Wells County 'Orphants' Home A
Harrison, Wells County, Indiana, A.D. 1900*
1 Ulmer George A Head W M Nov 1853 46 M 26 Ohio Germany Germany Super 0 Y Y Y H
2 Ulmer Julie A Wife W F June 1855 44 M 26 3 2 Ind Ohio Ohio Matron 0 Y Y Y
3 Eckhart Affa Boarder W F Apr 1877 23 S Ind Ohio Ohio Servant 0 Y Y Y
4 Haughton Mary Boarder W F Feb 1881 19 S Ind Ind Ind Servant Y Y Y
5 Toust* William Inmate W M June 1885 15 S Ind Ind Ohio 7 Y Y Y
6 Toust* Daniel Inmate W M Oct 1887 12 S Ind Ind Ohio 7 Y N Y
7 Working Joseph Inmate W M 1890 10 S Ind Un Un 7 Y Y Y
8 Working Harry Inmate W M 1891 9 S Ind Un Un 7
9 Hunter Fletcher Inmate W M 1891 9 S Ind Un Un 0
10 Hondyshell Albert Inmate W M Mar 1892 8 S Ind Un Ind 7
11 Hondyshell Annie F Inmate W F Mar 1897 3 S Ind Un Ind
12 Mccullick* Alta Inmate W F 1895 5 S Ind Un Un
13 Mccullick* Cora Inmate W F Feb 1892 8 S Ind Un Un 7
14 Patterson Ralph Inmate W M 1892 8 S Ind Un Ind 7
15 Patterson Grant Inmate W M July 1895 4 S Ind Un Ind
16 Medicke* Jennie Inmate W F June 1884 15 S Ind Ind Ind 0 N N Y
17 Miller Homer Inmate W M Aug 1889 10 S Ind Ind Ind 7 Y Y Y
18 Miller Amos E Inmate W M Sept 1891 8 S Ind Ind Ind 7
19 Miller Eva H Inmate W F Apr 1893 7 S Ind Ind Ind 0
20 Miller Bryan Inmate W M Oct 1896 3 S Ind Ind Ind
21 Luntis* Virgil E Inmate W F Aug 1891 8 S Ind Un Ind 7
22 Lovell Harry L Inmate W M 1889 11 S Ind Un Un 0 Y Y Y
23 Lovell Louis E Inmate W M 1891 9 S Ind Un Un 0
24 Brown Cora Inmate W F Mar 1898 2 S Ind Un Ind
25 Yants Raymond Inmate W M 1898 2 S Ind Un Ind
26 Blocker George L Inmate W M 1893 7 S Ind Un Un 0
27 Blocker Emma Inmate W F 1895 5 S Ind Un Un
28 Blocker Earnest Inmate W M 1897 3 S Ind Un Un
29 Blocker Forest Inmate W M 1899 1 S Ind Un Un
** Transcriber's Notes **
A This is the name of the orphanage as given in the census; should, most
likely, be "Wells County Orphans' Home."
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,
occupation, months unemployed, months at school, can read, can write, can
speak English, home or farm.
Columns omitted are 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 the original census.
Transcriber used the abbreviations Ind for Indiana, Super for Superintendent,
Un for Unknown, Y for yes and N for no.
No address given in census for this orphanage.
This census was taken June 13, 1900 by Walter L. Litten, Enumerator.
5-6 Surname looks like Toust; might be Foust
12-3 Surname is hard to read; looks like "Mccullick", might be McCullick, possibly Necullick...
16 Surname might be Modicke
21 Surname might be Lantis
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Indiana
Wells County, Harrison
SD 867, ED 140, Sheet 7B; Image 14 of 24
Img Ref#: 64/Roll: T623 413.
This list was Transcribed by
Lynn Beatty
16 March 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website