Posts from
February 2001
Mona Bross Hylton, MonaMusic@aol.com,
Fri Feb 16 19:25:21 2001
Newark Orphan Asylum, Newark,
New Jersey, USA
1906-1911?
My father, Edgar John BROSS, JR. (1899-1947) became a
resident at the Newark Orphan Asylum, Newark, NJ after the death of his
mother, Frederica BRAUN BROSS in 1906. Dad's younger brother, John BROSS
was also a resident there but died there in 1914 at age 9 years. He is
buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, NJ.
Dad was originally named Louis Edward BROSS and that is the name by which
he would have entered the orphanage. He went by the name of
"Eddie" at that time. In 1942, among other things, he legally
changed his name to Edgar John Bross, JR.
I have wanted to find dad's orphanage records, but have been unable to do
so. His mother was Frederica BRAUN, born in Germany in 1879 and came to
the US with her parents in 1880. I don't know where they came from in
Germany. I just wonder if those orphanage records would give me more
insight into my dad's family.
If anyone knows where the records are, who to contact, etc., I would
appreciate any help.
Thanks.
Mona in Indiana
Linda Castle, lrc071947@aol.com,
Sat Feb 17 03:46:18 2001
Shyer/Shier
N,Y. City
1846/1854
I'm searching for the parents and siblings of Henry John Shyer
orphaned by a fire in NY NY about 1847 they lived above a store they
owned or ran, both parents died in the fire, we think there where 4
children who escaped, Henry was brought to MI by a family named Sawyer.
Linda
Debbie Blevins, debbie@cwis.net, Sat
Feb 17 17:52:19 2001
http://www.cwis.net/~debb
ie/debbie13.htm
Bennett and/or
Fitzgerald
Some where in Oklahoma
From 1918-1925
My grandmother Rosa/Rose/Rosalie Frantz told my mother that she
couldn't remember her maiden name, she said it was either Bennett or
Fitzgerald. She was born March 08, 1907 in Oklahoma and died March 10,
1968 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The story that she told us was that her father ran her and other siblings
off with a garden hoe when she was about 11 or 12 so that would be around
1918 or 1919. She said she couldn't remember if she lived in an Orpans
home or not, but did live with some people named Bennett and then the
Fitzgerald's adopted her. I do know that the Fitzgeralds was her last
home, because my Uncle Gene remember's going there. It was in Potaeu,
Oklahoma.
Then the story was told by another person, saying that Fitzgerald was her
maiden name and that her mother remarried a Bennett. (So! Now, I am
really confused!)
She remember her mother being named Maggie Fitzgerald and her father
being C. P. Fitzgerald. I have found information on Maggie, her name was
Margaret Rebecca " called Maggie" Rawls, and C. P. I believe
to be named Charles Patrick " called Charlie" Fitzgerald.
Margaret R. "Maggie" Rawls was born to Peter Rawls, and
Margaret Green. I don't know if Peter had another name or not, but I
can't seem to find him anywhere. Charles P. " Charlie"
Fitzgearld was the son of Charles Fitzgerald and Mary Elizabeth Long.
My grandmother said at one time she had almost married her brother, but
couldn't remember his name. My father said that my grandfather had
marked throw some names and stuff from my grandmothers bible. The bible
is no where to be found. I do wished that if someone has it that they
would write to me, so that we can get things straight, know where to look
if in a different direction and search/or find more people, for my
grandmother's sake. Thank you Debbie
Linda Squires, kahahuna2000@juno.com,
Sun Feb 18 05:06:30 2001
Cappell
Oklahoma City, OK
1934
Looking for the relatives of John Francis. He was born in 1934
and left at St. Joseph's Orphanage in Oklahoma City. His mother's name
was Ruth Cappell and his father was Percy Manning. Any help would be
appreciated.
rose haun, rosezlla@webtv.net,
Sun Feb 18 06:49:16 2001
william conway
quarrells/quarrel/quarles
jefferson co
tennessee
lifetime
we know that william conway qurrrells/quarrels/quarles was born
in
jefferson co tennesse and lived most of his life there, married a mary
adeline
mccarter his second wife, we think, his
father was a circuit riding methodist preacher and died when wm was vey
young,
there is some evidence that his mother,
allegdly elizabeh, bound him and his siblings out to various persons in
1834,
in jeff county when he was about 4 yrs
old. theres no evidence that he/siblings
were ever in any inst for orphans but
just bound out because the mother could't afford them or that was maybe
the equivalent back in those days, a mother with 4 or 5 children to raise
and no husband could'nt just g out and
find a job and i expect, binding them out was her only choice.none of
these
children was over 6 years old in 1834.
