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Huntington Township
Gibson County, Indiana, A.D. 1900*
1 Roberts Nacy* Head B F Dec 1849 50 M 27 3 Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee * 0 Y Y Y R H
2 Roberts Bryson Husband B M Mar 1852 48 M 27 Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky * Y Y Y
3 Lifflin Millie Lodger B F Dec 1883 16 S Indiana Indiana Indiana At School 9 Y Y Y
4 Berry Ora Lodger B M Jan 1885 16 S Indiana Kentucky Kentucky At School 9 Y Y Y
5 Berry Alice Boarder B F June 1884 15 S Indiana Kentucky Kentucky At School 9 Y Y Y
6 Gibson Cornelia Boarder B F June 1885 14 S Indiana Kentucky Kentucky At School 9 Y Y Y
7 Berry Mable Boarder B F Oct 1889 10 S Indiana Kentucky Kentucky At School 9 Y Y Y
8 Berry Doris Boarder B M Jan 1895 5 S Indiana Kentucky Kentucky
9 Mattel* Clara Boarder B F Sept 1887 12 S Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky At school 9 Y Y Y
10 Mattel* Ida Boarder B F July 1889 10 S Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky At school 9 Y Y Y
11 Mattel* Hattie Boarder B F Sept 1891 8 S Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky At school 9 Y Y Y
12 Gordon Helen Boarder B F Mar 1892 8 S Indiana Indiana Indiana At School 9 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, birth place,
father's birth place, mother's birth place, occupation, months unemployed,
months at school, can read, can write, can speak English, home owned or
rented, home or farm.
Columns omitted are number of living children, year of immigration, years in
United States, naturalization, home owned free or mortgaged, number of farm
schedule.
Address of Orphanage: not given in this census Other: Dwelling 370, Family
389.
This census was taken June 14, 1900 by Francis M. Lockwood, Enumerator.
1 Given name looks like Nacy but it might be Mary; hard to decipher. Unable
to read occupation; might be "Landlady"
2 Unable to read occupation
9-11 Hard to decipher; might be Millet, Mettel/Mettet, or something
similar to any of these.
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Indiana
Gibson County, 2nd Ward, Princeton City
Pakota Township
SD 1, ED 14, Sheets 19A-19B; Images 37-38 of 53
Img Ref#: 1191-1192/Roll: T623 372.
This list was Transcribed by
Lynn Beatty
2 December 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website