Harrison Township, Vigo County, Indiana, A.D. 1900*
1 Alden Lim? Head W M Sept 1831 68 M 37 Illinois Mass Conn Supt Rose Orphan Home 0 Y Y Y O F F 22
2 Alden Lena P Wife W F Apr 1838 61 M 37 3 3 Vermont Vermont Germany Matron Orphans Home 0 Y Y Y
3 Alden Lena C Daughter W F Apr 1866 34 S Michigan Illinois Vermont Music teacher 0 Y Y Y
4 Alden Earnest G Son W M June 1869 30 S Michigan Illinois Vermont Prop Brickyard 0 Y Y Y
5 Blythe Peart* Employ W F Mar 1877 33 S Indiana Virginnia* Kentucky dining room 0 Y Y Y
6 Doudell* Victoria ? Employ W F June 1864 35 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Teacher school 0 Y Y Y
7 Whitley Nellie F Employ W F May 1880 20 S Indiana Indiana Indiana cook 0 Y Y Y
8 Hanover Maude Employ W F May 1879 21 S Indiana Ohio Indiana Dining room girl 0 Y Y Y
9 Bunch Orissia A Employ W F Jan 1869 31 S Indiana Kentucky N Carolina
10 Gibson Machalia* Employ W F Oct 1872 27 S Ohio Ohio Ohio Basement work 0 Y Y Y
11 Gose* William N Inmate W M July 1891 8 S Indiana
12 Haeltggen* Charles R Inmate W M Mar 1891 9 S Indiana
13 Haeltggen* William Inmate W M July 1895 4 S Indiana
14 Hane Ray Inmate W M Apr 1894 6 S Indiana
15 Lewis Oliver Inmate W M Feb 1890 10 S Indiana Y Y Y
16 Lawson Melisse J Inmate W M June 1894 5 S Un
17 Murphy Harry Inmate W M Dec 1885 11 S Indiana Y Y Y
18 Richard Harry Inmate W M Apr 1892 8 S Indiana
19 Richard Claude Inmate W M Mar 1891 8 S Indiana
20 Rider Frank Inmate W M Mar 1892 8 S Indiana
21 Ridgeby Harry* Inmate W M Apr 1891 8 S Indiana
22 Ridgeby Natine O Inmate W M Feb 1894 6 S Indiana
23 Stevenson Sidney I Inmate W M Nov 1893 6 S Indiana
24 Scott Earl Inmate W M Jan 1891 9 S Illinois
25 Tisomerman Claud Inmate W M Mar 1893 7 S Indiana
26 Buelford* Clyde Inmate W M Sept 1892 7 S Indiana
27 Collins Frank Inmate W M Aug 1892 7 S Indiana
28 Glass Ramond Inmate W M Feb 1890 10 S Indiana Y Y Y
29 James William Inmate W M Aug 1893 6 S Indiana
30 McCosky Patrick Inmate W M Aug 1889 10 S Indiana Y Y Y
31 Hane Ray W Inmate W M Apr 1894 6 S Indiana
32 McCoskey James Inmate B M Jan 1894 6 S Indiana
33 May Louis F Inmate W M Sept 1886 13 S Indiana Y Y Y
34 May Mattie Inmate W M July 1888 11 S Indiana Y Y Y
35 May Elroy Inmate W M Mar 1891 9 S Indiana
36 Pinkerton Charles A Inmate W M Apr 1893 7 S Indiana
37 Pierce Walter B Inmate W M June 1890 9 S Indiana
38 Pierce Albert Inmate W M Feb 1892 8 S Indiana
39 Rupp Henry E Inmate W M Apr 1892 8 S Indiana Indiana Indiana
40 Sirbuer? Saml* Inmate W M ? 1886 13 S Indiana Y Y Y
41 Sirbuer? Paul Inmate W M Aug 1891 8 S Indiana
42 Sweet ? Inmate W M Aug 1892 8 S Indiana
43 Sutton* Wilford Inmate W M Sept 1891 8 S Indiana
44 Sunter* Charles D Inmate W M Aug 1888 11 S Illinois Y Y Y
45 Shurtig* Hugh W Inmate W M Aug 1892 7 S Indiana
46 Tips ? Grant Inmate W M Feb 1894 6 S Indiana
47 Walker Bertie R Inmate W M Feb 1890 10 S Indiana Y Y Y
