St. Joseph Township, Allen County, Indiana, A.D. 1900*
1 Ruf* Beachtold* Head W M May 1857 43 M 20 Switz Switz Switz 1882 18 Na Super 0 Y Y Y R F 7
2 Ruf* Mary U Wife W F Nov 1850 49 M 20 5 5 Switz Switz Switz 1882 19 Y Y Y
3 Ruf* Martha M Daughter W F Oct 1881 19 S Switz Switz Switz 1882 18 At School 8 Y Y Y
4 Ruf* Frank B Son W M Dec 1883 16 S Ohio Switz Switz At School 9 Y Y Y
5 Ruf* Clara V Daughter W F May 1887 13 S Ohio Switz Switz At School 8 Y Y Y
6 Ruf* Dora M Daughter W F Aug 1890 9 S Ind Switz Switz At School 8 Y Y Y
7 Ruf* Ermino P Son W M May 1893 7 S Ind Switz Switz At School 8
8 Steuffer Emma Servant W F June 1853 46 W 1 0 Ohio Switz Switz Servant 0
9 M??te?* Mary Servant W F Feb 1869 31 S Switz Switz Switz 1886 14 Servant 0 Y Y Y
10 Schowe* Sofphia Servant W F Aug 1877 22 S Ind Ind Ger Servant 0 Y Y Y
11 Eidenhut* May Servant W F Mar 1876 24 S Ohio Ohio Switz Servant 0 Y Y Y
12 Hetrick Henry Servant W M Jan 1861 39 M Ohio Ger Penn Farm Laborer 0 Y Y Y
13 Knetz Fred Inmate W M Dec 1879 20 S Penn Un Un At School 9 Y Y Y
14 Binder Jacob Inmate W M Dec 1881 18 S Ohio Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
15 Philips Arthur Inmate W M Oct 1886 13 S Ind Penn Un At School 6 Y Y Y
16 Philips Ervin Inmate W M Sept 1884 15 S Ind Penn Un At School 6 Y Y Y
17 Fry Frank Inmate W M May 1884 16 S Ohio Un Un Farm Laborer 0 Y Y Y
18 Fry Clifford Inmate W M Jan 1886 14 S Ohio Un Un At School 7 Y Y Y
19 Hoch* Charley Inmate W M Apr 1886 14 S Ind Un Un At School 7 Y Y Y
20 Knetz Henry Inmate W M Feb 1885 15 S Penn Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
21 Sundy* Ray* Inmate W M Dec 1886 13 S Ohio Un Ohio At School 8 Y Y Y
22 Kirchoff Helmen Inmate W M Sept 1886 13 S Ind Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
23 Eichmier Walter Inmate W M Feb 1887 13 S Wis Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
24 Engles Grover Inmate W M Sept 1887 12 S Ohio Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
25 Buhrer* Alfred Inmate W M Aug 1886 13 S Ohio Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
26 Hoch* Rolly Inmate W M May 1887 13 S Ind Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
27 ?in???er* Ralph Inmate W M Aug 1889 10 S Ohio Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
28 Bahner* Emil Inmate W M Nov 1889 10 S Ohio Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
29 Straits Eddie Inmate W M Dec 1889 10 S Ohio Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
30 Engles Freddy Inmate W M Oct 1889 10 S Ohio Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
31 Kintzler John Inmate W M Dec 1889 10 S Ohio Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
32 Labler Arnold Inmate W M July 1891 8 S Ohio Switz Switz At School 8 Y Y Y
33 Kirchoff Carl* Inmate W M June 1891 8 S Ind Un Un At School 8
34 Bruggeo* Phillip Inmate W M Apr 1890 10 S Minn Switz N York At School 8 Y Y Y
35 Herr Eddy Inmate W M May 1892 8 S Ind Un Un At School 8
36 Cox Roy Inmate W M Jan 1891 9 S Ind Un Un At School 8
37 Genther Henry Inmate W M Oct 1889 10 S Ohio Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
38 Lofler* William Inmate W M Mar 1892 8 S Ohio Switz Swtiz At School 8
39 Strait* Loyd Inmate W M May 1892* 7 S Ohio Un Un At School 8
40 Keller Fritz Inmate W M Nov 1892 7 S Ken Un Un At School 8
41 Lushinger Elmer Inmate W M May 1893 7 S Ohio Un Un At School 8
42 Berth Freddy Inmate W M Aug 1890 9 S Ohio Un Un At School 8
43 Berth Earl* Inmate W M Apr 1892 8 S Ohio Un Un At School 8
44 ? Christ Inmate W M Mar 1895 5 S Ohio Un Un
45 Zucher Fred Inmate W M Feb 1893 7 S Ind Un Un At School 8
46 Sh??tleff* Wayne Inmate W M Nov 1892 7 S Ind Un Un At School 8
47 Buchannan Walter Inmate W M June 1892 7 S Ohio Un Un At School 1
