Catholic Orphanage, Madison County, Illinois, 1900
Catholic Orphanage
1st Ward, Alton City, Alton Township
Madison County, Illinois, A.D. 1900*
1 Gerber Cecilia Head W F Nov 1851 48 S Germany Germany Germany 1875 25 Teacher 0 Y Y Y O F H
2 Savalie* Serona Inmate W F Oct 1868 31 S Austria Austria Austria 1875 25 Teacher 0 Y Y Y
3 Hananer* Josie Inmate W F Dec 1876 23 S Ill Germany Germany Teacher 0 Y Y Y
4 Mu????y* Mary Inmate W F Oct 1881 18 S Ill Ireland Ireland Teacher 0 Y Y Y
5 Berler* Mary Inmate W F Nov 1874 25 S Germany Germany Germany 1892 8 Teacher 0 Y Y Y
6 Huck* Agnes Inmate W F Jan 1859 41 S Germany Germany Germany 1887 13 Teacher 0 Y Y Y
7 Wilshire Sarah M Inmate W F Dec 1892 7 S Ill Un Un
8 Wilshire Annie R Inmate W F Aug 1899 1 S Ill Un Un
9 Foley Dora Inmate W F June 1896 3 S Ill Un Un
10 Foley John Inmate W M Feb 1899 1 S Ill Un Un
11 Vogel Katie Inmate W F Apr 1892 8 S Ill Germany Germany
12 Vogel Henry Inmate W M Mar 1889 11 S Ill Germany Germany Y Y Y
13 Vogel Frank Inmate W M July 1890 9 S Ill Germany Germany
14 Vogel Joseph Inmate W M Nov 1894 5 S Ill Germany Germany
15 Lahey* Edward Inmate W M Dec 1889 10 S Ill Un Un Y Y Y
16 Lahey* Jerry Inmate W M June 1893 7 S Ill Un Un
17 Callahan William Inmate W M Apr 1891 9 S Ill Ireland Ireland
18 Callahan James Inmate W M Sept 1894 5 S Ill Ireland Ireland Y Y Y
19 Ritter* Grace Inmate W F Apr 1889 11 S Ill Ill Ill
20 Ritter* ????* Inmate W M Apr 1897 3 S Ill Ill Ill
21 Pulman* Cay* J Inmate W M Mar 1890 10 S Ill Miss Ill Y Y Y
22 Pulman* Eloise A Inmate W F Mar 1893 7 S Ill Miss Ill
23 Brisallion Chas R Inmate W M Dec 1896 3 S Ill Un Un
24 Ward Joseph C Inmate W M Feb 1895 5 S Ill Un Un
25 Maul Mary S Inmate W F Sept 1887 12 S Ill Germany Ill Y Y Y
26 Burkheart* Edward E Inmate W M Sept 1892 7 S Ill Un Un
27 Asterbury Chas W Inmate W M Nov 1891 8 S Ill Un Un
28 Asterbury Julian F Inmate W M Jan 1893 7 S Ill Un Un
29 Becker Mary Inmate W F Feb 1892 8 S Ill Un Un
30 Becker S?????* Inmate W F Sept 1892 7 S Ill Un Un
31 Scullen Frances Inmate W M Oct 1890 9 S Ill Ireland Ireland
32 Andree Sissie Inmate W F Jan 1886 14 S Ill Un Un Y Y Y
33 Andree Katie Inmate W F June 1887 13 S Ill Un Un Y Y Y
34 Andree Susie Inmate W F Feb 1891 9 S Ill Un Un
35 Walter John Inmate W M July 1889 10 S Ill Un Un Y Y Y
36 Sullivan Ellen N Inmate W F Oct 1886 13 S Ill Ireland Miss Y Y Y
37 Sullivan Francis Inmate W M Sept 1892 7 S Ill Ireland Miss
38 Sullivan Agnes Inmate W F Oct 1894 5 S Ill Ireland Miss
39 Nicholls Fred C Inmate W M June 1890 9 S Ill Iowa Iowa
40 Boyle Dennis Inmate W M May 1888 12 S Ill Ireland Ireland Y Y Y
41 Boyle Peter Inmate W M Nov 1891 8 S Ill Ireland Ireland
42 Bojezak John Inmate W M Dec 1891 8 S Ill Pol(Ger) Pol(Ger)
43 Bojezak Nicolas Inmate W M Jan 1892 8 S Ill Pol(Ger) Pol(Ger)
44 Bojezak Andrew Inmate W M Mar 1894 6 S Ill Pol(Ger) Pol(Ger)
45 Bojezak Mary Inmate W F Oct 1895 4 S Ill Pol(Ger) Pol(Ger)
46 Conley Nina Inmate W F June 1893 6 S Ill Un Un
47 Shepherd Harry Inmate W M Oct 1899 * S Ill Un Un
48 Diss Mary A Inmate W F Jan 1887 13 S Ill Un Un N N Y
49 ?????e* George Inmate W M Mar 1892 8 S Ill Un Un
50 ?????e* Genevieve Inmate W M May 1894 6 S Ill Un Un
51 ?angmorr* Clara Inmate W F June 1888 11 S Ill Un Un Y Y Y
52 Shinlock* May Inmate W F Oct 1888 11 S Ill Un Un Y Y Y
53 Shinlock* John Inmate W M Feb 1891 9 S Ill Un Un
54 Shumbacker Mary R Inmate W F Nov 188? 1? S Ill Germany Germany Y Y Y
55 Shumbacker John F Inmate W M July 1893 6 S Ill Germany Germany
56 Walter* Anthony Inmate W M Jan 1888 12 S Ill Un Un Y Y Y
