Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 19 Jun 1860, Paris Township, Howard, IA
• Census: 25 Jun 1870, Paris Township, Howard, IA
• Census: 1 Jun 1880, Paris Township, Howard, IA

Notes:

Census:
1860 census at Paris, Howard, IA shows Jos. Pursell, 30, farmer, b. IRELAND; Bridget, 30, b. IRELAND; children b. IA: Ellen, 5; Mary, 1.

Census:
1870 census at Paris, Howard, IA shows Joseph Pursell, 47, farmer, b. IRELAND; Bridget, 38, b. IRELAND; children b. IA: Ellen, 14; Mary, 11; Julia, 7. Also enumerated are: John Gilligan, 12, b. PA; George Brown, 7, b. PA; Ann Brown, 5, b. PA.

Census:
1880 census at Paris, Howard, IA shows Joseph Pursell, 52, b. IRELAND, parents b. IRELAND, farmer; Bridgett, 50, b. IRELAND, parents b. IRELAND; Mary A., 20, b. IA. Also enumerated are George Brown, 15, nephew, b. PA; Ann Brown, 13, neice, b. PA.

Joseph married Bridget UNKNOWN about 1855. Bridget was born about 1832 in IRELAND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]