In a message dated 8/26/2005 9:39:11 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I have been doing research at the Family History Library in SLC, for the last two weeks. In my research, I came across an instance in about 1747, of a father dying and four minor children all being apprenticed out to a different master. The youngest child was five years old. The oldest brother, who was apparently of age, had to give his approval for the five year old. There was no further mention of these children in the orphan court records, so I can only assume none of them completed their apprenticeship. And our kids think they have it tough. In 1862 my great grandfather was 7 years old. His father had died in the civil war, his mother had died in 1861. He was put out as a laborer for his growing up years. When his boys were old enough he did the same thing. He put them on farms as laborers. My great great grandfather, D F Jones died sometime in 1861, we are not sure. THe entire story is on my web page. My great grandpapa, James William Jones, was a hard man. When his daughter became pregnant in 1898 (unwed) he kept her child, Toy Jones, and sent her packing. She left and was never heard from again. Linda (Jones) Beveridge www.jonesbeveridge.com researching: JONES-BEVERIDGE-TURNAGE-GALLOWAY-STUART/STEWART-THOMPSON-PICKARD-CROCKETT-IMOE-JOHNSON-WILLIAMS-RODGERS-WINELAND- +++ STATES & COUNTRIES: TENNESSEE, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS, KENTUCKY, TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, MINNESOTA, OHIO, INDIANA, MISSOURI, ILLINOIS, AND A FEW I CANNOT REMEMBER! DONNEBRISTE, FIFESHIRE, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, WALES, FRANCE, GERMANY, BAVARIA +++++

Doesn't this type of thing just break your heart. I hope you find your four. Wava >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Jones] Apprenticing Children >Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:46:36 EDT > > >In a message dated 8/26/2005 9:39:11 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: > >I have been doing research at the Family History Library in SLC, for the >last two weeks. In my research, I came across an instance in about >1747, of a father dying and four minor children all being apprenticed >out to a different master. The youngest child was five years old. The >oldest brother, who was apparently of age, had to give his approval for >the five year old. There was no further mention of these children in >the orphan court records, so I can only assume none of them completed >their apprenticeship. And our kids think they have it tough. > > > > > > >In 1862 my great grandfather was 7 years old. His father had died in the >civil war, his mother had died in 1861. He was put out as a laborer for >his >growing up years. When his boys were old enough he did the same thing. He >put >them on farms as laborers. > >My great great grandfather, D F Jones died sometime in 1861, we are not >sure. THe entire story is on my web page. My great grandpapa, James >William >Jones, was a hard man. When his daughter became pregnant in 1898 (unwed) >he >kept her child, Toy Jones, and sent her packing. She left and was never >heard >from again. > > > >Linda (Jones) Beveridge >www.jonesbeveridge.com >researching: >JONES-BEVERIDGE-TURNAGE-GALLOWAY-STUART/STEWART-THOMPSON-PICKARD-CROCKETT-IMOE-JOHNSON-WILLIAMS-RODGERS-WINELAND- > +++ > >STATES & COUNTRIES: >TENNESSEE, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS, KENTUCKY, TEXAS, >CALIFORNIA, MINNESOTA, OHIO, INDIANA, MISSOURI, ILLINOIS, AND A FEW I >CANNOT >REMEMBER! >DONNEBRISTE, FIFESHIRE, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, WALES, FRANCE, GERMANY, BAVARIA >+++++ > > > > >==== JONES Mailing List ==== >Need to unsubscribe? Just send a message to [email protected] >put the word "unsubscribe" in either the subject line or message body. >