Records freely available on FamilySearch.org as scanned documents. Transcription by E Childs. More information is available on the original - see the "source" column for link. All cities/towns are Massachusetts unless otherwise specified.
Common abbreviations used in the chart below:
- Imp. or Impr. - Improved (also "n. imp." for "not improved")
- Ret. - Returned
- Hosp. - Hospital
- Trans. - Transferred
- Com - Committed
- "A.H." - Almshouse
Admissions for the year 1890
| First name(s) | Last name | Age | Birthplace | Residence | Admitted | Discharged | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary | Gaynor | 9 | Boston | Boston | 7 Feb 1890 | [357] | ||
| James T. | Ferehery | 13 | Chelsea | Chelsea | 3 Mar 1890 | 27 Mar 1897 | Taken home by mother | [357] |
| Walter T. | Berry | 14 | Boston | Boston | 6 Mar 1890 | 24 Mar 1890 | Taken home by mother | [357] |
| Albert | Dobson | 16 | Lawrence | Lawrence | 10 Mar 1890 | 25 Apr 1904 | Died - Organic heart disease | [357] |
| Sophia | Junisky | 15 | New York | Boston | 15 Mar 1890 | 23 Apr 1919 | To Grafton State Hospital | [357] |
| Mary | Stone | 27 | Salem | Salem | 22 Mar 1890 | 9 Mar 1895 | Committed to Danvers Lunatic Hospital | [357] |
| Mary A. | Healey | 17 | Boston | Boston | 26 Mar 1890 | [357] | ||
| Hattie B. | Giles | 9 | Boston | Malden | 29 Mar 1890 | [357] | ||
| George H. | Moeller | 6 | Boston | Jamaica Plain | 31 Mar 1890 | [357] | ||
| Johanna | Costello | 9 | Worcester | Worcester | 31 Mar 1890 | 20 Sep 1892 | Taken to Clark Inst. for Deaf and Dumb | [357] |
| Eugene | O'Neill | 7 | Nova Scotia | Ware | 31 Mar 1890 | 14 May 1891 | Taken home by Ov. of Poor, Warren | [357] |
| Wm. | McGill | 9 | New Hampshire | Boston | 31 Mar 1890 | 4 Dec 1900 | Committed to Worcester Insane Hospital | [357] |
| George V. | Smith | 8 | Boston | Lawrence | 31 May 1890 | 2 May 1897 | Died - Organic brain disease | [357] |
| George E. | Fettredge | 7 | Boston | Boston | 31 Mar 1890 | 1 Oct 1897 | Not returned from vacation | [357] |
| Mary | McCarthy | 15 | Boston | Boston | 2 Apr 1890 | 14 Aug 1902 | Died - Epilepsy | [357] |
| Matthew | Donnelly | 8 | Lowell | Lowell | 2 Apr 1890 | 26 May 1897 | Died - Epilepsy | [357] |
| Richard | McGee | 11 | Cambridge | Cambridge | 2 Apr 1890 | 22 Oct 1894 | To Cambridge Almshouse | [357] |
| Mary | Manning | 17 | Southboro | Brockton | 2 Apr 1890 | 13 Aug 1905 | Died - Homicidal drowning | [357] |
| Victoria | Crowton | 11 | England | Boston | 2 Apr 1890 | 13 Apr 1891 | Taken home by mother | [357] |
| Edward | Callahan | 5 | Boston | Boston | 2 Apr 1890 | 8 Jun 1914 | N. Imp. To Worcester State Hospital | [357] |
| Ida M. | Borden | 11 | Fall River | Fall River | 3 Apr 1890 | 5 May 1910 | Died - Organic heart disease | [357] |
| Albert | McDonald | 8 | Scituate | Rockland | 9 Apr 1890 | [357] | ||
| Lonny | Sullivan | 8 | New Bedford | New Bedford | 9 Apr 1890 | 29 Jan 1891 | Taken home by mother | [357] |
