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1904-MOTHER DIES IN FIRE>CHILDREN PLACED IN FOSTER CARE
Posted by: chris (ID *****7656) Date: June 22, 2003 at 07:49:51
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LOOKING FOR ANYONE WHO CAN HELP: MY GGGRANDMOTHER LENA MARX,WIFE OF LEOPOLD MARX, DIED IN 1904 IN A HOUSE FIRE WHILD LIVING AT 712 E.12 STREET IN NY. AFTER SHE DIED, THE CHILDREN WERE PLACED IN FOSTER CARE HOMES. I AM TOLD THAT LEOPOLD MARX HAD TO GO TO COURT TO TRY TO PROVE TO THE COURT THAT HE COULD TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN: I HAVE FOUND INFO ON ALL OF THE CHILDREN EXCEPT 2....DOROTHY & ANNIE.

I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT ANNIE REMAINED IN NY AND LATER MARRIED AND THAT SHE BECAME PREGNANT AND DIED DURING CHILD BIRTH. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO INFO ON WHAT BECAME OF DOROTHY.

THIS IS THE INFO I DO HAVE ON THE FAMILY BEFORE THE FIRE:
1900 NEW YORK CENSUS LISTS
INFORMATION ON MY GREAT-GREAT
GRANDFATHER- LEOPOLD MARX
AS LIVING AT 632 EAST 13TH STREET.
AGE=49YRS.OLD OTHERS LISTED IN
HOUSEHOLD AS:
NAME RELATION DOB AGE BIRTHPLACE
LENA WIFE 4/1865 35 AUSTRIA
WILLIAM SON 1/1892 8 NY
ANNIE DAU 2/1893 7 NY
DOROTHY DAU 3/1895 5 NY
JOSEPH SON 1/1896 4 NY
MARY DAU 8/1898 1 NY

****************ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!


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