Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Biographical Registers; Series: 15.9
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Name: Theodore H Berkan
Received Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1869
Birth Place: Kansas
Residence Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Received Date: 2 Nov 1889
Institution: Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory, Huntingdon
Prisoner Number: 179
Crime: Receiving stolen goods
Sentence: maximum, 3 years, 1 May 1890, promoted to 1st grade ; 10 Jan 1891, paroled ; 26 Aug 1891, released
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Schools: Good. Com. school - ????
Labor: Drug. Clerk - claims to be a registered and qualified pharmacist. Studied in Phil. Col. of Pharmacy 2 courses - last course 87-88. Sale when arrested.
Religion: belongs to no church - attended Presbyterian church Sunday School. Occasional drinker. Admits prostitution - has had "gon" - uses tobacco.
Notes:
Father was a ranchman and disappeared about 15 yrs. ago - know nothing of him since.
Mother died about 16 yrs. ago.
Brothers:
Russell Berkau, age 23, Farmer in Kansas.
Fred Berkau, age 19, Butcher in N.Y.
Stanley Berkau, 17, San Diego, California, in school.