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Published by The Rock County (Wisconsin) Genealogical Society
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Janesville, Wisconsin 53547-936
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Source Information
These data were abstracted and transcribed from printed materials in the Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706, in the WHS government documents section: The Annual Reports of the Board of Trustees, Superintendent and Physicians of the Rock County Insane Asylum & Home for the Poor, for the [fiscal] years ending June 30, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923 (all years for which WHS records were available).
Transcriber's Notes
The data in this web page appeared first in the print in a RCGS Newsletter article: Herrick, Linda, Member News, The Newsletter of the Rock County [, WI] Genealogical Society, Volume 27, Issue 1, September, October, November, 2003, pp. 6-9. The original chronologically sorted data from this Newsletter was re-sorted by surname for ease of use in the table below.
Additional Reading Information
For additional reading on the topic of poorhouses and asylums, see:
Asylum, Prison, and Poorhouse: The Writings and Reform Work of Dorothea Dix in Illinois,by Dorothea Lynde Dix, David L. Lightner (Editor), 1999, Southern Illinois University Press (ISBN 0-809-32163-7)
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A Social History of Welfare in America,by Michael B. Katz, Copyright © 1986 [10th ed., 1996], Basic Books, A Subsidiary of Perseus Books, L.L.C. (ISBN 0-465-03210-9)
For additional online reading about Poorhouses, Almshouses, Asylums and Homes for the Insane, see:
|
Last Name |
First Name |
Cause of
Death |
Age |
Location |
Date of
Death |
|
Ainsley |
Susan |
Chronic
Nephrites |
76 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Alexander |
Walter |
Anthritis reformans |
|
Almshouse |
|
|
Allen |
James |
Amputation,
middle third of leg; Gangrene of left
foot |
66 |
Almshouse |
|
|
|
Hannah |
Acute
Mania, Inanition, Exhaustion |
43 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
|
Julia |
Acute
Dysentery, Heart Block |
79 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Aranio |
Gus |
Tuberculosis
of lungs |
25 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Ashton |
|
Strangulated
hernia |
|
Asylum |
|
|
Atkinson |
Thomas |
Heart
failure |
|
Asylum |
|
|
Atwood |
Winfield |
Senile
Epilepsy, Cardiac Failure |
73 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Baker |
John |
Organic
heart disease |
59 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Balch |
F.
J. |
Found
dead |
50 |
Insane Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Banker |
George |
Arterio Schlerosis |
76 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Bates |
Margaret |
Old
age; intestine obstruction |
75 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Beach |
Amos |
Typhoid,
Dementia Praecox |
45 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Beech |
Ishbel |
Idiot |
67 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Berthran |
Chris |
Senile
Dementia, Arterio Sclerosis, Bronchial Pneumonia |
91 |
Almshouse |
25
May 1923 |
|
Bittle |
Mary |
Influenza
& Pneumonia |
74 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Blackman |
Nicholas |
Cerebro spinal meningitis |
60 |
Poor House |
|
|
Blaisdell |
Phillip |
Tuberculosis,
enteritis |
52 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Bogardus |
August |
General
Paresis |
63 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Borbeck |
Joe |
Tuberculosis |
29 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Braatzke |
August |
Arterio Sclerosis, Cardiac insufficiency, Anasarca |
96 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Braatzke |
Mrs.
August |
Senility,
Arterio Sclerosis |
98 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Brahm |
Anna |
Senile gangrene of feet |
73 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Brahman |
Martin |
Old Age |
87 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Brosky |
Anne |
Cerebral
Hemorrhage |
48 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Broughton |
Russell |
Haemopegia, Broncho
Pneumonia |
72 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Brown |
Rosie |
Chronic
Pyo-Nephritis, Dementia, Senility |
72 |
Asylum |
|
|
Buck |
Mrs.
Augusta |
General
Tuberculosis |
64 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
|
Chas. |
Dementia and old age |
75 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Burdick |
Ellery |
Broncho Pneumonia |
86 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Burns |
Geo. |
Psorosis |
76 |
Poor House |
|
|
|
Ann |
Old
age |
76 |
Insane
Dept. |
|
|
|
Louise |
Old Age |
78 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
|
Robert |
Paralysis |
|
Asylum |
|
|
Carter |
Billy |
Old
age |
|
Almshouse |
|
|
|
Arthur |
Cancer,
Broncho Pneumonia |
71 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Chamberlain |
Minnie |
Chronic
Insanity, Chronic Heart Disease & Heart Block |
62 |
Asylum |
|
|
Chamberlain |
Wesley
James |
Anuria, Weakness, Exhaustion & Difficult Labor |
2
days |
Almshouse |
|
|
Christianson |
Hans |
Arterio Sclerosis, Heart Block and Chronic Nephritis |
80 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Clarke |
Martin |
General
debility |
43 |
Asylum |
|
|
Cook |
L. F. |
Old Age |
86 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
|
John |
Arterio Sclerosis, Cancer of Stomach, Senile Dementia |
79 |
Asylum |
|
|
Damon |
Nellie |
Pernicious
enemia |
|
Asylum |
|
|
|
Fayetta |
Apoplexy |
84 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
|
Francis |
Old Age |
104 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
|
Mrs.
