Sunshine Home Orphanage, Alameda County, California, 1900
Sunshine Home Orphanage
Fruitvale, Brooklyn Township
Alameda County, California, A.D. 1900*
1 Freeman Anne ? W F May 1868 32 S - - - Can Eng Can Eng Can Eng 1887 13 - Matron 0 - Y Y Y * - H -
2 Hill Sarah Bd W F Nov 1849 50 S - - - Can (*) Can (*) Can (*) 1875 25 - Seamstress 0 - Y Y Y - - - -
3 Norman Emily Bd W F Aug 1869 30 M 5 1 1 Swed Swed Swed 1890 10 - Seamstress * - Y Y Y - - - -
4 Fuller Elizabeth Bd W F Aug 1852 47 Wd - - - Can (Eng) Eng Eng 1886 14 - Laundress * - N N Y - - - -
5 Moore Josephine Inmate W F May 1888 12 S - - - Cal Cal Unk - - - At School - 10 Y Y Y - - - -
6 Mendos* Nellie Inmate W F Jan 1889 11 S - - - Cal Unk Unk - - - At School - 10 Y Y Y - - - -
7 Dauk?ng?? Josie Inmate W F Feb 1892 8 S - - - Cal Unk Unk - - - At School - 10 - - - - - - -
8 Roberson Lena Inmate W F Mar 1891 9 S - - - Cal Unk Unk - - - At Schhol - 10 - - - - - - -
9 Marino Bertha Inmate W F Apr 1892 8 S - - - Cal Unk Unk - - - At School - 10 - - - - - - -
10 Morten Marie Inmate W F May 1893 7 S - - - Cal Unk Unk - - - At School - 10 - - - - - - -
11 Thompson Bertha Inmate W F Apr 1893 7 S - - - Cal Unk Unk - - - At School - 10 - - - - - - -
12 Moore Silo* Inmate W F Mar 1891 9 S - - - Cal Unk Unk - - - At School - 10 - - - - - - -
13 Dewig* Ruth M Inmate W F Feb 1893 8 S - - - Cal Unk Unk - - - At School - 10 - - - - - - -
14 Artanah Eliza Inmate W F Jan 1892 8 S - - - Cal Unk Unk - - - At School - 10 - - - - - - -
15 Murtos* Kenneth Inmate W F Dec 1890 9 S - - - Cal Unk Unk - - - At School - 10 Y Y Y - - - -
16 Warm Harriet Inmate W F Nov 1890 9 S - - - Cal Unk Unk - - - At School - 10 - - - - - - -
17 Rugg Ruth Inmate W F Sept 1892 7 S - - - Cal Unkn Unkn - - - At School - 10 - - - - - - -
18 Gold??* Gladdis Inmate W F Oct 1890 9 S - - - Cal Unkn Unkn - - - At School - 10 - - - - - - -
19 Gordon?* Alvon* Inmate W F Aug 1891 8 S - - - Cal Unkn Unkn - - - At School - 10 - - - - - - -
20 Mendos* Marie Inmate W F May 1892 8 S - - - Cal Unkn Unkn - - - At School - 10 - - - - - - -
21 Moore Amelia Inmate W F Jun 1892 8 S - - - Cal Unkn Unkn - - - At School - 10 - - - - - - -
22 Wilson Sarah Inmate W F Mar 1893 7 S - - - Cal Unkn Unkn - - - At School - 10 - - - - - - -
23 Morats Grace Inmate W F Feb 1888 12 S - - - Cal Unkn Unkn - - - At School - 10 Y Y Y - - - -
** Transcriber's Remarks **
The columns above represent name, relation, race or color, sex, birth month,
birth year, age, marital status, married how many years, mother of how many
children, number of children still living, birth place of this person, birth
place of father of this person, birth place of mother of this person, year
of immigration to the United States, number of years in the United States,
naturalization, occupation, months not employed, attended school (in months),
can read, can write, can speak English, own or rent, owned free or mortgaged,
house or farm, number of farm schedule.
Transcriber used the following abbreviations for this transcription: Cal for
California, Swed for Sweden, Can (Eng) for Canada (Eng), Unk, Unkn for
Unknown, Bd for Boarder, and Y for yes.
Address of Orphanage: not given in this census.
This census was taken on the 16th day of June by Thomas Turnbull, Enumerator.
1 Surname might be Fruman. Could not read relationship; might be "Head
M.." but can't say for sure. Column for "own or rent" is illegible;
looks like "L" with a circle or "O" on top.
2 Nativity entries for this person each contain "Canada ( )" where what
is written inside the parentheses is not visible/readable; may contain
ditto marks referring to "(Eng)" on the line above.
3 Column "Months not employed" for this person is hard to read; could be
0 or 11.
4 Column "Months not employed" for this person is hard to read; could be
11.
6 Surname might be Mendos, Mendes
7 Surname is hard to decipher; looks like "Daukanga?" or "Dankanga?",
where the "?" represents illegible letter(s).
12 Given name looks like Sils; might be Silo, possibly Silas (intended),
or something similar.
13 Surname looks like Dewig; might be Deurig, Durig, Denig or something
similar.
15 Might be Martos
18 Surname might be Goldeva, Goldera, or something similar (hard to read
last few letters).
19 Might be Gordon, Gordons. First name looks like Alron or Alvon; might
be Alvin.
20 Might be Mandos
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, California
Alameda County, Fruitvale
Brooklyn Township
SD 1, ED 326, Sheet 26A; Image 51 of 54
Img Ref# 510/Roll: T623 81.
This list was Transcribed by
Janet Truncali
April 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website