Census
Abstracts
complete for 1850-1920
"Gann" and "Gan" listings were abstracted; listings for people of Chinese ancestry were not abstracted. (There were many Chinese people named "Gan" in Oregon at the turn of the century.)
1850/1860 -- No Ganns listed.
1870 – Springfield
Township, Lane County, Oregon, page 492, enumerated 7 July 1870.
Household/Family # 102, lines 24-25.
Gann A. J., age 23, works at mill, personal estate valued
at $100, born Missouri
Anne, age 17, keeps house, born Iowa,
married in July of the census year
[Might this be Andrew J. Gann (#5594), son of Isaac Wilson Gann and Aby Ann Porter? If so, the the Isaac W. Gann who died in Umatilla County in 1912 would like be Isaac Wilson Gann, Jr. (#5601).]
1880 – Marysville
Precinct, Grant County, Oregon, ED 46, page 1, enumerated 1 June
1880.
Household/Family # 9, lines 25-29.
Gann A. J., age 34, miner, born Missouri, father born
Tennessee, mother born <missing>**
Anna, age 26, wife, born Iowa, father
born Virginia, mother born <missing>**
E. J., age 8, daughter, born Oregon,
father born Missouri, mother born <missing>**
N. E., age 6, daughter, born Oregon,
father born Missouri, mother born <missing>**
W. H., age 3, son, born Oregon, father
born Missouri, mother born <missing>**
** Rightmost portion of page missing
1900 – Mill Creek
Precinct, Crook County, Oregon, ED 9, page 3, enumerated 13 June
1900.
Household/Family #64, line 81. [Enumerated with the W. H.
Birdsong and family.]
Gann W. H., boarder, age 23, born November 1876 in Oregon,
farm laborer, birthplace of parent not listed
1900 – Willow Creek
Precinct, Crook County, Oregon, ED 10, page 11, enumerated 28-30
June 1900.
Household/Family #197, lines 78-82.
Buchanan Thos F., age 43, born October 1856 in Missouri, farmer,
parents birthplace not listed
Annie, wife, age 46, born June 1853 in
Iowa, married 9 years, six children, five living,
father born Virginia,
mother Kentucky
Cora, daughter, age 14, born February* 1886 in
Oregon, father born Missouri, mother Iowa
Nora, daughter, age 9, born May 1891 in
Oregon, father born Missouri, mother Iowa
Gann Bertha, step-daughter, age 16, born Mar 1884 in
Oregon, father born Missouri, mother Iowa
1900 – McKay Precinct,
Crook County, Oregon, ED 11, pages 10-11, enumerated 22 June
1900.
Household/Family #229, lines 100, 1-3.
McCord Edward M., age 40, born March 1860 in Illinois, farmer,
father born Iowa, mother Pennsylvania
Nancy E., wife, age 26, born Feb 1874
in Oregon, married 7 years, no children,
father born Missouri,
mother born Iowa
Gann Bertha, sister-in-law, age 17, born March 1883 in
Oregon, father born Missouri, mother born Iowa
Cox Calhoun, hired man, age 52, born November 1847 in Missouri,
parents born in Missouri
1910 – City of Huntington,
Baker County, Oregon, ED 7, page 6, enumerated 26-27 April 1910.
Household/Family #105, line 43. [Enumerated in the boarding house
of John Rodgers.]
Gan Mak, lodger, black, age 24, miner, self and parents
all born Montenegro, does not speak English
1910 – City of Huntington,
Baker County, Oregon, ED 7, page 11, enumerated 3-5 May 1910.
Household/Family #?, line 8. [Enumerated with railroad crew.]
Gan Mack, boarder, white, age 24, laborer on railroad,
self and parents all born Montenegro,
Year of immigration
unknown, alien, does not speak English
1910 – Breitenbush
Precinct, Marion County, Oregon, ED 201, page 11, enumerated 12
May 1910.
Household/Family # 81, line 6.
Gann Pinkney* M., head, age 52, logger, born in Georgia,
father born in Georgia, mother South Carolina
[Listed as Penorney M. Gann in the 1910 Soundex.]
1910 – Precinct 41,
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, ED 173, page 1, enumerated 15
April 1910.
Household/Family # 22/23, line 85.
Gann Nelson, head, age 72, widowed, laborer, immigrated in
1863, naturalized,
Self and parents all born in Canada – french
1910 – Precinct 6,
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, ED 129, page 2, enumerated
15-16 April 1910.
Household/Family # 17/27, line 1.
Gan Ella, head, age 28, single, landlady of apt. house,
born in Minnesota,
Father born in
Nebraska, mother born in Ohio
1920 – Victor Point
Precinct, Marion County, Oregon, ED 359, page 11, enumerated
29-30 January 1920.
Household/Family #205/208, line 16.
Gann Pinkney M., head, age 63, single, laborer in a
sawmill, self and parents all born Georgia
[Could this be #23683, son of Littleton D. Gann and Clarinda
Cupp?]
1920 – Prineville City,
Crook County, Oregon, ED 24, page 10, enumerated 16-17 January
1920.
Household/Family # 236/242. 341 West 3rd Street.
Buchanan Anna, head, 65, widowed, born Iowa, father born
Virginia, mother born Kentucky
Gann, William H., son, 43, single, occupation none, born
Oregon, father born Missouri, mother born Iowa
Thomason Nora, daughter, 28, widowed, waitress in a hotel, born
Oregon,
father born Missouri,
mother born Iowa
Mabel A., granddaughter, age 6, born Idaho,
father born Arkansas, mother born Oregon
Carrie E., granddaughter, age 3, born Idaho,
father born Arkansas, mother born Oregon
1920 –
Hillsboro City, Washington County, Oregon, ED 431, page 5,
enumerated 8 January 1920.
Household/Family # 86/88, line 51. 734 First Street. Enumerated
with Jacob H. Lund, roomer.
Gann F. P., roomer, 28, single, laborer, self &
parents all born Tennessee
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