Jane Tait Soules, soules1@sympatico.ca,
Sun Feb 18 08:39:55 2001
CARRUTHERS
Liverpool Sheltering Home, Liverpool, Lancs, ENG
1887-9
CARRUTHERS; Dorothy Elizabeth, Isabella, Mary Jane (Jenny),
Margaret and Frances though not orphaned per se, were sent to Canada as
British Home Children, 1888/89. They -- as well as a brother, John --
were the children of Jane (ROUTLEDGE) and Richard CARRUTHERS of
Liverpool, ENG. I don't know what happened to John, but believe he
stayed in England.
I am seeking whereabouts of the descendants of the above. My
grandmother, Dorothy Elizabeth CARRUTHERS TAIT, settled in Montreal, QC.
One sister, Isabella (m. LARNER)lived in the Valleyfield, QC area.
Frances (m. STYLES) married in Amherst, NS. Mary Jane (SHELL) and
Margaret (TUDGE) married in the Richmond/Melbourne, QC area but I have no
idea what happened to the sisters -- or their families -- after
1901.
Michelle Shakespeare-Martin, GMARTIN@FOXVALLEY.NET,
Sun Feb 18 08:42:32 2001
SHAKESPEARE
New Brunswick/TAY MILLS/Stanley, CANADA
1905-1914
I am looking for any information someone might have regarding my
great-grandfather Alfred Henry Shakespeare and his brother George. Both
were Middlemores "Home Children" sent over on the SS Siberian
in June 1905 to work for at least one fellow, Mr.Fred Armstrong of Tay
Mills. Other people and records have indicated that they stayed wtih a
Mr. Harrison in Stanley, New Brunswick.
There are gaps between when my great-grandfather Alfred arrived in
Canada, and whenhe enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914.
He also married my great-grandmother Nellie (Ella Florence MARR) in 1916
in Sussex, New Brunswick, the witnesses being a Mr. Graves & Mrs.
Frederick McEwen of that area. We then lost them again after that.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
-Michelle Shakespeare-Martin
Michelle Shakespeare-Martin, GMARTIN@FOXVALLEY.NET,
Sun Feb 18 08:53:44 2001
McGaughey
Ft. Lupton, Colorado
1931
Am looking for any information regarding an adoption of Norval E.
MCGAUGHEY on May 31, 1931 in Ft Lupton, Colorado. His father's name was
Harold E.MCGAUGHEY.
He was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. John Martin in Nebraska a couple of years
later. Thus, his name became Stanley Kent Martin.
Any information would be greatly appreciated!
-Michelle Shakespeare-Martin
Jane Remly, Southpaw@webtv.net,
Sun Feb 18 22:22:18 2001
Warminski/Warminska
Pittsburgh, Pa...or near
Allegheny Co somewhere....
1905-
1920
Looking for Orphanage & dates on Anna Warminska/Warminski, b-
11-10-1905, and placed in an Orphanage with her siblings after her Mother
died when Anna was only 6 wks old. Father unable to care for young ones,
due to his work.
Along with Anna, Father Frank placed Daughter Cecelia, and Sons, Frank
& Joseph. Daughter Veronica was cared for by an unknown relative.
Anna remained there until old enough to work as a housekeeper in the
family home. It is unknown how long the others were in the orphanage, or
if they were all in the same orphanage...it is only known that it was
somewhere around the Pittsburgh area....possibly the Holy Family
Institute, according to family lore...any help appreciated.
Jane
Jane Remly, Southpaw@webtv.net,
Sun Feb 18 22:34:43 2001
Remly/Remley
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, or surrounding area.
1899-1909
Looking for information on the name of the orphanage Lloyd was
placed in along with siblings, after his Mother died around 1899-1900.
Mother was Julia Anna Remly. Father was Charles Remly/Remley.
Other siblings were:
Laura,Eva,Catherine, Effie & William.
