THE COUNTY HOME
aka- THE POOR HOUSE
REGISTERS, 1888
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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.
#486: Bertha Thomas; 3y; female; white; Jan 4, 1888; District;
Penna.; Unable to read/write; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane;
Jan 10, 1888; Removed & Indentured.
#487: Jane Keister; 18y; female; white; Jan 3, 1888; District; Penna.;
Unable to read/write; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Not able-bodied; Sane;
"Feb 7 '34"; Buried at Co. Home; Cripple.
#488: Ellen Rowe; 35y; female; white; Feb. 3, 1888; District; Penna.;
Housekeper; Could write their Name; Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; May
12, 1888; Removed by Husband; Descretion of husband.
#489: Charley Rowe; 2y; male; white; Feb 3 1888; District; Penna.; Unable
to read/write; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; May 12, 1888;
Removed by Father.
#490: William Stewart; 62y; male; white; Feb 17, 1888; District; Penna.;
Tanner; Could write their name; Widowed; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; Mar. 29,
1889; Discharged; No Home.
#491: Lewis Quay; 14y; male; white; Feb 23, 1888; District; Penna; Could
write their name; Was Never Married; Abstinent; Able-bodied; Sane; May 2, 1888;
Out on trial.
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