Might be cause women didn't have alot of rights back then...we were not smart enough to handle property, money or much of anything else but housework and kids.... SLC Thyme1954@aol.com wrote: > > I would also be interested in any information about this question concerning > wards of the state and "if the mother was still living, why the children who > were minors, given another guardian"? > So if anyone happens to have some ideas pertaining to this, PLEASE respond in > the Luzerne newslist so we can all benefit, okays? thanx :-) > Thyme > > ==== PALUZERN Mailing List ==== > If you wish to UNSUBSCRIBE: > PALUZERN-L-request@rootsweb.com > place UNSUBSCRIBE in body of message, leave subject empty

> we were not smart enough to handle property, money > or much of anything else but housework and kids.... > > > I would also be interested in any information > > about this question concerning wards of the state > > and "if the mother was still living, why the > > children who were minors, given another guardian"? I'm not sure that it had to do with being thought not smart enough, as much as that we ourselves were of limited legal standing and the responsibility of our fathers and husbands. If the the filer was a "minor over the age of 14" then, considering 14 year olds were regularly employed, he wasn't looking for someone to take care of him physically as much as legally. Perhaps a male guardian was needed to sign apprenticeship papers, for example, or it was the guardian himself to whom the child was "apprenticing". Definitely an interesting topic about which to learn more. Alaine __________________________________________________ Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/