48 Werkman* Robert Inmate W M May 1894 6 S Illinois
49 McMurtry Sephonia Employ W F Aug 1867 22 S Indiana Indiana Indiana teacher 0 Y Y Y
50 Rosenbaum William Employ W M ? 1844 55 M 27 Germany Germany Germany 1849 17 Na ? 6 Y Y Y
51 Blythe Mattie Employ W F Feb 1871 28 S Indiana Indiana Indiana Laundress 0 Y Y Y
52 Miller Marian Employ W M Jan 1870 30 S Indiana Ohio Virginia Farm laborer 0 Y Y Y
53 Taggert Marilala Employ W F Feb 1844 56 W 2 2 Ohio Virginia Ohio teacher 0 Y Y Y
54 Coffin Margeret Employ W F Nov 1864 35 S Indiana Indiana Indiana cottage manager 0 Y Y Y
55 Smith Rose Employ W F July 1881 18 S Indiana Indiana Indiana Seamstress 0 Y Y Y
56 Harris Winona Employ W F Mar 1874 26 S Arkansas England Indiana Teacher 0 Y Y Y
57 Abel Dorothy M Inmate W F Jan 1888 12 S Indiana At School 12 Y Y Y
58 Abel Nellie C Inmate W F Feb 1892 7 S Indiana At School 12
59 Baxter Clara Inmate W F Jan 1891 9 S Indiana
60 Bedford Ella S Inmate W F Mar 1895 5 S Indiana
61 Blain Hattie M Inmate W F Dec 1890 9 S Indiana
62 Blain Dora E Inmate W F Mar 1893 7 S Indiana
63 Blannon Bertha Inmate W F Dec 1891 8 S Indiana
64 Cain Daisy Inmate W F Dec 1891 8 S Illinois
65 Cain Goldie Inmate W F Oct 1893 6 S Illinois
66 Cass Rosetta A Inmate W F Apr 1888 12 S Indiana
67 Collins Margeret Inmate W F Apr 1888 12 S Illinois Y Y Y
68 Conklin Florence Inmate W F July 1889 10 S Indiana Y Y Y
69 Griffith Dora R Inmate W F Sept 1890 9 S Indiana
70 Haeltggen Freda W Inmate W F Feb 1891 9 S Indiana
71 Howard Minnie Inmate W F Dec 1886 13 S Un Y Y Y
72 Howard Lucinda Inmate W F Jan 1895 5 S Un
73 Howard Emma Inmate W F Dec 1891 8 S Un
74 Lawson Clara J Inmate W F June 1891 8 S Un
75 Mary? Goldie M Inmate W F June 1895 4 S Un
76 Miler* Ruby Inmate W F July 1894 5 S Indiana
77 Mollier* Mary D Inmate W F Apr 1888 12 S Indiana Y Y Y
78 Monroe Hattie M Inmate W F Jan 1886 14 S Indiana Y Y Y
79 Murphy Bonnie Inmate W F July 1890 10 S Indiana Y Y Y
80 Neal Nora H Inmate W F Feb 1891 9 S Illinois
81 Norris Lora F Inmate W F July 1889 10 S Indiana Y Y Y
82 Payne Ida A Inmate W F Seot 1886 13 S Indiana Y Y Y
83 Payne Edith C Inmate W F Aug 1889 11 S Indiana Y Y Y
84 Radcliffe ? R Inmate W F Jan 1893 7 S Missouri
85 Rupp Hazel I Inmate W F Mar 1888 12 S Indiana Indiana Indiana Y Y Y
86 Rupp Eva Inmate W F Jan 1890 10 S Indiana Indiana Indiana Y Y Y
87 Rider Edna Inmate W F Aug 1885 11 S Indiana Y Y Y
88 Scott Grace Inmate W F Aug 1885 14 S Indiana Y Y Y
89 Shaffer Rena Inmate W F Apr 1889 11 S Indiana Y Y Y
90 Shirley Nela E Inmate W F Feb 1890 9 S Indiana
91 Skits* Maud Inmate W F July 1885 14 S Indiana Y Y Y
92 Smith Nora* B Inmate W F Jan 1893 7 S Indiana
93 Shater* Emma Inmate W F Jan 1887 13 S Illinois Y Y Y
94 Workman Anna Inmate W F Jan 1887 13 S Indiana Y Y Y
95 Atkins Freddie R Inmate W M Jan 1891 9 S Indiana
96 Brummer Harry Inmate W M Sept 1888 11 S Indiana Y Y Y
