Batavia Daily News 28 Sept. 1895 Deserted by Parents they arre turned over to an organized Society: Poormaster Griffis has turned a girl aged 8 years and a boy aged 6 years over to Rev. W. J. Maybee of Syracuse, State agent for the National Children's Home Society. The little ones are the children of james palmer, a former resident of Batavia and an employee of the Central road, whose wife, Hattie, ran away from their home on Sept. 13, 1893. Mrs. Palmer took her 4 mo. old daughter with her, but left the two other children. Palmeer entrusted the children to the care of his wife's mother, Mrs. Nancy Hess of Batavia, agreeing to pay their board. He has failed to pay up for a long time and as his present whereabouts is unknown Mrs. Hess turned the children over to Poormaster Griffis unable to care for them herself. The children are : Harriet Loretta Palmer b. 30 June 1888 Batavia. She is the great grandmother of my children and is accounted for. She was brought to Canajoharie, Montgomery Co.NY before 1900; in 1900 she is in T/ Palatine, Montgomery Co. and married age 16 to Alexander Saltsman. Bertram Palmer was b. 25 Mar. 1890. He disappeared and was likely adopted. It was learned that he was a career Navy man who never married and was on shore duty in Hawaii in 1942. Not proven. Edith Mae Palmer b. 15 Jan. 1893 Batavia. She is alive 23 July 1958 when she filed for her Social Security benefits in Batavia. This is the daughter that her mother took with her when she disappeared. The mother has never been found. In Edith's SS application she said that she is was Edith Mae Palmer aka Gibbs. The mother's maiden name was Gibbs and the child probably took this surname. I cannot locate Edith Mae after the 1958 date. In a later email I'll give more information re Rev. Maybee taken from the Batavia Daily News. Deanna Smith