So many people have inquired about my father's aunts' Maternity Home in Wharton, NJ--the Carpenter Maternity Home-- that I have set up a MyFamily Web Site specifically designated to give information about the Home and the Women who ran it, also about historical Wharton, New Jersey where the Maternity Home still sits, as a family residence. It was said by someone who emailed me about "Mama Linnie" and Annie Carpenter's home that it was unusual for its early twentieth century time in that it was geared toward giving the mother a comfortable birth experience in pleasant surroundings (at a time when most women were having their babies in their own homes with wifely duties ready and waiting for just after the baby's birth). My father, Ken Hamler, remembered well how as a young man he was able to hold and cuddle the newly-arrived babies in his aunts' maternity home. His mother Augusta ("Gussie") Carpenter was sister of the two never-wed sisters who ran the Carpenter Maternity Home in Wharton, New Jersey. The fourth Carpenter sister was Laura ("Lolly") Carpenter. Since I have received emails from more than a few people who have had just glowing remarks about the Maternity Home, I decided to add this MyFamily Web Site to my other historical/genealogical web sites for the Hamler family, the Spencer-Flanagan family and the Purchase family. One woman's email just glowed about how well she remember the Carpenter sisters and their maternity home. Her brother was born there in the twenties. Naturally, many of my own family members were born there. And there have been questions too.... For example, in answer to one question, the records of the births at the Carpenter Maternity Home are now held at Burrough Hall, 10 Roberts St., Wharton New Jersey 07885, Attn. Betty Poye. Another woman said that she thought that in the beginning of the 20th century, nearly all of the children in Wharton, New Jersey were born at the Carpenter Maternity Home! If you are interested, I invite you to email me for a free password to the web site. Come share news, photos, family history and more with other members of this site. It is my hope that this web site will be a genealogical & historical help--and a gathering site for memories-- for those who are in some way connected with the Carpenter Maternity Home and historical Wharton, New Jersey. Sincerely, Kathleen Hamler Purchase Administrator The Carpenter Maternity Home Web Site