NJMONMOU-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > NJMONMOU-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 105 > > Today's Topics: > #2 Finding A Handicapped Ancestor ["Ken Everard" <everardk@comcast.ne] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Finding A Handicapped Ancestor > From: "Ken Everard" <everardk@comcast.net> > Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:23:00 -0400 > To: NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com > > Greetings All: > > I have learned that my mother's father was in a wheel chair when his wife died in 1914 who lived with her family on Carmine St. in the Little Italy area. Three of their children were placed in Catholic orphanages because their father could not take care of them. > > What would the authorities do back then in terms of taking care of my grandfather? Were there homes for the handicapped or would some other relatives be required to take him in? His name is George H. Sherman who was born and probably raised in Monmouth County, NJ. It will be difficult finding his place and year of death without some assistance. > > Any suggestions would be sincerely appreciated. > > Ken Ken, A search of the US census for the family places them in Asbury Park, Monmouth County, NJ in 1910 (George, Rose, Harry B., Lovina C., Charles R.H., Olive B., and George H.). In 1920, George is listed as a boarder in the David Lewis household in Howell, Monmouth County. Rose died at the age of 60 in Manhattan, NY on 6 January 1914. Her death certificate number is #834. A search of the 1930 US census did not yield an entry for George Sr., however his son George is listed as a nephew in the Martin Bender household in Manhattan, NY. It is probable that George Sr. died sometime between 1920-1930. A search of the death certificates for NJ and/or NY for this timeframe should be completed to locate his death record. Hope this helps! -- Michelle Tucker Chubenko Professional Genealogist: http://www.chubenko.us/profgen/index.htm "Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up." - James A. Garfield ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ukraine WorldGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukrwgw/index.html NJGenWeb: Monmouth County - http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmonmo2 OKGenWeb Adair Co.: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okadair/adaircty.htm AdairCoArch: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/adair/adair.html Shell'sHomePg: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mchub/shell.htm