In the 1850 Federal Census, Robert & Martha Aldrich, ages 39 & 38, are living at Smithfield, RI. They have two children, Orvil L. 10, & Ellen F. 5. Also in the household are the following family members: Martha's mother, Martha Remington, 79; Martha's sister Mahala Paine, 35; another sister Ann E. Follett, 45, and her two children, William 16 & Lucia A. 14.
In 1860 Robert & Martha, ages 49 & 48, are still at Smithfield. Orville L. is 21, and Ellen L. is 15.