St. Louis 'Colored' Orphan's Home, City of St. Louis, Missouri, 1900
St. Louis 'Colored' Orphan's Home
3rd Ward, City of St. Louis, Missouri, A.D. 1900*
1 Rector Margaret Head B F Mar 1849 51 W 1 0 Kentucky Vermont Kentucky Matron 0 Y Y Y H
2 Wicloy* Susan Nurse W F Apr 1840 60 S N Carolina Pennsylvania N Carolina Nurse 0 Y Y Y
3 Williams Fannie D Nurse B F May 1840 60 W 12 6 Wisconsin Kentucky Virginia Nurse 0 Y Y Y
4 Holland Marguerite Assistant B F Mar 1871 29 W 3 2 Missouri Kentucky Kentucky Assistant 0 Y N Y
5 Palmer Eva Inmate B F Mar 1884 16 S Missouri Un At School 9 Y Y Y
6 Ash Percy Inmate B F Sept 1881 15 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
7 Carton Henrietta Inmate B F July 1887 12 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
8 Carton Lucy Inmate B F Jan 1890 10 S At School 9 Y Y Y
9 ?awey* Lily Inmate B F Feb 1889 11 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
10 Mitchell Lily Inmate B F Apr 1893 7 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
11 Horn Bertha Inmate B F Dec 1888 11 S Tennessee At School 9 Y Y Y
12 Smith Annie Inmate B F Dec 1892 7 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
13 Holland Clara Inmate B F July 1896 3 S Missouri
14 Jones Patrice* Inmate B F Apr 1895 5 S Missouri
15 Briston* Marion Inmate B F June 1900 11m S Missouri
16 Smith Minnie Inmate B F Mar 1900 2m S Missouri
17 Gillam* Ethel Inmate B F Mar 1900 2m S Missouri
18 Leaks* Leroy Inmate B M Mar 1900 2m S Missouri
19 Price Arthur Inmate B M Aug 1887 12 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
20 Gadish Marion* Inmate B M Mar 1888 12 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
21 Horn Lesly Inmate B M Nov 1890 10 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
22 Bowman Frank* Inmate B M Jan 1890 10 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
23 Edwards Otto Inmate B M Oct 1890 9 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
24 Martin Robert Inmate B M Nov 1890 9 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
25 Lindsey Robert Inmate B M Jan 1890 10 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
26 Hall Clark Inmate B M Sept 1891 8 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
27 Harris Arthur Inmate B M Feb 1892 7 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
28 Bosman* Edward Inmate B M Oct 1893 6 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
29 Galley* ?????* Inmate B M July 1890 9 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
30 Powell Lee Inmate B M Oct 1894 5 S Missouri
31 Turner Erwin Inmate B M Mar 1897 3 S Missouri
32 Walthers* ?????* Inmate B M May 1898 2 S Missouri
33 Holland William Inmate B M Dec 1898 1 S Missouri
34 Perry Walther Inmate B M Oct 1890 9 S Missouri At School 9 Y Y Y
35 Perry Charles Inmate B M Nov 1893 6 S Missouri At School 9 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, occupation, months
unemployed, months at school, can read, can write, can speak English, home
or farm.
Columns omitted are years married, year of immigration, years in United
States, naturalization, home owned or rented, home owned free or mortgaged,
number of farm schedule.
Address given in census: 1429 North 12th Street. Other: Dwelling #69,
Family 190.
This census was taken June 6, 1900 by Nicholas A. Polits, Enumerator.
2 Hard to read. Might be Hickory.
9 Hard to read. Might be "?awey", "?aurey", "?arvey", .... First letter
might be "D" but can't say for certain.
14 Might be Beatrice
15 Surname might be Boiston.
17 Surname might be Gillan
18 Surname is hard to read. Might be Leaks, Leiks, Luke, or something
similar to any of these.
15-18 Age is stated in months
20 Might be Merriman
22 Given name is hard to read.
28 Faded; might be Bowman, possibly Breman or something similar to
any of these.
29 Might be Valley, Halley or something similar. Given name is difficult to
read due to quality of original document. Might be something like
Louis, Lewis but can't say for certain.
32 Might be Wolthers or something similar. Given name is faded and very
hard to read. Might be something like Thomas, possibly Moses but can't
say for certain.
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Missouri
St. Louis City, 3rd Ward
SD 11, ED 51, Sheets 9A-9B; Images 17-18 of 41
Img Ref#: 425-426/Roll: T623 890.
This list was Transcribed by
Lynn Beatty
29 October 2003
for The Orphans' Home Website