Knox County Orphan Home
Vincennes Township, Knox County, Indiana, A.D. 1900*
1 Baker Ida Matron W F Nov 1863 31 S Ind Ind Ind Nurse 0 Y Y Y H
2 Reel* Mary Nurse W F Nov 1860 39 S Ind Russia Ind Nurse 0 Y Y Y
3 McClure Flora Seamstress W F Nov 1868 31 S Ind Ind Ill Seamstes* 0 Y Y Y
4 Arnold Louise Cook W F Jan 1855 45 S Ohio Germany Germany Cook 0 Y Y Y
5 Berry Thoma* Inmate W M Feb 1894 6 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
6 Boyer Etta Inmate W F Jan 1893 7 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
7 Coonce* Willard Inmate W M Apr 1895 5 S Ind Ind Ind At School N N Y
8 Coonce* Minnie Inmate W F Apr 1895 5 S Ind Ind Ind
9 Boonse* Carrie Inmate W F June 1889 10 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
10 Cookson John Inmate W M June 1891 8 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
11 Cookson George Inmate W M Sept 1892 7 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
12 Deans Lenore Inmate W F July 1880 19 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
13 Ferguson Guy Inmate W M June 1891 8 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
14 Fox William Inmate W M Mar 1888 12 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
15 Fellows Ralph E Inmate W M Feb 1890 10 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
16 Fellows William L Inmate W M Oct 1891 8 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
17 Fellows Mary E Inmate W F Mar 1893 7 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
18 Gouldwin* Fannie Inmate W F Apr 1892 8 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
19 McCoy Clarence Inmate W M May 1897 3 S Ind Ind Ind
20 Nightingale Violet Inmate W F Jan 1893 7 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
21 ??erun* Alva Inmate W M June 1892 7 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
22 ??erun* Otto Inmate W M Jan 1895 5 S Ind Ind Ind At School 3 N N Y
23 Snyder Henry Inmate W M Sept 1893 6 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
24 Simmons William Inmate W M Dec 1892 7 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
25 Sippes Fredrick Inmate W M Jan 1890 10 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
26 Sippes Walter Inmate W M Jan 1893 7 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
27 Sippes Jessie Inmate W F Mar 1896 4 S Ind Ind Ind
28 Barrett Ethel Inmate W F Jan 1890 * S Ind Ind Ind
29 Davis William P Inmate W M May 1897 3 S Ind Ind Ind
30 Clark George A Inmate W M June 1890 9 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
31 Clark Ernest Inmate W M Mar 1892 8 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 N N Y
32 Clark Albert Inmate W M May 1894 6 S Ind Ind Ind
33 Cahn* Myrtle Inmate W F Feb 1895 5 S Ind Ind Ind
34 Cahn* Mary Inmate W F Mar 1892 8 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
35 Hoy Mary Inmate W F Feb 1886 14 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
36 Phil* Edward Inmate W M Mar 1900 * S Ind Ind Ind
37 Odell Raymond Inmate W M Mar 1893 7 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
38 Snow Asa Inmate W M June 1883 17 S Ind Ind Ind Y Y Y
39 Sanders Anna Inmate W F Mar 1895 5 S Ind Ind Ind
40 Wagonseler Myrtle Inmate W F Mar 1900 * S Ind Ind Ind
41 Taylor Gertrude Inmate W F Feb 1894 6 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 Y Y Y
42 Donalson* William Inmate W M May 1896 4 S Ind Ind Ind
43 D??rlah* William Inmate W M Mar 1895 5 S Ind Ind Ind
44 Thompson Earl Inmate W M Sept 1889 10 S Ind Ind Ind At School 10 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, occupation, months unemployed, months at school, can read, can write,
can speak English, home or farm.
Columns omitted are year married, number of children, number of living
children, year of immigration, years in United States, naturalization, home
owned or rented, home owned free or mortgaged, number of farm schedule (as
all were left blank in original census).
Transcriber used the abbreviations Ind for Indiana, Ill for Illinois, Y for
yes and N for no.
Address of Orphanage: not given in census.
This census was taken June 5, 1900 by James P. Coan, Enumerator.
2 Surname is hard to read; might be Keel, Reel, possibly Kerr
3 "seamstres" as spelled in original document
5 Given name appears above as in the original document; might be Thomas.
7-8 Might be Coonse
9 Looks like Boonse; might be Coonse, Coonce
18 Surname, as written, looks like Gowldman/Gowldwan/Gowldwin; might be
Gouldman, possibly Gouldwyn....
21-22 Surname is hard to read; especially first letter(s). Might be Sterun,
Therun, Strewn, Herun, Skerun, Sterem, or something similar to any
of these.
28 Unable to read age
33-34 Surname might be Cahn, Caher. First letter might possibly be
"B" (looks more like a "C" to this Transcriber), in which case the
name could be Baher, Bahn, possibly Baker.
36 Surname might be Phue, Pheil, or something similar. Age is stated as
2/12 (i.e., 2 months).
40 Age is stated as 3/12
42 As written, surname looks like Donalsom/Donalsow; might be Donalson,
possibly Donaldson
43 Surname is hard to read; might be Dyerlah, Duerlsh, Dyerlch, or
something similar to any of these.
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Indiana
Knox County, Vincennes Township
SD 1, ED 51, Sheet; Image 7 of 24
Img Ref#: 784/Roll: T623 381.
This list was Transcribed by
Lynn Beatty
27 March 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website