Census of 1860 for the Wayne County Poor House
Included the “insane and incurable” within the Poor House, as well as the County Poor. Taken by Daniel D. Tompkins, January 20, 1860, starting page 759. Included are the Employees, patients, and “inmates”. Some of the residents spellings are hard to make out because of the handwritting. There are also some children living here, some have matching parents, while others do not, assuming they are among the County Poor or Incurable and probably not “insane”.
The Wayne County Insane Asylum Census of 1870
Included the “insane” and “idiotic” paupers, which were seperated from the general Poor House population as well as in the census itself. The Census was taken by Orson B. Curtis, Assistant Marshall on June 3rd, 1870. Most of the names were easy to make out, while others I tried my best to decipher.
The 1900 Wayne County “Insane Asylum” Census
Known as The Wayne County House and Insane Asylum. Although the census contains both the “Insane” and ill and the County Poor, they are separated by a blank page on the census sheets. The Census Taker is listed as W.B. James M.D., and he started the documentation June 1, 1900. Enumeration District 212 Township: Nankin Pg 326A. He also attempted to keep the patients in alphabetical order, there are several mistakes, so you need to be careful when searching. “Insane” or chronically ill patients were extracted from the complete 1900 census, listed and spelled as found in the census, although some names were hard to make out (There are also patients, Herbetz, Arthur age 11 yrs and Miller, John age 14 yrs ; it is a mystery as to how they got listed or admitted in here with the adults).
1930 Census “Insane Wing” Male Patients
This 1930 Census only includes the Male Patients admitted to Eloise in the “Insane” wing (we hope to have the female names soon!). There are a few patients that happen to have the same name, so its a good idea to be careful if you’re looking for a relative. Also, a number of patients are of Polish, German, or another Eastern European area… they are extremely hard to decipher the letters the census taker was writing. If you do have a relative listed below and you have the proper spelling, please let us know! The census taker, Roy D. Renton tried to keep the patients in alphabetical order… he did ok, however the late admissions that occured after he finished the census had to be recorded at the end of the sheet. Double check the bottom for additional patients.
(Courtesy of WACOTS.org)
Wayne County Auditors Report from the 1926 MOWC
Presented by the Board of Auditors with excerpt on Eloise.
Wayne County Auditors Report from the 1930 MOWC
Presented by the Board of Auditors with excerpt on Eloise.
WAYNE COUNTY GENERAL REPORTER, Volume 3, Issure 10; published March 8th, 1982. This newsletter provides excerpts of some important and other various happenings collected from newspapers, diaries and journals over Eloises’ 150 year history. It’s a very cool read! And a special thanks to Malena for providing this!
