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Looking for Delbert L Burns
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I am looking for my maternal grandmother's brother Delbert L Burns. He was born in 1908 in Illinois. His father was Charles Thomas Burns (1875-1967) and his mother was Laura Whitehouse (1880-1923). His sisters were Artie Fern Burns (1911-1925) and Jessie Jane Burns (1912-1982). Jessie was my grandmother. From what the family has been able to tell me, after Laura died in 1923 Charles put both Artie (who was in a wheelchair) and Jesse into the Girls Welfare Home in Decatur, IL as he felt he was not equipped to raise girls without their mother. Charles was supposedly very abusive to Delbert and when Delbert was around 17 he left and was never seen or heard from again. I believe I found him on the 1930 US Federal Census in Wisconsin > Iowa > Cobb > District 7 > Page 4 as a lodger/hired hand living with Ulysses, Mary and Clarence Callow. Ulysses and Clarence are brothers. Thank you all for reading through all this and for any help :) Laura Johnson
I am looking for my maternal grandmother's brother Delbert L Burns. He was born in 1908 in Illinois. His father was Charles Thomas Burns (1875-1967) and his mother was Laura Whitehouse (1880-1923). His sisters were Artie Fern Burns (1911-1925) and Jessie Jane Burns (1912-1982). Jessie was my grandmother. From what the family has been able to tell me, after Laura died in 1923 Charles put both Artie (who was in a wheelchair) and Jesse into the Girls Welfare Home in Decatur, IL as he felt he was not equipped to raise girls without their mother. Charles was supposedly very abusive to Delbert and when Delbert was around 17 he left and was never seen or heard from again. I believe I found him on the 1930 US Federal Census in Wisconsin > Iowa > Cobb > District 7 > Page 4 as a lodger/hired hand living with Ulysses, Mary and Clarence Callow. Ulysses and Clarence are brothers. Thank you all for reading through all this and for any help :) Laura Johnson
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I do not have the death certificate, but my aunt does and she is the one that supplied the information. I will talk to her and see if I can get copies of his death certificate as well as any obituary or other records she might have. I know that before his death he lived at the Mason's Home in Louisville, KY as I have a few photos of him there as well as family confirmation on this fact.
Thank you for your help, and in future posts on my brick walls I will attach any document I am referencing.
Laura :) -
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