Francis Comfort Thomas Orphan Home, Bartholomew County, Indiana, 1900
Francis Comfort Thomas Orphan Home
Columbus Township, East Columbus
Bartholomew County, Indiana, A.D. 1900*
1. Goodnow Nieland* Head WF Jan 1873 26 M 4 0 0 Ohio Ohio Ohio Matron YYY
2. Goodnow Juanita* Husb WM June 1863 37 M Ind Ind Ind Supt. YYY F 40
3. Cartwright Hallie Inmate WM Jan 1894 6 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
4. Craig Harry Inmate WM Unk 1887 13 S Ind Unkn Ind 8 YYY
5. Cooker* George Inmate WM Dec 1885 14 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
6. Fellows Walter Inmate WM Unk 1889 10 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
7. Langford Ralph Inmate WM Mar 1890 10 S Ind Ind Unkn 8 YYY
8. Webster Eddie Inmate WM Jan 1891 9 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
9. Anderson Walter Inmate WM July 1887 12 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
10. Anderson Frank Inmate WM Mar 1894 6 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
11. Smith Clarance Inmate WM Jan 1892 8 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
12. Salmon* Ralph Inmate WM June 1894 5 S Ind Unkn Unkn
13. Giffeni* Eddie Inmate WM Oct 1888 11 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
14. ???ders* Charlie Inmate WM Mar 1895 5 S Ind Unkn Unkn
15. ?an?* Clem.* Inmate WM Mar 1889 11 S Ind Ind Unkn 8 YYY
16. Williams Charlie Inmate WM Apr 1891 9 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
17. Dynes Guy Inmate WM Unk 1889 11 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
18. Poor Benjamin Inmate WM Nov 1888 11 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
19. Anderson Frank Inmate WM Mar 1894 6 S Ind Unkn Unkn
20. Lanell* Cash Inmate WM July 1888 11 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
21. Nilson* Stater* Inmate WM Jan 1890 10 S Ind Unkn Ind 8 YYY
22. Pittman Clark Inmate WM May 1888 12 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
23. Pittman Jason Inmate WM Dec 1890 9 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
24. Orcheman* Benjamin Inmate WM Nov 1889 10 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
25. Craig Fred Inmate WM Unk 1894 6 S Ind Unkn Unkn
26. Neville Edward Inmate WM Nov 1890 9 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
27. Neville Bertie Inmate WM June 1896 3*S Ind Unkn Unkn
28. Cook Virgil* Inmate WM Sept 1895 4 S Ind Unkn Unkn
29. Wilbert Cl???on* Inmate WM Apr 1895 5 S Ind Unkn New Jer
30. Cox Grover Inmate WM Oct 1890 9 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
31. Conney* Martin Inmate WM Dec 1896 3 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
32. Ogden Homer Inmate WM Apr 1892 8 S Ind Unkn Unkn
33. Carroll Alva Inmate WM Nov 1894 5 S Ind Unkn Unkn
34. Meredeth* Fred Inmate WM Mar 1896 4 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
35. Meredeth* John Inmate WM Jan 1893 7 S Ind Unkn Unkn
36. Abbott Brent Inmate WM June 1896 3 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
37. Croner* Edward Inmate WM Feb 1889 11 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
38. Elhane* Stella Inmate WF June 1888 12 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
39. Ault Hazel Inmate WF Oct 1891 8 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
40. Daum Anna* Inmate WF Mar 1892 8*S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
41. Lane Flora Inmate WF Oct 1891 8 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
42. Douglas Elsie Inmate WF May 1893 7 S Ind Unkn Unkn
43. Douglas Ida Inmate WF Apr 1895 5 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
44. Starr Laura Inmate WF Dec 1891 8 S Ind Unkn Unkn
45. Starr Alice Inmate WF Feb 1896 4 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
46. Hess Pearl Inmate WF June 1888 11 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
47. Hess Ella Inmate WF May 1890 10 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
48. Mc????* Mary Inmate WF Unk 1892 7 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
49. Hewthorn* Grace Inmate WF Sept 1891 8 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
50. Hewthorn* Ma??e* Inmate WF June 1893 6 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
51. Perry Anna Inmate WF May 1893 7 S Ind Unkn New Jer
52. Wilbert Nellie Inmate WF June 1896 3 S Ind Unkn Unkn
53. Kellogg Goldie Inmate WF Apr 1898 2 S Ind Unkn Unkn
54. Meradith* Cora Inmate WF Mar 1892 8 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
55. Adams Maggie Inmate WF May 1893 7 S Ind Unkn Unkn 8 YYY
56. Welding Roda Inmate WF Nov 1875 25 S Ind Ohio Ind Asst.M YYY
57. Miller Anna Board WF Oct 1861 39 W 1 1 Ind Indian Ind Baker YYY
58. Miller Flossie Board WF May 1884 16 S Ind Ind Ind 9 YYY
59. Poole Georgia Board WF Sept 1849 50 S Ind Ire Ohio Seam YYY
60. Kleber Matilda Board WF Dec 1871 28 S Ind Germ Ind Laund YYY
61. Kleber Minnie Board WF Mar 1879 21 S Ind Germ Ind Nurse YYY
62. McCord Cora Board WF May 1870 30 S Ind Ind Ind Cook YYY
** Transcriber Remarks **
Columns above represent name, relation of this person to head of household,
color, gender, month of birth, year of birth, age at last birthday, marital
status, years married, mother of how many children, number of children still
living, place of birth, birthplace of father, birthplace of mother,
occupation, number of months attended school, can read, can write, can speak
English, farm or house, and number of farm schedule.