Lloyd remained in the Orphanage until hired as a farm hand at age 12 by
the Leidecker (sp?) Family, to work on their large farm. He remained
there until old enough to work on his own....when he moved to Pittsburgh
to live with his older Brother, William.
Lloyd was fond of the Leidecker Family, and returned there several times
with his Sons to help with the Haying process, until contact was
lost...possibly thru deaths of the senior members of the family.
Any information on this orphanage would be appreciated...Thanks, Jane
Peggy Phillips, Alereen@Juno.com,
Mon Feb 19 07:21:38 2001
Phillips (Female)
philadelphia pennsylvania
Circu 1910-
912
Looking for sister of Lawrence Joseph Phillips, from
Philadelpohia PA, who lost her whole family in a Scarlet Fever Epidemic
in 1910-1911, except her brother Lawrence and herself, may have been
placed with a family or in an orphanage. Have no other
info.
Kurt Pickering, pickeringenealogi
st_pickering@hotmail.com, Mon Feb 19 07:38:14
2001
Pickering
Greene Co, OH
about 1880
Never thought about him being in an orphanage, but here's the
deal:
My great-grandfather, John Franklin "Frank" Pickering, was born
in October of 1876 in Missouri. He was the third child of Joseph F. and
Victoria (Orndorff) Pickering. His older siblings were a brother Charles
and a sister Margaret, not ncessarily in that order. Neither would have
been born before 1870, given that Joseph and Victoria married in November
1869.
Victoria died in July 1877, and Joseph was apparently not up to single
parenting. You see, I couldn't find the family in the 1880 Missouri
census but finally located Joseph - listed as single! - in Greene CO, OH,
that year. It made sense that he went there - where Victoria was from,
where they had wed, where Frank would come of age and marry in 1898, and
near where Frank's sister Margaret - whom my father remembers as Aunt
Maggie - was living in the 1930s.
But with Joseph listed as single, the question became where are his THREE
children? I've been trying to find them in a relative's household -
several of Victoria's siblings lived out their lives in Greene Co - but
without success.
Maybe, this new website makes it occur to me, they were placed in an
orphanage. It would be somewhere in the Dayton, OH, area - possibly
Xenia or Spring Valley. It might even have been temporary - Joseph
married again in 1881 and was living in the county in 1910, but of course
the next logical census to explore while the kids are still kids - the
1890 - is unavailable.
Frank was a brick wall for a long time. Placing him in his childhood
would just about wrap him up!
Thank you for any help you can provide.
BECKY MORRIS, MRMRSBONZ@CS.COM,
Mon Feb 19 19:53:01 2001
MORRIS HAROLD,MORRIS HERBERT,
MORRIS ELISE
WARWICK ENGLAND
I'M LOOKING FOR MY GRANDFATHER HAROLD MORRIS, HIS BROTHER
HERBERT , SISTER ELISE, BELIEVED CAME TO CANADA IN 1905 OR 1907 THUR
HALIFAX IN BRUNSWICK AREA. BELIEVE TO HAVE BEEN IN MIDDLEMORE HOMES.
THANK YOU BECKY MORRIS
Betty Mullett, roym@nucleus.com,
Tue Feb 20 08:35:54 2001
ROTHWELL
Long Island N.Y.
Early 1900's to approx.
1967
I am looking for information on my Great-Uncle.
William Rothwell. His last address was Concorde Ave. Medford, Long
Island. He passed after 1966 and would have been about 95 at the time.
He was a Banjo and Violin maker. He was married but his wife died many
years before him. I would like to know where he is buried and how to
obtain and records, death cert., etc. I live in western Canada so am not
close to do my own research. If some one could point me in the right
direction I would appreciate it.
Bonnie Shipp, Blshipp@aol.com, Tue
Feb 20 13:29:22 2001
Reilly, Rilly, Riley,
Reiley
Alabama or Texas
About
1911
Looking for information about Della and Willie Mae Reilly,
children of Mary Elizabeth Brown and Turner A. Reilly who were placed in
an orphans home in Alabama and later adopted by a couple from Texas.
They were born in southern Alabama, possibly Conecuh or Mobile county,
after the 1910 census.
brenda parker, halltown_tn@yahoo.com,
Thu Feb 22 12:52:06 2001
pool/poole
tennessee
1881-?
My great grandfather Andrew J. Pool/Poole vanished in 1909,
leaving his son Oney E. Poole with his wife's parents, never to return.
