poorhouse in English

noun
1
an institution where paupers were maintained with public funds.
And the reality was, that without some kind of financial support, the widow and the children would end up in the poorhouse , and that was the basis for the legislation.

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1. Almshouse and Poorhouse Census records are available for free to New Yorkers at Ancestry.com New York

2. This is the New York City Farm Colony, which was a poorhouse in Staten Island from the 1890s to the 1930s.

3. You found them moaning in the poorhouse and had them carted back to your garret and opened up their bellies to see what was inside.

4. With new laws for State and Federal Welfare created after The Great Depression, the Almshouse has changed from a poorhouse to a nursing and rehabilitation center

5. Last Name First Name Middle Name Age Race Nativity Year Page Poorhouse Admissions 1900-1910 Bristlen Joseph 59 White Pennsylvania 1906 42 Britton Sallie 49 White Pennsylvania 1900 5