Asylum for Friendless 'Colored' Children
3rd Ward, Indianapolis, Center Township
Marion County, Indiana, A.D. 1900*
1 Clark Anna Head W F July 1866 33 S Ind N Car N Car Matron 0 Y Y Y H
2 Montgomery Nellie Employee W F Apr 1875 25 S Ind N Car N Car Governess 0 Y Y Y
3 Brown Jennie Employee W F Oct 1849 50 W 1 0 0 Ireland Ireland Ireland Nurse 0 Y Y Y
4 Houser* Erla Employee W F Dec 1861 39 S England England England Nurse 0 Y Y Y
5 Whittaker Helen Employee B F Sept 1861 38 S Ken Ken Ken Laundress 0 Y Y Y
6 Boye* Ira Inmate B M Jan 1894 6 S Ind Un Un
7 Burden Albert Inmate B M Feb 1891 9 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
8 Bray Edward Inmate B M 1895 4 S Ind Un Un
9 Brudel* Willie Inmate B M 1893 7 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
10 Craven Earnest Inmate B M Nov 1890 9 S Ind Un Un
11 Cooper Otto Inmate B M Sept 1890 9 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
12 Cooper Elmer Inmate B M Feb 1895 5 S Ind Un Un
13 Stanley Carty Inmate B M Feb 1891 2 S Ind Un Un
14 Cossey Carroll Inmate B M 1890 9 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
15 Cossey George Inmate B M 1893 6 S Ind Un Un
16 Drift Duke Inmate B M 1899 * S Ind Un Un
17 Fisher Willie Inmate B M Aug 1895 4 S Ind Un Un
18 Fisher Louis Inmate B M Nov 1890* 9* S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
19 Goodridge David Inmate B M 1885 14 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
20 Howard Benjamin Inmate B M 1889 10 S Ken Un Un 9 Y Y Y
21 Hughes Roy Inmate B M July 1890 9 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
22 Hughes John Inmate B M Feb 1895 5 S Ind Un Un
23 Hughes Willie Inmate B M Jan 1897 3 S Ind Un Un
24 Johnson* Glen Inmate B M 1887 12 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
25 Lowe William Inmate B M 1889 10 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
26 Lasenberg Leo Inmate B M May 1897 3 S Ind Un Un
27 Lee Lester Inmate B M 1887 12 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
28 Marshall Elmer Inmate B M 1890 9 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
29 Minor Clarence Inmate B M Mar 1897 3 S Ind Un Un
30 Reed Alfred Inmate B M Mar 1898 2 S Ind Un Un
31 Robinson Luther Inmate B M Aug 1893 6 S Ind Un Un
32 Rice Henry Inmate B M 1891 8 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
33 Sneider Fred Inmate B M Dec 1893 6 S Ind Un Un
34 Southerman* Julius Inmate B M July 1888 11 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
35 Smith Willie Inmate B M Dec 1897 2 S Ind Un Un
36 Samuels* Richard Inmate B M Oct 1898 2 S Ind Un Un
37 Stockton Creed Inmate B M Feb 1896 4 S Ind Un Un
38 Stockton Abe* Inmate B M Nov 1897 2 S Ind Un Un
39 Scott Norman Inmate B M Jan 1892 8 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
40 William John Inmate B M Feb 1894 6 S Ind Un Un
41 Woodfork Frank Inmate B M 1895 4 S Ind Un Un
42 Webster Charles Inmate B M 1897 2 S Ind Un Un
43 Becker Ada Inmate B F Aug 1895 4 S Ind Un Un
44 Cooper Victoria Inmate B F Sept 1890 9 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
45 Christman Bertha Inmate B F Apr 1893 7 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
46 Grayson Louise Inmate B F Sept 1897 2 S Ind Un Un
47 Howard Lulu Inmate B F 1891 8 S Ken Un Un 9 Y Y Y
48 Howard Jada Inmate B F 1894 5 S Ken Un Un
49 Jackson Maggie Inmate B F Sept 1891 8 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
50 Jackson May Inmate B F 1900 * S Ind Un Un
51 Johnson Hazel Inmate B F Aug 1899 * S Ind Un Un
52 Jones Helen Inmate B F 1891 8 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
53 Jordan Della Inmate B F 1891 8 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
54 Loud Radie Inmate B F 1891 8 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
55 Rice Alice Inmate B F 1889 10 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
56 Rice Kate Inmate B F 1893 6 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
57 Ro?e* ????ge* Inmate B F 1900 * S Ind Un Un
58 Smith Marguerite Inmate B F May 1894 6 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
59 Smith Lilly Inmate B F Dec 1897 2 S Ind Un Un
60 Toue Stella Inmate B F Sept 1887 12 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
61 Toue Ruby Inmate B F Dec 1890 9 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
62 Thomas Bella Inmate B F May 1899 1 S Ind Un Un
63 Woodfork Rose Inmate B F Jan 1894 6 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
64 White Mary Inmate B F Feb 1900 * S Ind Un Un
65 Posey Leona Inmate B F Aug 1899 * S Ind Un Un
66 Doeb Clara Inmate W F 1889 10 S Ind Un Un 9 Y Y Y
** Transcriber's Notes **
Columns above represent name, relation, color, gender, birth month, birth
year, age, marital status, number of children, number of living children,
birth place, father's birth place, mother's birth place, occupation, months
unemployed, months at school, can read, can write, can speak English, home
or farm.
Columns omitted are years married, year of immigration, years in United States,
naturalization, home owned or rented, home owned free or mortgaged, number of
farm schedule (all columns left blank in original census).
Transcriber used the abbreviations Ind for Indiana, N Car for North Carolina,
Un for Unknown, Ken for Kentucky, and Y for yes.
Address of Orphanage: Twenty-first Street, House 319
This census was taken June 6, 1900 by James A Collins, Enumerator.
4 As written, surname for this person looks like "Houser", "Hanovr", or
"Housier"; might be Houser, Hanover, Housier, or something similar.
6 Might be Baye, possibly Boyer. Surname looks like Boye or Boyr (Baye,
Bayr), as written.
9 Middle letters of this surname are hard to decipher. Surname might be
Berndel, Burdel, (Bemdel), or something similar.
16 Age is listed as 7/12 (i.e., 7 mos)
18 Birth year and age might be 1894, 6, respectively (may be some fading).
24 Surname is somewhat hard to read; first letter looks like "J" and the
tail of the "g" in line above interferes with third letter. Surname
looks like "Jonnson", might be Johnson.
34 Might be Smitherman or something similar.
36 Hard to read; looks like "Semueli" or "Semuels", might be Samuels.
38 First name looks like "Aloa" or "Alsa", might be Abe.
50 Age is listed as 0/12 (i.e., 0 mos or born after May 6, 1900)
51 Age is listed as 10/12 (i.e., 10 mos)
57 Name for this person is hard to read. Surname looks like "Roee";
might be Rose, Roer, Roes, possibly Rice.... First name looks like
"Orange", or "Osange"/"Osauge". Age is listed as 3/12 (i.e., 3 mos)
64 Age is listed as 3/12 (i.e., 3 mos)
65 Age is listed as 9/12 (i.e., 9 mos)
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 US Federal Census, Indiana, Marion County
Center Township, Indianapolis, 3rd Ward
SD 4, ED 48, Sheets 4B-5A; Images 8-9 of 22
Img Ref#: 78-79/Roll: T623 388.
This list was Transcribed by
Lynn Beatty
12 January 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website