This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: THEAL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBC.2ACI/2444 Message Board Post: I am looking for info on this orphan's home. My great-grandfather Henry W. THEAL moved to VA after 1920, and is in the 1930 census living in Richmond with his second wife. A daughter who was 4 in the 1920 census, may be the 14 year old Lenora THEAL listed in the Memorial Home for Girls in Richmond in 1930. I feel certain this is my grandmother's sister, but am confused as to why she is living in this home for girls? Was this an orphanage and/or a place to send "wayward" girls? Where would the records be kept for this facility? Does anyone know the history on this home?

Hello, This may be the place you are looking for. I remember the building as a child and I checked google and there is a website: Memorial Guidance Clinic http://www.mcgcva.com/ Hope this helps. Mary Ann Date forwarded: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 04:29:19 -0700 From: [email protected] Date sent: 17 Jan 2003 04:17:42 -0700 Subject: [VAHENRIC] Memorial Home for Girls/Richmond/1930 census To: [email protected] Forwarded by: [email protected] > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: THEAL > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBC.2ACI/2444 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for info on this orphan's home. My great-grandfather Henry > W. THEAL moved to VA after 1920, and is in the 1930 census living in > Richmond with his second wife. A daughter who was 4 in the 1920 census, > may be the 14 year old Lenora THEAL listed in the Memorial Home for Girls > in Richmond in 1930. I feel certain this is my grandmother's sister, but > am confused as to why she is living in this home for girls? Was this an > orphanage and/or a place to send "wayward" girls? Where would the records > be kept for this facility? Does anyone know the history on this home? > > > ==== VAHENRIC Mailing List ==== > Please do not send attachments to the list.Some people have problems > opening attachments. If you want to send an attachment to someone on the > list email it privately to them. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >