Following is a list of residents in
the Oneida County Poor House in
Rome, NY, taken from the 1850 Federal
Census. The information is
transcribed exactly as it appears on the
census.
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Copyright©2001
Kathy Last
| Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | Birthplace |
| Abel, Sarah | 47 | F | Unk | |
| Andrews, Ann | 83 | F | NY | |
| Austin, Charles E. | 2 | M | NY | |
| Austin, Hannah | 1 | F | NY | |
| Austin, Nathan | 5 | M | NY | |
| Austin, Susan | 25 | F | NY | |
| Baker, Charles | 3 | M | NY | |
| Barker, Betsey | 33 | F | NY | |
| Barritt, Larance | 6 | M | NY | |
| Brown, Margaret | 33 | F | Scotland | |
| Bucannan, Margaret | 33 | F | Ireland | |
| Burds, Daniel | 3 | M | Ireland | |
| Burds, Joseph | 1 | M | Ireland | |
| Burds, Morris J. | 5 | M | Ireland | |
| Cameds, Philip | 58 | M | RI | |
| Carpenter, Elizabeth | 38 | F | NY | |
| Carroll, Mathias | 53 | M | RI | |
| Carter, Dennis M. | 28 | M | Ireland | |
| Caselton, Edward | 3 mos | M | NY | |
| Caselton, Lester B. | 3 mos | M | NY | |
| Caselton, Maria | 26 | F | Ireland | |
| Cassey, Dennis | 28 | M | Ireland | |
| Chapin, Harriet | 16 | F | NY | |
| Cigsdail, Sarah | 25 | F | NY | |
| Clark, Lucinda | 32 | F | NY | |
| Cliff, Emeal | 82 | M | Ct | |
| Cole, William | 71 | M | CT | |
| Cosegon, Catherine | 34 | F | NY | |
| Cosegon, Elizabeth | 2 | F | NY | |
| Croff, Francis | 48 | F | England | |
| Curtis, Bridget | 14 | F | Ireland | |
| Daily, John | 50 | M | Ireland | |
| Dean, Mary | 28 | F | Ireland | |
| Delefland, Whittemore B. | 62 | M | NY | |
| Dickenson, Mary | 72 | F | RI | |
| Doe, John | 14 | M | Unk | |
| Drisan, C. | 26 | M | CT | |
| Duffey, Patrick | 32 | M | Ireland | |
| Dunn, Catherine | 8 | F | Ireland | |
| Dunn, Charles | 10 | M | Ireland | |
| Dunn, Jane | 32 | F | Ireland | |
| Dunn, John | 5 | M | Ireland | |
| Dunn, Mikel | 6 | M | Ireland | |
| E ??, Horace | 40 | M | NY | |
| Elmondorp, Betsey | 42 | F | NY | |
| Elthrick, Estor | 38 | F | England | |
| Elthrick, Henry | 22 | M | England | |
| Elthrick, John | 6 | M | England | |
| Elthrick, Mary | 3 | M | England | |
| Elthrick, Thomas | 7 | M | England | |
| Engeals, James | 27 | M | NY | |
| Evans,Thomas | 27 | M | Laborer | NY |
| Fargo, Lucy | 72 | F | CT | |
| Fitzgerald, David | 43 | M | RI | |
| Flint, Ann | 37 | F | NY | |
| Gephison, Francis | 38 | M | England | |
| Golden, Patrick | 74 | M | Ireland | |
| Griffith, G. O. | 55 | M | Keeper of Poor House | NY |
| Griffith, George | 17 | M | NY | |
| Griffith, Margaret | 55 | F | NY | |
| Griffith, Margaret E. | 7 | F | NY | |
| Griffith, Sarah M. | 10 | F | NY | |
| Hancock, Susan | 39 | F | NY | |
| Hazel, Allen | 8 | M | NY | |
| Hazel, Calvin | 4 | M | NY | |
| Hazel, Henry | 6 | M | NY | |
| Hazel, Smith | 11 | M | NY | |
| Hiam, Timothy | 57 | M | RI | |
| Hilliard, Mary | 28 | F | NY | |
| Holbert, John | 62 | M | NY | |
| Holt, Rebecca | 47 | F | England | |
