Berkshire Industrial Home, Columbia County, New York, 1900
Berkshire Industrial Home
Canaan Town, Columbia County
New York, A.D. 1900*
1 Mayo, Wm W Supt W M Apr 1855 45 M 2 Maine Maine Maine Supt Y Y Y - F F 79
2 Mayo, Myrtle Wife W F May 1871 29 M 2 1 1 Ohio New York New York Y Y Y
3 Mayo, Helen H. Dau W F May 1891 9 S Col Maine Maine Y Y Y
4 Mayo, Leonard Son W M * * 8m New York Maine Ohio
5 Stackpole, B.H. W M Mar 1871 29 S Maine Maine Maine Head Farmer Y Y Y
6 Adams, Howard W M Mar 1871 29 M 1 Can(Frc) Can(Frc) Can(Frc) 1892 8 Painter Y Y Y
7 Adams, Grace Wife W F June 1878 21 M 1 Mass Mass Mass Y Y Y
8 Andrews, Judson A W M Sept 1879 20 S Maine Maine Maine Gardner Y Y Y
9 Andrews, Linwood W M Apr 1882 18 S Maine Maine Maine Asst Farmer Y Y Y
10 Wescott, Robert H. W M Nov 1870 29 S New York New York New York Care Taker Y Y Y
11 Hasting, Harold P W M Jan 1881 19 S S Dak Ohio Maine ?? Y Y Y
12 Wallace, James W M Sept 1861 38 S New York Scot Mass Cook Y Y Y
13 Harvey Chas F W M July 1877 22 S Ver Ver Ver Laundryman Y Y Y
14 Forbes Margaret W F July 1881 1? S Mass Scot Ire ?? writer Y Y Y
15 Provit* Ella* F W F May * * S Mass ? ? Teacher Y Y Y
16 Sadler* Alice W F Mar 1852 48 W Can(Frc) Can(Frc) Can(Frc) Un Y Y Y
17 Palmer Cora E W F Mar 1874 26 S Mass Mass Mass ??? Y Y Y
18 Jac????* Caroline W F Apr 1873 27 S Maine Maine Maine Book Keeper Y Y Y
19 Allen Theodor N W M Dec * 1?* S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
20 Ostrum Thomas W M May 1886 14 S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
21 Bertain* Franklin W M Apr 1885 15 S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
22 Callahan George W M Feb 1885 15 S Ire Ire Ire Un 8 Y Y Y
23 Chapman Wm W M Aug 1886 13 S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
24 Leahey Wm S W M * 1888 12 S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
25 Maurich Lyman W M Apr 1886 14 S Penn Penn Penn 8 Y Y Y
26 Neugert Roy W M ? 1885 15 S Penn Ger New York 8 Y Y Y
27 Rosenzweig* ????* W M Oct 1887 12 S New York Ger Ger 8 Y Y Y
28 Roth David W M Aug 1884 15 S Penn Penn Penn 8 Y Y Y
29 Gardner* George H W M Jul 189? 1? S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
30 Linh* George W M * 1888 12 S New York Ger Ger 8 Y Y Y
31 Robinson Robert W M Apr 1884 16 S Eng Eng Eng Un 8 Y Y Y
32 Wright Carl W M Apr 1885 15 S New Jer New Jer New Jer 8 Y Y Y
33 E???nd* Chas W M Apr 1888 12 S New York 8 Y Y Y
34 Gates Chester W M May 1885 15 S Mass 8 Y Y Y
35 Fay* Harry W M Apr 1886 14 S New York Ire Ger 8 Y Y Y
36 Corthall* Albert* W M May 1884 16 S Eng 8 Y Y Y
37 Biller* Frederich W M Apr 1886 14 S New York Ger Ger 8 Y Y Y
38 Humphey Harry W M Mar 1888 12 S Penn 8 Y Y Y
39 ?it?g?d* C?nor?d* W M Jan 1887 13 S ? ? Hungary 8 Y Y Y
40 Johnson Harry W M 1888 12 S ? ? ? 8 Y Y Y
41 Mirso* Robert W M Feb 188* 1?* S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
42 Mirso* Paul W M Oct 1889 10 S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
43 Conyer* Bruce W M Nov 1885 14 S Missouri 8 Y Y Y
44 L??rue* Clarence W M ? 1882 17 S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
45 ?ingborn* Arthur W M ? 1886 14 S New York 8 Y Y Y
46 Effner* Harry W M ? 188? 12 S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
47 D???* Harry* W M ? 188? 13* S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
48 Reichman ?oyel* W M Apr 1884 16 S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
49 Claas* Lewis W M Apr 1885 15 S New York Ger Ger 8 Y Y Y
