Sorry, in above query I forgot to mention his parents names were ALBERT (or Andrew) BRUNNER and HELEN FLEMING. Thanks, Sarah Sarah Wasiura wrote: > Does anyone on the list remember hearing the surname HUGHTO or BRUNNER > from the Plattsburgh area? I'm still searching for the Orphanage my > grandfather, CLARENCE BRUNNER b. Dec. 14, 1899, was placed in at age > appx. 3 yrs. (1902?). He told me he was not adopted, but placed in > several foster homes. I know his mother was alive and I believe his > father was also. He ended up running away out west. Joined Army in CO. > in 1916 at age 16-17, but he used the name CLARENCE HUGHTO. To this day > we don't know where HUGHTO came from. Hoping for some help. Don't know > where Clarence was born, but think it was somewhere in NYS. Thanks, > Sarah