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1920 US Federal Census
Juvenile Detention Home
Council Bluffs, Kane Twp.

Census of the Juvenile Detention Home, Pierce Street, Council Bluffs. Enumerated 8 January 1920.

This was one of several homes in the city for "wayward" children.
Not all children were "juvenile offenders," however, as many were
sent to such a home if their parents couldn't care for or feed them
or the children were not attending school or were orphaned.

NAME AGE SEX PLACE OF BIRTH OCCUPATION FATHER BORN MOTHER BORN
Johnson, Caroline 48 f Canada/English Superintendent England England
Choate, Pauline 16 f Iowa inmate United States Iowa
Batchelor, Mamie 16 f Iowa inmate Ohio Ohio
Vencil, Helen 15 f Iowa inmate Bohemia Bohemia
Barlett, Gladys 14 f Nebraska inmate Nebraska Nebraska
Kinney, Eva 13 f Iowa inmate Iowa Iowa
O'Dell, Hazel 14 f Nebraska inmate Iowa Iowa
Moon, Edith 16 f Iowa inmate unknown unknown
Harden, Helen 14 f Iowa inmate unknown unknown
Fisher, June 23 f Iowa inmate/stenographer Iowa Iowa
Cash, Frank 13 m Iowa inmate unknown unknown
Vencil, Anton 11 m Iowa inmate Bohemia Bohemia
Vencil, James 13 m Iowa inmate Bohemia Bohemia
Vencil, Joe 4 y 8 m m Iowa inmate Bohemia Bohemia
McKinney, Lavaughn 16 f Iowa inmate unknown unknown

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