Methodist Orphanage, Lake County, Illinois, 1900

Methodist OrphanageA

Shields Township, Village of Lake Bluff, Lake County, Illinois, A.D. 1900*


 1 Judson Lucy         Head       W F Nov  1858 41  S Wis     N Hamp   Ohio               Super of Orphanage       0 Y Y Y
 2 De Muth Frank       Inmate     W M            7  S
 3 Jack Lawrence       Inmate     W M            7  S
 4 Carlson Helen       Inmate     W F           11  S
 5 Kortlow* Walter                W M           10  S
 6 Kortlow* Fred       Inmate     W M            7  S
 7 Kortlow* Bertha                W F            8  S
 8 Droyer Vera                    W F            7  S
 9 Chappel Dora                   W F           12  S
10 Daly Mathew                    W M           12  S
11 Pratt Albert                   W M           12  S
12 Harrington June                W F           12  S
13 Harrington Eddie               W M            8  S
14 Dickenson Hazel                W F            8  S
15 Dickenson Emma*                W F            6  S
16 Dickenson Ralph                W M            4  S
17 Jones Russell                  W M            8  S
18 Jones Vera                     W F           10  S
19 McMullen May                   W F            5  S
20 Warren Claud                   W M            4  S
21 Bassett Vera                   W F            5  S
22 Noyes Maguerite                W F            9  S
23 Martin Maggie                  W F           11* S
24 Levy John                      W M            5  S
25 McKee Mary                     W F            4  S
26 Henry* Tommy                   W M            7  S
27 Downey Emma*                   W F            3  S
28 Hunter* Alfred                 W M           10  S
29 ??????* Emma*                  W F            ?* S
30 ?????worlle* Irving            W M            4  S
31 Lockard Viola                  W F            ?* S
32 MacManns?* ??sin*              W M            3  S
33 ?ll????* Mable                 W F            9  S
34 Fleming Annie*                 W M           10  S
35 Harris* Rose                   W F           10  S
36 ??lleck* Ora*                  W F           10  S
37 ? ?                            W F            7  S
38 Sweeney Sarah      Inmate      W F            2  S
39 Sweeney* Johan*                  M            2  S
40 McAdon* Simon                    M            9  S
41 McAdon* Claudia                  M            7  S
42 McAdon* Claire                   F            7  S
43 Waugell* Zaida                 W F           10  S
44 Thompson Mildred               W F            5  S
45 Thompson Fred                  W M            2  S
46 Jamasco* Florens               W F           11  S
47 Hamison* Earnest               W M            7  S
48 O'Toole Eddie                                 7  S
49 O'Toole Hazel                  W M            5  S
50 Doe Estella                                   6  S
51 Doe Lily                                      8  S
52 Dominic Nelly                                 6  S
53 Dominick* May                                 7  S
54 Moon Arthur                                   2  S
55 Hoag Norris                                   8  S
56 Hoag Clyde                                    6  S
57 Fredricks Madeline                            7  S
58 Baugh Mabel        Nurse       W F Mar  1887 19  S Iowa    Iowa     Iowa                Nurse in Charge of Boys 0 Y Y Y
59 Mussor Clara       Asst Matron W F Oct  1869 30  S Mo      Ill      Ill                 Asst Matron             0 Y Y Y
60 Cushing Bessie J   Teacher     W F Apr  1879 21  S Mo      Maine    Ill                 Kindergarten Teacher    0 Y Y Y
61 Mills Ida M        Deackoness* W F July 1861 28  S NY      NY       NY                  Deaconess ?             0 Y Y Y
62 Mills Ada M        Deackoness* W F July 1861 28  S NY      NY       NY                  Deaconess               0 Y Y Y
63 Boyesen Catherine  Deackoness  W F Aug  1876 23  S Germany Germany  Germany  1894  6    Matron                  0 Y Y Y
64 Geidar Otto        Servant     W M July 1863 46  S Germany Germany  Germany  1894  6 Al Houseman                0 Y Y Y
65 Doudt Grace E      Teacher     W F Dec       23  S Mich    England  England             Teacher                 0 Y Y Y
66 Graham Fannie* M   Seamstress  W F Apr  1864 36  S Wis     Scotland Scotland            Seamstress              0 Y Y Y
67 Norcross Louisa                W F Sep  1854 45  S Mass    Mass     Mass                Teacher                 0 Y Y Y
68 Haas Eva                                     19  S NS*     Un       Un


** Transcriber's Notes **

A May not be full and/or correct name for this orphanage.

Please Note: Enumerator had written "Unknown" in large lettering
across all birth place columns of inmates.   

Columns above represent name, relation, color, gender, birth month, birth 
year, age, marital status, birth place, father's birth place, mother's birth 
place, year of immigration, years in United States, natualization, 
occupation, months unemployed, can read, can write, can speak English, home 
or farm.  

