Clay County Orphan Home, Clay County, Indiana, 1900

Clay County Orphan Home

3rd Ward, Knightsville, Donburn Township
Clay County, Indiana, A.D. 1900*


 1 Hags* Lottie B      Matron  W F Mar  1875 25 Indiana  Indiana  Indiana  Matron  0 Y Y Y H
 2 Nuscien Effie       Cook    W F Aug  1877 22 Indiana  Indiana  Indiana  Cool    0 Y Y Y
 3 France Florence     Servant W F May  1882 18 Indiana  Indiana  Indiana  Servant 0 Y Y Y
 4 Moody John          Inmate  W M June 1887 13 Indiana  Indiana  Indiana            Y Y Y
 5 Moody Joseph        Inmate  W M Apr  1889 11 Indiana  Indiana  Indiana          0 Y Y Y
 6 Moody Mary          Inmate  W F Feb  1884 16 Indiana  Indiana  Indiana            Y Y Y
 7 Zelter Rose         Inmate  W F Aug  1897  2 Illinois Illinois Illinois           Y Y Y
 8 Nocaum* Margaret    Inmate  W F Dec  1893  6 Indiana  Wales    Wales              Y Y Y
 9 Thomas John         Inmate  W M Aug  1894  5 Indiana  Wales    Wales              Y Y Y
10 Thomas George       Inmate  W M July 1896  3 Indiana  Wales    Wales                  Y
11 Haugt Daniel        Inmate  W M Mar  1890 10 Indiana  Indiana  Indiana            Y Y Y
12 Nobbit* Ana*        Inmate  W F Feb  1888 12 Indiana  Indiana  Indiana            Y Y Y
13 Johnston Samuel     Inmate  W M June 1892  7 Indiana  Indiana  Indiana            Y Y Y
14 O'Neal B???*        Inmate  W M Apr  1893  7 Indiana  Indiana  Indiana            Y Y Y
15 Bridgewater Henery* Inmate  W M June 1892  8 Indiana  Indiana  Indiana            Y Y Y
16 Bridgewater ????*   Inmate  W F June 1894  5 Indiana  Indiana  Indiana            Y Y Y
17 Bridgewater Hettie  Inmate  W F June 1897  2 Indiana  Indiana  Indiana                Y 


**Transcriber's Notes**

Columns above represent name, relation, color, gender, birth month, birth 
year, age, birth place, father's birth place, mother's birth place, 
occupation, months unemployed, can read, can write, can speak English, home 
or farm.

Columns omitted are marital status (all are single), years married, number 
of children, number of living children, year of immigration, years in United 
States, naturalization, months at school, home owned or rented, home owned 
free or mortaged, number of farm schedule.

Address of Orphanage: not given in census. Other:  Dwelling 174, Family 185
This census was taken June 7, 1900 by John A. Mason, Enumerator.

 1  Might be Haas
 8  Hard to read; might be Freocaum or something similar to either.
12  Surname might be Fobbit; first name might be Nora - entire name is hard
    to decipher with certainty.
14  Given name is not clear; might be Bob, possibly Bret (?)
15  Spelling given in original census
16  Given name looks like "Hery".  Gender given for this person could be 
    either "M" or "F"; hard to read due to overwriting/smudging.


CITATION

Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Indiana
Clay County, 3rd Ward, Knightsville
Donburn Township
SD 5, ED 24, Sheet 9A; Images 17 of 25
Img Ref#: 1157/Roll: T623 363. 

This list was Transcribed by
Lynn Beatty
7 December 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website

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