Children's Home, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1900

Children's Home

Salisbury Township, Lehigh County
Pennsylvania, A.D. 1900*


 1  Dry         Charles      Head     M  Jan  1851  49  M* Penn  Penn    Penn    Warden         Yes  Yes  Yes              
 2  Dry         Margaret     Wife     F  Mar  1857  43  M* Penn  Penn    Penn    Matron         Yes  Yes  Yes             
 3  Dry         John A.      Son      M  Apr  1878  22  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    Laborer*       Yes  Yes  Yes
 4  Dry         Harry J.     Son      M  June 1880  19  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    Laborer*       Yes  Yes  Yes
 5  Dry         Reuben F.    Son      M  Sept 1882  17  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    Laborer*       Yes  Yes  Yes
 6  Miller      Jacob        Inmate   M  Sept 1885  14  S  Germ  Germ    Germ *                 Yes  Yes  Yes
 7  Bassford*   George       Inmate   M  Sept 1886  13  S  Mass  Mass    Mass    At school  10  Yes  Yes  Yes 
 8  Bassford*   Ruth         Inmate   F  Aug  1888  11  S  Mass  Mass    Mass    At school  10  Yes  Yes  Yes
 9  Bassford*   Miriam       Inmate   F  Jan  1891   9  S  Mass  Mass    Mass    At school  10
10  Engler      Lillian May  Inmate   F  Nov  1892   7  S  Penn  X       Penn    At school  10
11  Hofferd     Gertrude     Inmate   F  un   1894   5  S  Penn  Penn    Penn  
12  Harrison    Hamilton     Inmate   M  June 1888  11  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    At school  10  Yes  Yes  Yes
13  Harrison    Russel*      Inmate   M  Nov  1890   9  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    At school  10
14  Harrison    John         Inmate   M  Nov  1891   8  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    At school  10
15  Harrison    Joseph       Inmate   M  Un   1896   3  S  Penn  Penn    Penn  
16  Harris      Mabel        Inmate   F  May  1893   7  S  Penn  X       X       At school  10
17  Harris      Elsie        Inmate   F  Un   1895   4  S  Penn  X       X  
18  Groff       May          Inmate   F  Un   1892   7  S  Penn  France  France  At school  10
19  Gobitch     Frank        Inmate   M  Un   1889  10  S  Hung  Hung    Hung    At school  10  Yes  Yes  Yes
20  Lallue      Victoria     Inmate   F  Oct  1888  11  S  Penn  France  France  At school  10
21  Lallue      Harry        Inmate   M  Dec  1890   9  S  Penn  France  France  At school  10  Yes  Yes  Yes
22  Mizzih      John         Inmate   M  Un   1893   6  S  NJ    Hung    Hung    At school  10
23  Rown*       Francis      Inmate   M  Un   1892   7  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    At school  10
24  Rown*       William      Inmate   M  Un   1894   5  S  Penn  Penn    Penn
25  Schweitzer  Charles      Inmate   M  Un   1889  10  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    At school  10  Yes  Yes  Yes
26  Sames*      Linda        Inmate   F  June 1888  11  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    At school  10  Yes  Yes  Yes
27  Sames*      William      Inmate   M  Nov  1890   9  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    At school  10
28  Sames*      Catharine    Inmate   F  Sept 1894*  6  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    At school  10
29  Mosser      John         Inmate   M  Un   1890   9  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    At school  10
30  Mosser      Estella      Inmate   F  Un   1892   7  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    At school  10
31  Rehrig      Raymond      Inmate   M  Un   1895   4  S  Penn  Penn    Penn
32  Scherer     Emily        Inmate   F  Un   1891   8  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    At school  10
33  Scherer     Rosa         Inmate   F  Un   1893   6  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    At school  10
34  Williams    Mabel        Inmate   F  Sept 1895   4  S  Penn  Penn    Penn
35  Graver*     Etta         Servant  F  May  1880  20  S  Penn  Penn    Penn    Servant        Yes  Yes  Yes  
36  Kratzinger  Mary         Servant  F  Feb  1862  38  M* Germ  Germ    Germ *  Servant        Yes  Yes   No


** Transcriber's Notes **

Columns above represent name, relation, gender, birthdate, age, marital 
status, birthplace of father, birthplace of mother, birthplace of person, 
occupation, attending school (in months), can read, write, speak English.

Columns omitted were: race (all were white), married how many years, how 
many children, how many children alive, (see notes for #1, #2, #36), what 
year came to U.S., how many years in U.S., naturalized (see note for #6 and 
#36), number of months unemployed (see note for #36); owned or rented, owned
free or mortgaged, farm or house (see note for #1).  

Spaces with "X" were put there by enumerator.

Transcriber abbreviated Pennsylvania as Penn; New Jersey as NJ; Hungary as 
Hung; Germany as Germ, Massachusetts as Mass.

This census was enumerated on the 11th & 12th of June, 1900 by Edward 
Buchecker, Enumerator.

 1  Married 24 years, owned the home, free, was a house
 2  Married 24 years, 3 children, 3 children alive
 3  Worked in rolling mill
 4  Worked in rolling mill
 5  Worked in rolling mill
 6  Arrived in U.S. in 1889, in U.S. 11 years
 7  Might be Banford
 8  Might be Banford
 9  Might be Banford
13  Given name spelled above as in original document; might be Russell.
23  Might be Roson
24  Might be Roson
26  Might be Sarnes
27  Might be Sarnes
28  Might be Sarnes.  Birth year and age given for this person in original
    census is 1894, 6, respectively; birth month given is Sept.
35  Might be Graves
36  8 Children, 3 children alive, came to U.S. in 1899, in U.S. 1 year, 
    unemployed 3 months


CITATION
UMI, 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania
Lehigh County, Salisbury Township
Vol 117, ED 50, Sheets 6B-7A. 

This list was Transcribed by
Carol Holmbeck
10 February 2001
for The Orphans' Home Website

To Orphans' Home Page Back Back to the US Map Back to Table of Contents for Pennsylvania, 1900 Back to Pennsylvania Census Years

rev402/cmk