Hello, I do not know much about Census forms. But, I'd like to know if there is any way to find out how many people were living in "The Temporary Home for Women and Children" when it existed at ..41 Chardon Street .. in Boston from 1900 to 1910. This street formerly was just outside of "Scollay Square," and it is now .. New Chardon Street which is part of the Government Center. (There was also a "Wayfarers' Lodge" on Hawkins Street which was off of Chardon Street.. which held "able-bodied pauper men." If it is too difficult to find this information on a Census Form, would an organization (or the "Overseers of the Poor") show up in a Boston City Directory? I would like to find out which years my grandmother lived in "The Temporary Home" which would have been between 1900 and 1910. She was born in Boston in Feb. 1889 and was "a foundling." In Mar. 1892, she was adopted by an older couple, whom I believe to be her grandparents. They changed her name to Mary Anna Clark DEXTER, after the Adoptive mother's name: Mrs. Mary Anna DEXTER, nee' Mary Anna CLARK of Westport, MA. John and Mary DEXTER, Age 55, seem to have moved from Westport to Melrose, MA, just to adopt the baby. Unfortunately, Mrs. DEXTER died in the spring of 1899, and John DEXTER "disappeared into thin air." He was not listed in the 1900 Census for .. New England. So, the young Mary Anna DEXTER went to live ..somewhere.. in 1900. And, she was reportedly in "homes" from 1900 until 1908 or 1909, when she went to live in a girlfriend's home in Medford, MA. While going through "papers" in my mother's home, I found a certified copy of Mrs. Dexter's death certificate which showed that she was still Married when she died. This means that John Dexter was still alive in April 1899. Also in the papers were handwritten notes mentioning: William and Mary CLARK and an uncle, George CLARK, who moved to California. My grandmother, at the time of her marriage in 1911, believed that William and Mary CLARK were her birth-parents (probably somehow related to the Adoptive mother, nee' Mary Anna CLARK, daughter of James CLARK of Little Compton, RI, and Westport, MA. ... But, I had her Adoption Records opened a few years ago, and her name .. at birth .. or soon after birth .. was Daisy WATROUS. Thank you for your time. Betty (near Lowell, MA) FYI: "The Temporary Home" started out on nearby Tremont Street in Boston possibly in the 1860's, but later on moved over to the Chardon Street address. I believe this multi-story building held the offices for other organizations also. "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; one is roots, the other is wings." Hodding Carter, Jr.

You can contact the Dept of Social Services, 24 Farnsworth St., Boston, MA which still runs the shelter. Eileen Velez BBFFRRPP wrote: >Hello, > >I do not know much about Census forms. But, I'd like to know if there is >any way to find out how many people were living in "The Temporary Home for >Women and Children" when it existed at ..41 Chardon Street .. in Boston from >1900 to 1910. > >This street formerly was just outside of "Scollay Square," and it is now .. >New Chardon Street which is part of the Government Center. > >(There was also a "Wayfarers' Lodge" on Hawkins Street which was off of >Chardon Street.. which held "able-bodied pauper men." > >If it is too difficult to find this information on a Census Form, would an >organization (or the "Overseers of the Poor") show up in a Boston City >Directory? > >I would like to find out which years my grandmother lived in "The Temporary >Home" which would have been between 1900 and 1910. > >She was born in Boston in Feb. 1889 and was "a foundling." In Mar. 1892, >she was adopted by an older couple, whom I believe to be her grandparents. >They changed her name to Mary Anna Clark DEXTER, after the Adoptive mother's >name: Mrs. Mary Anna DEXTER, nee' Mary Anna CLARK of Westport, MA. > >John and Mary DEXTER, Age 55, seem to have moved from Westport to Melrose, >MA, just to adopt the baby. Unfortunately, Mrs. DEXTER died in the spring >of 1899, and John DEXTER "disappeared into thin air." He was not listed >in the 1900 Census for .. New England. So, the young Mary Anna DEXTER >went to live ..somewhere.. in 1900. And, she was reportedly in "homes" >from 1900 until 1908 or 1909, when she went to live in a girlfriend's home >in Medford, MA. > >While going through "papers" in my mother's home, I found a certified copy >of Mrs. Dexter's death certificate which showed that she was still Married >when she died. This means that John Dexter was still alive in April >1899. > >Also in the papers were handwritten notes mentioning: William and Mary >CLARK and an uncle, George CLARK, who moved to California. My >grandmother, at the time of her marriage in 1911, believed that William and >Mary CLARK were her birth-parents (probably somehow related to the Adoptive >mother, nee' Mary Anna CLARK, daughter of James CLARK of Little Compton, RI, >and Westport, MA. ... But, I had her Adoption Records opened a few years >ago, and her name .. at birth .. or soon after birth .. was Daisy WATROUS. > >Thank you for your time. > >Betty (near Lowell, MA) > >FYI: "The Temporary Home" started out on nearby Tremont Street in Boston >possibly in the 1860's, but later on moved over to the Chardon Street >address. I believe this multi-story building held the offices for other >organizations also. > > >"There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; >one is roots, the other is wings." > >Hodding Carter, Jr. > > > >==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== >Search 20+ years of the Boston Globe 1979-2002: >http://www.boston.com/globe/search/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > >