Residents of the Montgomery County Poor House in 1850

The census of the residents of the Montgomery County Poor House, located in the Town of Glen, was filed August 27, 1850, and taken by Wm. M. Hill. Mr. Fox was under contract to care for the poor on his large property. Residents included the aged, displaced immigrants, the disabled, widows and orphans, mothers with dependent children, the mentally ill, ne'er-do-wells, and people just down on their luck. Poor house records are an often underutilized or unknown resource when looking for aged parents or children who are missing from a family group, or siblings who have "disappeared."

The reader is hereby "put on notice" that William Hill's handwriting and spelling were both atrocious. I've made a literal transcription, letter for letter. Where I'm fairly sure he spelled a name incorrectly I've put "sp". Where I'm totally in the dark I've noted so with a "?". He had difficulty attempting a spelling for the foreign born, probably due to their accents, as well as the illiterate who could not assist him. Many Glen researchers have had, or will have, the occasion to attempt to decipher Mr. Hill's handwriting and spelling. I would welcome anyone reading the original census rolls to send in corrections or new interpretations.

RESIDENTS OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY POOR HOUSE - 1850

Name	Age	Occupation	Place of Birth	Status
FOX, Volket	51	Poor Housekeeper (sp)	N York	value of real estate $8,000
FOX, Margaret	49		N York
FOX, Catherine	21		N York
FOX, Mariah; female	19		N York
FOX, Sarah	17		N York
FOX, Jane	13		N York	attended school in last year
FOX, Mary	9		N York	attended school in last year
BENNETT, Elsey (sp)	22		N York
MILLER, Hannah	31		N York	pauper
COUYNE (sp), Simon	44	laborer	N York	pauper
HELMER, Joseph	60	laborer	N York	pauper; cannot read or write
HAMBLIN, Martin(?)	67	weaver	Germany	pauper
COLEMAN, Flora	16		N York	pauper
VAN/ VAU/ VALE(?), James	26	laborer	N York	pauper
FANCHER, Dianah(?); female	19		N York	pauper
DISMAN(?), John	33	none	N York	idiotic; cannot read or write
WISEMAN, C.; male	49	laborer	N York	pauper; cannot read or write
GRIGGS, Christien (sp); female	44		N York	pauper
HOAG, Nahuley (sp); female	40		N York	pauper
FEEKS/ FELKS (sp), Wm.	18	laborer	N York	pauper
DINGMAN, Betsey	60		N York	pauper; cannot read or write
GAFNEY, F. or N. (?); male	50	laborer	Ireland	pauper; cannot read or write
DINGMAN, Wm.	56	laborer	N York	pauper
GIPSON (sp)/ GISSON, Miss	60		N York	pauper
EMPIE, Catharine	24		N York	deaf
SYBLEY (sp), Benjamin	48	laborer	N York	pauper
PRIME, Catherine	40		N York	pauper
SIXBERRY, Benjamin	66	laborer	N York	idiotic; cannot read or write
DANEY/DAVEY (?), D.; male	50	laborer	N York	pauper
DANEY/DAVEY (?), Henry	8		N York	pauper
DANEY/DAVEY (?), Alonzo	6		N York	pauper
McCLODE (sp), Hiram	28	none	N York	idiotic; cannot read or write
WHEELER, Wm.	70	laborer	N York	pauper
LAMB, Elizabeth	80		N York	pauper
MARTIN, John	55	laborer	Ireland	pauper
CRAGG, Arther (sp)	36	laborer	Ireland	pauper
BLOOD, Sarah	65		N York	black; pauper; cannot read or write
CHAMBERS, Mary	64		N York	pauper
ECKER, Peter	68	laborer	N York	pauper
ECKER, Mary	65		N York	pauper
PENNEILL (?), Wm.	36	laborer	N York	pauper; cannot read or write
PENNEILL (?), Jane	34		N York	pauper; cannot read or write
PANNEL (?), Wm. Jun.	5		N York	pauper; The census taker started a new page with the son, with a different spelling attempt. Since both parents were illiterate he couldn't ask them. Perhaps it was not a common name in the area as he couldn't take a good guess at the spelling.
PANNEL (?), Deborah	3		N York	pauper
