Appendix A, Bluff Population Statistics
Profile of Bluff and Montezuma Population, June 1880
Total population: 193
107 at Bluff and 86 at Montezuma (according to 1880 Manuscript Census, though more probably lived in Bluff and less in Montezuma according to what Platte Lyman wrote in his diary about who lived where)
Age and Gender
Men (% of males/total pop.)
60–69: 2 (2.1/1.0)
50–59: 1 (1.1/0.5)
40–49: 4 (4.3/2.1)
30–39: 11 (11.7/5.7)
20–29: 29 (30.9/15.0)
10–19: 13 (13.9/6.7)
15–19: 6
10–14: 7
0–9: 34 (36.2/17.6)
5–9: 10
2–4: 10
0–1: 14
30+: 18 (19.1/9.3)
20+: 47 (50.0/24.4)
under 20: 47 (50.0/24.4)
Total: 94 (48.7)
Women (% of females/total pop.)
60–69: 0 (0.0/0.0)
50–59: 0 (0.0/0.0)
40–49: 5 (5.1/2.6)
30–39: 5 (5.1/2.6)
20–29: 24 (24.2/12.4)
10–19: 18 (18.2/9.3)
15–19: 11
10–14: 7
0–9: 47 (47.5/24.4)
5–9: 22
2–4: 14
0–1: 11
30+: 10 (10.1/5.2)
20+: 34 (36.4/18.7)
under 20: 65 (65.7/33.7)
Total: 99 (51.3)
Total (% of total pop.)
60–69: 2 (1.0)
50–59: 1 (0.5)
40–49: 9 (4.7)
30–39: 16 (8.3)
20–29: 53 (27.5)
10–19: 31 (16.1)
15–19: 17
10–14: 14
0–9: 81 (42.0)
5–9: 32
2–4: 24
0–1: 25
30+: 28 (14.5)
20+: 81 (42.0)
under 20: 112 (58.0)
Total: 193
average age: 17.5, median:15.5
% under 15: 49.2
Place of Birth
Foreign Born (% of age group)
60–69: 1 of 2 (50)
50–59: 0 of 1 (0)
40–49: 6 of 9 (67)
30–39: 9 of 16 (56)
20–29: 11 of 53 (21)
10–19: 3 of 31 (10)
0–9: 1 of 81 (1)
30+: 16 of 28 (57)
20+: 28 of 81 (35)
below 20: 4 of 112 (4)
Total: 32 (17)
Born Elsewhere in U.S. (% of age group)
60–69: 1 of 2 (50)
50–59: 1 of 1 (100)
40–49: 3 of 9 (33)
30–39: 5 of 16 (31)
20–29: 4 of 53 (8)
10–19: 0 of 31 (0)
0–9: 0 of 81
30+: 10 of 28 (36)
20+: 16 of 81 (20)
below 20: 0 of 112 (0)
Total: 14 (7)
Born in Utah (% of age group)
60–69: 0 of 2 (0)
50–59: 0 of 1 (0)
40–49: 0 of 9 (0)
30–39: 2 of 16 (13)
20–29: 38 of 53 (72)
10–19: 28 of 31 (90)
0–10: 80 of 81 (99)
30+: 2 of 28 (7)
20+39 of 81 (46)
below 20: 109 of 112 (97)
Total: 147 (76)
Places of Birth of Foreign Born
England: 19 (59% of foreign born/10% of total population)
Wales: 5 (16/3)
Scotland: 1 (3/1)
British Isles: 25 (78/13)
Australia: 1 (3/1)
Denmark: 5 (16/3)
Switzerland: 1 (3/1)
Families
Marriages
36 married couples (including two marriages of James Harvey Dunton)
average age of husband: 31.4, average age of wife: 28.3
average length of marriage 7.94 years
average age at marriage, men: 23.4, women: 19.8
children (under 15) per marriage: 2.6
polygamous families, both families in Bluff or Montezuma: 2 (5.6%)
polygamous families, one family in Bluff or Montezuma: 2 (5.6%)
residents in polygamous family: 23 of 193 (12%)
Households
44 households, 35 with married couples (77%)
average size of household: 4.4
5 households with a single man; 4 with a married man whose family was somewhere else
7 singles living with relatives, no single above 24 yrs. old.
Those who were in the Hole-in-the-Rock expedition but not in 1880 census who later returned: Hanson Bayles, Willard Butt, Amasa Barton, Sarah Harriman, and possibly the Gurrs and Barneys (church records list ordinances performed later than 1880 in Bluff).
