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Subject: [OHATHENS ] Children's home -parental explanation
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 17:46:32 EST

Pat, I haven't worked much on the children's home yet, but I wanted to
mention that the listing of the parents does NOT say that BOTH parents placed
them their. It is merely a note of who the parents were. Sometimes, both
parents were living, and placed them in the home. Sometimes both parents were
deceased, but still listed. the Register does not seem to indicate the status
of the parents as far as I can tell, unless it states that a parent got them
out. At least that's what I've derived from it so far. That probably doesn't
help you in any way, but I thought I'd make sure everyone knew that. :)
Julie
In a message dated 3/2/03 12:01:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:

> Thank you, Julie, for the Children's Home list.
>
> The Caldwell family is mentioned. Four children were placed there by their
> parents,
> Perry V. &Lizzie M. Caldwell. Perry V. is my husband's ggrandfather and we
> are having no luck tracing him.
> We found Perry and his older brother Milton in the 1880 census.
> Perry and Lizzie were from Athens County but moved to Kansas where all of
> their children were born. We know they lived in Wamego, Kansas.
> The record said that both parents signed the children into the home but w
> e have a feeling that Perry never came back to Ohio.
> One of the children was Samuel Clay Caldwell, an Athens doctor.
> Is anyone familar with this family?
>
> Thanks again,
> Pat
>

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