St. Francis Orphan Asylum, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1900

St. Francis Orphan Asylum

Berks County, Pennsylvania, A.D. 1900*


  1  Mother Veronica         Head       F    Nov  1849  50  Poland German   Bohemia        Bohemia        1894       6    Un              Yes  Yes  No  O  M  F  44  
  2  Sister Frances          Sister     F    June 1869  30  Poland German   Bohemia        Bohemia        1894       6    Un              Yes  Yes  No 
  3  Sister Catherine        Sister     F    Nov  1877  22  German Poland   German Pol.    German Pol.    1894       6    Un              Yes  Yes  Yes  
  4  Sister Jennie           Sister     F    June 1863  36  Austria         Austria        Austria        1896       4    Un              Yes  Yes  No  
  5  Candidate Frances       Candidate  F    Nov  1879  20  Germany         Germany        Germany        1892       8    Un              Yes  Yes  Yes  
  6  Candidate Rosa          Candidate  F    Nov  1878  22  Germany         Germany        Germany        1890*     10*   Un              Yes  Yes  No  
  7  Candidate Annie         Candidate  F    July 1882  17  Pennsylvania    Germany        Germany         **       **    **              Yes  Yes  Yes  
  8  Candidate Mary          Candidate  F    Aug  1883  16  Europe          Europe         Europe         1888      12    Un              Yes  Yes  Yes  
  9  Candidate Veronica      Candidate  F    Jan  1885  15  Russian Polish  Russian Pol.   Russian Pol.   1888      12    Un              Yes  Yes  Yes
 10  Ourbanska  Stella       Orphan     F    May  1887  13  Russian Poland  Russian Pol.   Russian Pol.   1897       3    Un              Yes  Yes  No
 11  Grocka  Sarah           Orphan     F    Aug  1886  13  Russian Poland  Russian Pol.   Russian Pol.   1891       9    Un              Yes  Yes  Yes
 12  Feifer  Sarah           Orphan     F    July 1886  13  Pennsylvania    Germany        Germany                                        Yes  Yes  Yes
 13  Woj*towicz  Mary        Orphan     F    Aug  1888  11  Pennsylvania    Germany        Germany                                        Yes  Yes  Yes
 14  Ricis  Mary             Orphan     F    Nov  1886  13  Pennsylvania    Germany        Germany                                        Yes  Yes  Yes
 15  Gurnika  Mary           Orphan     F    Feb  1896   4  Pennsylvania    Germany        Germany                                                 
 16  ******** Jennie         ******     F    Jun? 1896   3  Pennsylvania    Germany        Germany                                                
 17  Arasmus  Anton          Farmer     M    Feb  1835  64  German Poland   German Pol.    German Pol.    1882      28    Al    Farmer    Yes  Yes  No
 18  Orzech  Joseph          Farmer     M    Mar  1872  28  Austria         Austria        Austria        1896       4    Un    Farmer    Yes  Yes  No


** Transcriber's Notes **

Columns above represent name, relation, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, place of birth, place of birth of father, 
place of birth of mother, year of immigration to the U.S., number of years in the U.S., naturalization, occupation, trade or profession, 
can read, can write, can speak English, own or rent home, own free or mortgaged, farm or house, number of farm schedule.

Columns regarding race or color, marital status, years married, children from marriage, and months not employed were omitted from this transcription.  
All were white, single, had no children, and the two males were employed. 
Poland changed to abbreviation of Pol. in some columns.

This census was enumerated on 13 June 1900.
  
 6 Year of immigration and number of years in the U.S. partially illegible.
 7 Immigration year and naturalizaiton were blank.
13 There is possibly an s in the last name.   
16 Last name was left blank.  She was not listed as an orphan.  Enumerator put a question mark by the birth month of June.

CITATION
Heritate Quest. Roll# (to add). 1900 U.S. Census, Pennsylvania Schedule, Berks County, ?Township. Vol. 35, E.D. 13, Sheet No. 20 (page 181). 

This list was Transcribed by
Carol Holmbeck
13 January 2001
for The Orphans' Home Website

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