Rush County Orphans Home, Rush County, Indiana, 1900
Rush County Orphans Home**
Rushville Township, Rush County, Indiana, A.D. 1900
1 Frittes Alace Head W F July 1854 45 S OH VA PA Matron Orphans Home 0 Y Y Y O F 100
2 Kyser Effa Boarder W F Dec 1876 23 D 1 1 IN NC NC Servent 0 Y Y Y
3 Kyser Linden J. Son W M Jan 1898 2 S IN IN IN
4 Lessir Charles Boarder W M 0 ? ? S IN Unk IN At School 6 Y Y Y
5 ? Jessie Boarder W M Aug 1887 12 S IN IN IN At School 6 Y Y Y
6 Miller James Boarder W M Oct 1888 11 S IN Unk Unk At School 6 Y Y Y
7 Ryan Albert Boarder W M Mar 1889 11 S IN Unk Unk At School 6 Y Y Y
8 Opel Ernest Boarder W M 0 0 12 S IN IN IN At School 6 Y Y Y
9 Smith Val Boarder W M Aug 1887 10 S IN IN IN At School 6 Y Y Y
10 Bill Wyatt Boarder W M Nov 1887 12 S IN KY KY At School 6 Y Y Y
11 Boatright Thomas Boarder B M Aug 1888 11 S IN KY KY At School 6 Y Y Y
12 Quinshaw Fl? Boarder B M 0 0 12 S IN Unk Unk At School 6 Y Y Y
13 Means Willie Boarder B M Aug 1890 9 S IN Unk IN At School 6
14 Lacy Ray Boarder B M June 1893 6 S IN KY KY At School 6
15 Morris Rosco Boarder W M Nov 1891 8 S IN IN IN At School 6
16 Jhonson Scott Boarder W M Nov 1895 4 S IN Unk Unk
17 Bill Allen Boarder W M 0 1894 5 S IN KY IN
18 Tharp Elmer Boarder W M Aug 1895 4 S IN IN IN
19 Goodmen Emal Boarder W M 0 0 12 S IN Unk Unk At School 6 Y Y Y
20 Smith Lillie Boarder W F Oct 1887 12 S IN Unk Unk At School 6 Y Y Y
21 Jhonson Pearl Boarder W F Dec 1890 9 S IN Unk Unk At School 6
22 Smith Julia Boarder W F Feb 1892 8 S IN Unk Unk At School 6
23 Ogle Balvy Boarder W F 0 0 10 S IN IN IN At School 6 Y Y Y
24 Brisendine Haret Boarder W F 0 0 6 S IN Unk Unk At School 6
25 Boatright Nellie Boarder B F Aug 1893 6 S IN KY KY At School 6
** Transcriber's Notes **
Please Note: This orphange was listed side by side with the Rush County Poor Asylum in the
original document. The name(s) given in the heading of same was "Rush County Poor Asylum & Orphans
Home". Because they were listed as two dwellings, they were divided here for transcription as well.
The transcription for the Rush County Poor Asylum may be viewed by clicking here.
Columns above represent name, relation, color, gender, birth month, birth year, age, marital status,
children, living children, birth place, father's birth place, mother's birth place, occupation, months
not employed, months in school, can read, can write, can speak English, home owned or rented, home
owned free or mortgaged, number of farm schedule.
Columns representing years married, year of immigration, years in United States, naturalization omitted
as all spaces were left blank in the original document.
Spellings and entries given above were as such in original document.
No address was given in Census for this orphanage; the Farm schedule number was given as "100".
This census was taken June 29, 1900 by Will A. Alexander, Enumerator.
2 Spelling given for occupation of this person was as such in original document
4 Cannot read birth year or age
5 Cannot read last name with any certainty except that it appears to be a short name; could be "Rea",
but can't say for sure.
12 Cannot read first name; looks like "Flem"
CITATION
Ancestry.com's Online Images, Images 17 & 18 of 18.
Indiana, Rush County, Rushville Township North Half,
Supervisor's District #6, Enumeration District #92, Sheet #17B.
This list was Transcribed by
Lynn Beatty
9 July 2001
for The Orphans' Home Website