In a message dated 4/15/2007 6:06:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tartaneh@comcast.net writes: The home sent him at age 15 in 1895 to a Mr. Ward in Yorktown, Westchester, NY for 2 years. Then in 1897 he was sent to Mrs. Gannon in Croton, Westchester, NY. I have not been able to find either of this guardians listed anywhere. I don't know anything about the cities or the people any suggestion "Over against this institutional method of caring for destitute children, resulting in what is called the orphanage, but not necessarily opposed to it, are those methods which seek to put the child earlier under the influences of _family_ (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/cathen/05782a.htm) life. This is done by boarding-out and by placing-out. The former is a system in which the overseer of the _poor_ (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/cathen/12327a.htm) or similar officer confides the child to some _family_ (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/cathen/05782a.htm) , as a boarder, and pays regularly for its care up to the age of self-support." this is from: _http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11322b.htm_ (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11322b.htm) I am sure he was sent to these people as part of learning a trade or "hiring him out" since he was getting older. Judy Wolf ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.