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Collection M 028, Series 14.10.1: |
1 volume
Arranged and described by Cindy Beam and Todd Ellison
©1998, 2000 by
Fort Lewis College Foundation, Center of Southwest Studies
account
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Introduction/ Scope and Contents
Note: The full data table (more than fifty pages if printed out) contains all of the data from the poor register and also serves as an index, sorted by name of the person assisted and then by the dates that person was aided. The following index refers to that name, which can then be looked up in the name index to see the full information given about that individual.
La
Plata County (Colorado) Register of the Poor
Index Sorted by Cause of Poverty
|
Cause of Poverty |
Name |
|
accident |
Romero, Manuel |
|
amputation of leg |
Shaw, Mike |
|
asthma |
Silvernail, Mike |
|
asthma and old age |
Silverneal, Mike |
|
bad leg |
Rapp, Charles W. |
|
bladder trouble |
Ruggles, Nathaniel E. |
|
blindness |
Baca, Cosma |
|
blindness |
Kaltenbach, Lewis |
|
blindness |
Kattenbach, Lewis |
|
blindness |
Kattenbach, Louis |
|
blindness |
Koltenback, Louis |
|
blindness |
Miller, John |
|
blindness |
Peele, Sam |
|
blindness |
Pitts, Jasper |
|
blindness |
Williams, Cathreen |
|
blindness and infirmity |
Feely, Sara |
|
blindness and sickness |
O'Neil, John |
|
blindness and staggering |
Bryant, Charles |
|
broken arm |
Kennedy, Eva |
|
broken leg |
Sauther, Y. H. |
|
cancer |
Silver, William |
|
crippled |
Carrol, |
|
crippled |
Huenermund, Kate |
|
crippled by burns |
Akers, W. J. |
|
deafness and inability |
Lumn, Nettie |
|
deafness and inability |
Quinn, Nettie |
|
death of husband |
Darby, Helen |
|
desertion by husband |
Nesby, M. J. |
|
desertion by parents |
Weise, Myrtle |
|
destitute |
Alpolaca, Joe |
|
died date unknown |
Smith, Fred |
|
disability in general |
Doughty, George |
|
disabled in Civil War |
Roberts, M. K. |
|
dropsy |
Piazza, John |
|
dropsy |
Stok, John |
|
drunkenness |
Brennan, Michael |
|
drunkenness |
Espan, Fred |
|
drunkenness |
McCaleb, John |
|
eyesight |
Wurtz, John |
|
fever sore on legs |
Manning, Timothy |
|
fractured arm |
Clulin, Edward |
|
general debility |
Dawson, C. C. |
|
heart trouble |
Caber, Henry |
|
heart trouble |
Kaber, Henry |
|
heart trouble |
Kober, Henry |
|
husband in jail |
Denham, Maggie, Mrs. |
|
ill health |
Shoop, I. |
|
ill health and unemployment |
Johnson, Christina |
|
inability |
Wurtz, Maggie |
|
indolence |
Kennode, Tom |
|
indolence of father |
Hadley, Edith |
|
indolence of father |
Hadley, Emma |
|
indolence of father |
Hadley, Hannah |
|
indolence of father |
Hadley, John |
|
indolence of father |
Hadley, Sata |
|
infirmity |
Anderson, B. |
|
infirmity |
Anderson, B., Mrs. |
|
infirmity |
Klepper, William |
|
infirmity |
Trimble, Arabella |
|
infirmity |
Webb, Frank |
|
insanity |
Berkner, Louis |
|
insanity |
Cowan, Polly |
|
insanity |
McFarland, Ester |
|
insanity |
Miller, Jennie |
|
insanity |
Moore, William C. |
|
insanity |
Ogle, W. L. |
|
insanity |
Stemphey, Hugo |
|
insanity |
Thompson, Frank |
|
insanity |
Tichon, John |
|
insanity |
Weatherbee, Mr. |
|
insanity |
Von Wetchel, H. |
|
insanity/incapable of own |
Gilbert, Benjamin Sauer |
|
