THE COUNTY HOME
aka- THE POOR HOUSE
REGISTERS, 1890
The following information is *not* a complete
listing from the above listed Register.
There are almost 50 columns on each page of this register, of which I will list
below. For the transcription of the register pages, I will only be listing
the information which is filled in for each entry.
Register#; Ward or District; Name; Age; Sex; Color (White,
Mulatto, Black); Date of Admission; If committed, by whom; Place of Settlement;
Nativity; If Foreigners (Time in U.S., At what port landed); Occupation;
Education (Unable to read or write, Could write their name); Civil Condition
(Was never married, Married, Widowed); Habits (Abstinent, Moderate Drinker,
Intemperate); Moral Condition (No. times had been in jail, Had frequented house
of Prositution) Beginning of 2nd Page. Re-Admissions (No. of times
received, Former Register #'s); Physical Condition (Able-bodied, Not
able-bodied); Classification (Sane, Insane, Idiotic, Blind, Deaf and Dumb,
Hospital Case, Vagrants); Inmates of Hospital (Disease, Result); Date of
Discharge; How Discharged; Number of Days Supported; Cause of Pauperism;
Remarks.
#529: Jane Trostle; 57y; female; white; Jan. 13, 1890; District;
Penna; Unable to read/write; Was never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane;
August 29, 1890; Discharged by the Board and put on the list of Outdoor Poor;
Epilepsy.
#530: William Leedy; 69y; male; white; Feb. 6, 1890; District; Penna.;
Laborer; Could write their Name; Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; June 15,
1890; Left by permission and did not return; Old Age.
#531: Joseph Dunclan; 37y; male; Feb 24, 1890; England; Sailor; Could
write their name; Married; Moderate Drinker; Not able-bodied; Sane; mar. 17,
1890; 21 days; Sick & crippled.
#532: Eva Walmer; 68y; "male"; Mar. 4, 1890; District; Penna.;
Housekeeper; Unable to read/write; Widow; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; Aug. 27,
1895; Died in Almshouse; "Od Age".
#533: Thomas Williams; 24y; male; white; Apr. 5, 1890; Tramp; Tramp;
Unable to read/write; Not able-bodied; sane; Vagrant; Apr. 23 1890; 18 days;
Hands burnt.
#534: Ralph Deitrich; 14y; male; white; Apr. 16, 1890; District; Penna.;
Could write their Name; Was never married; Abstinent; Not able-bodied; sane;
April 1, 1892; Eloped; Homeless and had been badly injured.
#535: John Patrick Garritz; 65y; male; white; Sept 3 1890; Tramp; Ireland;
Tramp; Unable to read/write; Not able-bodied; sane; Vagrant; Apr. 19, 1891;
discharged; Tramp.
#536: Millie Woodward; 18y; female; white; Oct 11, 1890; District; Penna.;
Housekeeper; Could write their name; Was Never married; Abstinent; Able-bodied;
Sane; May 7, 1891; discharged; Pregnancy.
#537: Chas. Burd; male; white; son of Millie Woodward; Born in Almshouse,
November 30, 1890; Abstinent; Jan. 12, 1893; Indentured to Andrew Shick.
#538: Mrs. Mary Clare/Clase; 55y; female; white; Oct 22, 1890; District;
Penna; Housekeeper; unable to read/write; Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Not
able-bodied; sane; Discharged Nov. 12, 1890; Died Jan. 12, 1926; Buried Eschol
Jan 14, 1926; Age 86y.
#539: Clara Clare/Clase; 12y; female; white; Oct 22, 1890; District;
Penna.; unable to read/write; Was never married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; sane;
Discharged with mother, Nov. 12, 1890.
#540: John Flaher?; 50y; male; white; Oct 30, 1890; Ireland; Tramp; unable
to read/write; Not able-bodied; Sane; Re__red to stay and left Oct 31, 1890.
#541: John Pfaffenberger; 65y; male; white; Oct 31, 1890; not able-bodied;
sane; Left; transient inmate.
#542: John Clare/Clase; 55y; male; white; Nov 3, 1890; District; Penna.;
Laborer; unable to read/write; Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; Discharge
Nov 12, 1890.
#543: Katy Singer; 66y; female; white; Dec. 11, 1890; District; Penna.;
unable to read/write; Widowed; Abstinent; Not able-bodied; Sane; Sept ?? 189?;
Died; Old Age.