Katherine |
Senile
Dementia |
84 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Daw |
Mary |
Valveular heart disease, dropsy |
46 |
Asylum |
|
|
Despins |
Alfred |
Senile
Dementia, Exhaustion, Heart Failure |
63 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Devilbiss |
Durius |
Chronic
Nephritis |
78 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Devolin |
George |
Cardio,
Remal Disease |
65 |
Almshouse |
17
May 1921 |
|
Dillon |
Michael |
Paralysis
of Insane |
60 |
Asylum |
|
|
Dolan |
Kate |
Pneumonia |
75 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Dolan |
Kate |
Pneumonia |
75 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Doyle |
James |
Was
lost and frozen |
|
Almshouse |
19
Febrary 1913 |
|
Dunn |
Margaret |
Arterio Sclerosis, Senile Dementia |
75 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Eager |
|
Cerebral
Hemorrhage |
75 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Earl |
Edwin |
Influenza
& Pneumonia |
37 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Ehrlinger |
Edward |
Tuberculosis |
44 |
Poor House |
|
|
Ellsworth |
Elmer |
General
Paresis, Respiratory Paralysis |
57 |
Asylum |
|
|
Emmis |
Mary |
Heart
disease |
|
Almshouse |
|
|
Extrand |
Nelson |
Arterio Sclerosis, Chronic Nephritis |
64 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Fago |
Mary |
Influenza
& Pneumonia |
43 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Farrell |
John |
Intestinal
obsturction |
74 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Femner |
R. H. |
|
65 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Fieldman |
Clata |
Artrio Sclerosis, Haemoplegia
of left side and Epilepsy |
66 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Finely |
Francis |
Epileptic
Convulsions, Epileptic Insanity |
25 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Forrester |
Robert |
Hemiolegia and tuberculosis |
59 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Foster |
Fred |
Paralysis |
76 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
|
|
Acute
Enteritis |
83 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Gibbons |
John |
Arterio Sclerosis, Senile Dementia |
72 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Gillian Perry |
Mrs. |
Old Age and cancer |
85 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Goodrich |
Geo. |
Inannition from failure of digestion |
49 |
Asylum |
|
|
Gower |
Jane |
Influenza,
Broncho Pneumonia |
79 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Grant |
John |
Cancer
of the lip |
|
Almshouse |
|
|
Greatsinger |
Isaah |
Senility |
|
Asylum |
|
|
Groesbeck |
Permelia |
Broncho Pneumonia |
79 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Grundberg |
Gustive |
Senile
demertice |
|
Asylum |
|
|
Gullickson |
Geo. |
Tuberculosis |
26 |
Asylum |
|
|
Hanson |
Edward |
Senility,
Arterio Sclerosis |
83 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Hardy |
Arthur |
Arterio Sclerosis, Chronic Bronchiectis |
76 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Herzog |
Alex |
General
Tuberculosis |
36 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Higgins |
Wm. |
Apoplexy
|
75 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Hill |
J.
W. |
Strangulated
hernia, refused operation |
60 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Hogan |
Michael |
Inanition,
Exhaustion, Acute Dysentery |
50 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Holden |
Isaac |
Pneumonia |
72 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Holmes |
Jack |
Mastoid abscess |
52 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Hostaker |
Belle |
Fibroid
tumor |
43 |
Insane
Dept. |
|
|
Hughes |
Wm. |
Paralysis |
86 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Huie |
Mrs.
R. C. |
Organic
heart disease |
77 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Hummel |
John |
Pneumonia |
75
|
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Jacket |
|
Paralysis |
40 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Johnson |
Mattie
A. |
Gastric
Hemmorhage, Tumor in Abdomen |
64 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Jones |
David
M. |
Old
age |
74 |
Insane
Dept. |
|
|
Jones |
Harry |
Epileptic
convulsions |
|
Asylum |
|
|
Joyce |
Mike |
Arterio Sclerosis |
85 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Kershaw |
Mary |
Erysipilas causing meningitis |
62 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Key |
Flavius |
Carcinoma
of Stomach & Pancreas, Icteris & Exhaustion |
74 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Kiddle |
Mary |
Senile
Dementia, Arterio Sclerosis with Partial Heart
Block |
73 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Klebsadel |
Fredericka |
Senility,
Chronic Insanity, Inanition & Chronic Nephritis |
73 |
Asylum |
|
|
Klitzkie |
Mrs.
