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