Bethany Orphans' Home, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1900
Bethany Orphans' Home
Berks County, Pennsylvania, A.D. 1900*
1 Yundt Thomas Head* M Feb 1858 42 Penn Penn Penn Supt-Orphan Home
2 Yundt Minerva Wife* F Sep 1858 41 Penn Penn Penn Matron
3 Yundt Mary E Daughter F Jul 1890 9 Penn Penn Penn 10
4 Yundt Paul K Son M Nov 1893 6 Penn Penn Penn 10
5 Eisenh???? Harry E Servant M Jun 1876 23 Penn Penn Penn Teaching School 2
6 Asbogart* Jennie C Servant F May 1874 26 Penn Penn Penn Teaching School 2
7 Doner Ida F Servant F Apr 1878 22 Penn Penn Penn Teaching School 2
8 Ritz Ella D Servant F Sep 1869 30 Penn Penn Penn Matron
9 Kensinger Kate Servant F Dec 1870 29 Penn Germ Germ Matron
10 Hetrick Ada R Servant F Oct 1872 27 Penn Penn Penn Seamstress 0
11 Denfendorfer Mary J Servant F Dec 1851 48 Penn Penn Penn Cook 0
12 Deshant Sarah R Servant F May 1848 52 Ohio Penn Penn Matron 0
13 Gerhard Elizabeth R Servant F Oct 1874 25 Penn Penn Penn Matron 0
14 Arnold George W Servant* M Jun 1843 57 Penn Penn Switz Boys' Attendant 0
15 Lantz Effie M Servant F Apr 1872 28 Virg Virg Virg Matron 0
16 Miller Blanche S Inmate F Mar 1883 17 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
17 Zearfuss Kate E Inmate F Dec 1883 16 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
18 Hausman Florance A Inmate F Apr 1884 16 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
19 Nagle Bertha C Inmate F Jun 1884 15 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
20 Marsh Mary E Inmate F Jun 1884 15 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
21 Sloyer Minerva J Inmate F Jun 1884 15 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
22 Davis Eva B Inmate F Jul 1884 15 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
23 Knauss Cora T Inmate F Sep 1884 15 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
24 Rhoads Hary E Inmate M Oct 1884 15 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
25 Young Mary Inmate F Nov 1884 15 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
26 Hirst Robert E Inmate M Nov 1884 15 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
27 Shank Bessie M Inmate F Dec 1884 15 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
28 Butzor Irene F Inmate F Jan 1885 15 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
29 Rader Bertha M Inmate F Jan 1885 15 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
30 Warner Ida B Inmate F Mar 1885 15 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
31 Mayer Oscar C Inmate M Mar 1885 15 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
32 Steiner Mary E Inmate F Apr 1885 15 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
33 Guth Mary J Inmate F May 1885 15 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
34 Dengler William W Inmate M Jul 1885 14 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
35 Heffner Tressa E Inmate F Jul 1885 14 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
36 Wetzel Emma Inmate F Aug 1885 14 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
37 Gruger William Inmate M Sep 1885 14 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
38 Shipe Warren E Inmate M Sep 1885 14 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
39 Becker Winfield S Inmate M Nov 1885 14 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
40 Flo??? Beatty H Inmate M Jan 1886 14 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
41 Stickman Minnie C Inmate F Feb 1886 14 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
42 Knauss William B Inmate M Mar 1886 14 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
43 Stettler Fredrick Inmate M Apr 1886 14 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
44 Zeller May S Inmate F Apr 1886 14 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
45 Berkenstock Howard Inmate M May 1886 14 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
46 Young Annie Inmate F Jun 1886 13 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
47 Heist Sadie M Inmate F Aug 1886 13 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
48 Davis Ramond Inmate M Oct 1886 13 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
49 Laubert William H Inmate M Oct 1886 13 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
50 Calwell Mary M Inmate F Oct 1886 13 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
51 Rhoads Bessie Inmate F Dec 1886 13 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
52 Knauss Jacob C Inmate M Dec 1886 13 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
53 Gruger Ellia Inmate F Jan 1887 13 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
54 Wentzel Edna A Inmate F Feb 1887 13 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
55 Warner Robert A Inmate M Oct 1887 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
56 Kutner Harry E Inmate M Mar 1887 13 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
57 Mayer Christie E Inmate F Mar 1887 13 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
58 King Kate Inmate F Apr 1887 13 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
59 Breyn Anna E Inmate F May 1887 13 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
60 Dengler John I Inmate M Jun 1887 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
61 Wetzel George Inmate M Jun 1887 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
62 Ernst Mable A Inmate F Jul 1887 13 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
63 Faust Ammon E Inmate M Aug 1887 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
64 Wolfe Ezra S Inmate M Aug 1887 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
65 Lutaker F. Ray Inmate M Jan 1888 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
66 Shipe Bessie C Inmate F Feb 1888 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
67 Stetler George Inmate M Feb 1888 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
68 Berkenstork Levi E Inmate M Feb 1888 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
69 Bolan May E Inmate F Mar 1888 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
70 Ely Elmer Inmate M Mar 1888 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
71 Troutman Clarance J Inmate M Mar 1888 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
72 Werner Robert A Inmate M Mar 1888 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
73 Werner George F Inmate M Mar 1888 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
74 Calwell Sophia E Inmate F Apr 1888 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
75 Gerhart Harry Inmate M May 1888 12 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
76 Wentzel Edith M Inmate F Aug 1888 11 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