57 Blond* William Inmate W M Oct 1888 11 S Ill Un Un Y Y Y
58 Herrion* William Inmate W M Feb 1888 12 S Ill Un Un Y Y Y
59 Herrion* Charles Inmate W M Nov 1890 9 S Ill Un Un Y Y Y
60 White Charles Inmate W M Sept 1888 11 S Ill Ill Ill Y Y Y
61 White Les* Inmate W M Feb 1887 13 S Ill Ill Ill Y Y Y
62 Triben* Julia D Inmate W F Aug 1886 13 S Ill Un Un Y Y Y
63 Rupikosky* Josephina* V Inmate W F Aug 1884 15 S Ill Pol(Rus) Pol(Rus) Y Y Y
** Transcriber's Notes **
Columns above represent name, relation, color, gender, birth month, birth
year, age, marital status, birth place, father's birth place, mother's birth
place, year of immigration, years in United States, occupation, months
unemployed, can read, can write, can speak English, home owned or rented,
home owned free or mortgaged, home or farm.
Columns omitted are years married, number of children, number of living
children, naturalization, months at school, number of farm schedule.
Transcriber used the abbreviations Ill for Illinois, Miss for Missouri, Pol
for Poland, Y for yes, and N for no.
Address of Orphanage: Prospect Street, House 419
This census was taken June 6, 1900, by Frank Fisher, Enumerator.
2 Surname is hard to read; looks like Savalie or Savadie/Savadil ...
3 Surname might be Heinmer, Heinaman, Hanamer, possibly Hammer, Hemmer,
Hemner, or something similar (hard to decipher with any certainty).
4 Hard to read; might be Munphey, possibly Murphy
5 Might be Bealer
6 Looks like "Hvek" or "Herk"; might be Huck, possibly Hoak, Hoek, or
something similar.
15-16 Surname might be Lehey
19-20 Surname might be Ridler/Ridder, Ridley, Retter, Redley, or something
similar. First name for #20 is hard to read; looks like "Chlts",
"Olts", or "Elhts"; might be Otis (Ottis), or perhaps an abbreviation
for a longer name .... (darkened area of census; caution is advised).
21-22 Surname might be Perlman. First name for #21 looks like Cay, Coy, or
Coz (with middle initial of "J"), might be "Cy" but can't say for
certain. Names for both persons fall in darkened area of census.
26 Spelled with an "e" in the original census; might be Burkhart, Burkhard.
30 First name is hard to decipher; looks like Stomie/Stonie or Stanise ....
47 Age is listed as 7/12 (i.e., 7 mos.)
49-50 Surname is hard to read and first letter seems to be either "L" or "C".
Might be Cierse, Ciesse/Cierre, (Lierse, Liesse, Lierre) or something
similar to any of these.
51 Might be Gangnorr or Sangnorr. First name might be Clisa ...
52-53 Surname might be Shirlock, Sherlock, possibly Shenlock
54 Birth year and age for this person appears to be either "1885, 14", or
"1888, 11" (hard to read).
56 Looks like Walter, but might be Waller.
57 Surname might be Blood, Blend, possibly Bleird
58-59 Surname is hard to decipher with certainty; looks like Herrion but might
be something similar (third and fourth letters are the least legible in
this surname), such as Heerion, He?ison ....
61 First name might be Leo
62 First letter of surname might be "F" or "K": Friben, Kriben ...
63 Surname might be Perpikosky or something similar. Both first and last
names for this person are long; both are written out long-hand
(including middle initial) in space provided in original census with the
first name quite crowded as a result; caution advised.
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Illinois, Madison County
Alton Township, Alton City, 1st Ward
S.D. 12, E.D. 33, Sheets 9B-10A, Images 18 & 19 of 44
Img Ref#: 346-47/Roll: T623 325.
This list was Transcribed by
Lynn Beatty
13 January 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website