His wife Eva Thompson died 4/12/1909.
Teresa Orr, TeresaOrr1999@aol.com,
Thu Feb 22 14:36:54 2001
Craft
Columbus, OH
Around 1947
I was told awhile back that my grandmother, Joanne Craft, had a
fourth child in either 1947 or 1948 in Columbus, OH and had given it up
for adoption. Rumor has it that this child is mixed (white and black)
and is female. I am not familiar with adoptions and hope that maybe
someone may be able to shed a little light and help me out. Any help
will be greatly appreciated.
Michele, Mdaniels@aol.com,
Thu Feb 22 19:08:45 2001
FLYNN
Olnyville, RI,USA
anytime between 1900-
1912
Looking for ANNA M. FLYNN born in RI in 1896. Daugher of Bridget
and Thomas or Richard FLYNN. She told my grandfather that she uses to
meet her father everyday on his way home from work. One day he didn't
come home and very shortly after that her mother was taken away by a
horse drawn cart. Unknown if either died. She and her brother THOMAS
FLYNN b 1894 were take to an orphanage in Olnyville, RI (they have no
record of the Flynn children there) This would have been 1900-12. She
thought she was around 6 or 7. They had an older sister Kate or
Katherine FLYNN who promised to come for them when she got a job. May
have been one other older brother and sister. She and Thomas were sent
throught the HOME FOR DESTITUTE CHILDREN in Boston to Old Town Maine.
They were given to the Catholic church and were sent to live with
families in the area. Both were miss treated and Thomas Ran way. Annie
found him in 1935 living in Lowell MA with wife Rose and 3 children
Thomas JR (sonny), and two girls, one was a Rockette at the time. Lost
touch after WWII. Unknown where his family maybe.
Annie was give to the LABREE family after returning to the Church and
Married one of their Sons in 1914. She died in 1968. She was my Great
Grandmother and I was a year old when she died, the only information I
have is from her chilren and what little research has turned up. Anyone
with any Suggestion or help I would be most greatful.
Michele
George A. Howe, GHowe8749@aol.com,
Sun Feb 25 15:38:42 2001
George ? NORWOOD
Munjoy HIll 'Orphanage" / Portland , Maine
about 1895 to 1900
My father, GEORGE NORWOOD HOWE, told a story about being adopted
from an 'Orphanage" on Munjoy Hill, in Portland Maine, and being
raised by the Walter Howe family in Roxbury, Maine till his 21st
birthday.He was handed One-hundred dollars and told his birth name was
NORWOOD, which he used as a middle name.
He claimed there were two young boys in the crib and the Howe's came in
and chose him, he 'thought' he was about 3 or 5 years old and the other
boy may have been a brother.
Roadblock #1...According to the history of Portland, there has NEVER been
an orphanage on Munjoy HIll, that district burned during the early
1900's.
Roadblock #2...The Cumberland County Courthouse burned in the 1910's and
all records were lost.
Later in life, Dad found a lawyer in Portland, named NORWOOD,but never
got around to going to visit him, and when I decided to , we found he had
passed away, leaving no family , a month before Dad did, in 1958.
Robert Peterson, rpeter8370@AOL.com,
Sun Feb 25 19:47:57 2001
Bethesda
Home For Boys, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, U.S.A.
1880 to 1910
Would greatly appreciate hearing direct from anyone with
information as to residents of the Bethesda Home For Boys located in
Savannah, Georgia, relating to the time frame of 1880 to
1910.
Jane L. Monroe, utrainbow@qwest.net,
Mon Feb 26 11:35:55 2001
COLBURN
IN, MI, possibly also, OH
I am trying to find the parents of my great grandfather, Alonzo
Colburn.
Alonzo was said to have been born in 1853 in Ft. Wayne, Allen Co., IN.
The
history that we have is:
Alonzo was orphaned at an early age. A minister gave him and his
siblings to
different families to raise. If this is true, his parents must have died
together or close in time, to have made no provisions at all for the
children.
I have no names of other children.
Alonzo didn't care for his living arrangements, and at about the age of
12
years, he set off on his own. He ended up in Menominee, MI where he
married
Elizabeth Kinney on May 28, 1878. On their marriage license, he lists a
Joel
Colburn as his father. This is all we know about him. There is no
record of
him that we can find in Ft. Wayne or anywhere in Indiana. I have found
a
reference to a Juel Colburn (may be misspelled) in Ohio once.
