14th Ward, Indianapolis, Center Township
Marion County, Indiana, A.D. 1900*
1 Roerstein Henry F Head W M Aug 1847 52 M 26 Ger Ger Ger 1865 35 Na Supt G to H 0 Y Y Y R H
2 Roerstein Lisette Wife W F Apr 1854 46 M 26 6 5 Ger Ger Ger 1870 30 Y Y Y
3 Roerstein Edward C Son W M Apr 1882 18 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
4 Roerstein Walter C Son W M Mar 1884 16 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
5 Roerstein Reynold Son W M Apr 1889 11 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
6 Arola* Harry F Inmate W M June 1887 13 S Ind Ind Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
7 Arola* Elsie B Inmate W F Mar 1886 14 S Ind Ind Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
8 Arola* Edward H Inmate W M Oct 1888 11 S Ind Ind Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
9 Arola* ??ank* W Inmate W M Feb 1890 10 S Miss Ind Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
10 Arola* Maire C Inmate W F Dec 1892 7 S Miss Ind Ger At School 9
11 Berger Kate E Inmate W F Nov 1886 13 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
12 Berger Frank E Inmate W M Aug 1888 11 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
13 Berger Carl E Inmate W M June 1890 9 S Ind Ger Ger
14 Berger Edward W Inmate W M Feb 1893 7 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9
15 Berger Willie A Inmate W M Sept 1894 5 S Ind Ger Ger
16 Behra* Albert Inmate W M Mar 1895 4 S Ind Ger Ger
17 Behra* Clara Inmate W F Sept 1896 3 S Ind Ger Ger
18 Behra* Elizabeth Inmate W F Mar 1898 2 S Ind Ger Ger
19 Loverdice* Fred J Inmate W M Jan 1890 10 S Ind Ind Ind At School 9 Y Y Y
20 Loverdice* Estella Inmate W F Mar 1891 9 S Ind Ind Ind At School 9
21 Heger Freda C Inmate W F Nov 1886 14 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
22 Heger Frank F Inmate W M Jun 1887 12 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
23 Heger Flora R Inmate W F Dec 1888 11 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
24 Hupe Sophie Inmate W F June 1886 13 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
25 Halen* George Inmate W M Dec 1889 10 S Ind Ind Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
26 Halen* Harrold Inmate W M Apr 1893 7 S Ind Ind Ger At School 9
27 Korpale* Joseph Inmate W M Apr 1885 15 S Ohio Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
28 Korpale* Mary Inmate W F Oct 1886 13 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
29 Klein Belle A Inmate W F Dec 1884 15 S Ind Ind Ind At School 9 Y Y Y
30 Klein Will* M Inmate W M Feb 1891 9 S Ind Ind Ind At School 9
31 Kaerner Bertha Servant W F Apr 1882 18 S Ind Ger Ger Servant 0
32 Lert* Oscar H Inmate W M Mar 1887 13 S Ger Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
33 Lert* Alfred F Inmate W M Mar 1888 12 S Ger Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
34 Lert* Hugo G Inmate W M July 1891 8 S Ger Ger Ger At School 9
35 Mast Clara Inmate W F Mar 1888 12 S Ind Penn Ind At School 9 Y Y Y
36 Mast Edith Inmate W F Aug 1889 10 S Ind Penn Ind At School 9 Y Y Y
37 Meyer Louis Inmate W M Jan 1891 9 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9
38 Meyer Hilda Inmate W F Sept 1892 7 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9
39 Meyer Oscar Inmate W M Sept 1894 5 S Ind Ger Ger
40 Mohr Lillian M Inmate W F Aug 1890 9 S Ind Ken W Vir At School 9
41 Mohr George Inmate W M May 1896 4 S Ind Ken W Vir
42 Messmer* August Inmate W M July 1885 14 S Ind Ger Ind At School 9 Y Y Y
43 Ott Emalie Inmate W F July 1889 12 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
44 Oerrtue* James Inmate W M May 1890 10 S Ind Ohio Ind At School 9 Y Y Y
45 Oerrtue* Augustine Inmate W M Aug 1892 7 S Ind Ohio Ind At School 9
46 Oerrtue* Marie J Inmate W F June 1896 3 S Ind Ohio Ind
47 Parin* Harvey W Inmate W M Aug 1885 14 S Ind Aus Penn At School 9 Y Y Y
48 Pflueger Bertha Servant W F Sept 1884 15 S Ind Ger Ind Servant 0 Y Y Y
49 Pflueger Carl F Inmate W M Feb 1886 14 S Ind Ger Ind At School 9 Y Y Y
50 Pflueger Wilie* H Inmate W M Dec 1891 8 S Ind Ger Ind At School 9
51 P???h* Minna Inmate W F June 1889 10 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
52 P???h* Martha Inmate W F May 1892 8 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9
53 P???h* Katie Inmate W F Apr 1895 5 S Ind Ger Ger
54 P???h* Freda Inmate W F Apr 1897 3 S Ind Ger Ger
