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Collection M 028, Series 14.10.1:
La Plata County (Colo.) Government  register of the poor, 1891-1942
Part 7: By cause of poverty

1 volume
Arranged and described by Cindy Beam and Todd Ellison

 ©1998, 2000 by Fort Lewis College Foundation, Center of Southwest Studies account



Links to Contents
Preface
Introduction/ 
Scope and Contents
Historical Note
Full Data Tables, Sorted by Name
Index by Date Aided Index by Place of Birth: in U.S. Index by Place of Birth: outside U.S. Index by Nationality
Index by Cause of Poverty

Center of Southwest Studies collection inventories

Center of Southwest Studies main page
 

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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