Berks County PA Alms House Deaths for 1899

Name, Date of death, cause of death

• Letzkus Alexander, Jan. 2, 1899, 57 years; hip joint disease

• John Sheetz, Jan. 18, 83 years; heart disease

• Adam Meier, Feb. 1. 64 years; Carcinoma of intestines

• Esther Britton, Feb. 12, 93 years; general debility

• Andrew Walters, Feb. 21, 43 years; consumption

• Still-born child, Feb. 28, hemorrhages

• Simon Neider, March 3, 63 years; contusions of chest

• Catharine Steiger, March 11, 79 years; heart disease

• Mary Tromo, March 14, 60 years; enteritis

• Montana Fenstermaker, March 16; 46 years; gastric catarrh

• Mary Burkhart, April 18, 92 years; bronchitis

• Eliza Wootner, April 13, 74 years; general debility

• Joel Fitterling, April 28, 77 years; gastric catarrh

• Elias Resh, May 7, 53 years; consumption

• Charles Benz, May 12, 68 years; dementia paralysis

• At--- V. Calhoon, May 16, 1 year, marasmus

• Elias Knauer, May 29, 84 years; general debility

• George Gribble, June 8, 38 years; consumption

• Ferdinand Hornshoe, June 23, 88 years; paralysis

• Charles Powells, July 12, 59 years, heart disease

• Benneville Shitz, July 12, 68 years; general debility

• O--- Himmelberger, July 18, 72 years; gastric catarrh

• John Wiley, July 25, 63 years; diarrhea

• Lewis Seigfrid, Aug. 1, 83 years; heart disease

• Elizabeth J. Gressley, Aug. 3, 55 years; general debility

• Henry Herb, Aug. 6, 66 years; chronic gastritis

• Bernard Klinki, Aug. 14, 69 years; pulmonary emphysema

• Hannah Scharman, Sept. 4, 89 years; chronic diarrhea

• Christina R. Haederle, Sept. 6, 72 years; dysentery

• Peter Ebling, Sept. 13, 75 years; general debility

• Thomas Schwenk, Sept. 18, 71 years; consumption

• John Reider, Set. 20, 74 years; diarrheas

• Kate Reeser, Oct. 14, general debility

• [2 unreadable names here]

• Jacob Reid, Nov. 8, 71 years; consumption

• Magdalena Flicker, Nov. 10, 64 years; [no cause]

• ---- Mathias, Nov. 13, 72 years; heart disease

• Thomas Clary, Nov. 15, 80 years; pharyngitis

• Hannah G. Steffe, Nov. 19, 69 years; paralysis

• John Cihill, Nov. 21, 3 years; general debility

• Tillie Fisher, Dec. 2, 40 years; heart disease

• Daniel Dunkelberger, Dec. 26; 51 years; dementia

Inmate Schedule for the Year 1899

• No. of inmates in Home, Jan. 1, 1899, 370

• No. Admitted during the year, 220

• Born during the year, 1

• Total 391

• No. discharged and removed during year, 211

• No. absconded during the year, 8

• No. died during the year, 45

• Total 264

[Source: The Reading Eagle, Reading PA, Wednesday, April 4, 1900, page 7. Submitted by Betty.]