55 Renker* Emma Inmate W F Aug 1888 11 S Ind N York Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
56 Renker* Gustav Inmate W M Mar 1890 10 S Ind N York Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
57 Reis* Emilio* Inmate W F May 1892 8 S Ger Ger Ger At School 9
58 Stolie* Charles Inmate W M Jan 1887 13 S Ind Ind Ind At School 9 Y Y Y
59 Stolie* Frederick Inmate W M June 1888 11 S Ind Ind Ind At School 9 Y Y Y
60 Shellhouse Frank Inmate W M July 1890 9 S Ind Ohio Ind At School 9
61 Sonco* Ralph Inmate W M Aug 1892 7 S Ind Penn Ind At School 8
62 Thomas Harry Inmate W M Dec 1891 8 S Ken Ken Ind At School 9
63 Thomas Hazel Inmate W F May 1897 3 S Ind Ken Ind
64 Thiel?* Lillie Servant W F Feb 1880 20 S Ohio Ohio Ohio Servant 0 Y Y Y
65 Thiel?* Augusta Servant W F June 1883 16 S Ohio Ohio Ohio Servant 0 Y Y Y
66 Theis Anna Inmate W F Dec 1896 3 S Miss Ger Ill
67 Theis John Inmate W M Dec 1898 1 S Miss Ger Ill
68 Virkmann* Louis Inmate W M Jan 1890 10 S Ind Ger Ind At School 9 Y Y Y
69 Vollmus* Mary Inmate W F Sept 1890 9 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9
70 Vollmus* Joseph Inmate W M May 1892 8 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9
71 Vollmus* William Inmate W M Aug 1895 4 S Ind Ger Ger
72 Walt* ???????* Inmate W F Aug 1887 12 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
73 Wagner* Cora Inmate W F Mar 1889 11 S Ind Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
74 Wright Leah Inmate W F Sept 1889 10 S Ind Ind Ind At School 9 Y Y Y
75 Wright Myron Inmate W M May 1897 3 S Ind Ind Ind
76 Scherling Albert Gardener W M Dec 1868 31 S Ind Ger Ger Gardener 0 Y Y Y
77 McBee Rebecca Dressmaker W F May 1846 54 W 0 0 0 Ohio Virg Ohio Dressmaker 0 Y Y Y
** Transcriber's Notes **
Columns above represent name, relation, color, gender, birth month, birth
year, age, marital status, years married, number of children, number of
living children, birth place, father's birth place, mother's birth place,
year of immigration, years in United States, naturalization, occupation,
months unemployed, months at school, can read, can write, can speak English,
home owned or rented, home or farm.
Columns omitted are home owned free or mortgaged, number of farm schedule.
Transcriber used the abbreviations Ger for Germany, Ind for Indiana, Miss
for Missouri, Penn for Pennsylvania, Ken for Kentucky, W Vir for West
Virginia, Aus for Australia, N York for New York, Ill for Illinois, Virg for
Virginia.
Address of Orphanage: Slate Avenue (might possibly be "State" Avenue)
This census was taken June 11, 1900 by Henry E. Hood, Enumerator.
6-10 Surname hard to read; might be Arola, Awla, Awls, Aeola, or something
similar to any of these.
16-18 Surname hard to read; might be Behra, Bekra or something similar.
19-20 Surname hard to read; looks like Loverdice, but might be Lonedice,
Lorredice, or something similar.
25-26 Surname might be Hulen, Helen
27-28 Surname might be Korpele, Koepele, or something similar.
32-34 Surname looks like Lert or Lest
42 Surname might be Messner, Messener, or something similar.
44-46 Surname is hard to read; looks like "Oerrtue" but might be something
like Overtue, possibly Overton....
47 Surname might be Perin, Peron
51-54 Surname is hard to read; might be Peach, Prach, Peack, Prash, Peash,
possibly Pragh, or something similar to any of these.
55-56 Might be Lenker
57 Surname might be Ries, Reis; given name looks like Emilio but might be
Emilie
58-59 Surname looks like Stolie; might be Stotie, Stolis, Stolic
61 Surname is hard to read; might be Souco, Sonco, Soult, Sonet, possibly
Smet, or something similar to any of these (the letters are somewhat
small and not well-formed).
63-64 Might be Thiels, Thiele, Thiela
68 Surname is somewhat hard to decipher; might be Verkmann
69-71 Surname might be Vollmer, Vollmis, Vollmes
72 Surname might be Wilt; first letter or so of this surname looks like
"W", "M", or "Nr", "Ne": Walt, Wilt; Matt, Mett, Milt; Nr??; Nealt, or
something similar to any of these; caution is advised. Given name looks
like "Omurrey", "Omuney" or "Cmuney".
73 Might be Wegner
76 Might be Schorling.
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Indiana, Marion County
Center Township, 14th Ward, City of Indianapolis
SD 7, ED 168, Sheets 9B-10B; Images 18-20 of 20
Img Ref#: 541-543/Roll: T623 390.
Lynn Beatty
16 February 2002
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