If Alonzo did leave at such an early age on his own, Ft. Wayne may just
be a
place he remembered and thought he was born in.
He and Elizabeth had the following children: (Some of the names they
gave
them may have been from siblings he remembered)--- Chester Arthur (my
grandfather); Orville; Estella; Alonzo, Jr; Albert; Emma; Margaret;
Grace; Alice; George; Laura; and Francis Laurence.
Does anyone have anything that may be a clue to this part of my family?
Or a
direction to go in? I would desperately like to find some answers and
some
siblings for Alonzo. They may have even come down from Canada, we don't
know.
He was Catholic, we think. He married a Catholic and the family on that
side
has stayed Catholic.
Thanks for any help.
Jane Limerick Monroe
Littleton, CO
Patricia N. Williams, Paterash1@libcom.com,
Mon Feb 26 16:38:13 2001
Neeld, Nield
Fulton, DesMoines county, Iowa
10
On Sept. 24, 1894 the Protestant Home for Children (Protestant
Orphan Asylan)in Pittsburgh, Pa. placed with Mrs. M. Crithers Harry Neeld
8 years of age, Charles Neeld, 4 years, and Sarah Neeld age 6. The
letter from the home states they were to be placed in Fulton, Demoines
County, Iowa. There is no Fulton in Des Moines county but perhaps
someone has heard of the location. Charles died in the home, but Harry
and Sarah returned to Pittsburgh when they became of age. We are told
she worked hard on the "farm". The letter was signed by Mrs.
Florence M. Robosson, Supt. of the Protestant Home, but currently the
home does not have any of these records. Any information regarding the
Iowa home would be appreciated. I would like to obtain the children
records, if possible. Thank you.
Judi Shuman Currington, tara13@gateway.net,
Tue Feb 27 06:39:41 2001
Unknown-
Possibly Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1867-
1870
I am looking for any information on my grandmother. Her name is
unsure as I have two different names for her from other relatives who
know nothing about her other than what I am posting. Her name is either
MARGARET LAURA ELIZABETH BEATY or MARY LAURA ELIZABETH BEATY. Per the
family bible she was born July 1, 1864. She "might" have had a
brother by the name Wallace Beaty as a bible belonging to him was found
in one of my uncle's old trunks. It stated he was born December 4, 1859.
Lizzie, as my grandmother was called, married in Mecklenburg County,
North Carolina on September 8, 1885 to Charles Augustus Shuman of
Mecklenburg County, son of James W. Shuman and Jane Elizabeth Stauffer
(Shuman). Since she met her husband in Mecklenburg County, this
"might" be where she was born. One of her daughters remember
that she worked as a house girl but does not know for whom or where.
This is all the information I have for Lizzie. Any information would be
greatly appreciated!
Jayne Compton, jcompton@inna.net,
Wed Feb 28 04:36:57 2001
Northbridge, MA Pawtucket, RI
Hello, I am the Grandaughter of Marion Frances Haworth. Nana was the
product of two or three adoptions, the first begining in 1905, in
Northbridge,MA. At that time her name was Mary Mortland Booth. Adopted by
Herbert and Lottie Moore (Milford MA), the adoption did not last long.
(Rumer had it that the Moores divorced). Eventually she was adopted by a
RI couple, Walter and Sarah Chick. I am looking to locate info on Nanas
sibilings, as she herself did unsucessfully, all her life. JOHN BOOTH
(dob 7-1891 PA)CHARLOTTE BOOTH ( DOB 3-1894 CT.)MARGARET BOOTH ( DOB 9-
20-1897).Last known location for these children, and their father,
CHARLES EDWIN BOOTH ( ENG 4-1861)was Northbridge, MA. (Mother was
Elizabeth Mortland Booth. She died in Worcester, MA in 1903.) At this
time, records indicate that only Nana was placed for adoption. I have
know idea if she herself ever lived in an Orphange. The first adoption
did not address this. However, she may have lived in an Orpahange in
between her two adoptions. Also, she had memeories that suggested she may
have "lived at school" in NH for a short time. Any info, clues,
or suggestion appreciated. Other locations that the family had lived
include, PA, Moosup,CT., Northbridge, MA. Thank you!
Jayne Compton
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