77 Bagley George S Inmate M Aug 1888 11 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
78 Hummel Irvin D Inmate M Sep 1888 11 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
79 Henry Lizzie I Inmate F Sep 1888 11 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
80 Smith Harry Inmate M Sep 1888 11 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
81 Shifflet Raymond B Inmate M Oct 1888 11 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
82 Moyer William M Inmate M Dec 1888 11 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
83 Peters Elsia A Inmate F Jan 1889 11 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
84 Hart Harry W Inmate M Jan 1889 11 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
85 Laubert Charles H Inmate M Jan 1889 11 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
86 Spath Annie Inmate F Mar 1889 11 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
87 Drissel Noah J Inmate M May 1889 11 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
88 Greup Gilbert Inmate M May 1889 11 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
89 Ely Ivan S Inmate M Jul 1889 10 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
90 Schaeffer Rosa Inmate F Aug 1889 10 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
91 Baer Robert L Inmate M Aug 1889 10 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
92 Calwell Elizabeth D Inmate F Aug 1889 10 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
93 Faust Thomas G Inmate M Oct 1889 10 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
94 Fenstermacher Walter D Inmate M Jan 1890 10 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
95 Jackman Mable I Inmate F Jan 1890 10 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
96 Rhouds Irwin D Inmate M Feb 1890 10 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
97 Vonada Jay L Inmate M Mar 1890 10 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
98 Sherman Thomas C Inmate M Mar 1890 10 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
99 Spath Minnie Inmate F Mar 1890 10 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
100 Keller Wilford N Inmate M Apr 1890 10 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
101 Ehrle Emma Inmate F Apr 1890 10 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
102 Berkenstock Effie R Inmate F May 1890 10 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
103 Evans James R Inmate M Jun 1890 9 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
104 Bolan Frank M Inmate M Aug 1890 9 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
105 Baer Edwin C Inmate M Nov 1890 9 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
106 Gerhart Howard R Inmate M Nov 1890 9 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
107 Knepper Mary Inmate F Jan 1891 9 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
108 Levering John F Inmate M Jan 1891 9 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
109 Hefflebauer Mary Inmate F May 1891 9 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
110 Reiss William Inmate M May 1891 9 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
111 Drissel Anna Inmate F Jun 1891 8 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
112 Fensteronscher Harry J Inmate M Jul 1891 8 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
113 Witmer Elizabeth Inmate F Jul 1891 8 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
114 Hummel Jonathan D Inmate M Sep 1891 8 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
115 Troutman Alace B Inmate F Sep 1891 8 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
116 Shifflet Isaac Inmate M Oct 1891 8 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
117 Bagley Marguerite Inmate F Mar 1892 8 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
118 Miller Horrace W Inmate M Mar 1892 8 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
119 Becker Vickier S Inmate M May 1892 8 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
120 Brown Joseph B Inmate M May 1892 8 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
121 Vonada Mary S Inmate F Aug 1892 7 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
122 Smith Clayton Inmate M Aug 1892 7 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
123 Pulfrick Charles Inamte M Sep 1892 7 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
124 Knepper George L Inmate M Nov 1892 7 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
125 Ehile John Inmate M Nov 1892 7 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
126 Baer Minerva M Inmate F Dec 1892 7 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
127 Reiss Raymond Inmate M Jul 1893 6 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
128 Deegan Milton R Inmate M Nov 1893 6 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
129 Brown Edward S Inmate M Dec 1893 6 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
130 Wismer Frank E Inmate M Aug 1894 5 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
131 Shuman Roy W Inmate M Dec 1994 5 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
132 Schaeffer Jennie Inmate F Feb 1895 5 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
133 Miller George O Inmate M Jun 1895 4 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
134 Hart Robert F Inmate M Oct 1895 4 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
135 Wisman Ralph D Inmate M Aug 1896 3 Penn Penn Penn At School 10
** Transcriber's Notes **
Columns above represent name, relationship, gender, month and year of birth, age, where born, where father born,
where mother born, occupation, number of months unemployed, and number of months attending school.
Columns omitted were: Race, as all were white; Marital Status, as only three were listed (see numbers 1, 2 & 14);
Years married, as only number 1 & 2 were married; Number of children and number of children living, as only number
1 & 2 had children; Citizenship, as no information was given; Education, as all who were old enough could read, write,
and speak English; and Ownership of home, as information was given only for #1.
The transcriber abbreviated Pennsylvania as Penn, Germany as Germ, Switzerland
as Switz, and Virginia as Virg.
This census was enumerated by George W. Spatz on
the 20th and 22nd of June, 1900.
1 Married 14 years, rented home, was a farm, and was number 79 on farm schedule
2 Married 14 years, had 3 chidren, 2 children living
5 Possibly Eisenhardt
6 Possibly Asbogard
14 Widower
40 Illegible
CITATION
1900 Federal Pennsylvania Census, Berks County, Heidelberg Township, Volume 36,
ED 24, Sheets 15 & 16, Bethany Orphan's Home.
This list was Transcribed by
Carol Holmbeck
11 March 2001
for The Orphans' Home Website