| Walter S. | Halliley | 13 | Springfield | Boston | 9 Apr 1890 | 18 Apr 1898 | Taken home by mother | [357] |
| Mary | Madden | 7 | Boston | Boston | 10 Apr 1890 | [357] | ||
| Emma C. | Laha | 10 | Cambridge | Cambridge | 10 Apr 1890 | 19 Oct 1890 | Died - Epilepsy | [357] |
| Annie J. | McElwaine | 15 | Boston | Hyde Park | 10 Apr 1890 | 2 Jul 1890 | Taken home by mother | [357] |
| John | Barrett | 13 | Cambridge | Cambridge | 11 Apr 1890 | 22 Oct 1894 | To Cambridge Almshouse | [358] |
| Elizabeth | Tobin | 13 | Cambridge | Cambridge | 11 Apr 1890 | [358] | ||
| Allen W. | Stover | 7 | Boston | Winthrop | 11 Apr 1890 | 25 Sep 1890 | Died - Epilepsy | [358] |
| John | Froton | 6 | Boston | Lynn | 11 Apr 1890 | 3 Jan 1923 | Died - Tub. enteritis | [358] |
| Wm. F. | Stetson | 11 | Danversport | Danversport | 12 Apr 1890 | 12 Jul 1890 | Taken home by father | [358] |
| John L. | McDonald | 7 | Milton | Milton | 12 Apr 1890 | 13 May 1892 | Removed by parents | [358] |
| Rudolph | Tichner | 14 | Boston | Boston | 14 Apr 1890 | 31 Dec 1907 | Imp. Taken home on vacation & not returned | [358] |
| Ellen N. | Hasson | 10 | Boston | Boston | 15 Apr 1890 | 9 Sep 1891 | Died - Epilepsy | [358] |
| Mary T. | McCue | 12 | Brookline | Brookline | 15 Apr 1890 | 11 Jul 1890 | Taken home by father | [358] |
| Justin | Howe | 5 | St. Pri. School | 16 Apr 1890 | [358] | |||
| Rosa | Kenney | 10 | St. Pri. School | 16 Apr 1890 | 23 Aug 1890 | Removed by Lowell Overseers of Poor | [358] | |
| Frank B. | Mace | 8 | St. Pri. School | 16 Apr 1890 | 15 Jan 1924 | Imp. Trans. to Belchertown | [358] | |
| Joseph | Webster | 8 | St. Pri. School | 16 Apr 1890 | [358] | |||
| Herbert | Ames | 10 | St. Pri. School | 16 Apr 1890 | 26 Nov 1894 | Taken home by brother | [358] | |
| Allen | Senior | 11 | England | Fall River | 17 Apr 1890 | 19 Sep 1893 | Kept at home to work | [358] |
| Mary | Bresnahan | 8 | New Hampshire | Vermont | 18 Apr 1890 | 29 Jun 1895 | Taken home by mother. Improved. | [358] |
| Eliz. E. | McLaughlin | 15 | Boston | Boston | 18 Apr 1890 | 1 Mar 1894 | Not returned from vacation. Removed by parents | [358] |
| Guy F. | King | 8 | Boston | Boston | 23 Apr 1890 | 30 Jul 1891 | Removed by Bd. L.&C. to relatives in Providence | [358] |
| Fred C. | Taylor | 9 | Springfield | Springfield | 24 Apr 1890 | 24 Nov 1922 | Imp. To Belchertown | [358] |
| Fred I. | Raymond | 16 | Winchendon | Winchendon | 24 Apr 1890 | 21 Aug 1898 | Died - Epilepsy | [358] |
| Katie | Finkenauer | 14 | Boston | Boston | 24 Apr 1890 | 28 Mar 1923 | Trans. to Belchertown. Imp. | [358] |
| Georgiana | Lefebore | 15 | New Hampshire | Marlboro | 24 Apr 1890 | 16 May 1890 | Died - Phthisis pulmonalis | [358] |
| Frank | Look | 10 | Newburyport | Newburyport | 26 Apr 1890 | 16 Dec 1914 | Died - Septic peritonitis | [358] |
| Annie | McDowell | 18 | Ireland | Lynn | 29 Apr 1890 | 6 Sep 1890 | Removed by Lawrence Ov. of Poor | [358] |