97 Brummer Herbert M Inmate W M July 1892 7 S Indiana
98 Brown Arthur W Inmate W M Jan 1889 10 S Indiana Y Y Y
** Transcriber's Notes **
Please Note: Handwriting of this Enumerator was quite difficult to decipher.
Notations made by the Enumerator: Note entered by enumerator in occupation
column (over entries 11-43): "There is no record of the attendance at school
except that every child over (5) five years of age must go to school 11 1/2
eleven and one half months per year". In the parents' nativity columns
(over entries 17-43) is a notation entered by the enumerator: "There is no
record of the parents' birth places". Note entered by the enumerator in
parent's nativity columns (entries 65-86): "These is no record kept of the
birth place of the childrens mother and father when place in the institu-
tion". Notation entered by the enumerator in the occupation columns
(entries 67-96): "The children over 13 years old are ...to the institution
school but those ..on account of the...with on account of sickness".
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 owned free or mortgaged, home or farm, number of
farm schedule.
Transcriber used the abbreviations N Carolina for North Carolina, Mass for
Massachusetts, Conn for Connecticut, Un for Unknown.
No address given in census. Other: Dwelling 249, Family 250.
This census was taken June 12 (entries 1-48) & 13 (entries 49-98), 1900 by
Grant I. Rayson, Enumerator.
1 Unable to read first name
5 As spelled on original document
6 Might be Daudell, Drudell, Dandell, or something similar to any of
these. Unable to read middle initial.
10 Hard to read. Looks like "Makalis" or the above, as written.
11 Hard to read due to overwriting. Might be Gise, Gese, Gase. Middle
initial looks like "N" but might be "W".
12-13 Hard to read. Might be Haeltzegen, Haeltegen or something similar to
any of these.
21 Given name might be Harly, Harley
26 Might be Bedford
40 Unable to read surname or birth month. Given name might be James (??).
Surname might be something like "Sirbunneger"/"Subeinneges". Letters
are very small and run together.
41 Unable to read surname (please see note for #40).
42 Unable to read first name; might contain letters "..ay..", middle
initial might be "B".
43 Might be Sulton
44 Might be Smith
45 Might be Shurtiz
46 Unable to read surname
48 Might be Workman
50 Unable to read birth month
54 Unable to read first word of occupation
75 Unable to read surname
76 Looks like Miler, might be Miter, Miller (??)
77 Might be Mobliss, Mabliss, possibly Mabling, Mobling (??)
84 Unable to read first name
91 Might be Skets
92 Might be Rosa
93 Might be Sheater, possibly Skater
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Indiana
Vigo County, Harrison Township
SD 5, ED 98, Sheets 12A-13B; Images 23-25 of 42
Img Ref#: 680-682/Roll: T623 408.
Lynn Beatty
30 July 2002
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