insanity; not able to work |
Buttner, Richard |
|
lameness |
Smieg, Andrew |
|
leaded in smelter |
Wetherbee, John |
|
loss of sight and sickness |
O'Neil, John |
|
maimed |
Peak, Henry |
|
miner's consumption |
Franko, Steve |
|
miner's consumption |
Gandran (Gandrou), Joe |
|
miner's consumption |
Kloda, Frank |
|
miner's consumption |
McKee, James |
|
old age |
Apodaca, Joe Lewis |
|
old age |
Baker, Nelson |
|
old age |
Benger, Henry |
|
old age |
Bergan, F. E. |
|
old age |
Bergou, E. A. |
|
old age |
Blodgett, Idah |
|
old age |
Brown, A. L. |
|
old age |
Campbell, Alfred |
|
old age |
Campbell, Alfred |
|
old age |
Cochran, Joe, Mr. and Mrs. |
|
old age |
Comer, Isabele |
|
old age |
Costley, Edward |
|
old age |
Curtis, Frank |
|
old age |
Cussins, J. L. |
|
old age |
Doughty, George |
|
old age |
Flack, William C. |
|
old age |
Glasgow, Dick |
|
old age |
Goeglein, Annie |
|
old age |
Gray, Gerarg H. |
|
old age |
Hahn, Henry |
|
old age |
Harrison, L. A. |
|
old age |
Hartman, Joe |
|
old age |
Haworth, Martha E. |
|
old age |
Hefte, John B. |
|
old age |
Hefti, John B. |
|
old age |
Holladay, C. M. |
|
old age |
Hughes, Samuel |
|
old age |
Hughes, Sara |
|
old age |
Lante, Charles Henry |
|
old age |
Lopas, Emanuel |
|
old age |
Lucero, Jose |
|
old age |
McAlheny, Darby |
|
old age |
McCoach, T. A. |
|
old age |
Miller, Martha |
|
old age |
Mitchell, Sam W. W. |
|
old age |
Moreland, John O. |
|
old age |
Morris, Fields J. |
|
old age |
Nipp, Henry |
|
old age |
Nowlan, John |
|
old age |
Perry, Charley D. |
|
old age |
Riddle, Thomas |
|
old age |
Rollins, Jack |
|
old age |
Romero, Emanual |
|
old age |
Smalley, Ralph C. |
|
old age |
Smith, David W. |
|
old age |
Smith, Frank D. |
|
old age |
Smith, Silas W. |
|
old age |
Spear, Joe |
|
old age |
Stine, Charles W. |
|
old age |
Thomas, Henry |
|
old age |
Trimble, Arbell |
|
old age |
Trujillo, Jose |
|
old age and cancer |
Boucherett, Virginia |
|
old age and general debility |
Doran, Myles |
|
old age and illness |
McEntire, A. J. |
|
old age and inability |
Montieth, Andrew |
|
old age and insanity |
Allan, James |
|
old age and rheumatism |
Young, J. R. |
|
old age, deafness and inability |
Trujillo, Jose |
|
old age; unable to work |
Quinn, Nettie, Miss |
|
old age; unable to work |
Roboertson, Elva June |
|
old age; unable to work |
Roboertson, W. J. |
|
old age; unable to work |
Tremble, Arbell |
|
old sores |
Gilmore, Thomas |
|
paralysis |
Barnes, George |
|
paralysis |
Beckman, William |
|
paralysis |
Garnes, George |
|
pneumonia |
Sterling, R. M. |
|
pneumonia (bronchial) |
Dotson, J. C. |
|
rheumatism |
Devine, C. A. |
|
rheumatism |
Garcia, Veda M. |
|
rheumatism |
Garrett, Edward |
|
rheumatism |
Garrett, Joe |
|
rheumatism |
Hartie, Charles |
|
rheumatism |
Henion, Leo, Mrs. |
|
rheumatism |
Hodge, Richard |
|
rheumatism |
Klein, Jacob |
|
rheumatism |
Leonard, James |
|
rheumatism |
Mathews, Karney |
|
rheumatism |
Pennington, Thomas H. |
|
rheumatism |
Peterson, P. O. |
|
rheumatism |
Watson, Joseph |
|
rheumatism |
Wooten, Sam |
|
rheumatism and asthma |
Klein, Jacob |
|
scrofula and old age |
Holenworth, Dan |
|
short of wind and old age |
Bradley, James |
|
sickness |
Apalaca, Joe |
|
sickness |
Baca, Cosma |
|
sickness |
Bachman, Goldie |
|
sickness |