| Mary J. | McDowell | 19 | Ireland | Lynn | 29 Apr 1890 | 6 Sep 1890 | Removed by Lawrence Ov. of Poor | [358] |
| Minnie | Morgan | 13 | England | Boston | 28 Apr 1890 | 22 Oct 1892 | Removed by parents | [358] |
| Mary K. | Hart | 8 | Connecticut | Chicopee Falls | 28 Apr 1890 | 31 Dec 1890 | Removed by father | [358] |
| Ida M. | Furlong | 14 | Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 1 May 1890 | 20 Jul 1892 | Removed by mother | [358] |
| Ellen J. | Campbell | 11 | P.E. Island | Gloucester | 1 May 1890 | 30 Nov 1900 | Died - Pulmonary tuberculosis | [358] |
| Kate | Watson | 14 | New Hampshire | New Hampshire | 1 May 1890 | 24 Sep 1890 | Died - Organic disease of brain | [358] |
| Consuella | Watson | 11 | New Hampshire | New Hampshire | 1 May 1890 | 20 May 1891 | Taken away by parents | [358] |
| Cora F. | Matthews | 14 | Lancaster | Lancaster | 2 May 1890 | 5 Oct 1890 | Died - Epilepsy | [358] |
| Pierre | Lemaire | 15 | Connecticut | Fall River | 5 May 1890 | 24 Aug 1892 | Died - Consumption | [358] |
| Wm. J. | Curry | 7 | Connecticut | Worcester | 7 May 1890 | 11 May 1894 | Removed by Overseers of Poor of Worcester | [358] |
| Richard | Prior | 7 | Northbridge | Whitinsville | 7 May 1890 | 20 Nov 1895 | Not returned from vacation. | [359] |
| Maud L. | Flagg | 9 | New Hampshire | New Hampshire | 7 May 1890 | 29 Oct 1891 | Died - Epilepsy | [359] |
| Mary J. | Francis | 20 | New Bedford | St. Almshouse | 8 May 1890 | 4 Aug 1890 | Taken home by friends | [359] |
| Joseph | White | 13 | Boston | Boston | 8 May 1890 | 30 Nov 1894 | Kept at home by brother | [359] |
| Robert | Tulloch | 14 | Hudson | Boston | 9 May 1890 | 15 Jan 1924 | Imp. Trans. to Belchertown | [359] |
| Adaline J. | Millowitsch | 14 | Boston | Boston | 12 May 1890 | 19 Nov 1890 | Removed by mother | [359] |
| Wm. T. | Flowers | 17 | Boston | Boston | 12 May 1890 | 3 Oct 1892 | Died - Heart disease | [359] |
| Hattie G. | Greenleaf | 5 | New Boston | New Boston | 12 May 1890 | 12 Jul 1898 | Removed by Overseers of Poor of Sandisfield | [359] |
| Wm. K. | Johnson | 12 | New York | Boston | 14 May 1890 | [359] | ||
| Anna M. | Thumith | 8 | Wellesley | Wellesley | 14 May 1890 | 3 Oct 1898 | To help her mother | [359] |
| Mary A. | Plunkett | 11 | Springfield | Springfield | 14 May 1890 | 11 Mar 1891 | Taken away by Overseers of Poor | [359] |
| Nellie F. | West | 16 | Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 20 May 1890 | 31 Oct 1895 | Taken to Providence by Commissioner of Public School | [359] |
| Clemen | Abody | 14 | Dalton | Dalton | 21 May 1890 | 29 Aug 1891 | Taken home by parents | [359] |
| D. Everett | Turner | 8 | Holbrook | Brockton | 22 May 1890 | 7 Jun 1898 | To Hospital for Epileptics | [359] |
| Harry L. | Hale | 8 | New Hampshire | Holyoke | 26 May 1890 | 5 Aug 1898 | Removed by order of St. Secretary N.H. | [359] |
