In one example in my NYC family, c. 1929, both the unmarried mom and her new-born daughter used the mom’s maiden name. There is no evidence of using the father’s name; when the mom did marry someone else later and changed her name to her new husband’s, the daughter kept the name she was born with. But I bet there was not one way to do this, it must have depended on circumstances. Michael > On Jul 9, 2016, at 3:38 PM, mizscarlettny via <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > A few years ago I was List Admin for NY-Orphanages. I've been interested in children, orphanages and NY institutions.It's a topic near and dear to me. > > > Lillian DESMOND> [email protected] has written to me about Villa Loretto in Peekskill. > Some people called it Mount St. Florence. Unsure why both names. > > > I remember my mother driving past it, when I was a girl. I distinctly remember the sign outside > on Rt 202 read, '"Villa Loretto, Home for Wayward Girls." Since I was an early reader, I asked Mom > what wayward meant. I was kind of a precocious kid who asked too many questions [still do]. > My whole life my mother hated it. > > > Years later, a friend told me that her Staten Island, single mother send her sister there > as the sister was out of control. I've since learned that my mother-in-law was also sent there > from her Brooklyn, single, alcoholic mother's home; MIL born 1930. > > > l) Who would have sent, or had power to send, NYC girls to Peekskill? Courts? > 2) Weren't there other places for "wayward' girls in NYC? > > Living around Peekskill, I've heard that pregnant girls were sent there. > Is this true? > If a pregnant girl at Villa Loretto gave birth, where did she give birth? > What surname would an unmarried girl use when she delivered a baby? > > > Thanks for your responses. > > > Barb > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************* > Jim Garrity, List Administrator > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message