Census RecordsHeld by an archive

Halis E. Davis (with Davis siblings), Mooseheart institution — 1920 Census, Batavia Township, Kane County, Illinois

Where the original is held

In the archive or collection named below. Images of original records are not shown on this site; the transcript and translation are this project’s.

Details

Record type: Census Records
Source: 1920 census, Illinois, Kane County, Batavia Township, Name of institution: Mooseheart; Supervisor's District 3, ED 62, sheet 12-A [sheet number partly obscured]; enumerated 24 January 1920 by Thomas G. McCabe [?]. This is an institution page, not a family household: all inmates are listed as "ward". Only the relevant entries were transcribed.

Used on these pages

Shenandoah, 1887 to 1905 In America › Branchide Family
The Branchides of Schuylkill County In America › Branchide Family
The Davises of Mount Carmel and the Davis Years, 1905 to 1916 In America › Branchide Family
Mooseheart and the Branchide Household, 1916 to 1952 In America › Branchide Family
Later Lives In America › Branchide Family

Transcript

Uncertain readings are marked [?] or set in brackets; words that could not be read are marked as such. Each transcript is shown as written, with its transcriber’s notes.

Header

State: Illinois; County: Kane; Township: Batavia Township; Institution: Mooseheart

Supervisor's district 3; ED 62; sheet 12-A [number partly covered by a smudge]; enumerated 24 January 1920 by Thomas G. McCabe [?]

Entries with the surname Davis (relation to head of institution: "ward")

Halis E. Davis — ward; F, W, 4, single; born Pennsylvania; father born "Unknown" (mother tongue Welsh); mother born England (English); none

Winifred [?] A. Davis — ward; F, W, 5, single; born Pennsylvania; father Unknown (Welsh); mother England; none

Thelma G. Davis — ward; F, W, 7, single; in school; born Pennsylvania; father Unknown (Welsh); mother England; none

David M. Davis — ward; M, W, 9, single; in school; born Pennsylvania; father born Unknown (Welsh); mother born England (English); none

Further Davis wards (Donald A., James F., Carl W., Arthur E.) follow with other birthplaces and are not transcribed. Chapter 9 identifies these as David James Davis's children by Harriet Adelaide Parrish, sent to Mooseheart in August 1918 after their father's 1916 suicide: David M. is David Wassell Davis, Thelma G. is Thelma Adelaide Davis, and Winifred A. is Winifred Anne Davis. Halis E., age 4, matches the age of Gladys Elsie Davis, born 28 February 1915, and is most likely the same child under a misread name.