48 Zucher Albert Inmate W M Sept 1894 5 S Ind Un Un
49 Prager* Osweld Inmate W M June 1894 5 S Minn Un Un
50 Bauger* Irine Inmate W F June 1896 3 S Minn Switz N York
51 Keller Louis Inmate W F Jan 1896 4 S Ken Un Un
52 Kimer* Mary Inmate W F Mar 1893 7 S Ohio Un Un At School 8
53 Winkler Emma Inmate W F Jan 1892 8 S Ohio Un Un At School 8
54 Zuercher Sarah Inmate W F Dec 1891 8 S Ind Un Un At School 8
55 Hetrick* Mattie Inmate W F May 1892 8 S Ohio Un Un At School 8
56 Minder Clara Inmate W F Nov 1890 9 S Ind Un Un At School 8
57 Prister* Nelte* Inmate W F Jan 1889 11 S Ohio Un Un At School 5 Y Y Y
58 Schnoth* Nellie Inmate W F Oct 1889 10 S Ohio Un Un At School 7 Y Y Y
59 Herforth Mabel Inmate W F Dec 1889 10 S Ohio Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
60 Winkler Bessie Inmate W F Sept 1887 12 S Ohio Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
61 Von Almen Luzinda Inmate W F Jan 1889 11 S Ind Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
62 Von Almen Adeline Inmate W F Feb 1885 15 S Ind Un Un At School 5 Y Y Y
63 Knepper Lizzie Inmate W F July 1885 14 S Ind Un Un At School 6 Y Y Y
64 Winkler Maud Inmate W F Apr 1885 15 S Ohio Un Un At School 6 Y Y Y
65 Znauger Hannah Inmate W F Feb 1885 15 S Miss Switz N York At School 6 Y Y Y
66 Strait* Edna Inmate W F Dec 188?* 11 S Ohio Un Un At School 8 Y Y Y
67 Prister* Laona* Inmate W F Aug 1885 14 S Ohio Un Un At School 5 Y Y Y
68 Binder Louise Inmate W F Nov 1883 16 S Ohio Un Un At School 1 Y Y Y
69 Shepper Annie Inmate W F July 1883 16 S Ind Un Un At School 1 Y Y Y
70 Monadoerfer* Grace Inmate W F May 1883 17 S Ind Un Un Y Y Y
71 Herr Lily Inmate W F Dec 1887 12 S Ind Un Un At School 8 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, 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, number of farm schedule.
Column omitted is home owned free or mortgaged.
Transcriber used the abbreviations Switz for Switzerland, Ind for Indiana,
Penn for Pennsylvania, Un for Unknown, Ger for Germany, N York for New York,
Ken for Kentucky, Minn for Minnesota, Miss for Missouri, Wis for Wisconsin,
and Y for yes.
Address of Orphanage: not given in this census.
This census was taken June 2, 1900 by James T. Craig, Enumerator.
1-7 Surname might be Reef. Given name for #1 might be Beochtold.
9 Might be Mutes, Muter, Meeter, or something similar.
10 Might be Schoroe, Schosoe
11 Might be Eisenhut
19 Might be Huch
21 Might be Surdy, Surely. Given name might be Roy.
22 Given name might be Herman.
25 Might be Buhser
26 Might be Hoch, Hock
27 Surname is hard to decipher; could begin with M or N. Looks like
"Ninlller" or "Minlller"
28 Might be Buhner
33 Given name might be Carol
34 Might be Brugger, Brugges, Bruggio
38 Might be Lobler ...
39 Might be Straits. Birth year looks like 1892; might be 1893.
43 Given name is hard to read; might be Earl.
44 Unable to read surname; might be Berth, Barth, or something similar.
46 Third and fourth (possibly, fifth) letters of surname are hard to read;
name might be Shuotleff, Shotleff, Shurtleff, or something similar.
49 Might be Bruger, Brager
50 Looks like Banger, Bauger; might possibly be Bruger (second letter looks
more like "a").
52 Might be Kemer
55 Might be Hetsick
57 Given name might be Nette, Nettie. Surname might be Poister.
58 Might be Schroth
66 Might be Straits. Birth year looks like 1885, might be 1888; age is 11,
birth month is Dec.
67 Surname might be Poister. Given name looks like Laona; might be Leona.
70 Surname might be Morsdoerfer, Monsdoerfer.
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 US Federal Census, Indiana
Allen County, St. Joseph Township
SD 12, ED 17, Sheets 1B-2A; Images 2-3 of 30
Img Ref#: 281-282/Roll: T623 358.
Lynn Beatty
22 April 2002
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