Orphanages
- Alameda Sanitorium, Alameda County
- Bird's Nest Orphanage, Alameda County
- Boys & Girls Aid Society of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County
- Fresno County Orphanage, Fresno County
- Golden Gate Orphanage, Alameda County
- Good Templar Home for Orphans, Solano County
- Grass Valley Orphan Asylum, Nevada County
- Home of the Guardian Angel Orphanage, Los Angeles County
- I.O.O.F. Orphans' Home, Santa Clara County
- Josephonium Orphan Asylum, Alameda County
- Ladies' Relief Society's Home for Aged Women, and, Ladies' Relief Society's Orphanage, (identical links), Alameda County
- Los Angeles Orphan Asylum, Los Angeles County
- Los Angeles Orphans Home, Los Angeles County
- Masonic Widow's & Orphan's Home, Alameda County
- Notre Dame Institute, Santa Clara County
- Orphans' Home, San Bernardino County
- Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum & Home Society, San Francisco County
- Protestant Orphan Asylum, Sacramento County
- Protestant Orphan Asylum, San Francisco County
- Sacramento Foundlings Home, Sacramento County
- San Francisco Boys Home, San Francisco County
- San Francisco Children's Orphanage, San Francisco County
- San Francisco Lying In Hospital & Foundling Asylum, San Francisco County
- St. Catherine's Orphan Asylum, San Bernardino County
- St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum, Marin County
- Sunshine Home Orphanage, Alameda County
- West Oakland Foundling Home, Alameda County
- Women and Child's Home, San Diego County
- Youth's Directory, San Francisco County
Poorhouses
Households by County
