The Report of 1910

By 1910, the State of Illinois was pushing the child placing agencies out of Illinois. The Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society was doing its own placing out work in Illinois and neighboring states and no competition was needed in placing Illinois' own orphans. A bond was required to place children here -- to keep them from becoming a public charge. So very few reports of Illinois children appeared in the report at this time.

Viola Tompkins was sent to Illinois in 1905 and in 1910 she was living with a young married couple: Charles and Margaret Holmes. The Holmes had a young five year old son and a new infant daughter in 1910 as well as two foster daughters: Viola and Alice Beardsley. Viola was from New York but Alice was from Illinois. In 1910 it was indicated in the census that Viola had attended school that year even though she was eighteen years old.

Sarah Gloss was sent to Illinois April 1905 and in 1910 she was living in LaGrange, Cook County with a young couple: Harry and Margaret Pollard. The Pollards had a baby son, and Sarah had apparently been added to the family to help with the care of the baby. Sarah was 14 years old in 1910.

Also listed in the roster of children at the New York Juvenile Asylum was Frederick Gloss. In 1900 Sarah and Frederick appeared in the census with their parents (John and Ellen Gloss) and brothers and sisters in New York. They had five brothers and sisters, some much older and a 2 year old brother named Jacob. Frederick is found in the 1910 census with a farmer in Stephenson County -- George Crawford. Frederick was 16 years old in 1910. It appears that Frederick Gloss adopted the name Frederick Crawford and lived the remainder of his life in Stephenson County where he worked as an engine core maker and fireman in Freeport, Illinois. He and his wife, Emma Stine had three children: George, Genevieve and Alice. Fred died in 1957 and was buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Freeport.

William Rosensteel came to Illinois in 1902 and wrote in 1910 that he was attending high school in Athens, Menard County, Illinois. He was living with Martin and Lucinda Swingle. Swingle was a farmer. William had appeared in the 1900 census as an inmate at the Asylum and his birthdate was reported as July 1892. In 1917 William registered for the draft. At that time he was still living with the Swingles as their farm hand and he was unmarried. He reported his date of birth as October 7, 1894 on his draft card. The rest of William's life is unknown.

Edward Mahn was placed with the Mounts family in Champaign County. A boy called "Floyd Mounts," from New York and the same age as Edward (14) appeared in the 1910 census along with one other young boy from Illinois who "boarded" there and a 20 year old man who was a farm laborer. The Mounts had two daughters aged 18 and 11. One daughter was called Freddie, and this could have been the reason Edward was called Floyd. The other child Edward mentions in his letter must be Leonard Hamm, the 9 year old boarder. Both Edward and Leonard were attending school. The next year the older daughter would marry the farm laborer, Otho Parker. At the time of the first World War, Edward was living in Kenosha, Wisconsin and was working as a grocery clerk. During the second World War, Edward Loyd Mahn registered for the draft in Chicago, IL and was working in his own business. He was married to Pauline (Hanney) and lived on South Union Street. They were married in Cook County in 1931. In 1967 Edward was buried at the Holy Sepulcher Cemetery and the archdiocese records state that he was a veteran.

George (15) and William Mueller (13) were placed with the Moses and Cypha Elam in Bond County, Illinois in 1905. William gave the place name as Smithboro, but the census called the place Pleasant Mound. William didn't mention his brother in his letter, but perhaps George wrote his own letter, which was not published. The two brothers could not be traced any farther.

No trace could be found of Louis Hasselbach in Illinois.