Odd Fellows Orphans' Home
38th Ward, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania, A.D. 1900*
1 Yeager S Jere? Head W F Oct 1854 45 W 2 0 Penn Penn Penn Matron 0 Y Y Y O F H
2 Becker Ellen I Asst Matron W F Apr 1848 52 W 2 2 Penn Penn Penn Asst Matron 0 Y Y Y
3 Back Henry Janitor W M Nov 1827 72 W Germany Germany Germany 1828 71 Na Janitor 0 Y Y Y
4 Shead* Mary ? Chambermaid W F May 1856 44 S Mary Del Mary Chambermaid 0 Y Y Y
5 Shead* E????? Chambermaid W F Aug 1862 38 S Mary Del Mary Chambermaid 0 Y Y Y
6 Burns Marie Laundry W F Jan 1846 54 W 1 1 Ireland Ireland Ireland Laundrywoman 0 Y Y Y
7 Reigel Laura Cook W F Feb 1860 40 W 1 1 Penn Penn Penn Cook 0 Y Y Y
8 Bryer Catherine Pupil W F Mar 1875 25 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
9 Bald Emma May Pupil W F May 1883 17 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
10 Bald Gertrude Pupil W F Aug 1886 13 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
11 Daugherty Nettie C Pupil W F May 1885 15 S N York N York N York At School 10 Y Y Y
12 Daugherty Lloyd C Pupil W M Sept 1887 12 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
13 Wolfe Lloyd U Pupil W M Oct 1887 12 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
14 Zorby* John F Pupil W M Jan 1891 9 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
15 Lytle* Charles O Pupil W M July 1889 10 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
16 Barter Erich Pupil W M Mar 1886 14 S Penn England England At School 10 Y Y Y
17 Le?gon* Joseph G Pupil W M Aug 1890 9 S Penn France France At School 10 Y Y Y
18 Le?gon* Emile Pupil W M Sept 1891 8 S Penn France France At School 10 Y Y Y
19 Cowen* Elizabeth Pupil W F July 1887 12 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
20 Cowen* Margaret N Pupil W F Sept 1888 11 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
21 Wolfe Ernie* S Pupil W M May 1891 9 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
22 Witt? ? Pupil W M Nov 1880 19 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
23 Witt? Howard H Pupil W M Nov 1890 9 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
24 Miller Roger B Pupil W M Feb 1890 10 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
25 Fishburn ? Pupil W M May 1891 9 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
26 Shipton Mary M Pupil W F Feb 1893 7 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
27 Wirtenborg Ollo* Pupil W M Oct 1891 8 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
28 Wirtenborg Catherine Pupil W F July 1896 3 S Penn Penn Penn
29 Stichmiller* Charles Pupil W M Sept 1888 11 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
30 Stichmiller* Florence Pupil W M May 1893 7 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
31 Stichmiller* Frances Pupil W F July 1895 4 S Penn Penn Penn
32 Clegge Livinia L Pupil W F May 1890 10 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
33 Clegge Sarah L. Pupil W F Sept 1890* 5 S Penn Penn Penn
34 Wright Elvin Pupil W M Oct 1893 6 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
35 Wright William E Pupil W M May 1888 12 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
36 Sperow Edna M Pupil W F Jan* 1889 11 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
37 Sperow Ellen C Pupil W F Mar 1891 9 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
38 Streaker Louise R Pupil W F July 1891 8 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
39 Streaker Harrison R Pupil W M Oct 1888 11 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
40 Henderson Charles B Pupil W M Nov 1888 11 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
41 Henderson John B Pupil W M Aug 1890 9 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
42 Keeler Ella Caroline Pupil W F Sept 1892 7 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
43 Keeler Charles H Pupil W M July 1894 5 S Penn Penn Penn
44 Burrows George W Pupil W M July 1889 10 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
45 Streaker Henry Pupil W M Oct 1896 3 S Penn Penn Penn
46 Gemmell Florence Pupil W F Aug 1891 8 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
47 Gemmell Earl D Pupil W M Nov 1895 4 S Penn Penn Penn
48 Boyer Robert R Pupil W M Dec 1894 5 S Penn Penn Penn
49 Boyer Harold G Pupil W M May 1896 4 S Penn Penn Penn
50 Brown Turk Pupil W M Oct 1886 13 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
51 Maul Christian Pupil W M Sept 1890 9 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
52 Winger Earl S Pupil W M May 1893 7 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
53 Finley Maggie Pupil W F Apr 1888 12 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
54 Luhrman* Albert Pupil W M Aug 1887 12 S Penn Penn Penn At School 10 Y Y Y
** 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, year of immigration,
years in United States, naturalization, occupation, months unemployed,
months at school, home owned or rented, home owned free or mortgaged, home
or farm.
Columns omitted are years married, number of farm schedule (all were left
blank in the original census).
Transcriber used the abbreviations Penn for Pennsylvania, Mary for Maryland,
Del for Delaware, N York for New York, and Y for yes.
Address of Orphanage: 4(?) Ontario Street.
This census was taken June 12, 1900 by John H. Smith, Enumerator.
1 Unable to read first name; might be Jeremiah or Jeremy (?)
4-5 Surname might be Shear. Given name for #4: middle initial is hard to
read; might be C, E, or A. Given name for #5 is also hard to read;
might be Evaline but can't say for certain.
14 Surname might be Zarby
15 Surname is hard to read; looks like Lyille. Might be Lytle, Lylle,
Lyelle, or something similar to any of these.
17-18 Unable to read surname; might be Luigon, Liugon, or something similar.
19-20 Unable to read surname; might be Cowan, Cowen
21 First name might be Elmer.
22-23 Unable to read surname; seems to begin with "W". Surname looks like
"Wilt???hn" or "Witt???hn" as written. Might be Wiltbecher/
Wittbecher, Wiltbuhn/Wittbuhn, Wiltberber/Wittberber or something
similar to any of these. Given name for #22 might be Edgar C.
25 Unable to read first name; first letter is not visible, remaining
portion of name, as written, looks like "?hsssyore" or "?hsssigore" or
"?hsssipre". Might be something like Fenigon, or Kenigon(?) - this is
assuming the missing first letter is actually a first initial (which it
very well could be). Caution is advised.
27 Name as given in original document is "Ollo"; Otto may have been
intended but can't say for certain.
29-31 Surname might be Stuhlmiller, Stuhlmuler, Stiehlmuler, Stich?muler.
33 Birth year for this person looks like 1890; age is 5
36 Birth month looks like Jun but might be Jan; birth year and age are 1889,
11, respectively.
54 Surname might be Luhman, Liehman, Liekman ...
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 US Federal Census, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County, 38th Ward, Philadelphia
SD 1st Penna, ED 968, Sheets 18A-18B; Images 35-36 of 44
Img Ref#: 356-357/Roll: T623 1479.
This list was Transcribed by
Lynn Beatty
21 March 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website