Jacob Grim - Iowa - 1850

Jacob Grim Family - Iowa - 1850

The 1850 census is the first one to enumerate each individual by name.  Information includes race, sex, occupation, value of property, and state or country of birth.  One of the stumbling blocks of the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses is that they do not include 'relationship to head of household', thus it becomes a bit speculative when attempting to figure out family groups.

  Our Grim family is fairly straightforward.

Jacob Grim  41 male      Farmer  $800  Pennsylvania

Jane Grim   41 female                        Pennsylvania

Daniel Grim 17 male                           Ohio

James Grim 15 male                           Ohio

Wm Grim     11 male                          Ohio

Sarah Grim   9  female                        Ohio

Julia Grim     7 female                         Ohio

Jerusha Grim 5 female                         Iowa

Iva Grim       2 female                         Iowa 

The Grim family did not stay in Iowa long.  Based on the births of the children they were in Iowa (at most) from late 1843 to 1852 when they left for Oregon.