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Submitted by Christine Gorman

The Aged and Infirm, and those who died in the Poor House, 1878-1879

The Examiner, May 20, 1879.

The following list shows the names, ages, and conditions of the inmates of the Poor House: --

• Mary Cavanagh, 100; confined to bed.
• Michael Noonan 85; cripple.
• Owen Murphy, 85; blind and infirm.
• Anastasia Dalton, 84; deaf and infirm.
• James Craul, 84; infirm.
• William Kenny, 83; cripple.
• Elizabeth Manging, 82; deaf and infirm.
• Margaret McKay 82; infirm.
• Ann McKenna, 80; infirm.
• Garnet Taylor McGregor, 80; infirm.
• Mary Rooney, 80; infirm.
• Catherine M. Gayner, 80; infirm.
• Ann Collins, 80; cripple.
• Ann Kennedy, 79; infirm.
• Mary Ryan, 79; infirm and blind.
• Jane Murphy, 78; infirm.
• Isabella English, 76; infirm.
• William Story, 76; cripple
• Thomas Devereaux, 74; blind and confined to bed.
• Emanuel Bolt, 74; cripple.
• Catherine McDonald, 72; infirm.
• John McKenna, 72; infirm.
• James McDonald, 72; infirm and blind.
• Duncan Ferguson, 70.
• Rosanna McKenna, 70; infirm.
• John Donovan, 58; lunatic from the Asylum.
• John McLeod, 49; cripple.
• William Fanish, 49; cripple.
• James Robertson, 48.
• Mary Butler, 46.
• William Roach, 45; subject to fits.
• Isabella Mcdonald, 45; cripple
• Richard Williams, 45; simpleton.
• John Poore, 43; cripple.
• John Boyle, 14; idiot.

Here is a list of those who died in the Poor House since March, 1878.

• Octavius Lepage, 70; 15^th March, 1878.
• John McKenna, 68; 20^th March, 1878.
• Lauchlan Johnston, 68; 21^st March, 1878.
• Joseph Russell, 6 months; 31^st May, 1878.
• Charlotte McKenzie, 58; 2^nd August, 1878.
• Christy McLean, 84; 25^th August, 1878.
• John Dingwell, 80; 11^th November, 1878.
• George McKay, 50; 25^th November, 1878.
• Jessie Campbell, 58; 27^th December, 1878.
• John O'Conner, 50; 31^st December, 1878.
• Sarah McPhail, 84; 28^th January, 1879.
• Henry O'Neill, 14; 29^th April 1879.