Waukesha County
Online Genealogyand
Family History Library
Benevelent Institutions and Secret Societies
of Waukesha County. Includes Charties, Hospitals, Orphan Homes, Institutions, Insane Asylums, Poor Farm, Indigent Homes
Introduction
A benevolent institution is an institution usually non-profit organized for the direct relief of poverty, sickness, suffering, distress, misfortune, disability or helplessness. Often times people were sent to these homes, not because they were insane or sick, but because the authorities didn't know what to do with them.
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Benevolant Institutions (Orphanages, Asylums, Poor Houses)
List of Benevolant Institutions from the 1892 Waukesha Directory
Waukesha County Poor Farm House and Asylum
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Tuberculosis Sanatoriums
Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys-
Also referred to as House of Reform, Waukesha School for Boys
Female Moral Reform Society 1839-43
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