Amanuensis Monday: Great Hill School 1892-93 Seymour CT
Have you ever wondered if there’s a 1890 census substitute which identifies children? Well there’s a great resource if they survived. That resource is a school register. Here’s the school register from the Great Hill School in Seymour, Connecticut for the academic year of 1892-93. Many school registers include the actual birth date in the data they collect. Unfortunately, this one didn’t.
1892-93 School Register : Great Hill School, Seymour, CT
Teacher: Addie M. Smith
Student Name……………Gender….Age(Yr..Mo)………….Parent or guardian
Eva DeForest……………F…………9………………..Isaac DeForest
Mary Hull………………F………..14…5…………….Charles Hull
Olive Holbrook………….F………..12…6…………….Allen Holbrook
Nettie Holbrook…………F………..14………………..Allen Holbrook
Violet Llewellyn………..F………..10…7…………….Arthur Llewellyn
Lottie Llewellyn………..F…………6…4…………….Arthur Llewellyn
Jennie Moshier………….F………..16………………..Charles Moshier
Fanny Pierce……………F…………9…5…………….George Tomlinson
Sarah Smith…………….F………..14………………..Henry Smith
Nancy Smith…………….F………..12………………..Edgar Smith
Bernice Smith…………..F………..11…7…………….Edgar Smith
Ethel Smith…………….F………..10………………..Edgar Smith
Alanta Smith……………F…………8…1…………….Henry Smith
Etta Smith……………..F…………8………………..Edgar Smith
Jennie Shay…………….F………..14…1…………….John Shay
Lena Cassill……………F…………7…6…………….John Shay
Carrie Swan…………….F………..13…8…………….Morgan Swan
Lydia Schmidthausler…….F……………………………J Schmidthausler
Florence Treat………….F………..15…2…………….Albert Treat
Ruby Treat……………..F…………8…8…………….Albert Treat
Alice Shreman…………..F…………9…11……………Ed Freeman
Arthur Deforest…………M………..10…4…………….Isac Deforest
Clarence Davis………….M…………7…6…………….Edward Davis
Walter Davis……………M…………9…5…………….Edward Davis
Charles Dudly…………..M…………7…8…………….Henry Dudly
Otis Francis……………M………..17………………..Francis Morelle
John Hully……………..M…………9…6…………….Charles Hully
Jame Moshier……………M………..10…3…………….Charles Moshier
John Qualey…………….M……………………………Rose Qualey
Fred Smith……………..M…………8…5…………….Henry Smith
Dixon Smith…………….M…………6…5…………….Edgar Smith
Leo Shay……………….M………..12…1…………….John Shay
Walter Scranton…………M…………6…3…………….Abram Scranton
John Schaaff……………M…………6…2………………….Schaaff
Charles Hopkiss…………M…………7..11…………….Fred Hopkiss
Thomas Powers…………..M…………9………………..James Powers
George Sherman………….M………..16………………..Wm. Sherman
Reginald I Smith………..M…………5…7…………….Edgar Smith
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An excellent suggestion, but are any of these records cataloged and available on line?
Unfortunately, most of these records are not cataloged or available online. Also many of these school registers did not survive until today. There are a number of places I would check for the town you’re looking for;
1) The local historical society (Seymour, Connecticut has registers from 1891 – 1956)
2) The local library (Newtown, Connecticut [Booth Library] has registers from the 1890s in their vault [some library staff may not know about them but they are there])
3) The local town historian
4) The local genealogy club or society
5) The local town clerks office
6) The state archives
7) The state library