Calhoun County Poorhouse Inmates

1850-1851 Calhoun County Poorhouse Ledger
[No.] Date Received Name Place of Birth Age [as of date] Cause of Pauperism When & How discharged How Long a Pauper From What Township
  1850              
1 Sept 20 [No first name given] Higgins Ireland 89 May 3rd 1850 Cripple & old age   52 Weeks Tekonsha
2   "     " Wm Brown America 50 Years July 30 1850 Blind   52    " Emmett
3   "     " Isaac Doty     "  15 " Sep 1850 Cripple     52    " Albion
4   "     " George Doty     "  Madison Co. N.Y. 12  "    "    " Indigence of Parents Bound to Jno H Gray Feby 4th 1851 19 4/7 Weeks Albion
5   "     " Abram Bliss     "  22  "    "    " Incompetent voluntarily July 15/52 52    " Marshall
6   "     " John TenEycke     "  21  "   Sep "     Do.   52 Weeks Marshall
7   "     " Henry Heath Rochester N.Y. 8    "  Nov 4th 1850 Indigence of Parents Left voluntarily Feb 22nd 1851 22 1/7 Weeks Marshall
8   "     " Sarah Heath                Michigan 6     " Dec 4. 1850     Do. Went to A. Nelson Dec 4th 1851 10 5/7    " Marshall
9   "     " [No first name given] Atwood America 60    " Sick Left voluntarily Nov 9th 1851 7 1/7      " Clarendon
10   "     " Mary Day     "  18    " Blind   "          "      Jany 2nd 1851 14 6/7    " Clarendon
11   "     " Lucy Ann Stanley     "  16    "  June 10th 1850 Sick   52    " Battle Creek
12   "     " Mrs. Pryor England 67    " Insane Left voluntarily May 15th 1851 33 6/7    " Marengo
13   "     " Mrs. Connett America  N.Y. 38    "  Aug 5th 1850 Indigence & death of husband Left voluntarily Nov 15 1850 8 Weeks Marshall
14   "     " Rhoda     " [Connett]     "         Mich. 8      "  May 9th 1850 Indigence of Parents Bound to Prince Jenney Oct 5, 1850 2 1/7   " Marshall
15   "     " Warren    " [Connett]     "           " 12     "  April 5, 1850      "                " Taken by C M Cobb Oct 17, 1850 3 6/7   " Marshall
16   "     " Caldwell   " [Connett]     "          Ohio 13     "  Feby 17, 1850      "                "   52    " Marshall
17   "     " Roswell    " [Connett]     "          Mich 4      "   Jany 4, 1850      "                " Left with his Mother Nov 15, 1850 8       " Marshall
18 Oct 15 Simon Aldrich     "          N.Y. 30    "  about Intemperance Left voluntarily Nov 15, 1850 4 3/7  " Battle Creek
19   "    " Mrs. Aldrich     "            " 25    "     " Intemperance of husband              "           "          " 4 3/7  " Battle Creek
20   "    " Child of Do. [Aldrich]     "          Mich 3      "     " Intemperance of Father              "           "          " 4 3/7  " Battle Creek
21   "   17 George Foster     "          N.Y. 48    "  Sep. 22nd, 1850 Infirm & Intemperate Left voluntarily Mch 20, 1851 22      " Emmett
22   "    " Ophia Miller     " 35    " or over               "          Nov 5, 1850 2 5/7   " Albion
23   "    3 Jonathan Chapel     " 20    " about Insane             "          Oct 17 1850 2        " Battle Creek non Resident
24 Dec 1 Wm H Drinkwater     "            Pa. 10     "    " Orphan Taken by Henry Knowles Feb 7, 1851 9 3/7   " Marshall
25   "    18 Ann Quigley Ireland 20     "    "   Commenced work for Connelly? Apr 21, 1851 37 5/7   " Marshall
  1851         Carried forward 604 2/7  
26 Feb 4 Child of  Do. [Ann Quigley] America Born this day Feb 4, 1851 at 2 P.M. at Calhoun County Poor House    32 6/7  
27 Feby 7 John Lynch Ireland 35 Years    sickness Left Voluntarily Apr 23rd 1851 10 5/7 Weeks Newton
28   Mrs.       " [Lynch]     " 26   " "  of Husband            "             "     "      " 10 5/7    " Newton
29   Barney   " [Lynch] England 3     "  "   "  Father            "             "     "      " 10 5/7    " Newton
30   Thomas  " [Lynch]      " 1     " "   "      "            "             "     "      " 10 5/7    " Newton
31    "    18 Everett Wheelock America  N.Y. 14    " Lame   30 6/7 Battle Creek
32 April   1 Charlotte Hutson      " 7     "  July 1st 1851 Indigence of Mother Bound to A. Nelson May 6th 1851 5 1/7      " Lee
33 June  2 Mrs. Baminger      " 20   "   Left voluntarily Aug 8th         " 9 5/7      " Emmett
34    "    4 [No first name given] Hunt      "        Mass 45    " Intemperance   "          "       Jun 10th        " 1           " Marshall
35    "    21 Silas Fisk      "        Steuben Co, N.Y. 44    " St. V. Dance   "          "          "    23rd      " 3/7         " LeRoy
36 July  14 Child of Mrs. Baminger      " Born at Calhoun County Poor House this day July 14/51       "          "        Aug 8th        " 3 5/7      " Marengo
37 Aug. 20 Mrs Wattan England 60 Years Intemperance   7 1/7 Marshall
38   "    29 Godfrey Meyers Germany 29    " Insane Left voluntarily Oct 9th 1851 3 2/7  Battle Creek
39   "    22 George Gilbert England 39    "   Apr 16th 1851 sickness   4 3/7 Sheridan
40   "     " Isaac T.     " [Gilbert] Calhoun County 5      "   Dec 23rd 1850 Indigence of Parents   4 3/7  Sheridan
41   "     " Wm H       " [Gilbert]      "          " 3      "   May 7th 1851        "              "   4 3/7 Sheridan
42 Sep   8 Rachel Newell From Hillsdale Co Poor House 50 or 60 Years Insane Removed by H Johnson Oct 30th 1851 1 6/7  Hillsdale County
43   "     6 Edmund Keating Ireland 28     " sickness Left voluntarily Sep 15th 1851 1 2/7      " Marshall non resident
13   Mrs Connett Returned to P.A. Nov 22/50 remained 2 weeks     "          "        Dec 1,     1850 2          " Marshall non resident
17   Roswell    " [Connett]    "               "      "      "      "            "     "          "          "    "        " 2          " Marshall non resident
44   Nancy Bean America 46 Indigent & sick   Illegible Fredonia
45   [No first name given] Percival "  14 about Blind   Illegible Albion
NA   George Foster "  49  Sep 22nd 1857 Intemperate & lame     Emmett
NA   Michael Kelly Ireland 38 Sick     Transient
              124 4/7  
            Brought forward 604 2/7  
            Board of keepers family 284  
            Board of [illegible] 6 3/7  
              1019 2/7  

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