Washington County Home
for Orphans and Friendless Children
2nd Ward, Hagerstown City
Washington County, Maryland, A.D. 1900*
1 Wagaman John Head W M Jan 1839 61 M 35 Maryland Penn Maryland Supt Orphans Home 0 Y Y Y H
2 Wagaman Cordelia H Wife W F Dec 1840 59 M 38 8 5 Maryland Maryland Maryland Matron Orphan Home 0 Y Y Y
3 Wagaman Mary E Daughter W F Jan 1869 31 S 0 0 Maryland Maryland Maryland Seamstress 0 Y Y Y
4 Wagaman Saml M Son W M July 1873 26 S Maryland Maryland Maryland At School * Y Y Y
5 Bowman Kate Servant W F Dec 1877 22 S 0 0 Maryland Un Un Cook 0 Y Y Y
6 Lease Elizabeth Inmate W F Aug 1878 21 S 0 0 Maryland Un Un Y Y Y
7 Gantz Samuel Inmate W M Dec 1889 10 S Maryland Maryland Un 8 N N Y
8 Thomas H Raymond Inmate W M Sept 1891 8 S Maryland Un Un
9 Morgan Marshall E V Inmate W M July 1894 5 S Maryland Un Un
10 Stride Robert Inmate W M May 1886 14 S Maryland Un Un Winder (Stocking factory) 0 Y Y Y
11 Cadon George J Inmate W M Dec 1891 8 S Maryland Un Un
12 Gray Ellsworth Inmate W M Un Un Un Un Maryland Un Un
13 Harman James W Inmate W M Un Un Un Un W Virginia Un Un
14 James Frank W Inmate W M June 1892 7 S Maryland Un Un
15 Williams Elmer Inmate W M Mar 1895 5 S Un Un Un
16 Williams Elija* Inmate W M Feb 1897 3 S Un Un Un
17 Worthington James Inmate W M Un Un Un Un Un Un Un
18 Biddinger Ray E Inmate W M Mar 1894 6 S Maryland Un Un
19 Worthington Oscar Inmate W M May 1885 15 S Maryland Maryland * At School 8 Y Y Y
20 Glenn Ezra Inmate W M May 1888 12 S Maryland Maryland Maryland At School 8 Y Y Y
21 Smith Joseph Inmate W M Nov 1894 5 S Maryland Un Un
22 Ohler* Harry R Inmate W M June 1896 3 S Un Un Un
23 Lafever Dora Inmate W F Oct 1885 14 S 0 0 Maryland Un Un Y Y Y
24 Shindeldecker Irene Inmate W F Apr 1897 3 S 0 0 Maryland Un Un
25 Worthington Julia A Inmate W F May 1894 6 S 0 0 Maryland Un Un
26 Hudson Mary Inmate W F Apr 1883 17 S 0 0 Un Un Un Y Y Y
** Transcriber's Notes **
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, naturali-
zation, home owned or rented, home owned free or mortgaged, number of farm
schedule.
Transcriber used the abbreviations Penn for Pennsylvania, W Virginia for
West Virginia. All other abbreviations are as on original document.
Address of Orphanage: 335 S Potomac Street. Other: Dwelling 103, Family
121.
This census was taken June 6, 1900 by Emerick C. Bell, Enumerator.
4 Months at school stated as 8 1/2
16 Looks like "Eliza"; might be "Elija". Gender for this person is "M" (male).
19 Mother's birth place left blank on original document
22 Might be Ahler
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Maryland
Washington County, 2nd Ward, Hagerstown City
SD 4, ED 90, Sheet 6A; Image 11 of 17
Img Ref# 237/Roll: T623 629.
This list was Transcribed by
Lynn Beatty
28 May 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website