Kinsearching December 12, 2010

RELEASE DATE: DECEMBER 12, 2010



KINSEARCHING

by

Marleta Childs
P. O. Box 6825
LUBBOCK, TX 79493-6825
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     Below is some selected material pertaining to individuals, some of whom were Native American, employed in the Indian school service in New Mexico on 30 June 1894. The information comes from the ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 1894 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895). Details usually include the individual's name, position, salary, sex, "color" (sic) (White, Indian, or “Negro”), and date of "present" appointment.

     Page 531 - Mescalero Boarding School, Mescalero Agency, NM:

ATCHISON, Andrew, superintendent and principal teacher, $900, male, white, 1 July 1893

ATCHISON, Florence, matron, $600, female, white, 1 July 1893

BAKER, Rosa, laundress, $420, female, white, 1 July 1893

BIGROPE, Charles, apprentice, $60, male, Indian, 27 Feb 1894

BROWN, HENRY C., cook, $540, male, white, 1 July 1893

DAVIS, William J., teacher, $600, male, white, 5 Feb 1894

EVANS, Dana, apprentice, $120, male, Indian, 27 Feb 1894

LA PAZ, Albert, apprentice, $60, male, Indian, 1 July 1893

REED, Mary A., seamstress, $500, female, white, 1 Nov 1893

ROWLAND, J. M., industrial teacher, $720, male, white, 1 July 1893

WRIGHT, L. L., carpenter, $600, male, white, 21 May 1894

     Page 532 – Navajo Agency, NM:

DARNELL, Carrie M., teacher, $720, female, white, 1 Jan 1894

DARNELL, Kate F., second assistant matron, $400, female, white, 10 Feb 1894

DAWSON, Emma, principal teacher, $720, female, white, 14 May 1894

DEVORE, Emma, matron, $600, female, white, 1 July 1893

GEHRINGER, Frank J., industrial teacher, $600, male, white, 1 June 1894

HEARST, Nora H., teacher, $600, female, white, 5 Mar 1894

HILDEBRAND, W. E., carpenter, $900, male, white, 1 Jan 1894

JACKSON, Cass, disciplinarian, $720, male, white, 21 Feb 1894

KEOUGH, M. E., laundress, $480, female, white, 16 April 1894

KORN, William, shoemaker, $720, male, white, 1 July 1893

MERRITT, C. A., superintendent, $1,000, female, white, 1 July 1893

NORCROSS, Stailey, tailor, $840, male, Indian, 7 Apr 1894

RICH, J. S., cook, $480, male, white, 1 Oct 1893

ROWLAND, Elizabeth J., seamstress, $540, female, white, 1 July 1893

THACKERA, Eliza W., teacher, $600, female, white, 5 Feb 1894

THOMAS, Annie, assistant matron, $480, female, Indian, 5 Feb 1894

     Page 538 – Pueblo Agency, NM – Pueblo Day Schools

Cochita: GROZIER, J. B., teacher, $800, female, white, 1 Sept 1893

Laguna: SAYRE, Anna M., teacher, $800, female, white, 1 Sept 1893

Santa Clara: DOZIER, Thomas S., teacher, $800, male, white, 1 Sept 1893

Zia: HOSMER, Caroline E., teacher, $800, female, white, 1 Sept 1893

     Pages 542 – 543 - Santa Fe Normal School, Santa Fe, NM:

ANDERSON, Joseph, engineer, $300, male, white, 25 Jan 1894

BISCHOFF, Theo. F., blacksmith, $720, male, white, 12 Mar 1894

EAGAN, Anna C., principal teacher, $1,000, female, white, 28 May 1894

FLINN, John, industrial teacher, $720, male, white, 16 Feb 1894

GURULE, Reyes, night watchman, $360, male, Indian, 25 Jan 1894

(To be continued)


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