Orphan Asylum, Auburn Park, Cook County, Illinois, 1900

Orphan Asylum - Auburn Park

Town of Lake, 3rd Ward, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, A.D. 1900*


 1  Northwood  E???*       Head    F  ??*  18**  52*  Canada    Canada    Canada    Matron        Yes  Yes  Yes
 2  Rippey*    Ruth        Asst.   F  Jul  18**  **   Idaho     Indiana   Indiana   Asst. Matron  Yes  Yes  Yes
 3  Youngers   Alice       Asst.   F  Apr  1869  31   Illinois  New York  New York  Asst. Matron  Yes  Yes  Yes
 4  Hopkins    Gwendolyn*  Orphan  F  Nov  1890   9   Illinois  Ohio      Ohio
 5  Anderson   Ethel       Orphan  F  ???  1892   8   Illinois  Sweden    Sweden
 6  Raber*     William     Orphan  M  Sep  1890   9   Illinois  Illinois  Illinois
 7  Norris     Roy         Orphan  M  Jan  1895   5   Illinois  Illinois  Iowa
 8  Burt*      Arthur      Orphan  M  Dec  1892   7   Illinois  Iowa      Michigan
 9  ?er??*     James       Orphan  M  Dec  189*   *   Illinois  Indiana   Illinois
10  Bre?*      Clinton     Orphan  M  Aug  18??*  *   Illinois  Germany   Germany
11  L??*       Jennie      Orphan  F  Jan  1893   7   Illinois  Illinois  Illinois
12  Dennis     Laverne     Orphan  M  Feb  1894   6   Illinois  Ireland   Iowa
13  Johnson    William     Orphan  M  Jul  1893   6   Illinois  Sweden    Norway
14  Hansen     Raymond     Orphan  M  Jun  1896   3   Illinois  Norway    Illinois
15  ?????an*   Cyrel       Orphan  M  May  1893   7   Illinois  Germany   Germany
16  *optein    Blanche     Orphan  F  Oct  1892   7   Illinois  Germany   Germany
17  Borson     Dorothy     Orphan  F  Aug  1894   5   Illinois  Illinois  Illinois
18  Pierce     Curtis      Son     M  May  1878  22   Ohio      Penn      Penn      Clerk         Yes  Yes  Yes
19  Pierce     Clifford    Son     M  Dec  1883  16   Ohio      Penn      Penn      At School     Yes  Yes  Yes


** Transcriber's Remarks **

Columns above represent: last and first name, relationship, gender, month 
and year born, age, where born, where father born, where mother born, 
occupation, and can read, write and speak English.

Columns omitted were: race as all were white, marital status as no information 
was given except for #1 (see below), and all others were single; number of 
years married, how many children born and how many children still living (as
no information was given); year immigrated to the U.S. and how many years in 
the U.S., as information was given only for #1 (see #1 below); how many 
months unemployed - no information given, how many months in school as 
information was given for only #19 (see #19 below); and whether home was 
rented or owned, and whether a farm or a house, as information was only given 
for #1 (see #1 below).

Transcriber abbreviated Assistant as Asst. and Pennsylvania as Penn.

Address of Orphanage: Street number for this orphanage was hard to read but
looks like "7625" (could very well be incorrect), Normal St.
This census was transcribed June 15, 1900 by Henry Johnson, Enumerator.

 1  Unable to read the first name, year born, and age.  First name might be 
    "Eva M".  Age appears to contain overwriting; could be 52, 54, or 57.
    Marital status is partially obscured; seems to be "Wd" for "widowed".
    Birth month looks like "St" (possibly, September), but there does seem
    to be overwriting here as well; might be Feb or Oct [underneath].
    Came to the U.S. in 1898, in U.S. 2 years.  Lived in house.
 2  Last name might be Rappey, Reppey.  Unable to read the year of birth and 
    age; might be 1881, 19, respectively --- looks like "1881, 9", or "1891,
    9", as written.
 4  First name is crowded on line and hard to read; looks like Gwendolyn.
 5  Month of birth blurred; might be Jan, possibly Mar but can't say for
    certain.
 6  Last name might be Rabey.
 8  Might be Beirt, Bent, Breht, or something similar
 9  Surname looks like it starts with K but might be R; name is hard to
    read.  Might be Kessey, Kersey, Kerszy or something similar.  Birth year
    and age for this person look like 1895, 5, respectively, but can't say
    for certain (birth month is Dec).
10  Last name blurred; might be Brett, Brent or something similar.  Unable
    to read birth year; age is either 2 or 4.  
11  Last name might be Lee, Lea, possibly Loe or Lou.
15  Surname is hard to read; also, first letter could be Y or G.  Surname
    looks something like Yostman, possibly Grofman, Grotman, Gortman ....
16  Surname for this person seems to begin with "L" but might be "S"; 
    remaining letters are also hard to read.  Looks like "Loptein"/"Lohtein",
    or "Soptein"/"Sohtein".  Might be something similar to Lorstein, or have
    an "Sch..." beginning, though first letter seems most likely to
    be an "L" ...
19  In school 9 months.


CITATION

Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Illinois, Cook County
Town of Lake, 3rd Ward, Chicago
S.D. 1, E.D. 964, Sheet 16A; Image 31 of 33 
Img Ref#: 347/Roll: T623 284.

This list was Transcribed by
Carol Holmbeck
12 January 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website

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