St. Louis 'Colored' Orphan's Home, City of St. Louis, Missouri, 1900

St. Louis 'Colored' Orphan's Home

3rd Ward, City of St. Louis, Missouri, A.D. 1900*


 1 Rector Margaret    Head      B F Mar  1849 51  W  1 0 Kentucky   Vermont      Kentucky   Matron    0   Y Y Y H
 2 Wicloy* Susan      Nurse     W F Apr  1840 60  S      N Carolina Pennsylvania N Carolina Nurse     0   Y Y Y
 3 Williams Fannie D  Nurse     B F May  1840 60  W 12 6 Wisconsin  Kentucky     Virginia   Nurse     0   Y Y Y
 4 Holland Marguerite Assistant B F Mar  1871 29  W  3 2 Missouri   Kentucky     Kentucky   Assistant 0   Y N Y
 5 Palmer Eva         Inmate    B F Mar  1884 16  S      Missouri   Un                      At School   9 Y Y Y
 6 Ash Percy          Inmate    B F Sept 1881 15  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
 7 Carton Henrietta   Inmate    B F July 1887 12  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
 8 Carton Lucy        Inmate    B F Jan  1890 10  S                                         At School   9 Y Y Y
 9 ?awey* Lily        Inmate    B F Feb  1889 11  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
10 Mitchell Lily      Inmate    B F Apr  1893  7  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
11 Horn Bertha        Inmate    B F Dec  1888 11  S      Tennessee                          At School   9 Y Y Y
12 Smith Annie        Inmate    B F Dec  1892  7  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
13 Holland Clara      Inmate    B F July 1896  3  S      Missouri
14 Jones Patrice*     Inmate    B F Apr  1895  5  S      Missouri
15 Briston* Marion    Inmate    B F June 1900 11m S      Missouri
16 Smith Minnie       Inmate    B F Mar  1900  2m S      Missouri
17 Gillam* Ethel      Inmate    B F Mar  1900  2m S      Missouri
18 Leaks* Leroy       Inmate    B M Mar  1900  2m S      Missouri
19 Price Arthur       Inmate    B M Aug  1887 12  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
20 Gadish Marion*     Inmate    B M Mar  1888 12  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
21 Horn Lesly         Inmate    B M Nov  1890 10  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
22 Bowman Frank*      Inmate    B M Jan  1890 10  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
23 Edwards Otto       Inmate    B M Oct  1890  9  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
24 Martin Robert      Inmate    B M Nov  1890  9  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
25 Lindsey Robert     Inmate    B M Jan  1890 10  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
26 Hall Clark         Inmate    B M Sept 1891  8  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
27 Harris Arthur      Inmate    B M Feb  1892  7  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
28 Bosman* Edward     Inmate    B M Oct  1893  6  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
29 Galley* ?????*     Inmate    B M July 1890  9  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
30 Powell Lee         Inmate    B M Oct  1894  5  S      Missouri
31 Turner Erwin       Inmate    B M Mar  1897  3  S      Missouri
32 Walthers* ?????*   Inmate    B M May  1898  2  S      Missouri
33 Holland William    Inmate    B M Dec  1898  1  S      Missouri
34 Perry Walther      Inmate    B M Oct  1890  9  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y
35 Perry Charles      Inmate    B M Nov  1893  6  S      Missouri                           At School   9 Y Y Y


** Transcriber's Notes **

Columns above represent name, relation, color, gender, birth month, birth 
year, age, marital status, number of children, number of living children, 
birth place, father's birth place, mother's birth place, occupation, months 
unemployed, months at school, can read, can write, can speak English, home 
or farm.

Columns omitted are years married, year of immigration, years in United 
States, naturalization, home owned or rented, home owned free or mortgaged, 
number of farm schedule.

Address given in census:  1429 North 12th Street.  Other:  Dwelling #69, 
Family 190.

This census was taken June 6, 1900 by Nicholas A. Polits, Enumerator. 


 2 Hard to read.  Might be Hickory.
 9 Hard to read.  Might be "?awey", "?aurey", "?arvey", ....  First letter
   might be "D" but can't say for certain.
14 Might be Beatrice
15 Surname might be Boiston.
17 Surname might be Gillan
18 Surname is hard to read.  Might be Leaks, Leiks, Luke, or something 
   similar to any of these.
15-18 Age is stated in months
20 Might be Merriman
22 Given name is hard to read.  
28 Faded; might be Bowman, possibly Breman or something similar to
   any of these.
29 Might be Valley, Halley or something similar.  Given name is difficult to
   read due to quality of original document.  Might be something like
   Louis, Lewis but can't say for certain.
32 Might be Wolthers or something similar.  Given name is faded and very
   hard to read.  Might be something like Thomas, possibly Moses but can't
   say for certain.


CITATION

Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Missouri
St. Louis City, 3rd Ward
SD 11, ED 51, Sheets 9A-9B; Images 17-18 of 41
Img Ref#: 425-426/Roll: T623 890.

This list was Transcribed by
Lynn Beatty
29 October 2003
for The Orphans' Home Website

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