50 Rockwell Robert W M Mar 1885 15 S Penn 8 Y Y Y
51 Chamberlain* ?? W M Jan 1884 16 S A???? Un 8 Y Y Y
52 Harrison David W M Mar 1887 13 S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
53 Keller* Wm W M Jul 1886 13 S New York 8 Y Y Y
54 Mach Frank W M Aug 1887 12 S New York ? Mass 8 Y Y Y
55 McCormack Lewis W M Jun 1886 13 S New York 8 Y Y Y
56 Ewerts* Harry W M Nov 1886 13 S New York Russia Germany 8 Y Y Y
57 Walker Arthur W M May 1890 10 S New York England Wales 8 Y Y Y
58 MaGlauflin* Frank W M Feb 1881 19* S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
59 Knox John W M Jan 1885 15 S Ger Ger Ger Un 8 Y Y Y
60 Burke Edward W M Jul 1884 15 S New York Ire Ire 8 Y Y Y
61 Brown Wiliam W M ??? 188? ? S New Jer New Jer New Jer 8 Y Y Y
62 ???berger* Gustave W M May 1885 15 S New York New York Ger 8 Y Y Y
63 Dieher* George W M ? 1888 12 S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
64 Curtis Wm W M Sep 1884 15 S Mass Conn Conn 8 Y Y Y
65 Roller Chas W M Sept 1885 14 S New York Ger Ger 8 Y Y Y
66 Engel Robert W M Nov 188? 13 S Conn Conn Conn 8 Y Y Y
67 Romfil* Chas W M June 1885 15 S New York Ger Eng 8 Y Y Y
68 Holgate Arthur W M Apr 1884 16 S New York Ger Eng 8 Y Y Y
69 Faulkner Leon W M June 1885 15 S New York Eng Eng 8 Y Y Y
70 Reiner Frank W M Apr 1886 14 S New York 8 Y Y Y
71 ???gha???* Archie W M May 1884 16 S New Jer 8 Y Y Y
72 Corse Frederick W M 1888 12 S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
73 ??ussel* ??re W M 1884 ? S New York New York New York 8 Y Y Y
74 C??lo? John W M Jun 1889 11 S Ire Ire Ire 8 Y Y Y
** Transcriber's Remarks **
Please Note: This was not a particularly easy list to decipher. There was
fading and some blurring throughout. Please keep this in mind as you study
this list using extra care with birth month, year and ages - whether or not
there is a footnote for a particular person.
Columns above represent name, relation, color or race, sex, birth month,
birth year, age, marital status, years married, mother of how many children,
number of children still living, birth place of this person, birth place of
father of this person, birth place of mother of this person, year of
immigration to the United States, number of years in the United States,
occupation, months attended school, can read, can write, can speak English,
owned free or mortgaged, farm or house, number of farm schedule.
Columns omitted for this transcription include naturalization, months not
employed, owned or rented. All omitted columns were left blank in the
original census.
Transcriber used the following abbreviations in the transcription above:
Col for Colorado, Supt for Superintendent, Ser for Servant, Mass for
Massachusetts, Can (Frc) for Canada (Frc), Ver for Vermont, Scot for
Scotland, Ire for Ireland, Eng for England, "m" for months, Conn for
Connecticut, Penn for Pennsylvania, Ger for Germany, New Jer for New Jersey,
S Dak for S Dakota, and Y for yes.
Address of Orphanage: not given in this census. Other: Dwelling 105, Family
107.
This census was taken on the 11th day of June, 1900, by Jay W Wilcox,
Enumerator.
4 Birth year is illegible; age given as "8/12", i.e., 8 months, and
abbreviated above as "8m". Birth month for this person is also
illegible; might be Sept.
11 Occupation is illegible
14 Age and occupation are illegible.
15 Surname might be Prewit, or something similar; hard to read. Given name
might be Elba. Birth year, age, and nativity columns for parents are
illegible in original census.
