INMATES
OF IRISH DESCENT IN THE WAYNE COUNTY POOR HOUSE
AND
ASYLUM, June 1900
Contributed
by Patricia
Ibbotson
Total number in County House = 259
Total Irish = 68 (26%)
POOR HOUSE – Enumerated 17th
day of June, 1900 | June
1st 1900
|
Name
|
Date of birth
|
Age
|
Year of Immigration to U.S.
|
|
Boyle,
John
|
10
Jan 1819
|
81
|
1858
– mother born Scotland
|
|
Black,
Annie
|
1855
|
45
|
|
|
Burk,
John
|
5
Jul 1830
|
69
|
1840
|
|
Brown,
William
|
Jan
1825
|
75
|
|
|
Brown,
G. William
|
1
Jun 1826
|
73
|
1845
|
|
Black,
James
|
10
Apr 1835
|
60
|
1883
|
|
Brown,
Martin
|
9
May 1845
|
55
|
1884
|
|
Burk,
William
|
1862
|
38
|
b.
Michigan
|
|
Brophy,
Michael
|
8
Mar 1835
|
65
|
1860
|
|
Cahill,
Bridget
|
1825
|
75
|
|
|
Cummings,
Johanna
|
1821
|
79
|
|
|
Cotter,
Pat
|
May
1840
|
60
|
1855
|
|
Cummings,
Joseph
|
1848
|
52
|
|
|
Crowley,
Dan’l
|
7
Jan 1822
|
78
|
1851
|
|
Coleman,
Mary
|
1849
|
51
|
b.
Canada
|
|
Cotney,
Cath.
|
1827
|
73
|
|
|
Coleman,
Ellen
|
24
Oct 1861
|
38
|
1880
|
|
Clapp,
James
|
1820
|
80
|
|
|
Considine,
John
|
18
May 1825
|
75
|
1849
|
|
Davis,
Anna
|
1838
|
62
|
|
|
Donlin,
Michael
|
1831
|
69
|
|
|
Duffy,
Mary
|
1846
|
54
|
|
|
Duffer,
Frank
|
1
Jan 1825
|
75
|
1873
|
|
Duffy,
Mary
|
3
May 1831
|
69
|
1880
|
|
Egan,
John
|
June
1843
|
56
|
Father
born Ireland
|
|
Fitzwilliams,
Thomas
|
1829
|
71
|
|
|
Flood,
Christopher
|
3
Apr 1848
|
52
|
1860
|
|
Finn,
Michal
|
1848
|
52
|
|
|
Fowler,
Mary
|
1834
|
76
|
|
|
Foley,
Anna
|
1836
|
74
|
|
|
Graney,
David
|
1824
|
76
|
1845
|
|
Graney,
Mary
|
1818
|
82
|
1845
|
|
Garry,
Pat
|
1843
|
57
|
|
|
Gearin,
John W.
|
17
Dec 1843
|
56
|
1847
|
|
Graney,
Cornelius
|
1872
|
28
|
b.
Michigan
|
|
Horne,
Boyne L.
|
12
Jul 1836
|
63
|
1860
|
|
Hoonan,
Eliza
|
1850
|
50
|
|
|
Hicht,
James
|
5
Jun 1870
|
30
|
Mother
born Ireland
|
|
Hunt,
James
|
24
Aug 1846
|
59
|
1857
|
|
Johnson,
Sam’l
|
1840
|
60
|
|
|
Kelly,
John
|
15
Nov 1850
|
49
|
|
|
Keenan,
James
|
1837
|
63
|
|
|
Monaghan,
Hugh
|
April
1851
|
49
|
|
|
Nash,
Thomas
|
19
Nov 1839
|
61
|
1875
|
|
Nesbit,
Frank
|
1849
|
51
|
|
|
O’Keif,
John
|
3
Dec 1849
|
50
|
1860
|
|
O’Brien,
Thomas
|
1840
|
60
|
b.
Michigan
|
|
O’Connell,
Michael
|
6
Aug 1860
|
39
|
1888
|
|
O’Rourke,
John
|
18
Mar 1826
|
74
|
1884
|
|
O’Brien,
William
|
1870
|
30
|
b.
Detroit, Michigan
|
|
O’Leary,
Jane
|
1836
|
64
|
|
|
Patton,
Robt.
|
11
Apr 1844
|
56
|
b.
Ohio
|
|
Patterson,
John
|
2
Sep 1871
|
28
|
b.
Illinois. Mother born
Ireland
|
|
Quinn,
Michael
|
24
Dec 1832
|
67
|
b.
New York
|
|
Riley,
Mary
|
1826
|
74
|
|
|
Revels,
Isaih
|
14
Oct 1858
|
41
|
Father
born Ireland
|
|
Smith,(?)
James
|
1840
|
60
|
|
|
Ross,
Maggie
|
1831
|
69
|
|
|
Sullivan,
Julia
|
1833
|
67
|
|
|
Scott,
James
|
1832
|
67
|
1883
|
|
Supple,
John F.
|
6
Aug 1840
|
59
|
b.