| Chas. E. | Chadwick | 15 | Chester | Chester | 26 May 1890 | 1 Apr 1891 | Taken home by father | [359] |
| Patrick F. | Clifford | 9 | Boston | Boston | 3 Jun 1890 | [359] | ||
| Margaret | Whalen | 8 | M.L. Mills | Brockton | 3 Jun 1890 | 6 Jun 1893 | Died - Marasmus. Body taken by father | [359] |
| Geo. S. | Aldridge | 8 | Attleboro | Boston | 4 Jun 1890 | 3 Oct 1898 | Taken home to work by mother | [359] |
| Fred | Jones | 6 | Worcester | Worcester | 4 Jun 1890 | [359] | ||
| Heiman | Czarlinsky | 17 | Germany | Boston | 5 Jun 1890 | 29 Sep 1913 | Insane. Com. to Westboro State Hospital | [359] |
| Honora | Kenneally | 13 | Boston | Boston | 7 Jun 1890 | 6 Jul 1901 | Died - Meningitis | [359] |
| Henry | Gregory | 17 | England | New Bedford | 9 Jun 1890 | 16 Jul 1890 | Removed by New Bedford Ov. of Poor | [359] |
| Mary A. | Conners | 12 | Lawrence | Lawrence | 9 Jun 1890 | 28 Dec 1891 | Kept at home | [359] |
| Geo. P. | Kee | 7 | Charlestown | Boston | 10 Jun 1890 | 14 Jun 1892 | Died - Epilepsy | [359] |
| Vina | Bunyan | 5 | Dalton | Dalton | 18 Jun 1890 | 20 Nov 1892 | Removed by parents | [359] |
| Fred W. | Wilson | 11 | Everett | Everett | 19 Jun 1890 | 18 Apr 1909 | Died - Pulmonary tuberculosis | [359] |
| Katie | Durgan | 15 | Waltham | Waltham | 25 Jun 1890 | 17 Sep 1890 | Went back to Blind Asylum | [359] |
| Beatrice | Reed | 10 | Boston | Boston | 25 Jun 1890 | 1 Mar 1892 | Not returned from visit | [359] |
| Frank | Partridge | 10 | Boston | Boston | 3 Jul 1890 | 20 Sep 1893 | Removed by parents. Not returned from vacation | [359] |
| Chas. A. | Sweatland | 10 | Pelham | Belchertown | 7 Jul 1890 | 15 Mar 1900 | Impr. Taken away by O. of P. Belchertown | [359] |
| Amy B. | Pike | 10 | Salisbury | Salisbury | 9 Jul 1890 | 7 Sep 1890 | Sick | [359] |
| Neil H. | Canney | 14 | Boston | Boston | 9 Jul 1890 | 11 Dec 1891 | Taken home by mother | [359] |
| Hattie | Eastman | 26 | Indiana | Chelsea | 8 Jul 1890 | 18 Jul 1890 | Insane. Trans. to Westboro | [359] |
| Edith G. | Tuttle | 24 | Boston | So. Acton | 9 Jul 1890 | For[mer] No. 580. Fr[om] Tewks. Asy. | [360] | |
| Archie | Thurll | 14(?) | Trans. from Northampton L. H. | 9 Jul 1890 | 3 Dec 1894 | Taken home by Ov. Poor of Adams. Fr[om] North. Hosp. | [360] | |
| Timothy | Keefe | 13 | Palmer | Ware | 9 Jul 1890 | 28 Jan 1899 | To Taunton Ins. Hosp. Fr[om] North. Hosp. | [360] |
| Oscar | Frasey | 19 | Springfield | Springfield | 9 Jul 1890 | 13 Dec 1899 | Died - Pneumonia | [360] |
| Anna L. | Jones | 12 | Westfield | Tolland | 12 Jul 1890 | 1 Oct 1892 | Taken to Clarke Inst., Northampton | [360] |
| James | Croacher | 13 | New Bedford | New Bedford | 14 Jul 1890 | 7 Oct 1892 | Now working in mill at home | [360] |
| Florence E. | Horton | 6 | Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 18 Jul 1890 | 10 Feb 1892 | Died - Marasmus | [360] |
