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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

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