Orphans' Home, Henry County, Illinois, 1900
Orphans' Home
Andover Township, Henry County, Illinois, A.D. 1900*
1 Lincoln ? Head W M Apr 1842 58 M 29 Sweden Sweden Sweden 1869 31 Na Farmer* Y Y Y O M F 66
2 Lincoln Anna Wife W F Sept 1844 55 M 29 9 7 Sweden Sweden Sweden 1870 30 Y Y Y
3 Lincoln Hannah Daughter W F Nov 1877 22 S Kan Sweden Sweden Y Y Y
4 Lincoln Carl O Son W M Aug 1886 15 S Kan Sweden Sweden 7 Y Y Y
5 Lincoln Luther Son W M Mar 1889 11 S Kan Sweden Sweden 7 Y Y Y
6 Johnson* Julia Orphan W F Oct 1879 20 S Sweden Sweden Sweden 1887 13
7 Wistine Signe Orphan W F Mar 1885 15 S Mich Sweden Sweden Y Y Y
8 Erickson Ellen Orphan W F Dec 1886 13 S Ill Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
9 Peterson Albertina Orphan W F Aug 1884 15 S Mich Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
10 Peterson Alfred Orphan W M Feb 1886 14 S Mich Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
11 Peterson Fredrick Orphan W M Mar 1886 14 S Ill Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
12 Hedin Frank Orphan W M May 1886 14 S Ill Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
13 Carlson Erick Orphan W M Sept 1889 10 S Sweden Sweden Sweden Un At School 7 Y Y Y
14 Carlson Oscar Orphan W M Mar 1886 14 S Mich Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
15 Newberg Alma Orphan W F Dec 1885 14 S Sweden Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
16 Newberg Elizabeth Orphan W F Oct 1887 12 S Iowa Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
17 Halberg Carl Orphan W M Sept 1887 12 S Ill Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
18 Willhelm Axel Orphan W M Jan 1889 11 S Ill Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
19 Utter Fredrick Orphan W M July 1889 10 S Ill Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
20 Anderson Albert Orphan W M Jan 1888 12 S Ill Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
21 Wenstrom Carl Orphan W M Apr 1885 15 S Sweden Sweden Sweden Un At School 7 Y Y Y
22 Wenstrom Gustav Orphan W M Sept 1887 12 S Sweden Sweden Sweden Un At School 7 Y Y Y
23 Victor John Orphan W M Apr 1892 8 S Minn Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y N Y
24 Johnson Axel Orphan W M May 1895 5 S Minn Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
25 Anderson Edward Orphan W M Jan 1885 15 S Ill Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
26 Gustus Emelia Orphan W F Oct 1882 17 S Ill Sweden Sweden Y Y Y
27 Gustus Martin Orphan W M Nov 1883 16 S Ill Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
28 Evender Agnes Orphan W F Apr 1884 16 S Sweden Sweden Sweden Un At School 7 Y Y Y
29 Lindberg Elmer Orphan W M Oct 1886 13 S Ill Sweden Sweden At School 7 Y Y Y
30 Peterson Augusta Servent W F Nov 1876 23 S Sweden Sweden Sweden 1883 17 Servant Housework Y Y Y
** Transcriber's Notes **
Columns above represent name, relation, color, gender, birth month, birth
year, age, marital status, years married, number of children, number of still
living children, birth place, father's birth place, mother's birth place,
year of immigration, years in United States, naturalization, occupation,
months at school, can read, can write, can speak English, home owned or
rented, home owned free or mortgaged, home or farm, number of farm schedule.
Column omitted is months unemployed.
Transcriber used the abbreviations Kan for Kansas, Mich for Michigan, Ill
for Illinois, Minn for Minnesota, Y for yes, and N for no.
Address of Orphanage: not given in this census.
This census was taken June 7, 1900 by Theodore W. Olson, Enumerator.
1 Unable to read first name. Occupation reads "Farmer" then in small
writing above it is written: "Supt of Orphans Home"
6 Either the surname is crossed out, or, the Enumerator initially drew
a horizontal line then wrote "Johnson" over it.
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 United States Federal Census Illinois
Henry County, Andover Township
SD 4, ED 2, Sheets 4B-5A; Images 8-9 of 23
Img Ref#: 793-94/Roll: T623 305.
This list was Transcribed by
Lynn Beatty
19 February 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website