What Barbara said makes sense. I have a little to add, though. My ancestor had TB in GA, she died in 1924, but on the 1920 census she was in the State Sanitarium, many counties away from where she was born, raised, and buried. That sanitarium is still in use today (believe it or not!). Anyway, maybe you could find out where the DE sanitarium was, or do a soundex search? Amy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Johnson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 7:40 AM Subject: Re: Irish Relative > Her death cert should give you her residence. Also the census reports lists patients in the hospital, even shows county homes. If she died in 1914, I'd try the 1910 census. But get her death cert first. > Barbara Johnson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Irish Relative > > Greetings, I am trying to discover what happened to my grandfather's sister, > Sarah Jane Barnett. Her family consisting of father, Robert Barnett, mother, > Elizabeth Grier Barnett, and brother, Robert, Jr. came to the United States > from County Donegal, Ireland some time between Robert's birth in 1872 and > James' birth (in Wilmington, Delaware) in 1874. She was married to John > James Hartley on September 21, 1893 and they had one son, Robert Barnett > Hartley, who died during World War I. John James Hartley died in 1897 in > Chester, Pennsylvania but according to the 1900 census, Sarah's son, Robert, > was living with his grandparents in Wilmington, Delaware. Sarah died in 1914 > from tuberculosis and the church records at her death, showed that she was > living in Wilmington. Could anyone tell me if there was a facility in > Wilmington in 1914 that helped people with tuberculosis? Because she was > suffering from TB would she have been living at this facility rather than > with her family? Is there any way of obtaining information from such > facilities from that far back in time? Any help would be greatly > appreciated. Regards, Jane MacLachlan > >