16 Might be Sedler, Sidler
17 Occupation hard to read; might be "Supt dining room" (?)
18 Hard to read; might be Jachimo, Jackino ....
19 Birth year and age hard to read. Age might be 13 or 18; birth year is
illegible.
21 Might be Pertain
22 Occupation is illegible
24 Birth month left blank in original census.
26 Birth month is illegible.
27 Looks like Rosenzweig; might be Rosenzweiz. Given name is illegible.
29 Might be Gerdner. Birth year and age hard to discern; birth year looks
like 1899, age looks like 11 or 10.
30 Might be Link. Birth month left blank in original document.
33 Hard to read; might be Eklund, Ehlund, Ehrlund, or something similar.
35 Might be Fey
36 Name is difficult to read. Surname might be Corthell; given name might
be Robert.
37 Difficult to read due to fading; might be Belles, Beller ....
39 Unable to read name. Surname might begin with "F", "L", or possibly "I",
and might end with "el" instead of "d". The next letter in could be a
tall or short letter; hard to say due to interference from the tail of
the "p" on the line above. Given name seems to begin with "C", but might
be "L"; might be Conrad but looks more like "C?nor?d" (??) .... Birth
place for this person looks like "American B???" (Born?).
41-42 Might be Neiso. Unable to read age for #41; birth year is faded but
looks like 1888 (might not be). Unable to read birth places.
44 Second and third letters (might be more) are faded and not visible;
remaining letters look like "..rue". Unable to read birth month.
45 Unable to read first letter(s) of surname; might be "?i..." or "?n..."
(i.e., "Gingborn", "Angborn"). Also the "n" might be "u". Last half of
surname looks like "..gborn" but might be "..gham" (i.e., "Gingham").
Unable to read birth month.
46 Looks like "Eff?ser" or "Effner". First name might be "Parry" (?).
Birth month is faded; might be April but can't say for certain; birth
year and age might be 1887/1888, 12, respectively.
47 First letter of surname looks like "D". Surname itself might be Deuf or
Darhf (??); very hard to read and there also appears to be some fading.
First name looks like "Haux" (with long stroke for the cross of the "x")
- might be "Harry" (??). Birth month is faded; might be Jun, might be
Un (??); looks like "Ju" (with the "J" barely visible). Birth year and
age look like 1887, 13, but might be 1882, 18, respectively.
48 Given name is difficult to read; might be something like Horzel, Hoyel.
The first letter might be something other than "H".
49 Surname looks like Claas or Claes/Claer/Cleer
51 Surname looks like Chamerlain; might be something similar. Given name
is quite long and written in small letters above the line/surname; might
begin with "Sl.." and end with "..rririg" (??). Place of birth is not
clear; does begin with "A" and might end with "nia", i.e., might be
Armenia or America (??); immigration information is written in as "Un"
in the original census. Birth place also appears to have some over-
writing.
53 Might be Heller
56 Surname looks like Ewerts or "Erverts"; might be something similar to
either.
58 Looks like McGlauflan or McGlauflin. Birth information is not clear;
age might be 19. Birth year might be 1881, or 1887.
61 Birth month, year, and age are illegible for this person; age might be
2.
62 Surname is hard to read; might be Farnberger, possibly Newberger. First
letter of surname is illegible but looks like it could be "F", "N", or
possibly "W" (i.e., "Wausberger" or something similar) ....
63 Might be Decker; first letter looks like "D" but might not be. Birth
month is illegible.
67 Looks like "Romfil" or "Romfif", with the second "f" very faded. Might
be "Romlif" or something similar.
71 Surname is very hard to read; first letter(s) is(are) illegible. Last
half or more of this surname looks like: "..ghairs" or "..ghaise" ....
73 Might be Russel, Purssel. First (given) name looks like "Tore" or
"Tere" (??)
74 Surname is hard to read; looks like Cowlow; might be C???lon.
CITATION
Ancestry.com, On-line Census Images.
1900 U.S. Federal Census, New York
Columbia County, Canaan Town
SD ?, ED 3, Sheets 5A-5B; Images 10-11 of 28
Img Ref#: 58-59/Roll: T623 1019.
This list was Transcribed by
Janet Truncali
26 March 2002
for The Orphans' Home Website
