United States Census
Van Landschoot families and related households in America, 1850–1900
The United States federal census is one of the most valuable sources for tracing the Van Landschoot families and related Belgian immigrant households in America. Taken every ten years, these records allow us to follow settlement, occupations, family structure, migration, and the growth of new American generations.
This section brings together the census decades from 1850 to 1900. Each page includes a map of known family locations, a guide to the census columns, and the surviving household records identified for that year. Together, they offer a remarkable overview of the American branch of the family story.
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1850 United States Census
The first federal census in which every free person was listed by name. An essential starting point for tracing the earliest documented Van Landschoot households in America.
1860 United States Census
A fuller portrait of immigrant settlement, with household names, occupations, birthplace, and property values showing how families were becoming established.
1865 Illinois State Census
A valuable state census that bridges the gap between the federal census decades and helps trace Van Landschoot households in Illinois during the Civil War era.
1870 United States Census
A strong census for tracing growing Midwestern communities, family continuity, and the expanding presence of Van Landschoot households in America.
1880 United States Census
Especially valuable because it records the relationship of each person to the head of household, making family reconstruction much easier and more precise.
1900 United States Census
One of the richest census years for genealogy, with birth month and year, immigration year, naturalization, and family fertility details.
This census section forms part of the wider reconstruction of the Van Landschoot families in the United States, combining household records, migration context, and mapped family locations across the nineteenth century.
Note on the 1890 census: as already mentioned elsewhere on the site, most of the 1890 United States census population schedules were destroyed in a fire, which is why that census decade is not included here as a standard section.