First elections
Original Registered Voters
The 1891 Marysville register of eligible voters, presented with the occupations recorded in the existing transcription.
About this collection
A complete, readable transcription of the voters recorded for Marysville’s first elections.
When Marysville was ready to incorporate, local leaders prepared a list of eligible voters for the town’s first elections. The register listed the men who were registered to vote, along with their occupations.
This focused page uses the same transcription as the complete People directory and keeps historical occupation labels and spellings unchanged.
- Registered voters
- 75
- Occupation groupings
- 28
Complete collection
The 1891 register by occupation
registered voters
occupation groupings
When Marysville was ready to incorporate, local leaders prepared a list of eligible voters for the town's first elections. The register listed the men who were registered to vote, along with their occupations.
| Occupation | Registered voters |
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| Barber 1 voter |
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| Blacksmith 1 voter |
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| Bookkeeper 1 voter |
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| Capitalist 1 voter |
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| Carpenters 8 voters |
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| Clerks 2 voters |
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| Dentist 1 voter |
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| Cook 1 voter |
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| Drayman 1 voter |
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| Engineer 1 voter |
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| Fireman 1 voter |
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| Fishermen / Seamen 2 voters |
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| Florist 1 voter |
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| Freighter / Farmers 4 voters |
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| Hotel Owners 2 voters |
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| Laborers 15 voters |
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| Loggers / Lumbermen 4 voters |
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| Marshal 1 voter |
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| Mechanics 5 voters |
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| Merchants 8 voters |
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| Musician 1 voter |
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| Physician 1 voter |
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| Painter 1 voter |
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| Postmaster 1 voter |
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| Ranchers 5 voters |
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| Real Estate 2 voters |
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| Salooners 2 voters |
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| Leisure 1 voter |
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Occupation labels and name spellings are preserved from the supplied register transcription.