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Trying to get to the bottom of what happened to James Risk, brother david and Sister Martha - and where they lived. Any help appreciated

Part of my Motherwell quest

1920 census has:

Name: James Caldwell Risk
Birthplace: Ireland
Relationship to Head of Household: Brother
Residence: Vallejo, Sonoma, California
Marital Status: Single
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1871
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Family Number: 143
Page Number: 12
Household Gender Age
David Rankin Risk M 54y
James Caldwell Risk M 52y
Martha Risk F 27y
Manuel Lewis M 26y
Britta C Dickson F 40y

Have you seen their father, James Caldwell Risk's will? It's posted here:

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NORCAL/2002-01/1012330498

The obit for David Rankin Risk is posted here:

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1911-12-12/ed-1/seq-5/;words=Risk+Rankin+David

Christopher - are you sure you posted the 1920 census - judging by the 1920 I found for James and Martha, it looks like the 1910 to me:

http://www.archive.org/stream/14thcensusofpopu151unit#page/n594/mode/1up
[magnify 4 clicks, then save image]

Ancestry also has James and his sister Mattie living in Sonoma Co in 1930.

This is the 1920 census

1920 United States Federal Census
about James Risk
Name: James Risk
Age: 63
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: Ireland
[Illyria]
Home in 1920: Vallejo, Sonoma, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1871
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Illyria
Home Owned: Own
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
James Risk 63
Martha Risk 41
Manuel Louis 35
Ernest Woodson 49
Marcus Fedderson 51
Hans Anderson 58
Neils Faurchon 64


1930

1930 United States Federal Census
about James C Risk
Name: James C Risk
Birth Year: abt 1855
Birthplace: Northern Ireland
Home in 1930: Vallejo, Sonoma, California
View Map
Relation to Head of House: Head

Parents' birthplace: View image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
James C Risk 75
Mattie M Risk 54
Nels Faurschow 80

Hi

What is the latest census you can get on line?

1930 is the latest US census available.

The good news is, the 1940 census is released April 2nd this year.....I cant wait!

Gins - I've just been looking at that, I was really excited but then found out that it won't be indexed on-line then :-(

There are a number of organisations that are looking for volunteers to create a searcheable index.

Yeah, not sure where and when it will come online but it wont be long :-D

http://www.1940census.net/

Ancestry has abt 2800 people in Vallejo 1920 and 3100 in 1930, so 1940 will be a bit of a chore, but not insurmountable at abt 70 pages to go thru.

ooooh


the 1940 Census may help me with my great-aunt and her husband!

Are they still in New Jersey??

Is he still alive??

(I know she lived until the early 1950s, he died earlier)



sylvia

can anybody point me to where the California census for 1880 will be - want to check who was in the house with James caldwell Risk at that time

You can look up the 1880 free on Ancestry, but can't get the image for free there. It's at:

http://www.archive.org/stream/10thcensus0084unit#page/n65/mode/1up
[magnify 4 clicks, then save image]

Is this him?

1880 United States Federal Census
about James C. Risk Name: James C. Risk
Age: 56
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: Ireland
Home in 1880: Vallejo, Sonoma, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Sarah Risk
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Cannot read/write
Idiotic or insane: View image
Household Members: Name Age
James C. Risk 56
Sarah Risk 49
David R. Risk 26
James C. Risk 24
William B. Risk 19
Lizzie Mc C. Risk 17
Jane H. Risk 15
Nancy C. Risk 13
Sarah M. Risk 11
Josaphine B. Risk 9
Martha M. Risk 7

All born Ireland except last 2, Josaphine born Pennsylvania and Martha born California.

You can look up the 1870 census via:
https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/list#page=1®ion=NORTH_AMERICA

Name: James Risk
Estimated Birth Year: 1824
...
Birthplace: Ireland
Home in 1870: Pennsylvania, United States [Birmingham Twp, Delaware Co]
Household Gender Age
James Risk M 46y
Sarah Risk F 39y
David Risk M 16y
James Risk M 14y
Andrew Risk M 12y
Mary Risk F 11y
William Risk M 9y
Elizabeth Risk F 7y
Jane Risk F 6y
Nancy Risk F 4y
Sarah Risk F 2y
Josephine Risk F 1m

At left you can click on view image - it's not great quality, but better than:
http://www.archive.org/stream/populationschedu1336unit#page/n86/mode/1up


Similarly, the 1900 census with residence=Vallejo, Sonoma, CA has an image available


1910
http://www.archive.org/stream/13thcensus1910po0109unit#page/n1363/mode/1up
[William] http://www.archive.org/stream/13thcensus1910po0109unit#page/n1371/mode/1up

Absolutley brilliant - as this helps in the formation of a theory about the movement of the family

Further query - is there anyway of getting a better veiw of the 1870 census return.

Also - in trying to trace their port of entry i have looked at Print
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1882 - but it seems to be images only,. Has anybody done indexing fo this or are there plans to index it?

Christopher - which site are you using to look at the records?

There are numerous California Electoral Rolls for James caldwell Risk on Ancestry - do you have the details from these?

ADDED:

For example

California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898
Name: James Caldwell Risk
Residence Year: 1892
Residence Place: Sonoma, California < Penn's Grove
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1857

He was 5 ft 21/2 in tall, had fair skin, hazel eyes, brown hair, no distinguishing marks. He was naturalised May 30 1880 at Penn's Grove. He was a farmer from Ireland.

Also on the register were David Rankin Risk age 38 and William Bond Risk, age 29

The 1870 census is relatively clear on Ancestry. Is there anything you need deciphering?