Thanks again soo much, the family was alone in Milwaukee as my grandmother was from Manitowoc and grandfather from Iowa. I will follow up on the information you provided, THANKS> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen- (Milwaukee)" <milwaukee@linkstothepast.com> To: <wimilwau@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [WIMILWAU] Help > Ken, > > Because they are minors there aren't many places their names would show up > between censuses, even if they had parents. Perhaps they lived with > another relative of their father's? An Aunt perhaps? Or maybe a relative > of the mother? > > When he joined the navy did it give a next of Kin on his papers? Or > perhaps a residence address. You may be able to cross reference that > information with the address of who they was living with assuming they > were together. > > I have a list of orphanages on my site. It is an early list, some of them > were still in existance in 1910, but I don't have a current list to help > you for the 1910 time period. > http://linkstothepast.com/milwaukee/mkebenev.html > > Good Luck in your search. > > Ellen- > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 12/30/2006 at 5:21 PM K Wilhelm wrote: > >>Ellen >> >>I greatly appreciate your interest and help, however, the father John died >>in August of 1910 and the boys, my father Fred and Uncle Roland were later >>sent to an orphanage. I am trying to trace them to an orphanage since they >>fall off the radar screen until my father joins the Navy around 1919. Am >>trying to fill that gap. >> >>Thanks again and have a Happy and Healthy New Year. >> >>Ken in NC >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Ellen- (Milwaukee)" <milwaukee@linkstothepast.com> >>To: <wimilwau@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:02 AM >>Subject: Re: [WIMILWAU] Help >> >> >>> Ken, >>> >>> I found a Fred Age 10 and a Roland age 6 in the 1910 census living in >>> Milwaukee. >>> >>> They are listed as Sons of John age 39 and Lena age 34. >>> There is another sibling in the household, a sister Norma age 13. >>> >>> The census was taken April 27, so prior to the death of the father. >>> >>> They are listed in Ward 3. I will send you the census image privately. >>> >>> Hope that helps! >>> >>> Ellen- >>> www.LinksToThePast.com >>> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >>> >>> On 12/26/2006 at 8:39 AM K Wilhelm wrote: >>> >>>>I am looking for a list of orphanges that were operating in Milwaukee in >>>>the 1910 period. My father, Frederick Wilhelm, and his younger brother >>>>Roland, ages 10 and 7 were sent to an orphanage after their fathers' >>death >>>>in May of 1910. As the story goes their stay was as brief as possible >>>>since they were not happy there and thay ran away. >>>> >>>>I have searched census records to no avail, perhaps the count was >>>>completed before their attendance, and am certain they were gone before >>>>the next census. >>>>Any help would be greatfully appreciated. >>>> >>>>Ken Wilhelm >>>>Pinehurst, NC >>>> >>>>------------------------------- >>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >