PERRY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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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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