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Wayne County Poor House and Insane Asylum Census Indexes
Nankin Township, Michigan
June 3, 1870

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This is the census for the Wayne County Poorhouse, taken June 3rd, 1870 by Orson B. Curtis, Assistant Marshall. It is an excerpt of the 1870 Nankin Township Census, located on page five.

Poor House Staff

Last Name	First Name	Age	Sex	Color	Profession, Occupation or Trade	Birth Place	Father/Mother's Birth Place
Howard	Edgar	48	M	White	Overseer of Poor House	Massachusetts	-
Howard	Nancy A.	48	F	White	Keeping House	New York	-
Howard	Jennie	14	F	White	Attending School	Michigan	-
Howard	William	9	M	White	Attending School	Michigan	-
Howard	Nannie	7	F	White	Attending School	Michigan	-
Phelps	Hattie	23	F	White	School Teacher	Michigan	-
Wilpole?	William	52	M	White	Farm Labor	England	England-England
Quinn	Christine	40	F	White	Domestic Servant	Scotland	Scotland-Scotland
Wightman?	Martin	25	M	White	Farm Labor	Michigan	-
Wightman?	Edmund	22	M	White	Farm Labor	Michigan	-

Wayne County Poor House Census Index - June 3, 1870

Last Name	First Name	Age	Sex	Color	Profession, Occupation or Trade	Birth Place	Father-Mother of Foriegn Birth?
Alexander	Josephine?	49	F	White	Pauper	New York	No-No
Atkinson	Robert	61	M	White	Pauper	England	Yes-Yes
Ackerman	George	11	M	Black	Pauper (attending school)	Ontario, Canada	No-No
Ames	Celia	57	F	White	Pauper	New York	No-No
Ausbom?	Ann	30	F	White	Pauper	Ontario, Canada	Yes-Yes
Albert?	Barbara	18	F	White	Pauper	Prussia	Yes-Yes
Brady?	Winnie	70	F	White	Pauper	Ireland	Yes-Yes
Becker	John	71	M	white	Pauper	Boston?	Yes-Yes
Brown	Mary	28	F	White	Pauper	New York	No-No
Briner?	Melinda	40	F	White	Pauper	New York	Yes-Yes
Briggs	George	11	M	White	Pauper (attending school)	Illinois	No-No
Brokliff?	Bridget	40	F	White	Pauper	Ireland	Yes-Yes
Brennan?	Margaret	40	F	White	Pauper	Ireland	Yes-Yes
Boda	Sheriff?	75	M	White	Pauper	France	Yes-Yes
Butler	Mary A.	30	F	White	Pauper	Ontario, Canada	Yes-Yes
Butler	Julia	1 mo.	F	White	-	Michigan (May, 1870)	Yes-Yes
Black	James	66	M	White	Pauper	Ireland	Yes-Yes
Brown	Daniel	30	M	White	Pauper	New York	No-No
Cardoff	Eliza	27	F	White	Pauper	Ireland	Yes-Yes
Cardoff	Charlie	5 mo.	M	White	-	Michigan (Jan., 1870)	Yes-Yes
Comfield	Thomas	51	M	White	Pauper	Ireland?	Yes-Yes
Clark	Harriet	21	F	White	Pauper (idiotic)	Michigan	No-No
Chaurn?	Mary	25	F	White	Pauper	Michigan	Yes-Yes
Chaurn?	Charles	9	M	White	Attending School	Michigan	Yes-Yes
Chaurn?	Frank	6	M	White	Attending School	Michigan	Yes-Yes
Chaurn?	Amelia	4	F	White	Attending School	Michigan	Yes-Yes
Cicotte	John B.	63	M	White	Pauper	Ontario, Canada	Yes-Yes
Coffy	Lawrence	47	M	White	Pauper	Ireland	Yes-Yes
Croy?	James	36	M	White	Pauper	Scotland	Yes-Yes
Carr	John	38	M	White	Pauper	Ireland	Yes-Yes

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This is the census for the Wayne County Insane Asylum, taken June 3rd, 1870 by Orson B. Curtis, Assistant Marshall.
It is an excerpt of the 1870 Nankin Township Census, located on page ten.