Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Wasco County Records Inventory
Pension and Relief Records
1860-1972
Series documents financial assistance approved by the county court for widows, mothers, dependent children, orphans, the elderly, and indigents. Information includes applicant name and address, children's names and birth dates, amount of pension or monthly support payment, and county court order. Because the provision of relief became primarily a state and federal function in the 1930s, records are inventoried through 1939.
Records at the Oregon State Archives:
Human Services Records [includes requests for payment of
indigent health care and petitions for relief], 1860-1904 (.25
cu.ft.).
Records at the Wasco County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:
County Indust. Farm [Industrial Farm and Hospital Reports
and Attachments], 1930-1972 (.85 cu.ft.);
[Paupers-Relief Records], 1894-1898 (.05 cu.ft.);
Widows Pensions [Records-includes applications, reports, and orders], 1913-1937
(.35 cu.ft.).
Records at the Original Wasco County Courthouse Museum:
Wasco Co. Clerk Treas. [Clerk and Treasurer Semi-Annual Reports and Statements-includes
one page of non-resident pauper information], 1892-1894 (1 volume).