Thanks for the suggestion. Will contact the Assumption School. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <WOLF6PACK@aol.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 7:17 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] William A. Donnell from St. Joseph's Home Peekskill,NY. > > In a message dated 4/15/2007 7:01:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > WOLF6PACK@aol.com writes: > > Seeing as NY has an age of emancipation at 21, he should > have been listed with the family, unless he was sent off to school by > that > time. > > > > I just rolled thru the 27 pages of St Joseph's Home in 1900, anyone over > age 15 seems to be listed as a servant. Just a few age 16 are listed as > "at > school". I still think the church farmed them out to save money and > "teach > them a trade". 15 seems to be the magic number as I went thru each page > of > inmates. > > I am sure kids got lost in the system back then as much as they do > now... > sent out to work and then lose track of them. > > I am so glad none of my ancestors ended up in St. Joseph's. > > The nuns who ran St Josephs also ran the Assumption School in Peekskill. > I > wonder if they would have a history of the home or knowledge of the rules > back then. > > Judy > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >