Shirley Yarber's 1900 Census for Bernice, PA

The 1900 census for Bernice is transcribed by Shirley Yarber and co-edited by Bob Sweeney. Bernice was enrolled by the census takers as a separate precinct within Cherry Township and therefore we have transcribed its listings separately from the rest of Cherry. Shirley Yarber was born in Philadelphia, PA. Her family moved to Southern California when she was a child. She resided there until she retired in 1990 and moved to Morganfield, KY. She is a great-granddaughter of Sylvellin A. DIEFFENBACH and Margaret Eldora Brown Dieffenbach. Other ancestors of hers from Sullivan County include: ZANER, HOFFA, BARTLEY and BROWN. This detailed and critical contribution by Shirley is greatly appreciated. We are working from copies of the original handwritten records. Therefore, there are several places where we have posted question marks due to our uncertainty as to what is actually written on the original record or because the original copy is smudged or stained with ink. It is also possible that we have, despite all efforts to the contrary, made occasional errors in spelling. Let us know if you think there is a mistake of any kind and we will post the correction immediately upon comparison with the original records. Shirley can be reached at Shirley Yarber. Please send proposed corrections directly to Bob Sweeney.

Bernice, PA

Citizens Military Band
Bernice, PA About 1895
Members identifed by Bonnie Brennan whose grandfather Johnston directed the band:
Top row: (1) Faust Hood *, (2) Uncle Ed Brown's brother-in-law , (3) Charles Cook, a cousin
(4) David Cook, a cousin ** (5)George Webb. no relation, (6) Billie Cook, (7) unknown
Middle row: (1) unknown, (2)Jim Rutherford, (3) and (4), unknowns, (5) _____ Webb
Kneeling boys: (1) unknown, (2)Tom Johnston (son of Alex, born in March, 1888), (3)George Johnston (son of Alex, born in July, 1891)
Front row: (1) unknown, (2) Uncle Alex Johnston, born in 1861 in Scotland; came to America in 1870, (3) ______ Cook, (4) unknown, (5)Davey Peacock (born in 1859 in Scotland; Aunt Maggie Peacock's son; she was Grandfather Johnston's sister)
Contributed by Bonnie Brennan, gr-gr-granddaughter of Thomas Johnston
* Bill Little provided the first name of this individual as Faust Hood, husband of Emma C. Morter
** Janet Bird identified the fourth individual from the left at the top as David Cook, her grandfather.

Census Form

Census Year: 1900 Town: Cherry Township Bernice Precinct__________ County: Sullivan State: PA

Enumerator: _Joel Saxon__________ Date enumerated: June 1, 1900 __________ Reel No.: _Sheet 1_________ Page No.: 1 __________

Last Name

First Name

Relationship

Color

Sex

Birth Month & Year

Age

Civil Condition

No. of Years Married

Mother of How Many Children

No. of These Children Living

Birthplace

Father's Birthplace

Mother's Birthplace

Citizenship

Occupation

Months Unemployed

Months Attended School

Can read

Can write

Can Speak English

Own or Rent Home

Own Free or Mortgaged

Farm or House

No. of Farm Schedule

Saxon

Joel

Head

4/1852

Married

Pennsylvania

England

Coal Miner

Yes

Rent

House

Saxon

Marion

Wife

9/1859

Married

Pennsylvania

New York

Pennsylvania

Yes

Gelsa--on?

Joseph

Head

3/1857

Married

Pennsylvania

Germany

Hostler

Yes

Rent

House

Gelsa--on?

Susanna

Wife

4/1859

Married

Pennsylvania

Germany

Pennsylvania

Yes

Gelsa--on?

Lucy

Daughter

6/1879

Single

Pennsylvania

Yes

Gelsa--on?

Walt

Son

03/1881

Single

Pennsylvania

Engine Worker

Yes

Gelsa--on?

Mary

Daughter

07/1883

Single

Pennsylvania

Yes

Gelsa--on?

Albert J.

Son

07/1886

Single

Pennsylvania

Yes

Gelsa--on?

Alfred D.

Son

07/1886

Single

Pennsylvania

Yes

Gelsa--on?

Laurena

Daughter

12/1888

Single

Pennsylvania

Yes

Gelsa--on?

Charles

Son

07/1891

Single

Pennsylvania

Gelsa--on?

Raymond

Son

01/1894

Single

Pennsylvania

Hoffa

Rosa

Head

04/1866

Widowed

Pennsylvania

Ireland

Yes

Rent

House

Hoffa

John W.

Son

08/1888

Single

Pennsylvania

Yes

Hoffa

Frank

Son

07/1891

Single

Pennsylvania

Hoffa

Mary E.

Daughter

11/1894

Single

Pennsylvania

Hoffa

Georgiana

Daughter

10/1897

Single

Pennsylvania

Donovan

John

Boarder

03/1870

Single

Pennsylvania

Ireland

Coal Miner

Yes

Strope

Benjamin

Boarder

12/1872

Single

Pennsylvania

Coal Miner

Yes

Fredrick

Patrick

Boarder

03/1876

Single

Prussia

Coal Miner

Yes

Dorth

Dennis

Boarder

08/1871

Single

Pennsylvania

Teamster

Yes

Liberty

William

Boarder

09/1865

Single

England

Entered U.S. 1856

Day Laborer

McMahon

Frank

Head

09/1872

Married

Pennsylvania

Ireland

Day Laborer

Yes

Rent

House

McMahon

Bridget

Wife

03/1874

Married

Pennsylvania

Ireland

Yes

McMahon

Racheal

Daughter

06/1895

Single

Pennsylvania

Yes

McMahon

John

Son

01/1897

Single

Pennsylvania

McMahon

Hillery

Daughter

03/1899

Single

Pennsylvania

McAuliffe

David

Boarder

11/1876

Married

Pennsylvania

Ireland

Yes

McAuliffe

Laura

Boarder

06/1872

Married

Pennsylvania

Ireland

Yes

Jones

Thomas H.

Boarder

03/1877

Single

Wales

Yes

William

Henry

Boarder

04/1844

Widowed

Wales

Miner

Murray

Thomas

Head

04/1878

Married

Ireland

Yes

Rent

House

Murray

Julia E.

Wife

Married

Pennsylvania

Yes

Murray

Agnes

Daughter

1890

Single

Pennsylvania

Yes

Murray

Thomas B.

Son

11/1894

Single

Pennsylvania

Ireland

Pennsylvania

Murray

Mary

Daughter

09/1897

Single

Pennsylvania

Ireland

Pennsylvania

Connor

James

Head

?/1854

Married

Pennsylvania

Miner

Yes

Rent

House

Connor

Bertha M.

Wife

Married

Pennsylvania

Yes

Connor

Margaret

Daughter

02/1894

Single

Pennsylvania

Connor

James W.

Son

07/1895

Single

Pennsylvania

Connor

Henry J.

Son

07/1898

Single

Pennsylvania

Herker

Minnie

Servant

06/1886

Single

Pennsylvania

Germany

Yes

Frazier

Christopher

Head

03/1849

Married

Nova Scotia

Yes

Rent

House

Frazier

Mary

Wife

04/1863

Married

Nova Scotia

Yes

Frazier

Harriet I.

Daughter

07/1888

Single

Pennsylvania

Nova Scotia

Yes

Frazier

Anna M.

Daughter

01/1891

Single

Pennsylvania

Nova Scotia

Yes

Frazier

Sarah

Daughter

11/1892

Single

Pennsylvania

Nova Scotia

Frazier

Ruth

Daughter

11/1893

Single

Pennsylvania

Nova Scotia

Frazier

John

Son

06/1898

Single

Pennsylvania

Nova Scotia

Emig [??]

Henry

Head

?/1871

Married

Germany

Census Year: 1900 Town: Cherry Township__Bernice Precinct________ County: Sullivan State: PA

Enumerator: _Joel Saxon__________ Date enumerated: June1, 1900 __________ Reel No.: Sheet 1__________ Page No.: 2__________

Last Name

First Name

Relationship

Color

Sex

Birth Month & Year

Age

Civil Condition

No. of Years Married

Mother of How Many Children

No. of These Children Living

Birthplace

Father's Birthplace

Mother's Birthplace

Citizenship

Occupation

Months Unemployed

Months Attended School

Can read

Can write

Can Speak English

Own or Rent Home

Own Free or Mortgaged

Farm or House

No. of Farm Schedule

Emig [??]

Mertie

Wife

06/1887

Married

Pennsylvania

Yes

Emig [??]

Gordon R.

Son

03/1893

Single

Pennsylvania

Emig [??]

Leo F.

Son

09/1895

Single

Pennsylvania

Emig [??]

Cellia M

Daughter

05/1898

Single

Pennsylvania

Watson

Head

03/1854

Married

Pennsylvania

Laborer

Yes

Rent

House

Watson

Dora

Wife

08/1862

Married

Pennsylvania

Yes

Watson

Frank

Son

03/1882

Single

Pennsylvania

Day Laborer

Yes

Watson

Jennie M.

Daughter

10/1884

Single

Pennsylvania

Yes

Watson

Henry E.

Son

06/1886

Single

Pennsylvania

Yes

Watson

Walter W.

Son

09/1891

Single

Pennsylvania

Yes

Teers ?

Head

12/1847

Married

England

Entered U.S. 1886

Coal Miner

Yes

Rent

House

Teers?

Elizabeth A.

Wife

03/1846

Married

England

Entered U.S. 1886

Yes

Teers?

Sarah A.

Daughter

09/1883

Single

England

Yes

O’Neil

Joseph M

Head

04/1859

Married

Pennsylvania

Ireland

Connecticut

Day Laborer

Yes

Rent

House

O’Neil

Gustie C.

Wife

11/1865

Married

Pennsylvania

Massachusetts

Tennessee

Yes

O’Neil

Lyda

Daughter

03/1885

Single

Pennsylvania

Yes

O’Neil

Mary M.

Daughter

04/1887

Single

Pennsylvania

Yes

O’Neil

Wallace H.

Son

07/1889

Single

Pennsylvania

Yes

O’Neil

Crete

Daughter

06/1892

Single

Pennsylvania

O’Neil

Martha A.

Daughter

03/1896

Single

Pennsylvania

O’Neil

Lorretta

Daughter

04/1899

Single

Pennsylvania

Bodie

J.? W.

Head

10/1870

Married

Pennsylvania

Germany

Blacksmith

Yes

Rent

House

Bodie

Carrie A.

Wife

12/1874

Married

Pennsylvania

Germany

Pennsylvania

Yes

Bodie

Lena C.

Daughter

12/1893

Single

Pennsylvania

Bodie

Beatrice

Daughter

03/1896

Single

Pennsylvania

Bodie

Lee A.

Son

01/1899

Single

Pennsylvania

Der----?

James

Head

10/1850

Married

Ireland

Coal Miner

Yes

Rent

House

Der---?

Elizabeth

Wife

05/1857

Married

Pennsylvania

Ireland

Yes