This 5th cousin's family has a really sad tale connected to it. Ralph's wife, Abrosia, died in 1934 at the age of 35. According to her next youngest son's obit, there are ten children. I can only account for eight at the moment. Anyway, the four youngest went to live in an orphanage in Philadelphia. It just breaks my heart to find this out.
Today's task is looking for information on the eight/ten children. I googled one of the kid's name to see what I might discover.
Up pops an obituary I didn't expect. The obituary is for a lady who lists Ralph's kids as her half-siblings. Her parents are neither Ralph or his wife Ambrosia. So.....how does she fit in? So far she is not listed in any of her alleged half-siblings obituaries.
Later...
I just found three of the kids in the 1940 census as 'boarders' with a family in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Still haven't located the father on the census yet. So far 4 of the kids in the orphanage in 1940 and then the three just located with a 'strange' family in another county.
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