| Lettie M. | Weed | 12 | Maine | Jamaica Plain | 21 Jul 1890 | 2 Nov 1899 | Died - Phthisis Pulmonalis. Body sent home. | [360] |
| Wm. E. | Warriner | 21 | Lee | Holyoke | 21 Jul 1890 | 26 Jul 1917 | Died - Biliary calculi, acute peritonitis | [360] |
| Annie E. | Bucek | 20 | Boston | Everett | 1 Aug 1890 | 16 Jun 1891 | Removed by Bd. L&C to Worcester Hospital | [360] |
| Bertie J. | Taylor | 10 | New Hampshire | New Hampshire | 12 Aug 1890 | 5 Feb 1897 | Taken to Hillsboro County House, N.H. | [360] |
| Edward J. | Hanlon | 12 | New Hampshire | Hopkinton | 13 Aug 1890 | 5 Jun 1891 | Died - Consumption | [360] |
| Maggie | Dwyer | 19 | Fall River | Boston | 27 Aug 1890 | 18 Dec 1899 | Died - Pneumonia | [360] |
| Thomas E. | Bishop | 16 | Revere | Rhode Island | 4 Sep 1890 | 2 Feb 1896 | Taken home by father | [360] |
| Gustaf F. | Nelson | 7 | Sweden | Brockton | 9 Sep 1890 | 17 Mar 1892 | Taken home by parents | [360] |
| Marian | Shute | 6 | Boston | Newton | 15 Sep 1890 | 24 Sep 1890 | Taken home by friends | [360] |
| Ernest L. | Foster | 7 | Brewster | Brewster | 15 Sep 1890 | 26 Jun 1918 | Died - Epilepsy | [360] |
| Eva M. | Reynolds | 20 | Lynn | Lynn | 15 Sep 1890 | 23 May 1891 | Taken away by parents. Rem. to Florida | [360] |
| Delia | Cooper | 10 | Somerville | Somerville | 18 Sep 1890 | 5 Feb 1901 | Died - Influenza | [360] |
| Annie A. | Coburn | 9 | Vermont | Fitchburg | 19 Sep 1890 | 16 Feb 1891 | Taken home by father | [360] |
| Mary | Lyons | 19 | Raynham | Campello | 19 Sep 1890 | 23 Nov 1892 | Removed by parents | [360] |
| Mary E. | Dunn | 19 | New Brunswick | Boston | 22 Sep 1890 | 2 Oct 1897 | Kept at home by mother | [360] |
| Chas. E. | Johnson | 10 | Sweden | Waltham | 27 Sep 1890 | [360] | ||
| Alvina | Wilson | 12 | Worcester | Worcester | 29 Sep 1890 | [360] | ||
| James M. | Scott | 9 | Boston | Boston | 29 Sep 1890 | 10 Oct 1892 | Removed by parents. Going to public school | [360] |
| Charles | Stewart | 14 | Waltham | Waltham | 30 Sep 1890 | 7 Oct 1892 | Removed by parents. Now working on farm at home | [360] |
| Wm. | Clark | 11 | Lynn | No. Abington | 30 Sep 1890 | 3 Oct 1898 | Taken home to work for wages | [360] |
| Kenneth R. | Laws | 7 | Bedford | Bedford | 30 Sep 1890 | 4 Dec 1900 | Much impr. Not returned from vacation. | [360] |
| Alice H. | Stetson | 19 | Somerville | Roxbury | 3 Oct 1890 | [360] | ||
| Guy C. | Severance | 10 | Middlebury, Vt. | Middlebury, Vt | 3 Oct 1890 | 16 Apr 1891 | Sick. Taken home | [360] |
| Thos. A. | Trousdale | 10 | Framingham | Roxbury | 9 Oct 1890 | 14 Nov 1895 | Not returned from vacation | [360] |
| James M. | Finley | 8 | Boston | Boston | 11 Oct 1890 | 9 Sep 1892 | Removed by parents | [360] |
| Charles | Sumpter | 14 | Northbridge | Whitinsville | 16 Oct 1890 | 24 Apr 1894 | Removed by Overseers of Poor of Douglas | [360] |
| Wm. L. | Sullivan | 15 | Boston | Boston | 18 Oct 1890 | 1 Jan 1891 | Taken home sick, and became insane | [360] |
