Epworth Children's Home, Cook County, Illinois, 1900
Epworth Children's Home
26th Ward, Chicago, Town of Lake (Visoe?)
Cook County, Illinois, A.D. 1900*
1 Abbott Adelaid Head F Jan 1855 45 W 0 0 Ohio Penn New York Supt
2 Prentice Alice Boarder F May 1873 27 S Iowa New York New York Teacher
3 M*camb Ethel Boarder F Apr 1866 34 M 6 1 1 Ind Ind Ind Housekeeper
4 Jones Emma Servant F Aug 1873 27 M 8 4 3 Ill Germany Germany Servant
5 Donning Mamie F May 1883 17 S Ill Wis Penn
6 Meil Percy M Mar 1887 13 S Can(Eng) Can(Eng) Can(Eng)
7 Carlyle* *lla F Mar 1891 9 S Ill
8 Bechtold *eta F Oct 1893 6 S Ill
9 Bechtold Arthur M May 1896 4 S Ill
10 Johnson William M Sep 1892 7 S Ill
11 Johnson Carl M Apr 1895 4* S Ill
12 *iske Mary F Aug 1893 6 S Ill
13 *iske Frank M May 1895 5 S Ill
14 Olson Lillian F Jan 1888 12 S Norway Norway
15 Olson Bettie F Jul 1890 9 S Norway Norway
16 Sego Violet F Oct 1894 5 S Ind
17 Wilcox Iona F Sep 1895 4 S Ill
18 Tallman Pearl F Nov 1891 8 S Ill
19 Ginrich Jessie F Dec 1892 7 S Ill
20 Jensen Bessie F Jun 1888 11 S Ill
21 Jones Minnie F Sep 1894 5 S Ill Ill Ill
22 Munson* Nellie F Mar 1892 8 S Ill
23 Jones Florence F May 1892 8 S Ill
24 Nelson Esther F May 1891 9 S
25 Lo*e Annie F Nov 1893 6 s Ill
26 Lo*e Laura F Jan 1891 9 S Ill
27 Ginrich Florence F Aug 1888 11 S Ill
28 Keith Ethel F Jan 1891 9 S Ill
29 Aldrich Ruth F Aug 1888 11 S Ill
30 Evanson* Rozella F Dec 1892 7 S Ill
** Transcriber's Remarks **
Please Note: The Enumerator wrote across the census page "Parents birthplace
of these children unknown."
Columns above represent name, relationship, gender, month and year born,
age, marital status, number of years married, how many children born, how
many children still living, birthplace, father's birthplace, mother's
birthplace, and occupation.
Columns omitted were: race, as all were white; immigration, as info given
only for #6 (see below); months unemployed, as the adults had not been
unemployed; months in school, as no information was given; education, as all
adults could read, write and speak English and no information was given for
the children; and housing information, as info was given for only #1 (see
below).
Transcriber abbreviated Pennsylvania as Penn, Superintendent as Supt,
Indiana as Ind, Canada as Can, Illinois as Ill, and Wisconsin as Wis.
Address of Orphanage: 2408-2410 Paulina Street
This census was taken on June 8, 1900 by Emma M. Partello, Enumerator.
1 Rented a house
3 Possibly Mecamb, McCamb, or something similar.
6 Arrived in U.S. in 1890, in U.S. 10 years
7 Surname is spelled above as in the original census. Given name is hard
to read but is probably Ella.
8 Might be Reta or Neta
11 Either the year of birth or the age is incorrect.
12 Might be Fiske; looks like there might be a "y" at the end
of this person's surname.
13 Might be Fiske
22 Might be Manson
25 Might be Lowe, possibly Lone or Love
26 Might be Lowe, possibly Lone or Love
30 Might be Evenson, Evanson
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 United States Federal Census Illinois
Cook County, 26th Ward, Chicago, Town of Lake (Visoe?)
SD 1, ED 809, Sheet 13A; Image 25 of 53
Img Ref#: 654/Roll: T623 277.
This list was Transcribed by
Carol Holmbeck
16 March 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website