Cairo
Almshouse
1888 Transients
Original record book located at the Durham Center Museum. Transcribed by Sylvia Hasenkopf.
| Name | Nationality | Cause | Received | Discharged | Weeks | Days | Age | Remarks |
| Margaret Whiticer | Irish | Poverty | November 16, 1888 | November 20, 1888 | 62 | |||
| Thomas Connor | England | Poverty | December 15, 1888 | December 18, 1888 | 41 | |||
| Joseph Russell | United States | Poverty | December 15, 1888 | December 18, 1888 | 25 | |||
| John Lawton | United States | Poverty | December 15, 1888 | December 18, 1888 | 23 | |||
| Joseph Fossie | Italian | Insane | November 18, 1888 | March 3, 1889 | 23 | |||
| Robert Johnson | United States | Poverty | November 18, 1888 | December 18, 1888 | 28 | |||
| James Baker | English | Poverty | December 19, 1888 | January 7, 1889 | 50 | |||
| Thomas Ferris | United States | Poverty | December 19, 1888 | January 21, 1889 | 65 | |||
| J.H. Dickson | United States | December 22, 1888 | January 23, 1889 | 20 | ||||
| James Donovan | Irish | December 22, 1888 | January 23, 1889 | 50 | ||||
| George Williams | United States | Poverty | December 27, 1888 | January 28, 1889 | 32 | |||
| Bengiman C. Drake | United States | Poverty | December 31, 1888 | February 26, 1889 | 54 | |||
| John Flin | Irish | Poverty | December 31, 1888 | February 26, 1889 | 39 | |||
| Henry Ripple | German | January 2, 1889 | January 7, 1889 | 51 | ||||
| Frank Hoffman | German | January 2, 1889 | January 7, 1889 | 40 | ||||
| Christopher Murphy | Irish | January 10, 1889 | April 4, 1889 | 24 | ||||
| John Curtin | Irish | January 12, 1889 | January 21, 1889 | 47 | ||||
| James Miffit | Irish | January 14, 1889 | January 21, 1889 | 64 | ||||
| Martin Lake | United States | January 14, 1889 | January 21, 1889 | 36 | ||||
| Henry Gutchner | German | January 25, 1889 | March 12, 1889 | 53 | ||||
| George Wagner | United States | February 1, 1889 | February 2, 1889 | 34 | ||||
| James O'Brian | Irish | February 12, 1889 | February 18, 1889 | 26 | ||||
| James Nugan | Irish | February 12, 1889 | February 18, 1889 | 26 | ||||
| Thomas Murphy | Irish | February 12, 1889 | February 18, 1889 | 34 | ||||
| George Wagner | United States | February 12, 1889 | February 18, 1889 | 35 | ||||
| William Lockwood | United States | February 14, 1889 | February 18, 1889 | 52 | ||||
| George Allen | February 23, 1889 | February 18, 1889 | 29 | |||||
| Thomas Tracy | February 28, 1889 | February 26, 1889 | 34 | |||||
| William Roach | February 28, 1889 | February 26, 1889 | 46 | |||||
| John Collins | February 28, 1889 | February 26, 1889 | 52 | |||||
| John Finegan | Irish | March 1, 1889 | March 5, 1889 | 30 | ||||
| William Gahan | United States | March 1, 1889 | March 5, 1889 | 26 | ||||
| Joseph Anderson | German | March 1, 1889 | April 15, 1889 | 66 | ||||
| William Hamburgh | United States | March 7, 1889 | March 20, 1889 | 56 | ||||
| George Merritt | United States | March 9, 1889 | March 18, 1889 | 35 | ||||
| Grant Sherman | United States | March 9, 1889 | March 18, 1889 | 16 | ||||
| John Swartz | German | March 11, 1889 | March 25, 1889 | 26 | ||||
| Jacob Windar | German | March 11, 1889 | March 25, 1889 | 26 | ||||
| Joseph Traver | United States | March 16, 1889 | ||||||
| William H. Traver | United States | March 17, 1889 | March 19, 1889 | 22 | ||||
| Jessie Shears | United States | March 19, 1889 | March 21, 1889 | 40 | ||||
| Owen Doughry | March 23, 1889 | April 1, 1889 | 73 | |||||
| Sylvester Terpin | United States | April 12, 1889 | April 15, 1889 | 84 | ||||
| Ida Robinson (Colored) | United States | April 27, 1889 | June 3, 1889 | 13 | ||||
| Amos Finch | United States | April 26, 1887 | April 27, 1889 | |||||
| Noah Rowley | United States | May 11, 1889 | June 30, 1889 | 29 | ||||
| Michael Kelly | Irish | July 15, 1889 | August 1, 1889 | 65 | ||||
| William Terpiny | United States | August 8, 1889 | August 12, 1889 | 78 | ||||
| James Conley | Irish | August 10, 1889 | August 12, 1889 | 64 | ||||
| Jenny L. Lewis | United States | August 15, 1889 | August 21, 1889 | 20 | ||||
| Raymond A. Lewis | United States | August 15, 1889 | August 20, 1889 | 2 months | Died Buried in County Lot | |||
| John Sulivan | Irish | August 31, 1889 | 40 | |||||
| Michael McGathney | Irish | September 1, 1889 | September 15, 1889 | 60 | ||||
| William McCarty | Irish | September 17, 1889 | November 12, 1889 | 38 | ||||
| Phineas Smith | United States | September 18, 1889 | November 16, 1889 | 21 | ||||
| Mary Tobin | United States | September 23, 1889 | November 27, 1889 | 39 | ||||
| Eugene Garner | October 20, 1889 | November 9, 1889 | 40 | |||||
| Frank McGraft | Irish | October 27, 1889 | 42 | |||||
| Mary McGraft | Irish | 45 | ||||||
| John Curtain | Irish | November 16, 1889 | November 18, 1889 | 53 |
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