Re: Peter Sweitzer b. 1858 in PA
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Re: Peter Sweitzer b. 1858 in PA
Tim Gruber 10/19/09
Thank you so much, Tim.Your help was spot on and brilliant.You solved a huge family mystery (and created another).Helen always called Charlie Strunk her stepfather.We had always assumed that her mother had remarried, but by the time my father was born, both of her parents had passed away.In the 1910 Pennsylvania census a Helen I appears with the Strunk family.There appears to have been some event that scattered the children between 1900 and 1910. Mary Ellen had 14 children with 7 surviving to 1920.The only one living with her and her unemployed husband in 1910 is Annie.By 1920 Paul and Alvin are living with their parents, and Peter is once again employed.In reading up on the Almshouse I discovered that abandoned children and orphaned children were sent there.I'm hoping that they kept excellent records and that I can find them.Again, thank you so much for your assistance.