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

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