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