JOHNSON, Ben	66	none	N York	insane
CHANGER (sp), Nancy	21		N York	pauper
SCOTT, Joseph	44	laborer	N York	pauper
SHAY, James	25	laborer	Ireland	pauper; attended school
DINGMAN, Hanah (sp)	35		N York	pauper; attended school. For this and the above listing I am assuming that the census taker marked the wrong column and they cannot read or write.
SENETT (sp), James	40	painter	Ireland	pauper
LEWIS, Marquis	39	Laborer	N York	pauper; he definitely spelled it out for him!
NUTTY (sp), M.; male	40	laborer	N York	pauper; cannot read or write
NUTTY (sp), Jane	46		N York	pauper; cannot read or write
SHAW, Elizabeth	27		N York	pauper; cannot read or write
BOWERS, Hannah	41		N York	pauper; cannot read or write
RION (sp), Roger	50	laborer	Ireland	pauper; cannot read or write
RIDER, Catherine	37		N York	pauper
LISDLE, Silus (sp)	29	laborer	N York	pauper; cannot read or write
LISDLE, Caroline	27		N York	pauper; cannot read or write
LISDLE, Silus (sp)	7		N York	pauper
LISDLE, Benjamin	6		N York	pauper
LISDLE, Cornelius	4		N York	pauper
LISDLE, Mariah	1		N York	pauper
PALMER, Ellen	16		N York	insane
SIVERS, Abner	36	laborer	Massachusetts	pauper
PALMATEIR (sp), C.; male	47	laborer	Connecticut	pauper
PALMATEIR, Mary	45		Connecticut	pauper
PALMATEIR, Jane	12		N York	pauper; attended school
HESS, Henry	45	tailor	N York	pauper
CHATTER (sp), Catharine	22		N York	pauper; cannot read or write
CHATTER, John	2		N York	pauper
CUTTER, Hannah	30		N York	pauper
CEISER (sp), Leonard	44	laborer	Germany	pauper; cannot read or write
CEISER, Elizabeth	38		Germany	pauper; cannot read or write
CEISER, George	9		N York	pauper
CEISER, Hannah	7		N York	pauper
CEISER, John	5		N York	pauper
CEISER, Mary	3		N York	pauper
BROWN, Moris (sp)	65	laborer	N York	black; pauper; cannot read or write
RILEY, Catherine	37		Ireland	pauper; cannot read or write
RILEY, Mikel (sp)	12		Ireland	pauper
RILEY, John	10		Ireland	pauper
RILEY, Elizabeth	6		Ireland	pauper
RILEY, Thomas	4		Ireland	pauper
MARTIN, John	55	laborer	N York	pauper
JONES, John	40	laborer	N York	pauper; cannot read or write
WHEELING, Adam	27	laborer	Germany	pauper
MOYEN, John	25	laborer	N York	pauper
DUNIGLE, Margaret	34		Ireland	pauper; cannot read or write
MARTIN, Wm.	65	laborer	N York	pauper
BROWN, John	54	laborer	Ireland	pauper
BROWN, Margaret	46		Ireland	pauper
RIVERS, Hellen (sp)	18		Ireland	pauper; cannot read or write
CRAMER/ CRUMER (sp), H.; male	66	laborer	Germany	pauper
DUFFEY, Margaret	28		Ireland	pauper; cannot read or write
QUAIK (?), Abraham	58	blacksmith	N York	insane
Van SLIKE, C.; male	55	laborer	N York	pauper
WARES(?), Charles	34	laborer	N York	pauper; cannot read or write
CLIFF, John	63	laborer	N York	pauper
FILIS (sp), Isaac	40	laborer	N York	pauper
GANALL (sp), Robert	36	laborer	Scotland	pauper
MANSON, James	35	laborer	Ireland	pauper; cannot read or write
MANSON, Ann	30		Ireland	pauper; cannot read or write
MANSON, Martin	5		Ireland	pauper
MANSON, Mary	3		N York	pauper
MANSON, Ellen	3 mo		N York	pauper
MANSON, Clawrence (sp); male	4		N York	pauper
LAMB, John	45	laborer	England	pauper
DUNING, Francis	47	laborer	N York	pauper; cannot read or write
Van BUREN, Tobius (sp)	35	laborer		idiotic; cannot read or write
VEDDER, Catharine	64		N York	pauper; cannot read or write
VEDDER, Sarah	66		N York	pauper; cannot read or write
SAVAGE, James	61	laborer	N York	pauper

Source: This electronic text was transcribed from original microfilm of the 1850 US census by Martha S. Magill. Due to the difficulties in transcribing old and stylized handwriting, the original census should be referred to.
Copyright © 1997 Martha Magill

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