Berks County PA Alms House Deaths for 1899
Name, Date of death, cause of death
- Letzkus Alexander, Jan. 2, 1899, 57 years; hip joint disease
- John Sheetz, Jan. 18, 83 years; heart disease
- Adam Meier, Feb. 1. 64 years; Carcinoma of intestines
- Esther Britton, Feb. 12, 93 years; general debility
- Andrew Walters, Feb. 21, 43 years; consumption
- Still-born child, Feb. 28, hemorrhages
- Simon Neider, March 3, 63 years; contusions of chest
- Catharine Steiger, March 11, 79 years; heart disease
- Mary Tromo, March 14, 60 years; enteritis
- Montana Fenstermaker, March 16; 46 years; gastric catarrh
- Mary Burkhart, April 18, 92 years; bronchitis
- Eliza Wootner, April 13, 74 years; general debility
- Joel Fitterling, April 28, 77 years; gastric catarrh
- Elias Resh, May 7, 53 years; consumption
- Charles Benz, May 12, 68 years; dementia paralysis
- At— V. Calhoon, May 16, 1 year, marasmus
- Elias Knauer, May 29, 84 years; general debility
- George Gribble, June 8, 38 years; consumption
- Ferdinand Hornshoe, June 23, 88 years; paralysis
- Charles Powells, July 12, 59 years, heart disease
- Benneville Shitz, July 12, 68 years; general debility
- O— Himmelberger, July 18, 72 years; gastric catarrh
- John Wiley, July 25, 63 years; diarrhea
- Lewis Seigfrid, Aug. 1, 83 years; heart disease
- Elizabeth J. Gressley, Aug. 3, 55 years; general debility
- Henry Herb, Aug. 6, 66 years; chronic gastritis
- Bernard Klinki, Aug. 14, 69 years; pulmonary emphysema
- Hannah Scharman, Sept. 4, 89 years; chronic diarrhea
- Christina R. Haederle, Sept. 6, 72 years; dysentery
- Peter Ebling, Sept. 13, 75 years; general debility
- Thomas Schwenk, Sept. 18, 71 years; consumption
- John Reider, Set. 20, 74 years; diarrheas
- Kate Reeser, Oct. 14, general debility
- [2 unreadable names here]
- Jacob Reid, Nov. 8, 71 years; consumption
- Magdalena Flicker, Nov. 10, 64 years; [no cause]
- —- Mathias, Nov. 13, 72 years; heart disease
- Thomas Clary, Nov. 15, 80 years; pharyngitis
- Hannah G. Steffe, Nov. 19, 69 years; paralysis
- John Cihill, Nov. 21, 3 years; general debility
- Tillie Fisher, Dec. 2, 40 years; heart disease
- Daniel Dunkelberger, Dec. 26; 51 years; dementia
Inmate Schedule for the Year 1899
- No. of inmates in Home, Jan. 1, 1899, 370
- No. Admitted during the year, 220
- Born during the year, 1
- Total 391
- No. discharged and removed during year, 211
- No. absconded during the year, 8
- No. died during the year, 45
- Total 264
[Source: The Reading Eagle, Reading PA, Wednesday, April 4, 1900, page 7. Submitted by Betty.]
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