Profiles of Bluff and Montezuma Population, 1884
Total Population:
January 1, 1884: 245 population; 117 men 128 women (47.8%/52.2%)
average age: 17.91 years old
December 31, 1884: 79 population; 36 men 43 women (45.6%/54.4%);
average age: 21.63 years old
173 left Bluff and Montezuma during the year; 85 men 88 women (49.1%/50.9%)
average age: 16.92 years old (measuring from Dec. 31 1884)
3 deaths (2 male/1 female), 10 births (7/3) during the year
January 1, 1884
Age and Gender
Men (% of males/total pop.)
60–69: 3 (2.6/1.2)
50–59: 2 (1.7/0.8)
40–49: 5 (4.2/2.0)
30–39: 15 (12.8/6.1)
20–29: 22 (18.8/9.0)
10–19: 21 (18.0/8.6)
15–19: 11
10–14: 10
0–9: 49 (41.9/20.0)
5–9: 14
2–4: 18
0–1: 16
30+: 25 (21.4/10.2)
20+: 47 (40.2/19.2)
under 20: 70 (59.8/28.6)
Total: 117 (47.8)
Women (% of females/total pop.)
60–69: 1 (0.8/0.4)
50–59: 3 (2.3/1.2)
40–49: 7 (5.5/2.9)
30–39: 11 (8.6/4.5)
20–29: 27 (21.1/11.0)
10–19: 23 (18.0/ 9.4)
15–19: 6
10–14: 17
0–9: 56 (43.8/22.9)
5–9: 24
2–4: 18
0–1: 14
30+: 22 (17.2/9.0)
20+: 49 (38.3/20.0)
under 20: 79 (61.2/32.2)
Total: 128 (52.2)
Total (% of total pop.)
60–69: 4 (1.6)
50–59: 5 (2.0)
40–49: 12 (4.9)
30–39: 26 (8.2)
20–29: 49 (20.0)
10–19: 44 (18.0)
15–19: 17
10–14: 27
0–9: 105 (42.9)
5–9: 38
2–4: 36
0–1: 30
30+: 46 (18.8)
20+: 93 (40.0)
under 20: 149 (60.8)
Total: 245
average age: 17.91, median 12
% below 15: 52.8%
Place of Birth
Foreign Born (% of age group)
60–69: 4 of 4 (100)
50–59: 3 of 5 (60)
40–49: 8 of 12 (67)
30–39: 16 of 26 (62)
20–29: 8 of 49 (16)
10–19: 1 of 44 (2)
0–9: 0 of 105 (0)
30+: 31 of 46 (67)
20+: 39 of 95 (41)
under 20: 1 of 149 (1)
Total: 40 (16)
Born Elsewhere in U.S. (% of age group)
60–69: 0 of 4 (0)
50–59: 2 of 5 (40)
40–49: 4 of 12 (33)
30–39: 5 of 26 (19)
20–29: 0 of 49 (0)
10–19: 1 of 44 (2)
0–9: 1 of 105 (1)
30+: 10 of 46 (22)
20+: 10 of 95 (11)
under 20: 2 of 149 (1)
Total: 13 (5)
Born in Utah (% of age group)
60–69: 0 of 4 (0)
50–59: 0 of 5 (0)
40–49: 0 of 11 (0)
30–39: 5 of 26 (19)
20–29: 41 of 49 (84)
10–19: 42 of 44 (96)
0–9: 104 of 105 (99)
30+: 5 of 46 (11)
20+: 46 of 95 (48)
under 20: 146 of 149 (98)
Total: 192 (78)
Places of Birth of Foreign Born
England: 16 (40.0% of foreign born/6.5% of total population)
Wales: 6 (15.4/2.5)
Scotland: 4 (10.3/1.7)
Ireland: 1 (2.6/0.4)
British Isles: 26 (66.7/10.9)
Australia: 1 (2.6/0.4)
Denmark: 10 (25.6/4.2)
Germany: 1 (2.6/0.4)
Sweden: 1 (2.6/0.4)
Families
Marriages
married couples: 48
average age of husband: 36.3; average age of wife: 31.9
average length of marriage: 12.2 years
average age at marriage, men: 24.1, women: 19.7
children (under 15) per marriage: 2.8
polygamous families, both families in Bluff or Montezuma: 14 of 48 (29.2%)
polygamous families, one family in Bluff or Montezuma: 2 of 48 (4.2%)
residents in polygamous family: 65 (26.5%)
Households
c. 48 households, c. 46 with married couples (95.8%)
average size of household: 5.1
three single men without parents in town, all twenty-six years old, two have brothers in town
Those Who Left in 1884 (figures as of 12/31/84)
Age and Gender
Men (% of males/total pop.)
