879	bilious fever	6/12
SCHWIN, August	4	M	S	Michigan	Switzerland	Prussia	*	June, 1879	drowned in cistern	4
GROSS, John	20	M	S	Ohio	Baden	Prussia	none; cripple from 5 yrs old	Dec., 1879	pneumonia	-
VAUGHT, Minnie	27	Fe	S	PA	Wurtemburg	Wurtemburg	*	Jan., 1880	consumption	25
WALTERS, Louis	1/30	M	S	Michigan	Ohio	Michigan	*	July, 1879	croup	1/30
HAHN, Louis	1/30	Fe	S	Michigan		Hesse Darmstadt	Michigan	Dec., 1879	*	1/30
HOUSER, Cathrine	77	Fe	W	Hanover	Hanover	Hanover	*	Dec., 1879	old age	10
MATTINGER, Samuel	2	M	S	Michigan	Switzerland	NY	*	Jan., 1880	diphtheria	2
SILVERHORN, George	75	M	M	Bavaria	Bavaria	Bavaria	*	Jan., 1880	typhoid fever	25
BAKER, Elisabeth	70	Fe	W	Prussia	Prussia	Prussia	keeping house	Mar., 1880	general debility	7
MOHR, Anna C.	77	Fe	W	Prussia	Prussia	Prussia	keeping house	Oct., 1879	old age	16
HAMBURG, Teressa	58	Fe	W	Prussia	Prussia	Prussia	keeping house	Sep., 1879	enteritis (footnote on record states that as far as the recorder could tell, Mrs. Hamburg's death was caused by rupture.)	11
BARNES, Andrew	73	M	W	Ireland	Ireland	Ireland	farming	Nov., 1879	delerium tremens	30
KLINE, Epentus	84	M	M	NY	unknown	unknown	farmer	Dec., 1879	heart disease	8
ALLEN, Ella	24	Fe	M	Ohio	*	*	keeping house	July, 1879	child bed fever	1
ELDER, Burnard	6	M	S	Michigan	*	*	*	Feb., 1880	diphtheria	*
ELDER, Alfred	8	M	S	Michigan	*	*	*	Feb., 1880	diphtheria	*
ELDER, Carrie	3	Fe	S	Michigan	*	*	*	Feb., 1880	diphtheria	*
WESTFALL, Wm. B.	7	M	1	Michigan	*	*	*	Oct., 1879	diphtheria	*
WESTFALL, Jno.	42	M	M	Canada	*	*	*	Mar., 1880	cancer	*
WHITE, James	17	M	*	*	*	*	laborer	May, 1880	malarial fever	*

Additional Lenawee County Mortality Schedules
1850 Adrian Twp.	1860 Adrian Twp.	1870 Adrian Twp.	1880 Adrian Twp.
Blissfield Twp.	Cambridge Twp.	Clinton Twp.	Deerfield Twp.
Dover Twp.	Fairfield Twp.	Franklin Twp.	Hudson Twp.
Macon Twp.	Madison Twp.	Medina Twp.	Ogden Twp.
Palmyra Twp.	Raisin Twp.	Ridgeway Twp.	Rollin Twp.
Rome Twp.	Seneca Twp.	Tecumseh Twp.	Woodstock Twp.

Riga Township, Lenawee Co, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1850; Riga Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

No Mortality Schedule Available for Riga 1850

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1860; Riga Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending 1st June, 1860, Whose Usual Place of Abode at the Time of His Death was in this Family.

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1870; Riga Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending 1st June, 1870, Whose Usual Place of Abode at the Time of His Death was in this Family.

US Federal Mortality Schedule, 1880; Riga Twp., Lenawee Co, MI

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Beginning June 1, 1879, and Ending May 31, 1880.

Additional Lenawee County Mortality Schedules

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending 1st June, 1860,
Whose Usual Place of Abode at the Time of His Death was in this Family.

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Ending 1st June, 1870,
Whose Usual Place of Abode at the Time of His Death was in this Family.

The Name of Every Person Who Died During the Year Beginning June 1, 1879,
and Ending May 31, 1880.