My husband's grandfather, Anthony Jerome Dunleavy (b. 1884 in England) is the black sheep of the family. He left his wife and six children in 1927 in Scranton, PA. My husband's father never spoke of him. The last time he appears in the Scranton city directories is 1927. I have not been able to locate him in the 1930 or 1940 census. Family stories say he worked as a bellman at a hotel in NYC. I have never been able to confirm that. I do have his SSI application from 1937 which has his address in Suffern, N.Y. He listed his employer as Rockland Electric. I have communicated with descendants of one of his brothers over the years. They said that it was not unusual for Anthony to leave the family for periods of time and end up in NYC. The brothers would go to NYC, find him and bring him home to Scranton. The brother's theory is that Anthony died homeless in NYC. Anthony's name appears in one of his brother's obits in 1953 and states he lived in NJ. His name does not ap! pear in another brother's obit in 1958. Going on that information, I requested a search at NYC municipal archives for a death certificate for 1953-1958. They came up with nothing. So my question is: where do I go from here? Am I missing something? Should I assume that he did indeed die homeless and there are no records? Any suggestions would be welcomed. Sandy Dunleavy