thanx so much Pat!!! i can't believe u found her. i guess the boys had "run away" by then. they wound up in Calif, as did Hazel eventually. i am in touch with Margaret's direct line and i'm copying her with this info. (hi carla. what do u think? this sure sounds like "our" Hazel.) don't know what masonic widows means? sorry to be so "green" but would this be a religious facility? i think Maggie Clark Salyers was Baptist. again, thanx so very, very much for your help and info! charlotte -----Original Message----- From: Pat Settle [mailto:psettle@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 3:34 PM To: KYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [KYJEFFER] Jefferson County, Louisville Orphanages Charlotte, I found a Hazel SALYERS, Female, White, age 8, b. KY, parents b. U.S. living at the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home on S. Second Street, in the 1910 Louisville Census. Enumeration District 124, Precinct 39, Visit 219. There were several pages of inmates of the Home, but Hazel was the only SALYERS I found. Hope she's one of yours. Pat Settle "Clark, Charlotte A (RBI-US)" wrote:i am interested any info re: orphanages in KY. we're trying to find where my Salyers cousins were placed after 1907. charlotte clark --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines ==== KYJEFFER Mailing List ==== The Jefferson County, KY History and Genealogy page is part of USGenWeb, AHGP and ALHN which are not-for-profit Projects. Visit us at http://home.ix.netcom.com/~gsdownr/usgw/jefferson1.html. ============================== 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

Charlotte, You've heard of the Masons? They're a fraternal organization that is worldwide. Here's what "The Louisville Encyclopedia" says about the Masonic Home: "On November 23, 1866, a group of Free and Accepted Masons (F&AM) met at the Masonic Temple in Louisville to discuss the idea of providing a widows' and orphans' home and an informary. The charter for the incorporation of the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home was granted by the Kentucky legislature in January 1867. The cornerstone for the home was laid in 1869, and the first resident was admited in April 1871. The original home was erected on Second St. at the corner of "A" St. (Gaulbert Ave.) and "B" St. (Bloom Ave.). The home primarily provided care for orphans of Kentucky FREEMASONS but also was home to many elderly Masonic widows." The Masonic Home is now on Frankfort Ave. in St. Matthews (a city within Louisville). I visited there a few years ago and met a distant cousin who was a resident of the home. He was 98 years old at the time, and had been there for many years. Good luck in your search. Pat "Clark, Charlotte A (RBI-US)" wrote:thanx so much Pat!!! i can't believe u found her. i guess the boys had "run away" by then. they wound up in Calif, as did Hazel eventually. i am in touch with Margaret's direct line and i'm copying her with this info. (hi carla. what do u think? this sure sounds like "our" Hazel.) don't know what masonic widows means? sorry to be so "green" but would this be a religious facility? i think Maggie Clark Salyers was Baptist. again, thanx so very, very much for your help and info! charlotte --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines