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Census Record Nicholas Boentgen Household Philadelphia 1870 FamilySearch S3HY-DY7Q-GRS
Transcript and translation
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The record
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Transcription
"Boentgen Nicholas, 38, m, w, works in iron foundry, real estate 600, born Prussia. — Louisa, 30, f, w, keeps house, Wurtemberg. — William, 4, m, w, Penna. — Anna, 1, f, w, Penna." Next line: "Wendler, John, 22, m, w, Printer, Penna." (index: John Wendler, 22). No further Boentgen in the household. Index form of the head: "Nicholas Boentgen," birth 1832 Prussia; the index offers a tree match "Nikolaus Böntgen, 1833–1896 (K2C5-7KR)."
Plain reading
Nicholas Boentgen, 38, works in an iron foundry, real estate worth \$600, born in Prussia; wife Louisa, 30, keeps house, born Württemberg; children William, 4, and Anna, 1, both born in Pennsylvania; a printer, John Wendler, 22, in the household or on the next line.
Notes
PROBABLE that William (4) and Anna (1) are William A. Boentgen (b. about 1866) and Anna M. Boentgen (b. about 1868; F19): the children's ages and names fit; no relationship column in 1870, and no document yet names Nicholas as William A.'s father. Upgrades F65 from POSSIBLE (detail lost) to a record read on the image.
Conflicts noted: none. F65 said "Nicholas and Louisa Boentgen with children matching William A. and Anna M."; confirmed as to names, ages (4 and 1) and Louisa's origin (Württemberg).