"A little daughter arrived last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Clark."

Argus and Patriot, Aug 30, 1899.

1900 Census: Northfield, Vermont
1910 Census: Barre Ward 2, Vermont
1920 Census: Barre, Vermont (with parents)
1930 Census: 14 Mount Street, Barre, Vermont
1931: 86 South Seminary Street, Barre, Vermont
1934: 9 Clark Street, Barre, Vermont
1940 Census: Shurtleff Memorial Home, the Poor House, Barre (12-12), Washington, Vermont

In her final years, she lived with her husband, Ernest, at Camp Rest Home in South Barre, Vermont.

She had eight children, one of whom died 11 days after birth in 1927. Of the remaining seven, one was born in Burlington in 1938 and put up for adoption, a family secret I uncovered. The family story is Ernest and Hazel's eldest son was raised by his grandparents, Nathan and Edna Clark, as a planned arrangement. However, Robert was with his parents and sister in 1930 but with his Uncle Lewis and his widowed, disabled grandmother, Edna, in 1940. It may have been her mother Edna's wish to save Robert from the foster care fate of the others, but I do not believe it would have been financially possible for Edna to have kept Robert if it had not been for his Uncle Lewis' willingness to support him. In acknowledgment of Lewis' cooperation, Hazel named the baby she had to leave behind, Lewis. Without spousal support, and surprisingly, family support, Hazel wound up in Barre's Poor House.

I now believe Ernest's arrest took place in 1937 and resulted in the immediate dispersal of the family. While Hazel was pregnant with their final child, I believe she was sent to the Elizabeth Lund Home in Burlington to give birth and put the infant up for adoption, because without her husband, Hazel had no means of support or home to bring the baby to.