RELEASE DATE: DECEMBER 12, 2010
KINSEARCHING
by
Marleta Childs
P. O. Box 6825
LUBBOCK, TX 79493-6825
[email protected]
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)