There was a clergyman in the Town of Onondaga in 1900 named W. Jarvis Mayles according to the transcription in the ancestry.com census index. The last name definitely begins with "May", it's hard to read the rest. -----Original Message----- From: Deanna Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 10:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Vader-Howe I'm searching a Palmer family in Batavia, 3 children who were abandoned by their parents and given to W. Jarvis Maybee, a Minister and Superintendant of the National Children's Home Society, at least this is what the Batavia newspaper accounts of the abandonment indicate. There is a possiblity also that W. Jarvis Maybee was not a legitimate person; this being indicated in the various newspaper articles. In re-reading these this evening, I found information that could be helpful to someone searching a child given to Mr. Maybee for placement. The article states that her name was Edith or Hazel. The 1900 Census shows her as Hazel. Batavia Daily News Feb. 5, 1898......"Syracuse papers say that in his statement in regard to where he has placed certain children Mr. Maybee said that he found a desirable home for Edith or Hazel Vader in Batavia. Hazel Vader, who was then 2 1/2 years of age, was adopted on Oct. 21, 1895 by Letter-Carrier Ira Howe. She was delivered into his custody by James H. Meaghler, Superintenent of the :Poor in Syracuse, who stated that she had been deserted by her parents and had been a charge on the city of Syracuse for two years." 1900 Census, Batavia Village, 6 June, p 88 Ira J. Howe b. Sept. 1856 Michigan, married age 25 Mail Carrier, parents b. NY Katta?/Ratta? wife b. May 1856 NY, married aged 25 parents b. NY. no children Hazel R. daughter b. 1893 NY, age 6 parents b. NY Deanna