This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4FI.2ACEB/348
Message Board Post:
My wife's grandmother, Stephana Cavanaugh b. 1873 d. 1926, we believe was adopted and
we don't know anything about her birth or family. She married Edwin Pratt abt. 1890
and they lived in Brooklyn, NY. When Edwin died in February,1909, she put her 2 youngest
children, Emily b. 1906 and William b. 1900 in orphanages, and re-married. Her other,
older, children were Edward, George, Margaret, and Mary. Her daughter Emily was my
wife's mom. We know nothing about her second husband, but believe she was alone when
she died. If anyone can shed some light on this mystery it would be greatly appreciated.
Please contact me by e-mail at wdought(a)suffolk.lib.ny.us , Thanks, Bill