Normally, the options are: move in with living family members, inlaws
or godparents. Failing any of those resources younger children might
be placed in an ophanage, older boys might be apprenticed off, find a
berth on a ship, join the military, or, just find work locally to
support themselves,
In the 1918 flu epidemic, the mother instead of father died: Maria (de
Luz) Caton/Caetano left behind her husband, William Willie Caton/
Caetano but the result was similar. Willie could not raise their 6
children alone because his life was that of the Provincetown
fisherman. Children were
We'll see what we discover. the three eldest daughters were already
married then and living in Velas, all of them - they show children of
their own as well but so far no sign of the remaining sisters (ages
15-18) getting married in Velas or a few of the surrounding towns. I
am going through the
Lynn, I do have ancestry, which is bringing up nothing so far for 1848
- 1870 - will keep looking though.
On May 9, 11:19 am, Chocolynn chocol...@comcast.net wrote:
In the 1918 flu epidemic, the mother instead of father died: Maria (de
Luz) Caton/Caetano left behind her husband, William Willie
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