Detroit
|
|
Shannon,
Geo.
|
21
Oct 1821
|
78
|
b.
Canada
|
|
Trout,
Ellen
|
1853
|
47
|
|
|
Welch,
Pat
|
25
Dec 1840
|
59
|
1853
|
|
Woods,
James
|
1841
|
59
|
|
|
Ward,
William
|
29
Nov 1842
|
57
|
1865
b. Canada
|
|
Wallace,
Alice
|
1854
|
45
|
|
|
Whelan,
Michael
|
1850
|
50
|
|
|
Kimball,
Thos.
|
5
Jan 1849
|
51
|
b.
Detroit
|
ASYLUM
– Enumerated 1st day of June, 1900
Note: There is not as much information on the
asylum patients, and very few have information on parents’ birthplace.
There are 421 people in the asylum and 54 (13%) were
born in Ireland.
|
Name
|
Age
|
Born
|
|
Arey,
John
|
66
|
1834,
Ireland
|
|
Burns,
Margaret
|
58
|
1842,
Ireland
|
|
Basquell,
Michael
|
62
|
1838,
Ireland
|
|
Burke,
Johanna
|
46
|
1854,
Ireland
|
|
Burns,
Margaretta
|
64
|
1836,
Ireland
|
|
Bowe,
James
|
49
|
1851,
Ireland
|
|
Callahan,
Daniel
|
49
|
1851,
Ireland
|
|
Croghan,
Marg.
|
70
|
1830,
Ireland
|
|
Corbett,
Wm. B.
|
29
|
3 Jul
1870, Detroit
|
|
|
|
Parents
born Ire.
|
|
Courtney,
Mary
|
83
|
1817,
Ireland
|
|
Campbell,
Eunice
|
33
|
1867,
Ireland
|
|
Davis,
John
|
65
|
1835,
Ireland
|
|
Dwyer,
William
|
68
|
1832,
Ireland
|
|
Dolan,
Marg.
|
67
|
1833,
Ireland
|
|
Delaney,
Edward
|
43
|
1857,
Ireland
|
|
Donlin,
John
|
56
|
17
Sep 1844, Ire. – came to U.S. in 1860
|
|
Dalton,
Frank
|
73
|
1827,
Ireland
|
|
Fulton,
Elizabeth
|
40
|
1860,
Ireland
|
|
Flannery,
Patrick
|
80
|
1820,
Ireland
|
|
Gervin,
Annie
|
58
|
1842,
Ireland
|
|
Graham,
Mary
|
36
|
1864,
Ireland
|
|
Golden,
Ellen
|
72
|
1828,
Ireland
|
|
Gorman,
Elizabeth
|
62
|
1838,
Ireland
|
|
Gregg,
Margaret
|
54
|
1846,
Ireland
|
|
Glynn,
William
|
50
|
1850,
Ireland
|
|
Hilden,
Ida
|
56
|
1844,
Ireland
|
|
Hanley,
John
|
51
|
1849,
Ireland
|
|
Hess,
Catherine
|
57
|
1843,
Ireland
|
|
Howard,
Mary
|
66
|
1834,
Ireland
|
|
Hayes,
Mary E.
|
35
|
1865,
Ireland
|
|
Hallahan,
Pat
|
56
|
1844,
Ireland
|
|
Honnor,
Eliz.
|
60
|
1844,
Ireland
|
|
King,
John
|
43
|
1857,
Ireland
|
|
McMahon,
Marg.
|
43
|
1857,
Ireland
|
|
McGuire,
Marg.
|
66
|
1834,
Ireland
|
|
Meyler,
Marg.
|
86
|
1814,
Ireland
|
|
Nolan,
Luke
|
45
|
1855,
Ireland
|
|
O’Neil,
Mary
|
63
|
1837,
Ireland
|
|
Purdon,
Ada
|
42
|
1858,
Ireland
|
|
Pryor,
Pat
|
53
|
1847,
Ireland
|
|
Powers,
Honora
|
71
|
1820,
Ireland
|
|
Quirk,
Thomas
|
42
|
1858,
Ireland
|
|
Riley,
Rosanne
|
67
|
1833,
Ireland
|
|
Ryan,
Mary
|
55
|
1845,
Ireland
|
|
Robison,
Laura
|
42
|
1858,
Ireland
|
|
Ryan,
Bridget
|
54
|
1846,
Ireland
|
|
Stevenson,
Joseph
|
32
|
1868,
Ireland
|
|
Sullivan,
Martha
|
71
|
1829,
Ireland
|
|
Sherman,
Mary
|
69
|
1831,
Ireland
|
|
Sullivan,
Wm.
|
87
|
1813,
Ireland
|
|
Sheridan,
John
|
40
|
1860,
Ireland
|
|
Sweeney,
Michael
|
67
|
1833,
Ireland
|
|
White,
Marg
|
80
|
1820,
Ireland
|
|
Williams,
John
|
58
|
1842,
Ireland
|
February 2004
Patricia Ibbotson
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