Columns omitted for this transcription include: Year of immigration to the
United States, years living in the United States, naturalization, months not
employed, own or rent, owned free or mortgaged, as all columns were left
blank in the original document.
Transcriber abbreviated boarder as board, "Indiania" (spelling given in
original document; most likely meant as "Indiana") as Ind, Unknown as Unkn,
New Jersey as New Jer, Ireland as Ire, Germany as Germ, Husband as Husb,
Seamstress as Seam, Laundress as Laund, Assistant Matron as Asst.M,
Superintendent as Supt., Yes as Y, No as N.
Address of Institution: No street number or name given in this census for this
orphanage.
This census was taken on the 6th day of June, 1900 by Charles G. Hunter,
Enumerator.
1-2 Given names are hard to read in original document
5 Fourth letter of surname is somewhat hard to read; looks like "k" but
might be something different, i.e., "p" - Cooper. Second "o" is closed;
might be "r": Corker, Corper.
12 Surname could be Salimon, Salimone, Salimar, etc.
13 Surname is somewhat hard to read; might be Giffens, Gippens, or something
similar to any of these.
14 First half of surname is hard to read with certainty; looks like "?ruders",
"?ouders", "?onders". First letter is somewhat blurred and has
interference from the tail of the "f" in the line above; might be L, B, S,
or some other letter.
15 Surname could begin with L or S; looks like "Lany", "Sany", "Lanes", or
"Sanes" -- might be Lane. First name looks like "Cleim.", might be "Clem."
20 Surname is somewhat hard to read due to overwriting; might be something
like Lazell, Laspell, or something similar.
21 Surname is hard to read; might be Nelson, possibly "Adson"; there is a
long horizontal stroke on first letter. Looks more like an "N", but could
be an "A". First name might be Strater
24 Surname could be Archeman, Orckeman, etc. The first letter(s) of surname
are hard to decipher; surname might begin with something other than "A"
or "O", i.e., "W" -- Werheman, Weheman/Wehman ...
27 In column for age the number 4 was written over the number 3
28 Given name is hard to read in original document; might be Virgil
29 Given name is hard to read; could be Clemson, Clauson, Closson ....
There is a short horizontal line over the middle letter(s), resembling
the cross of a "t", but there seems to be no tall letter in this name
after the "l" (does not necessarily mean there isn't one present)
31 Surname might be Conroy, Conrey, Carney, or something similar.
34-35 Surname might be Meredith, Meredeth
37 Surname looks like "Croner" but might be Cooper, Cooker, or something
similar.
38 Might be Elkens, Elkane, Elkers ...
40 Surname might be Doum, D?nns, Drum, Deum... Given name is somewhat hard
to read due to overwriting; could be Anna. In column for age a 7 was
written over an 8 or vice versa.
48 Last half of surname is hard to read; surname might be McOrter, McOrtes,
McOster, or something similar.
49-50 Surname looks like "HenThorn" as written; might be Hewthorn, Hawthorn,
etc. First name for #50 looks like "Mannie" or "Marrine", might be
"Mamie".
54 Might be Meredith, Meredeth
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Indiana
Bartholomew County, Columbus Township, East Columbus
SD 4, ED 4, Sheets 4A-4B; Images 7-8 of 26
Img Ref#: 571-72/Roll: T623 359.
This list was Transcribed by
Lori Christ
3 March 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website