Columns omitted are years married, number of children, number of living 
children, months at school, home owned or rented, home owned free or 
mortgaged, number of farm schedule.  

Transcriber used abbreviations "Un" for "not known", "Super" for 
Superintendent, and Y for yes.  All other abbreviations appear above as in 
the original document.

Address of orphanage: Scranton Avenue (no street number given).

The Enumerator for this census was James F King.
Date census was taken: not given on 1st census page of listing; from Sarah 
Sweeney (#38) and on, date given on census page was 18th day of June, 1900.

 5-7  Surname somewhat hard to read; might be Korthow, Kritlow, Krithow, 
      Kertlow/Kerthow, or something similar.
15  First name is hard to read; might be Emma or Erma; first letter 
    resembles a "G".
23  Age for this person looks like 11 but could be 4; the Enumerator for 
    this census sometimes writes the horizontal line of a "4" at the 
    baseline.  It looks like there might be one of those present for 
    this person.
26  Surname might be Harvey
27  First name is hard to read; might be Emma or Erma; first letter looks 
    like "G".
28  Surname might possibly be Heintz; the "t" from the line below blends
    with last letter of this surname.  (Surnames 28 and 29 seem very
    similar to each other as written)
29  Surname is very hard to read; looks like "Uuintr" as written.  Might be 
    Hunter, Heintz.  First letter (H) could be an "Sk" combination.  First 
    name is also hard to read; might be Emma or Erma; first letter looks 
    like "G". Age for this person could be either 5 or 8 (looks like a
    correction had been attempted. (Surnames 28 and 29 seem very similar 
    to each other as written)
30  Surname is very hard to read. Letters in the first half are not clearly 
    distinguishable from each other.  Last half could be "...worlle".  
    First letter seems to be "L"; first letters could be "Lew..", "Lui..", 
    "Leu..", "Leiss..", "Luisse", but can't say for certain.  A best read 
    might be Lewinworlle or Leissinworlle....
31  Age for this person might be 6 or 7 (age, as written looks like a 
    combination "7" and "6"; one or the other was changed but can't say 
    which one is correct)
32-34  Surnames for these persons are somewhat hard to distinguish; there
       seems to be possible overlap between 32 and 33, and 33 and 34.  
       Caution is advised:
       32  Hard to read; might be "Mac manns" (i.e., MacManns), "Mac mauer" 
           (i.e., MacMauer), "Mac mo?ws", or "Mac n?o?ws".  There may be a 
           "g", "j", or other letter with a tail in the third letter 
           position obscured by tall letters from line below it.  Surname
           #32 is written in two sections: "Xxx xxxxx..", but the separation
           may have been unintended by the Enumerator.  The first name is 
           also hard to read; looks like "Xrin" or "(alpha)rin", as written. 
           Might be Olsin, possibly be "?lair", i.e., Clair.   
       33  Surname is very hard to read; first letter(s) are basically
           illegible but all appear tall (one may actually be the tail of
           letter from line above it; can't say for certain).  Last portion
           of this surname could be "..eicor", "..enor", "..euor", "..ucor",
           perhaps "..evor".  
       34  Best read: Fleming.  First name looks like "Arensi" but might be
           Annie.
35  Hard to read; might be Hains
36  Surname is very hard to read; might have an "...ller" ending; best reads
    might include Walleck, Waller, Maller.  First name is also very hard to
    read; might be "Ira", Iva, Eva, "?ora", or an abbreviation
37  Unable to read name due to condition of original document; first name 
    might end with "...ly" or "...dy"
39  Surname for this person looks like "Gweennej" as written; might be 
    Sweeney.  First name looks like "J.Lau" or "JoLau"/"Johau", might be 
    Johan.
40  Surname looks like "M'Adown" or "M'Adow"; might be McAdon, McAdori
41-42 Surname looks like "M'Adon" as written; might be McAdon, McAdori.
43  Might be Wangell, Wanzell, Wauzell
53  Very hard to read with certainty; might be Dominick (looks like
    "Dowwwck" or "Dowwwch").  
61  Unable to read second word of occupation; might be "Asst"
61-62 Spelling of "Relation" entries for both of these persons appears above
      as in original document
64  Somewhat hard to read due to overwriting; might be Gesdar, Gerdar.
66  As written in original document, first name for this person looks like 
    "Fauun"; might be Fannie, possibly "Fawm", i.e., Fawn.
68  Birth place for this person looks like "NS" but might be "US"


CITATION

Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Illinois, Lake County, 
Shields Township, Village of Lake Bluff 
SD 2, ED 138, Sheets 25A-25B; Images 49-50 of 75 
Img Ref#: 807-08/Roll: T623 314.

This list was Transcribed by
Lynn Beatty
5 February 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website

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