Carl |
Senility,
Fracture of Hip |
80 |
Almshouse |
8
May 1923 |
|
Knight |
John |
Teritiary Syphlis of the
Liver |
61 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Knippenburg |
|
General
Anasarca, Chronic Nephritis |
83 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Knutson |
Peter |
Tuberculosis |
45
|
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Kreuger |
Albert |
Apoplexy |
82 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Kunz |
Verena |
Paralysis
of Insane, Senile Dementia |
32 |
Asylum |
|
|
Larson |
|
Old
age |
95 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
|
J.
W. |
Gangrene |
49 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Lee |
James |
Old
age |
|
Asylum |
|
|
Liddle |
Thomas |
Senility,
Dementia |
85 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Lindblad |
John |
Arterio Sclerosis, Chronic Nephritis |
80 |
Asylum |
|
|
Lynch |
Anna |
Cancer |
56 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Lynch |
Mrs.
E. |
Pneumonia |
83 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Marsh |
|
Hernia
and old age |
80 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Matilda |
Rockramer |
Old Age |
86 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
McCafferty |
Margaret |
Senile
Dementia, Heart Block |
56 |
Almshouse |
|
|
McCann |
Thomas |
Arterio Sclerosis, Cardiac Decompensation |
62 |
Asylum |
|
|
McCue |
Patrick |
Old
age |
|
Almshouse |
|
|
McIntyre |
James |
Influenza,
Arterio Sclerosis, General Debility |
62 |
Almshouse |
|
|
McIntyre |
Peter |
Pneumonia |
88 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
McLaughlin |
Billy |
Strangulated hernia |
65 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Meagher |
Mary |
Old
Age |
84 |
Poor House |
|
|
Meggott |
Wm. |
Arteia sclerosis |
|
Asylum |
|
|
|
Margaret |
Pneumonia |
83 |
Poor House |
|
|
|
Chas.
H. |
Meningitis |
42 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Morris |
John |
Old
age |
80 |
Poor House |
|
|
Morrow |
Wm. |
Tuberculosis |
52 |
Asylum |
|
|
Mosely |
Gilbert |
Arterio Sclerosis, Cardiac Decomposition, Broncho Pneumonia |
68 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
|
Mary
Ann |
Heart
disease, all valves |
66 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Myers |
Henry |
Organic
heart disease |
|
Almshouse |
12
May 1913 |
|
Nash |
James |
Spastic
Paralysis of Insane, Catarrhal Enteritis |
65 |
Asylum |
November
1922 |
|
Neaugbowere |
Emil |
Accident |
56 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Nelson |
Andrew |
Cancer
of kidney |
69 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Nichols |
Mrs.
A. |
Organic
heart disease |
86 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Norris |
Jack |
Arterio Sclerosis, Bronchial Pneumonia |
81 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Norum |
Anne |
Gastric
Hemmorr. Per. Anaemia |
74 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Nuttall |
Geo. |
Old
age |
83 |
Asylum |
9
May 1911 |
|
O’Mead |
Russell |
Cancer
of stomach |
61 |
Poor House |
|
|
Ohl |
|
Epileptic
fits |
|
Asylum |
|
|
Partridge |
Fred |
Old
age |
78 |
Poor Dept. |
8
May 1910 |
|
Peterson |
Johanne |
Hypostatic
Pneumonia |
87 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Pfund |
|
Dementia,
Chronic Nephritis |
57 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Pierce |
Edward |
Arterio Sclerosis, Senility Bronchial Pneumonia |
73 |
Almshouse |
16
May 1923 |
|
Plantz |
Lewis |
Consumption |
49 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
|
Charles |
Cerebral
Hemorrhage, Dementia |
69 |
Asylum |
|
|
Porath |
L. |
Old Age |
78 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Pound |
Daniel |
Arterio Schlerosis |
82 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Powell |
|
Senil Heart, Chronic Nephritis & Heart Block |
76 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Powers |
Henry |
Cancer
of the Bladder |
47 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Pramer |
W. E. |
Pneumonia |
75 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Pramer |
W. E. |
Pneumonia |
75 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Prox |
Antone |
Pulmonary tuberculosis |
71 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Quinlin |
|
Old Age |
87 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Ransome |
|
Accidental
Drowning |
62 |
Asylum |
|
|
Raymond |
Ethel |
Epileptic
fits |
|
Asylum |
|
|
Reddy |
Infant |
Imperior atenis |
|
Almshouse |
3
May 1913 |
|
Riley |
Mike |
Carc. of Thyroid Gland |
49 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Robinson |
Fred |
Locomotor ataxia |
38 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Rockramer |
Matilda |
Old Age |
86 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Roe |
|
Apoplexy |
61 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Roeder |
Charles |