| Homeston, Cornelia | 13 | F | NY | |
| Hone, Maria | 68 | F | NY | |
| Hulburt, H. T. | 32 | M | Ireland | |
| Jones, Elizabeth | 52 | F | W | |
| Judson, Harrietia | 63 | F | Ct | |
| Kelley, Joanna | 5 | F | Ireland | |
| Kelley, Mary | 41 | F | Ireland | |
| Kelley, Mary A. | 2 | F | Ireland | |
| Kelley, Mikel | 4 | M | Ireland | |
| Lane, Robert | 24 | M | England | |
| Lee, Henry | 21 | M | NY | |
| Lial, Peter | 39 | M | Ireland | |
| Loughton, Albert | 8 | M | NY | |
| Mann, Margaret | 30 | F | NY | |
| Mann, Mary A. | 1 | F | NY | |
| Mannington, Alford | 43 | M | England | |
| Marson, Rosanna | 24 | F | Ireland | |
| McAdams, Ann | 15 | F | Ireland | |
| McAdams, Bridget | 10 | F | Ireland | |
| McAdams, Edward | 7 | M | Ireland | |
| McAdams, Maria | 40 | F | Ireland | |
| McAdams, Mary | 4 | F | Ireland | |
| McCann, Pall | 46 | M | Ireland | |
| Morsnt, Sarah | 62 | F | Ireland | |
| Munson, Hester | 22 | F | NY | |
| Nickelas, Mikel | 45 | M | France | |
| O'Brian, Ann | 11 | F | Ireland | |
| O'Brian, Catherine | 3 | F | Ireland | |
| O'Brian, Hannah | 30 | F | Ireland | |
| O'Brian, James | 15 | M | Ireland | |
| O'Brian, Mary | 8 | F | Ireland | |
| O'Brian, Mikel | 37 | M | Ireland | |
| O'Brian, Mikel | 5 | M | Ireland | |
| O'Brian, William | 14 | M | Ireland | |
| Odonald, Ellen | 36 | F | Ireland | |
| Odonald, Patrick | 6 | M | NY | |
| Odonald, Thomas | 2 | M | NY | |
| Oins, Caroline | 22 | F | NY | |
| Oins, Oin | 63 | M | Wales | |
| Oins, Rebecca | 24 | F | NY | |
| O'Neil, James | 44 | M | Ireland | |
| Palmer, Edwin | 17 | M | NY | |
| Perkins, Luther | 2 | M | NY | |
| Phipe, Thomas | 20 | M | France | |
| Price, R. | 68 | M | Mass | |
| Putnam, Betsey | 48 | F | VT | |
| Putnam, George | 54 | M | CT | |
| Roberts, Ann | 30 | F | Wales | |
| Root, B. | 50 | F | NY | |
| Sexton, Elizabeth | 8 | F | NY | |
| Sexton, Ellen | 38 | F | Ireland | |
| Sexton, Ellen | 3 | F | NY | |
| Sexton, Margaret | 5 | F | NY | |
| Shean, Margaret | 31 | F | Ireland | |
| Sheldon, Amanda | 48 | F | VT | |
| Sherwood, Ira | 12 | M | NY | |
| Simon, Oswold | 42 | M | Germany | |
| Stodard, George | 28 | M | NY | |
| Talman, Mary | 31 | F | Ireland | |
| Talman, Thomas | 6 | M | Ireland | |
| Thompson, James | 60 | F | England | |
| Thone, Nancy | 57 | F | NY | |
| Waid, John | 58 | M | Ireland | |
| Wheeler, Hannah | 32 | F | NY | |
| Wheeler, Hepsey | 3 | F | NY | |
| Wheeler, Sarah | 7 | F | NY | |
| While, Thomas | 57 | M | Penn | |
| Whitteans, David | 36 | M | NY | |
| Williams, (?) | 34 | F | Ireland | |
| Williams, George | 17 | M | Canada | |
| Williams, Leona | 77 | F | Wales | |
| Williams, Lishetta | 53 | F | Canada | |
| Williams, Mary | 34 | F | NY | |
| Williams, Robert | 7 | M | NY | |
| Williams, Saffiah | 30 | F | Canada | |
| Williams, William | 11 | M | NY | |
| Willse, Thomas | 45 | M | NY | |
| Wise, Henry | 72 | M | Germany | |
| Wright, Ralph | 7 | M | NY | |
| Wright, Sarah | 40 | F | NY |