Swedish Orphans' Home and Industrial School, Will County, Illinois, 1900
Swedish Orphans' Home and Industrial School
Joliet Township, Will County, Illinois, A.D. 1900*
1 Schalander Frida Head W F Nov 1864 35 S Swe Swe Swe 1886 14 Matron 0 Y Y Y O H
2 Sheers David H Inmate W M Oct 1885 14 S Ill Ire Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
3 Westerberg Otto A Inmate W M Mar 1889 11 S Wis Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
4 Johnson Charles E Inmate W M Apr 1889 11 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
5 Lind Erick Inmate W M July 1884 15 S Ill Swe Swe Asst Janitor 0 Y Y Y
6 Lind Anna Inmate W F Jan 1886 14 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
7 Lind Thyra Inmate W F Oct 1887 12 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
8 Lind Theckla* Inmate W F Aug 1889 10 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
9 Lind Bertha Inmate W F Feb 1892 8 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
10 Nygren Ernest Inmate W M Sept 1888 11 S Swe Swe Swe Un At School 9 Y Y Y
11 Nygren Harry A Inmate W M June 1891 8 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
12 Larson Ford Inmate W M July 1887 12 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
13 Larson Harry Inmate W M July 1888 11 S Calif Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
14 Larson Walter Inmate W M Jan 1890 10 S Calif Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
15 Holmstrom Hellena* G Inmate W F June 1882 17 s Swe Swe Swe Un Housework 0 Y Y Y
16 Pearson Carl J Inmate W M Apr 1894 6 S Ill Swe Swe
17 Peterson Sigor C Inmate W M June 1884 15 S Swe Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
18 Peterson Iver F Inmate W M Apr 1889 11 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
19 Peterson Sevrin N Inmate W M Feb 1891 9 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
20 Schulenberger Abner F Inmate W M May 1889 11 S Ill Ger Ger At School 9 Y Y Y
21 Davidson Frank Inmate W M Dec 1886 13 S Ill Scot Ill At School 9 Y Y Y
22 Anderson Julia Inmate W F May 1893 7 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
23 Swanson Hilda N Inmate W F June 1889 10 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
24 Swanson Hannah A Inmate W F Jan 1893 7 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
25 Widberg Reuben Inmate W M Dec 1891 8 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
26 Widberg Ruth Inmate W F May 1894 6 S Ill Swe Swe
27 Anderson Hilena* Inmate W F Jan 1886 14 S Swe Swe Swe Un At School 9 Y Y Y
28 Anderson John W Inmate W M Feb 1887 13 S Swe Swe Swe Un At School 9 Y Y Y
29 Anderson Anna Inmate W F Dec 1888 11 S Swe Swe Swe Un At School 9 Y Y Y
30 Anderson Charley Inmate W M Apr 1890 10 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
31 Anderson Tillie Inmate W F July 1895 4 S Ill Swe Swe
32 Carlson Carl E Inmate W M Jan 1889 11 S Swe Swe Swe Un At School 9 Y Y Y
33 Anderson Carl O Inmate W M June 1885 14 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
34 Okirstein* Anna D Inmate W F Mar 1888 12 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
35 Okirstein* Richard T Inmate W M Sept 1889 10 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
36 Edstrom Esther Inmate W F Nov 1885 14 S Ill Swe Minn At School 9 Y Y Y
37 Edstrom Thichar* D Inmate W F Sept 1887 12 S Ill Swe Minn At School 9 Y Y Y
38 Edstrom Sigers* A Inmate W M Nov 1890 9 S Ill Swe Minn At School 9 Y Y Y
39 Edstrom Dagmar E Inmate W M Jan 1893 7 S Mich Swe Minn At School 9 Y Y Y
40 Edstrom Hilmer T Inmate W M apr 1895 5 S Mich Swe Minn At School 9 Y Y Y
41 Swanson Dionius Inmate W M Dec 1889 10 S Swe Swe Minn
42 Swanson Livina Inmate W F Aug 1892 7 S Swe Swe Swe Un At School 9 Y Y Y
43 Swanson Menghild Inmate W M Nov 1895 4 S Ind Swe Swe
44 Peterson Oscar G Inmate W M Feb 1892 8 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
45 Peterson David L Inmate W M Nov 1893 6 S Ill Swe Swe
46 Borgman Signa Inmate W M July 1889 10 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
47 Goundheim* Andie* Inmate W M Feb 1891 9 S Ill Nor Ill At School 9 Y Y Y
48 Swanson Edna C Inmate W F Oct 1890 9 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
49 Swanson Alga M Inmate W F Oct 1893 6 S Ill Swe Swe
50 Swanson Esther C Inmate W F Aug 1895 4 S Ill Swe Swe
51 Lind Lawrence R Inmate W M Nov 1891 8 S Ill Swe Ill At School 9 Y Y Y
52 Lind Signe R Inmate W M July 1895 4 S Ill Swe Ill
53 King Clementine Inmate W F Mar 1888 12 S Maine Can(Eng) Maine At School 9 Y Y Y
54 Hagman Ford* Inmate W M Mar 1891 8 S Ill Swe Swe At School 9 Y Y Y
55 Nelson Bertha Servant W F Jan 1870 29 S Swe Swe Swe 1889 11 Housekeeper 0 Y Y Y
56 Carlson Anna Servant W F Oct 1877 22 S Swe Swe Swe 1895 5 Cook 0 Y Y Y
57 Nilson Nils Servant W M Mar 1892 27 S Swe Swe Swe 1892 8 Na Janitor 0 Y Y Y
** Transcriber's Notes **
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, naturalization, occupation, months unemployed,
months at school, can read, can write, can speak English, home owned or rented, home
or farm.
Columns omitted are years married, number of children, number of living children, home
owned free or mortgaged, number of farm schedule (all columns were left blank in the
original document).
Transcriber used the abbriations Swe for Sweden, Ire for Ireland, Ill for Illinois,
Wis for Wisconsin, Calif for California, Ger for Germany, Scot for Scotland, Minn for
Minnesota, Mich for Michigan, Ind for Indiana, Nor for Norway, Can(Eng) for Canada (Eng)
and Y for yes.
No address given in census.
This census was taken June 5, 1900 by Albert L. Granger, Enumerator.
8 Might be Theekla
15 Spelling given in original document
27 Spelling given in original document
34-35 Surname might be Okenstein, possibly O'Kerstein/O'Kirstein;
looks more like Okirstein/Okerstein, or Okenstein
37 Might be Thechar
38 Might be Sigen, Signe/Signa
47 First half of surname is hard to read; surname might be Greudheim,
Graudheim, or something similar. First name might be Andre, Andus,
possibly Anders (last few letters are hard to read with certainty).
54 Might be Fred
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Illinois
Will County, Joliet Township
S.D. 6, E.D. 111, Sheets 2A-2B; Images 3 & 4 of 51
Img Ref#: 282-83/Roll: T623 353.
This list was Transcribed by
Lynn Beatty
16 January 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website