60–69: 0 (0.0/0.0)
50–59: 2 (2.4/1.1)
40–49: 7 (8.2/4.0)
30–39: 10 (11.8/5.8)
20–29: 11 (12.9/6.4)
10–19: 11 (12.9/6.4)
15–19: 4
10–14: 7
0–9: 43 (50.6/24.9)
5–9: 19
2–4: 18
0–1: 6
30+: 19 (22.4/11.0)
20+: 30 (35.3/17.3)
under 20: 55 (64.7/31.8)
Total: 85 (49.1)
Women (% of females/total pop.)
60–69: 0 (0.0/0.0)
50–59: 2 (2.3/1.1)
40–49: 3 (3.4/1.7)
30–39: 10 (1.1/5.8)
20–29: 17 (19.3/9.8)
10–19: 17 (19.3/9.8)
15–19: 3
10–14: 14
0–9: 40 (45.5/23.1)
5–9: 19
2–4: 11
0–1: 10
30+: 15 (17.0/8.7)
20+: 32 (36.4/18.5)
under 20: 56 (63.6/32.4)
Total: 88 (50.9)
Total (% of total pop.)
60–69: 0 (0.0)
50–59: 4 (2.3)
40–49: 10 (5.8)
30–39: 20 (11.6)
20–29: 28 (16.2)
10–19: 28 (16.2)
15–19: 7
10–14: 21
0–9: 83 (48.0)
5–9: 38
2–4: 36
0–1: 30
30+: 34 (19.7)
20+: 62 (35.8)
under 20: 111 (64.2)
Total: 173
average age: 16.92 years
% below 15: 63.6%
Place of Birth
Foreign Born (% of age group)
60–69: 0 of 0 (0)
50–59: 2 of 4 (50)
40–49: 7 of 10 (70)
30–39: 12 of 20 (60)
20–29: 7 of 28 (25)
10–19: 1 of 28 (4)
0–9: 0 of 83 (0)
30+: 21 of 34 (62)
20+: 28 of 62 (45)
under 20: 1 of 111 (1)
Total: 29 (17)
Born Elsewhere in U.S. (% of age group)
60–69: 0 of 0 (0)
50–59: 2 of 4 (50)
40–49: 3 of 10 (30)
30–39: 3 of 20 (15)
20–29: 0 of 28 (0)
10–19: 1 of 28 (4)
0–9: 1 of 83 (1)
30+: 8 of 34 (24)
20+: 8 of 62 (13)
under 20: 2 of 111 (2)
Total: 10 (6)
Born in Utah (% of age group)
60–69: 0 of 0 (0)
50–59: 0 of 4 (0)
40–49: 0 of 10 (0)
30–39: 5 of 20 (25)
20–29: 21 of 28 (75)
10–19: 26 of 28 (93)
0–9: 82 of 83 (99)
30+: 5 of 34 (15)
20+: 26 of 62 (42)
under 20: 108 of 111 (97)
Total: 134 (77)
Places of Birth of Foreign Born
England: 16 (55% of foreign born/9% of total population)
Wales: 4 (14/2)
British Isles: 20 (69/12)
Denmark: 7 (24/4)
Australia: 1 (3/1)
Sweden: 1 (3/1)
Families
Marriages
married couples: 30
average age of husband: 34.3; average age of wife: 29.6
average length of marriage: 11.8
average age at marriage, men: 22.5; women: 18.8
children (under 15) per marriage: 3.5
polygamous families, both families in Bluff or Montezuma: 5 of 30 (16.7%)
polygamous families, one family in Bluff or Montezuma: 1 of 30 (3.3%)
residents in polygamous family: 17 (9.8%)
Households
c. 30 households with 30 married couples
average size of household: 5.8
1 single man, no immediate family
Departures
percent of population that left in 1884: 173 of 245 (70.6%).
