At the time of Daisy's death (1936), her death certificate lists her age as 52, with a birth date of 1884. She had been an "Inmate" at the Lincoln State School and Colony for 27 years, 10 months and 25 days. She was admitted to the school circa 1908 when she was around 24 years of age. I don't know why she was admitted to the State School. I can only assume that she had some physical or mental disability and there was no one in her family who was in a situation where they could adequately take care of her.
At the time she was admitted to the school, her father was working at the US Printing Office in Washington, DC, where he had been employed since 1889. He passed away in 1913. Her mother was ill and was living with her older brother, his wife and their two children, in a very small home in Murphysboro, IL. Her older sisters were both living in Birmingham, Alabama.
In the 1880 census (when she was still living with her family) her age is given as 2 years, which would make her birth date in 1878 not 1884. I would assume that they did not have her correct age at the Institution, as her family would surely have know her age when the 1880 census was taken.
In 1865 the General Assembly instructed the directors of the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb to establish an Experimental School for the Instruction and Training of Idiots and Feeble-Minded Children in the State of Illinois. In 1877 the institution's name became the Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children. The institution had its own hospital and shops in which inmates manufactured brushes, mattresses, and shoes. Inmates also worked on a nearby farm
At the time she was admitted to the school, her father was working at the US Printing Office in Washington, DC, where he had been employed since 1889. He passed away in 1913. Her mother was ill and was living with her older brother, his wife and their two children, in a very small home in Murphysboro, IL. Her older sisters were both living in Birmingham, Alabama.
In the 1880 census (when she was still living with her family) her age is given as 2 years, which would make her birth date in 1878 not 1884. I would assume that they did not have her correct age at the Institution, as her family would surely have know her age when the 1880 census was taken.
In 1865 the General Assembly instructed the directors of the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb to establish an Experimental School for the Instruction and Training of Idiots and Feeble-Minded Children in the State of Illinois. In 1877 the institution's name became the Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children. The institution had its own hospital and shops in which inmates manufactured brushes, mattresses, and shoes. Inmates also worked on a nearby farm
At the time of Daisy's death (1936), her death certificate lists her age as 52, with a birth date of 1884. She had been an "Inmate" at the Lincoln State School and Colony for 27 years, 10 months and 25 days. She was admitted to the school circa 1908 when she was around 24 years of age. I don't know why she was admitted to the State School. I can only assume that she had some physical or mental disability and there was no one in her family who was in a situation where they could adequately take care of her.
At the time she was admitted to the school, her father was working at the US Printing Office in Washington, DC, where he had been employed since 1889. He passed away in 1913. Her mother was ill and was living with her older brother, his wife and their two children, in a very small home in Murphysboro, IL. Her older sisters were both living in Birmingham, Alabama.
In the 1880 census (when she was still living with her family) her age is given as 2 years, which would make her birth date in 1878 not 1884. I would assume that they did not have her correct age at the Institution, as her family would surely have know her age when the 1880 census was taken.
In 1865 the General Assembly instructed the directors of the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb to establish an Experimental School for the Instruction and Training of Idiots and Feeble-Minded Children in the State of Illinois. In 1877 the institution's name became the Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children. The institution had its own hospital and shops in which inmates manufactured brushes, mattresses, and shoes. Inmates also worked on a nearby farm
At the time she was admitted to the school, her father was working at the US Printing Office in Washington, DC, where he had been employed since 1889. He passed away in 1913. Her mother was ill and was living with her older brother, his wife and their two children, in a very small home in Murphysboro, IL. Her older sisters were both living in Birmingham, Alabama.
In the 1880 census (when she was still living with her family) her age is given as 2 years, which would make her birth date in 1878 not 1884. I would assume that they did not have her correct age at the Institution, as her family would surely have know her age when the 1880 census was taken.
In 1865 the General Assembly instructed the directors of the Illinois Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb to establish an Experimental School for the Instruction and Training of Idiots and Feeble-Minded Children in the State of Illinois. In 1877 the institution's name became the Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children. The institution had its own hospital and shops in which inmates manufactured brushes, mattresses, and shoes. Inmates also worked on a nearby farm
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