Hi, In the 1900 Wyandotte Co. Census, Delaware Township, there is a listing of several people they are referred to as "inmates." I believe this is a Poor House. In 1900 Major Scott is living in the Poor House. In the 1910 census I find Major Scott living in Delaware Township in the "County Almshouse" Does anyone know more about the Poor House in Delaware Township? Thanks, Diane Payne

Hi Diane, I have read about it before but don't remember if the following was the reference: "After leaving Constitution Hall, the county officers moved into Byron Judd's building on Minnesota avenue. They changed around several times. At present (September, 1882) a fine two-story brick Court House, to cost $35,000, is being erected on the northwest corner of Minnesota avenue and Seventh street. The site was purchased from H. M. Northrup for $6,000. The county poor farm is situated about twelve miles west of Wyandotte City." This is from the Cutler book on KS, Quindaro section: http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/wyandotte/wyandotte-co-p4.html There is another reference here: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/wyandott/history/1911/volume2/f/fleminp.html This is a terrific site on poor farms: http://www.poorhousestory.com/ You will find general information but I don't believe that they have anything specific to Wyandotte. My gggrandfather died in a poorhouse in another KS county. I got info on it from the public library. The court house kept records of poorhouse inmates and had a record of his death. There was also a living relative of the "keeper of the poorhouse" with whom I communicated. She was the repository of any other records. I don't know where the repository is for Wyandotte, but if no one else has more specific info, you might start your search where I did. Poor house inmates were supposed to be included in the census. Patricia On 7/21/06, DianePay@aol.com <DianePay@aol.com> wrote: > > Hi, > In the 1900 Wyandotte Co. Census, Delaware Township, there is a listing of > several people they are referred to as "inmates." I believe this is a Poor > House. In 1900 Major Scott is living in the Poor House. In the 1910 census > I find > Major Scott living in Delaware Township in the "County Almshouse" > > Does anyone know more about the Poor House in Delaware Township? > > Thanks, > Diane Payne > > > ==== KSWYANDO Mailing List ==== > KSWYANDO-L Discussion List > List Administrator > John O'Brien > JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

Here is more info: http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/bibliographies/poorfarms.htm If the KS State Historical Society has it noted on their site, they may have records. And this is a good little discussion from a rootsweb message board. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/KansasCity/2002-03/1017102946 I seem to remember reading that this poor farm, although it could have been the one in Johnson county, was in existence pretty far into the 20th c. Like into the 1960s. Patricia On 7/21/06, DianePay@aol.com <DianePay@aol.com> wrote: > > Hi, > In the 1900 Wyandotte Co. Census, Delaware Township, there is a listing of > several people they are referred to as "inmates." I believe this is a Poor > House. In 1900 Major Scott is living in the Poor House. In the 1910 census > I find > Major Scott living in Delaware Township in the "County Almshouse" > > Does anyone know more about the Poor House in Delaware Township? > > Thanks, > Diane Payne > > > ==== KSWYANDO Mailing List ==== > KSWYANDO-L Discussion List > List Administrator > John O'Brien > JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >