Southern Methodist Orphans' Home
8th Ward, Louisville City
Jefferson County, Kentucky, A.D. 1900*
1 Curd Rebecca Head W F May 1850 50 W 4 3 Ken Tenn Virg Matron Orphan Asylum 0 Y Y Y O F H
2 Curd Viva B Daughter W F Oct 1874 25 S Ken Ken Ken Asst Matron 0 Y Y Y
3 Gardner Wm Bookkeeper W M May 1881 19 S Ken Ken Ken Bookkeeper 0 Y Y Y
4 Schnell Mildred Inmate W F Mar 1885 15 S Colo Ken Ken At School 10 Y Y Y
5 Furgeson Cordelia Inmate W F Oct 1885 14 S Ken Ken Ken At School 10 Y Y Y
6 Huffaker Sophonia Inmate W F May 1885 15 S Ken Ken Ken At School 10 Y Y Y
7 Raimbo* Emily Inmate W F Oct 1886 15 S Ken Ken Ken At School 10 Y Y Y
8 Sinafter* ?el??* Inmate W F Jan 1888 12 S Ken Ken Ken At School 10 Y Y Y
9 Johnson Lizzie Inmate W F Mar 1888 12 S Ken Ken Ken At School 10 Y Y Y
10 Huffaker ?eaca* Inmate W M May 1889 11 S Ken Ken Ken At School 10 Y Y Y
11 Hoke Lula* Inmate W F Jan 1889 11 S Ken Ken Ken At School 10 Y Y Y
12 Scott Mertie B Inmate W F Jan 1889 11 S Ken Ken Ken At School 10 Y Y Y
13 Jernagen* Nora Inmate W F May 1888 12 S Ken Ken Ken At School 10 Y Y Y
14 Hoke Mable Inmate W F Jan 1891 9 S Ken Ken Ken
15 Penrod Ellen Inmate W F Apr 1892 8 S Ken Ken Ken
16 Penrod Blanch Inmate W F Feb 1893 7 S Ken Ken Ken
17 Secrist Kate Inmate W F Jan 1892 8 S Ken Ken Ken
18 Thompson Mary Inmate W F Apr 1895 5 S Ken Ken Ken
19 Thompson Lulie Inmate W F Nov 1896 3 S Ken Ken Ken
20 Best Shelby Inmate W M Mar 1892 8 S Ken Ken Ken
21 Best Burton Inmate W M Aug 1894 5 S Ken Ken Ken
22 Thompson Vernon Inmate W M May 1890 10 S Ken Ken Ken At School 10 Y Y Y
23 Thompson Leonard Inmate W M Feb 1893 7 S Ken Ken Ken
24 McCandless Ray Inmate W M Feb 1894 6 S Ken Ken Ken
25 Billing Henry Inmate W M Apr 1896 4 S Ken Ken Ken
** 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, 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.
Columns omitted are years married, year of immigration, years in United
States, naturalization, number of farm schedule. Transcriber used the
abbreviations Ken for Kentucky, Tenn for Tennessee, Virg for Virginia, Colo
for Colorado, and Y for yes.
Address of Orphanage: 90270(?) Fifth Street
This census was taken June 11, 1900 by Edgar Allen Forbes, Enumerator.
7 Second letter of surname is hard to read; surname might be Reimbo,
Ruimbo, Ruembo, or something similar.
8 Surname might be Susufter, Sunefter, Semefter or something similar.
First name might be Helen; looks like "'h'el?a" or "Lel?a", possibly
"Cel?a".
10 Unable to read first name; looks like it ends with "..ease" or "..eese";
might be Reese.
11 First name might be Dula, Diela, Liela, or something similar.
13 Surname might be Jernagen, Jernager ....
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Kentucky
Jefferson County, 8th Ward, Louisville City
SD 5, ED 75, Sheet 13B; Image 26 of 26
Img Ref#: 185/Roll: T623 531.
This list was Transcribed by
Lynn Beatty
23 April 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website