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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

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