1884 co-op total stock declined from $1,700 to $700 (59.8% drop)
amount in co-op per emigrant 20 and over: $11.29
per male 20 and over: $23.33
amount in co-op per settler over 20 who remained in Bluff: $18.42
per male 20 and over: $38.89
Numbers lost (% of age group—ages as of 1/1/84)
60–69: 0 of 4 (0%)
50–59: 4 of 5 (80%)
40–49: 10 of 12 (83.3%)
30–39: 20 of 26 (76.9%)
20–29: 28 of 49 (57.1%)
10–19: 28 of 44 (63.6%)
0–9: 83 of 105 (79.0%)
Total: 173 of 245 (70.6%)
Those Who Stayed in 1884 (figures as of 12/31/84)
Age and Gender
Men (% of males/total pop.)
60–69: 3 (8.3/3.8)
50–59: 1 (2.8/1.3)
40–49: 0 (0/0)
30–39: 3 (8.3/3.8)
20–29: 11 (30.6/13.9)
10–19: 10 (27.8/12.7)
15–19: 6
10–14: 4
0–9: 8 (22.2/10.1)
5–9: 1
2–4: 3
0–1: 4
30+: 7 (19.4/8.9)
20+: 18 (50.0, 22.8)
under 20: 18 (50.0/22.8)
Total: 36 (45.6)
Women (% of females/total pop.)
60–69: 1 (2.4/1.3)
50–59: 3 (7.0/3.8)
40–49: 2 (4.9/2.5)
30–39: 2 (4.9/2.5)
20–29: 12 (29.3/15.2)
10–19: 8 (19.5/10.1)
15–19: 2
10–14: 6
0–9: 15 (36.6/19.0)
5–9: 8
2–4: 4
0–1: 3
30+: 8 (19.5/10.1)
20+: 20 (48.8/25.3)
under 20: 23 (51.2/29.1)
Total: 43 (54.4)
Total (% of total pop.)
60–69: 4 (5.1)
50–59: 4 (5.1)
40–49: 2 (2.5)
30–39: 5 (6.3)
20–29: 23 (29.1)
10–19: 18 (22.8)
15–19: 8
10–14: 10
0–9: 23 (29.1)
5–9: 9
2–4: 7
0–1: 7
30+: 15 (19.0)
20+: 38 (48.1)
under 20: 41 (51.9)
Total: 79
average age 21.63 yrs. old
percentage of population under 15: 42.8%
Place of Birth
Foreign Born (% of age group)
60–69: 4 of 4 (100)
50–59: 2 of 4 (50)
40–49: 2 of 2 (100)
30–39: 2 of 5 (40)
20–29: 1 of 23 (4)
10–19: 0 of 18 (0)
0–9: 0 of 23 (0)
30+: 10 of 15 (67)
20+: 11 of 38 (29)
under 20: 0 of 41 (0)
Total: 11 (14)
Born Elsewhere in U.S. (% of age group)
60–69: 0 of 4 (0)
50–59: 2 of 4 (50)
40–49: 0 of 2 (0)
30–39: 1 of 5 (20)
20–29: 0 of 23 (0)
10–19: 0 of 18 (0)
0–9: 0 of 23 (0)
30+: 3 of 15 (20)
20+: 3 of 28 (8)
under 20: 0 of 41 (0)
Total: 3 (4)
Born in Utah (% of age group)
60–69: 0 of 4 (0)
50–59: 0 of 4 (0)
40–49: 0 of 2 (0)
30–39: 2 of 5 (40)
20–29: 22 of 23 (96)
10–19: 18 of 18 (100)
0–9: 23 of 23 (100)
30+: 2 of 15 (13)
20+: 24 of 38 (63)
under 20: 41 of 41 (100)
Total: 65 (82)
Place of Birth of Foreign Born
England: 1 (9% of foreign born/1% of total population)
Wales: 2 (18/3)
Scotland: 4 (36/5)
Ireland: 1 (9/1)
British Isles 8 (73/10)
Denmark: 2 (18/3)
Germany: 1 (9/1)
Families
Marriages
married couples: 18
average age of husband: 37.6; average age of wife: 33.5
average length of marriage: 13.6 years
children (under 15) per marriage: 1.83
polygamous families, both families in Bluff: 6 (33%)
polygamous families, one family in Bluff: 3 (17%)
residents in polygamous families: 36 (45.6%)
Households
c. 18 households with 18 married couples
average size of household: 4.4
1 single man, brother also in town
Profile of Bluff’s Population, 1900 Census
Total Population: 193
Age and Gender
Men (% of males/total pop.)
