Betty's Critters - & History Views

The 1910 United States Census is the first one for Chincoteague to list the names of the streets and lanes that the residents lived on.  The person who was chosen to enumerate the citizens of the Islands District (004) was Edgar H. Bratton, who lived on Church Street.  After listing the citizens of the incorporated Town of Chincoteague, he began enumerating the people who lived outside the town limits on Chincoteague, Assateague and Wallops Islands.  He started on April 28th, and finished on May 13th, 1910.   Mr. Bratton listed 20 streets, roads, lanes and areas on Chincoteague, plus the village on Assateague Island, and the single family who lived on Wallops Island.  At this point in time, no house numbers were listed.  (I honestly don't believe the houses were assigned numbers until several years later.)   In putting this listing of residents, streets and areas together, I have used my own idiosyncratic list markers.  First, I will list the name...

 This is a "silly" creation of love for what I consider my home town.  My Mom was born and raised there, as was her Mother's Mother's family, going back to 1697.  Chincoteague Island has always been my center and lode-stone.  I look at photos and maps of it (and Assateague) daily and miss it sorely.  I would be living the island life, with sand in my shoes, if it was possible. 1908 Cleaveland Street    The town of Chincoteague was incorporated in 1908.  The 1910 United States Census is the first one to list the names of the streets and lanes that residents lived on.  The person tasked with the enumeration of 1910 was Edgar H. Bratton, who lived on Church Street.  He began his Census of the town of Chincoteague on April 15th, and finished the town Census on the 27th of April.  He appears to have jumped about a bit, in that he did not list all of Main Street at once, but went down cross-streets and lanes as he met them.  I do not...