THE COUNTY HOME
aka- THE POOR HOUSE
REGISTERS, 1887
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.
#457; Wm. Hempfield; 31y; male; white; Apr 16, 1887; Tramp; Maryland;
Laborer; Could write their name; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane;
Vagrant; Apr. 28, 1887; By Directors; Sick.
#458; Mary E. Ashbridge; 35y; Female; White; Apr 25, 1887; Tramp; Pa.; Unable to
read/write; Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; Vagrant; August 17, 1887; By
Order of Board; Pregnancy.
#459: Silas College; 30y; male; white; May 4, 1887; District; Penna.;
Laborer; Could write their name; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied;
Insane; Aug. 25, 1887; Removed to State Lunatic Hospital at Harrisburg;
Insanity.
#460: Henry Sheriff; 22y; Male; white; May 26, 1887; District; Penna;
Laborer; Unable to read/write; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane;
August 26, 1887; By Order of Directors; Lack of Judgment.
#461: Nettie Sheriff; 15y; Female; White; May 26, 1887; District; Penna.;
Unable to read/write; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane;
"April 28, 1887"; Removed by Director Flickinger; Lack of Judgment.
#462: Harvey E. Rosenberg; 8y; Male; White; June 13, 1887; District;
Penna.; Unable to read/write; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane;
June 24, 1887; Indentured.
#463: Wm. A. Arnolt; 4y; Male; White; June 13, 1887; District; Penna.;
Unable to read/write; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; June 24,
1887.
#464: Benjamin Silks; 53y; male; white; June 13, 1887; District; Penna.;
Laborer; Unable to read/write; Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; June 29,
1887; By writ of Habeus Corpus; Carelessness & Indolence.
#465: Lydia A. Silks; 50y; female; white; June 13, 1887; District; Penna.;
Housekeeper; Unable to read/write; Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; June
29, 1887; By writ of Habeus Corpus; Carelessness & Indolence.
#466: Mary M. Silks; 14y; female; white; June 13, 1887; District; Penna.;
Unable to read/write; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; June 29,
1887; By writ of Habeus Corpus.
#467: Anna S. Silks; 9y; female; white; June 13, 1887; District; Penna.;
Unable to read/write; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; June 29,
1887; By writ of Habeus Corpus.
#468: Ella P. Silks; 7y; female; white; June 13, 1887; District; Penna.;
Unable to read/write; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; June 29,
1887; By writ of Habeus Corpus.
#469: John W. H. Silks; 4y; male; white; June 13, 1887; District; Penna.;
Unable to read/write; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; June 29,
1887; By writ of Habeus Corpus.
#470: Charley B. Silks; 4 months; male; white; June 13, 1887; District;
Penna.; Unable to read/write; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane;
June 29, 1887; By writ of Habeus Corpus.
#471: Wm Price; 53y; male; white; June 20, 1887; Penna.; Laborer; Could
write their Name; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; July 11, 1887;
By Order of Board.
#472: Danl. Snyder; 60y; male; white; June 24, 1887; District; Penna.;
Could write their Name; Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; July 17, 1890;
Died; Old Age; Died from Paralysis July 17, A.D. 1890.
#473: Catharine Silks; 16y; female; white; June 28, 1887; District;
Penna.; Unable to read/write; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane;
June 29, 1887; By Writ of Habeus Corpus.
#474: John McDivis; 75y; male; White; July 2, 1887; District; Penna.;
Could write their Name; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; Vagrant;
Died; Died in Almshouse September 22, 1890; Old Age & Sickness.
#475: Wm Lane, child of Mary E. Ashbridge, see #458;--; male; white; Born
July 14, 1887; Penna.; Unable to read/write; Was Never Married; Abstinent;
Able-bodied; Sane; Aug 17, 1887; With Mother; "Old Age".
#476: Geo. P. Reiber; 77y; male; white; Aug 16, 1887; District; Penna.;
Laborer; Could write their Name; Widowed; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; Dec. 28,
1887; Died; Old Age.
#477: John Walker; 46y; male; Black; Aug 30, 1887; District; Penna.;
Barber; Unable to read/write; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane;
Sep. 21, 1888; Died; Sick.
#478: Henry Hoover; 35y; male; White; Aug 31, 1887; District; Penna.;
Plasterer; Could write their Name; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied;
Sane; Oct 2, 1891; Died in Almshouse; General Debility.
#479: Joseph Dunlap; 55y; male; white; Sep 15, 1887; District; Penna.;
Laborer; Could write their Name; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane;
Nov. 06, 1887; Discharged; General Debility.
#480: Lewis Quay; 13y; male; white; Sep 29, 1887; District; Penna.; Could
write their Name; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; Oct. 11, 1887;
Removed on trial.
#481: John McCormic; 47y; male; white; Sep 30, 1887; Penna.; Laborer;
Could write their Name; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; Vagrant;
Oct 17, 1887; Left.
#482: Joseph Pec; 91y; male; white; Oct 14, 1887; District; Penna.;
Laborer; Unable to read/write; Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; Nov. 10,
1887; Died; Old age.
#483: Rosanna Pec; 86y; female; white; Oct 14, 1887; District; Penna.;
Housekeeper; Unable to read/write; Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; Nov
06/26, 1887; Removed by daughter; Old Age.
#484: Wm. Harrington; 48y; male; white; Dec 23, 1887; District; Penna.;
Laborer; Unable to read/write; Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; April 28,
1888; Eloped; Worthlessness.
#485: Henrietta Harrington; 43y; female; white; Dec 23, 1887; District;
Penna.; Housekeeper; Could write their Name; Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied;
Sane; July 27, 1888; Discharged.