70–79: 3 (3.2/1.6)
60–69: 0 (0.0/0.0)
50–59: 5 (5.4/2.6)
40–49: 12 (13.0/6.2)
30–39: 12 (13.0/6.2)
20–29: 10 (10.9/5.2)
10–19: 24 (26.1/12/4)
15–19: 10
10–14: 14
0–9: 26 (28.3/13.5)
5–9: 17
2–4: 6
0–1: 3
30+: 32 (34.8/16.6)
20+: 42 (45.7/21.8)
under 20: 50 (54.3/25.9)
Total: 92 (100/47.7)
Women (% of females/total pop.)
70–79: 1 (1.0/0.5)
60–69: 3 (3.0/1.6)
50–59: 3 (3.0/1.6)
40–49: 8 (7.9/4.1)
30–39: 6 (5.9/3.1)
20–29: 17 (16.8/8.8)
10–19: 28 (27.7/14.5)
15–19: 11
10–14: 17
0–9: 35 (34.7/18.1)
5–9: 13
2–4: 15
0–1: 7
30+: 21 (21.0/10.9)
20+: 38 (37.6/19.7)
under 20: 63 (62.4/32.6)
Total: 101 (100/52.3)
Total (% of total pop.)
70–79: 4 (2.1)
60–69: 3 (1.6)
50–59: 8 (4.1)
40–49: 20 (10.4)
30–39: 18 (9.3)
20–29: 27 (14.0)
10–19: 52 (27.0)
15–19: 21
10–14: 31
0–9: 61 (31.6)
5–9: 30
2–4: 21
0–1: 10
30+: 53 (27.5)
20+: 80 (41.5)
under 20: 113 (58.5)
Total: 193
average age: 21.5, median age: 16
% under 15: 47.7
Place of Birth
Foreign Born (% of age group)
70–79: 4 of 4 (100)
60–69: 3 of 3 (100)
50–59: 2 of 8 (25)
40–49: 2 of 20 (10)
30–39: 3 of 18 (17)
20–29: 0 of 27 (0)
10–19: 0 of 52 (0)
0–9: 0 of 61 (0)
30+: 13 of 53 (25)
20+: 14 of 80 (18)
below 20: 0 of 113 (0)
Total: 14 (7)
Born Elsewhere in U.S. (% of age group)
70–79: 0 of 4 (0)
60–69: 0 of 3 (0)
50–59: 6 of 8 (75)
40–49: 6 of 20 (30)
30–39: 4 of 18 (22)
20–29: 5 of 27 (19)
10–19: 3 of 52 (6)
0–9: 7 of 61 (11)
30+: 16 of 53 (30)
20+: 21 of 80 (26)
below 20: 10 of 113 (9)
Total: 31 (16)
Born in Utah (% of age group)
70–79: 0 of 4 (0)
60–69: 0 of 3 (0)
50–59: 0 of 8 (0)
40–49: 12 of 20 (60)
30–39: 11 of 18 (61)
20–29: 22 of 27 (81)
10–19: 49 of 52 (94)
0–10: 54 of 61 (89)
30+: 24 of 53 (45)
20+: 45 of 80 (56)
below 20: 103 of 113 (91)
Total: 148 (77)
Places of Birth of Foreign Born
Denmark and Scotland: 4 each (29% of foreign born/ 2% of total population)
Wales: 2 (14/1)
England, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland: 1 (7/0.5)
Families
Marriages
31 families
average age of husband: 47.4, average age of wife: 41.4
average length of marriage 18.7
average age at marriage, men: 28.7, women: 22.7
children (under 15) per marriage: 3.0
polygamous families, both families in Bluff: 5 (16%)
polygamous families, one family in Bluff or Montezuma: 2 (7%)
residents in polygamous families: 62 of 193 (32%)
Households
38 total households, average size: 5.2 people
23 households with married couples (2 of these households had 2 plural-marriage wives living in the same residence)
8 households with single men or migrant workers
5 households with plural-marriage wives living separately from their husbands
2 households with absent fathers
5 people (4 men, 1 woman) boarding with Bluff families
17 people non-Mormon (mostly cowboys and stock herders)
Note: figures in charts sometimes total more than 100% due to rounding
Sources
U.S. Manuscript Census, 1880 and 1900
Bluff Ward Records
Ancestral File on FamilySearch.com
people mentioned in documentary sources