Bain, Pleasant |
|
sickness |
Baker, Nelson |
|
sickness |
Ball, M., Mrs. |
|
sickness |
Barela, Paz |
|
sickness |
Brown, Al |
|
sickness |
Clausen, H. |
|
sickness |
Conrad, Joseph J. |
|
sickness |
Coulson, Herman |
|
sickness |
Cousins, J. T. |
|
sickness |
Crammer, Eugene F. |
|
sickness |
Davie, Nelie |
|
sickness |
Devine, C. A. |
|
sickness |
Dunbar, Elizabeth |
|
sickness |
Flook, Mrs. |
|
sickness |
Frisca, Charley |
|
sickness |
Garcia, Abel |
|
sickness |
Glasgow, Dick |
|
sickness |
Goeglein, Annie |
|
sickness |
Hamilton, Ruth |
|
sickness |
Henion, Leo |
|
sickness |
Hernandez, Joe |
|
sickness |
Hobson, Irvin |
|
sickness |
Johnson, Christina |
|
sickness |
Kendall, John |
|
sickness |
Kennedy, Eva |
|
sickness |
Kloda, Frank |
|
sickness |
Lance, Charles |
|
sickness |
Lautz, Charles H. |
|
sickness |
Lenord, James |
|
sickness |
Leonard, James |
|
sickness |
Lopas, Amanual |
|
sickness |
McAlhaney, Darby |
|
sickness |
McCoach, Tom |
|
sickness |
McCollum, A. |
|
sickness |
Meek, J. E. |
|
sickness |
Meek, Joe |
|
sickness |
Mewborn, Robert |
|
sickness |
Mitchell, Sam |
|
sickness |
Morgan, John |
|
sickness |
Morris, Daisy |
|
sickness |
Nowlan, John |
|
sickness |
Oastley, Ed |
|
sickness |
Phillips, A. |
|
sickness |
Quinn, Miss |
|
sickness |
Ray, John F. |
|
sickness |
Reinhart, G. W. |
|
sickness |
Riddle, Tom |
|
sickness |
Robison, Henry |
|
sickness |
Roucheret, Virginia |
|
sickness |
Ruggles, Nat |
|
sickness |
Savage, Mike |
|
sickness |
Schaller, Leo |
|
sickness |
Scott, John |
|
sickness |
Scurlock, J. A. |
|
sickness |
Smith, Merrial |
|
sickness |
Star, F. A., Mrs. |
|
sickness |
Stuckman, Warren |
|
sickness |
Sturm, Georgie |
|
sickness |
Sturn, Georgia |
|
sickness |
Thomas, Henry |
|
sickness |
Ulibarri, Criotilde |
|
sickness |
Unes, Ragy |
|
sickness |
Varia, Edith |
|
sickness |
Walters, Thomas |
|
sickness |
Wright, William McClure |
|
sickness |
Young, George |
|
sickness |
Owens, Sidney |
|
sickness |
Dierks, Albert |
|
sore back |
Tucker, R. E. |
|
sprained arm |
Halloran, Dan |
|
stranded |
Bland, Hettie and baby |
|
stranded |
Cernuigel, Daniel |
|
stranded |
Cernuigel, Kate |
|
transient |
Bolinger, Charles J. |
|
transient |
Bolinger, Mary Ann |
|
transient |
Farmer, Roy |
|
transient |
Gahn, Virgil Edward |
|
transient |
Harper, Clara and son |
|
transient |
Harper, Larry |
|
transient |
Iser, Helen |
|
transient |
Iser, Wilbert and child |
|
transient |
Pease, Joseph |
|
transient |
Pease, June |
|
transient |
Pool, Lewis |
|
transient |
Randall, Louis |
|
transient |
Watters, Clara |
|
transient |
Watters, John |
|
tuberculosis |
Campbell, E. O. |
|
tuberculosis |
German, Matt |
|
tuberculosis |
Jacobs, Illa |
|
unemployment |
Malbrough, Matilda |
|
unemployment and sickness |
Riddle, Thomas M. |
|
unsound mind |
Cowan, Polly |
|
waywardness |
Hughs, Lulu |
Cindy Beam, a volunteer from the Durango community, contributed more than 15 hours to the Center for the data entry that is the basis of this particular guide. We express our thanks to her, and issue an invitation to other historically-minded persons in the community who would find satisfaction in preserving and providing access to the historical records of our region.
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