Locomotor Ataxia, Hypertrophied Prostate |
56 |
Almshouse |
17
May 1923 |
|
Roehl |
Fred |
Pneumonia |
28 |
Poor House |
|
|
Rokenback |
Wilhemena |
Senile
dementia |
78 |
Poor House |
|
|
Rook |
James |
Meningitis |
67 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Rosebar |
Osborn |
Broncho Pneumonia |
65 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Rover |
Hosie |
Intestinal
Enterites |
62 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Ruddeck |
Floyd |
Pulmonary consumption |
35 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Ruegger |
Mabel |
Cerebro Spinal Leuies, and Gernal Paresis |
36 |
Asylum |
9
May 1923 |
|
Ryan |
William |
Endarteritis
with Gangrene |
72 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Salander |
Olif |
Dropsy,
irom heart trouble |
68 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Seakins |
|
Old
age, pneumonia |
84 |
Poor House |
|
|
|
Larry |
Pneumonia |
71 |
Poor House |
|
|
Shook |
John
R. |
Arterio Sclerosis, L. Haemoplegia,
Cardiac Decompensation |
71 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Shuman |
Henry |
Chronic
Gastral Enteritis, Dementia |
27 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Simmons |
Mary
E. |
Senility,
Auricular Fibrillation, Dementia |
76 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Skelly |
James |
Tuberculosis |
65 |
Poor
House |
|
|
Slaymaker |
Stephen |
Dementia,
general debility |
20 |
Asylum |
|
|
Smith |
John
J. |
Old
age |
89 |
Insane
Dept. |
|
|
Sperick |
John |
Concussion
of the brain |
|
Almshouse |
|
|
|
W.
H. |
Pneumonia |
|
Almshouse |
|
|
|
Celia |
Old
Age |
78 |
Insane Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Steinbicer |
John |
Paralysis |
61 |
Asylum |
27
May 1911 |
|
Stevens |
Julia |
Pneumonia
and old age |
85 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Stillman |
Joe |
Old
age |
|
Almshouse |
|
|
Stone |
Chas. |
Artrio Sclerosis, Hypertrophy of the Prostate |
56 |
Almshouse |
13
May 1921 |
|
Sullivan |
Larry |
Chronic
Pulmonary T. B. |
65 |
Almshouse |
|
|
|
A.
W. |
Apoplexy |
|
Almshouse |
|
|
|
|
Tuberculosis |
51 |
Insane Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Thomas |
Laura |
Hemorrhage,
Ulcers of Stomach |
81 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Thompson |
|
Paralysis |
81 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Thorsen |
Ole |
Choked |
|
Asylum |
|
|
Tiffany |
J.
W. |
Pleura
pneumonia |
65 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Timpany |
Jessie
Hay |
Huntington’s
Chorea, Dementia |
43 |
Asylum |
|
|
Trenwith |
Thomas |
Erysipelas
Dementia Praecox |
54 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Troup |
Fred |
Bright’s disease |
32
|
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Turnbull |
John |
Arterio Sclerosis, Paralysis of Insane |
64 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Viergil |
Mrs.
Jennie |
Carcinoma
of Tongue |
66 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Waldon |
William |
Acute
tuberculosis |
34
|
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Waltring |
Andew |
Heart
failure |
|
Almshouse |
|
|
Ward |
Emma |
Cerebral
Spinal Syphilis, Cerebral Hemorrhage |
54 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Ward |
Geo. |
Old Age |
82 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Weaden |
John |
Pernicious
anaomia |
82 |
Insane Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Webb |
John |
Acute
Dysentery, Bacillary; Chronic Dementia |
63 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Welch |
Delia |
Old Age |
90 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Welch |
Patrick |
Enlarged prostate, eystits |
76 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Wells |
F.
P. |
Pneumonia |
78 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Westweed |
Alfred |
Gangrene of feet from
freezing |
56 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Wheat |
Harry |
Influenza
& Pneumonia |
37 |
Asylum |
Betw. |
|
Wheeler |
J.
B. |
Epileptic
fits |
23 |
Insane
Dept. |
|
|
White |
Tirzah |
Chronic
Nephritis, General Anasarca |
59 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Wick |
Crist T. |
Spinal
meningitis |
35 |
Poor House |
|
|
Wickham |
A. D. |
Old Age |
90 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Wickland |
Martha |
Partial
Heart Block, Acute Dysentery |
80 |
Almshouse |
|
|
Willie |
Robert |
Typhoid |
26 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Winshoff |
August |
Heart and dropsy |
72 |
Poor Dept. |
Betw. |
|
Witham |
Lorenza |
Arterio Schlerosis |
86 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
|
Fred |
Arterio Schlerosis |
54 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Wright |
Daniel |
Erysipelas,
Cancer on back |
75 |
Almshouse |
Betw. |
|
Yates |
James |
Pneumonia
and old age |
82 |
Poor Dept. |
|
|
Yuengst |
William |
Obstruction
of the bowel |
|
Almshouse |
|