| Joseph | Thomas | 17 | Jersey City, N.J. | Newbury, Vt. | 20 Oct 1890 | 15 May 1895 | Trans. to State Almshouse | [361] |
| William | Elyward | 15 | So. Boston | So. Boston | 20 Oct 1890 | 1 Aug 1891 | Taken home, much improved | [361] |
| Ellen T. | Cavanaugh | 18 | Boston | Dorchester | 20 Oct 1890 | 31 Jul 1910 | Died - Gangrene of neck & haemoptysis | [361] |
| Mabel F. | Bragg | 16 | Saugus | Longmeadow | 20 Oct 1890 | 11 Feb 1907 | Very much imp. | [361] |
| Rosa L. | Tucker | 17 | Dalton | Dalton | 20 Oct 1890 | [361] | ||
| Clara | Side | 15 | Pittsfield | S.A.H. | 21 Oct 1890 | 3 Dec 1891 | Died - Typhoid fever | [361] |
| Annie | Coffey | 8 | Sherborn | Church Home, So. Boston | 28 Oct 1890 | 20 Apr 1907 | Not imp. Com. to Worc. Hosp. | [361] |
| Geo. J. | Shewbridge | 9 | Boston | Roxbury | 28 Oct 1890 | [361] | ||
| Chas. H. | Washburn | 14 | New Orleans, La. | Peabody | 29 Oct 1890 | 20 Mar 1893 | Trans. to Westboro Insane Hospital | [361] |
| Amanda E. | Terrio | 15 | Amherst, N.S. | Rockland | 29 Oct 1890 | 17 Jan 1894 | Taken home to work by mother | [361] |
| Helen Louise | Pratt | 12 | Peabody | Salem | 29 Oct 1890 | 14 Oct 1918 | Died - Influenza, broncho pneumonia | [361] |
| Rosa | Hafer | 8 | Boston | Boston | 30 Oct 1890 | 4 Nov 1890 | Removed by father | [361] |
| Edgar G. | Godfrey | 9 | Newburyport | Newburyport A.H. | 1 Nov 1890 | 1 Oct 1907 | Very much imp. Ran away and not returned | [361] |
| Scott Lee | Dunham | 10 | Athens, Vt. | Athens, Vt. | 5 Nov 1890 | 29 Jun 1895 | Taken home by mother. Improved | [361] |
| Mary | Keneally | 24 | Boston | No. End Mission | 7 Nov 1890 | 1 Jan 1919 | Transferred to Wrentham | [361] |
| John | Hagerty | 6 | Boston | Roxbury | 10 Nov 1890 | 1 May 1908 | Not imp. To Mass. Hospital for Epileptics | [361] |
| John | Duffee Jr. | 2 | Fall River | Boston | 19 Nov 1890 | 1 Oct 1891 | Taken home by mother | [361] |
| Annie | Sullivan | 8 | Newton | Newton | 24 Nov 1890 | [361] | ||
| Mabel C. | Poor | 14 | Peabody | Peabody | 8 Dec 1890 | 14 Nov 1895 | Kept at home | [361] |
| Theodore | Gotthardt | 14 | Boston | Boston | 9 Dec 1890 | 26 Dec 1891 | Kept at home | [361] |
| Chas. | Burnham | 10 | Danvers | Children's Mission, Boston | 11 Dec 1890 | 11 Sep 1897 | Obtained situation outside. Much impr. | [361] |
| Grace A. | Walker | 15 | Halifax, N.S. | So. Boston | 17 Dec 1890 | 16 Mar 1904 | Died - Valvular heart disease | [361] |
| Sarah | Gaffney | 8 | Charlestown | Boston | 16 Dec 1890 | 19 Dec 1891 | Taken home by father | [361] |
| Kate | Roberts | 19 | New Hampshire | Tewksbury A.H. | 19 Dec 1890 | 16 Apr 1924 | To Belchertown. Imp. | [361] |
| Sarah J. | Neylon | 29 | Worcester | Worcester | 29 Dec 1890 | 10 Oct 1892 | Removed by mother | [361] |
| Mary | Fallon | 12 | Boston | Rainsford Isl. | 31 Dec 1890 | 28 Aug 1892 | Died - Consumption | [361] |
Return to Main Page at Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded