Jenny

1788 - 1880  (92 years)

• Name	Jenny
  Born	1788	Not Shown   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  House of Industry and Refuge	1871	House of Industry and Refuge Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		HouseofIndustryandRefugeca1869.JPG The House of Industry and Refuge. In 1868, 141 acres was purchased on Frederick Street in Berlin (now Kitchener) and the house opened on June 15, 1869. The original building housed 100 and operated as an industrial farm, which raised crops and livestock. The residents worked for their keep if possible, those most did not. The House eventually became a strictly a residence of the aged and later relocated and renamed Sunnyside.
  Name	Old Jenny
  Occupation	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Inmate of Poor House
  Residence	1871	House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-90407
  Died	29 Mar 1880	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Cause: old age
  Buried	House of Industry and Refuge Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I90407	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Her tongue was cut off many years ago. She is remembered by many old people being an old woman in their youth - could not give her name other for name above [Jenny] stated. in the 1871 census "Idiotic cannot get - any- information" Death Registration

  
  

• Sources

  [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div 13, Page 2. [S1848] House of Industry and Refuge Burial Register - Kitchener. Old Jenny Died: 29 Mar 1880 Age: 102 Cause: Tier 3 Grave 23

  
  

• Event Map

  House of Industry and Refuge - 1871 - House of Industry and Refuge Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Inmate of Poor House - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1871 - House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: old age - 29 Mar 1880 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - House of Industry and Refuge Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth