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Roscoe Hall born December 21, 1885 in Topeka, KS

Roscoe Hall born December 21, 1885 in Topeka, KS

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 1:46PM GMT
Classification: Query
I'm looking for a man named Roscoe Hall who spent a large portion of his childhood in the Soldier's Orphans Home or later called the Kansas State Orphans Home. I only know he was born in Kansas on December 21, 1885. He may have spent some time around 1935 in Denver, CO.

Re: Roscoe Hall born December 21, 1885 in Topeka, KS

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 9:44PM GMT
Classification: Query
This won't help with his later life, but may be him from 1900 census:

Name: Roscoe Hall
Age: 14
Birth Date: Dec 1885
Birthplace: Kansas
Home in 1900: Centre, Doniphan, Kansas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Mother's Birthplace: Kansas
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Risklef?? 33
Anna Risklef?? 31
Lauerense Risklef?? 8
Ralph Risklef?? 6/12
Roscoe Hall 14

Re: Roscoe Hall born December 21, 1885 in Topeka, KS

Posted: 16 Mar 2015 10:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
I've seen that census but it does not verify anything. I have no idea who those people are or why he would be living with them. I know that as of 1898, he was still in the orphan's home. I don't believe he was adopted, and I don't know how else he would be able to leave the home unless a family member released him. Thanks for the information though.

Re: Roscoe Hall born December 21, 1885 in Topeka, KS

Posted: 17 Mar 2015 8:54AM GMT
Classification: Query
"work release" if he was an orphan with no family, he could be living with his employers

Re: Roscoe Hall born December 21, 1885 in Topeka, KS

Posted: 17 Mar 2015 1:39PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thank-you for providing that insight. That is probably the case since after looking more closely at the census, the head of that family was a farmer with only two young boys. Now I need to find out where he could have gone when he became of age. I'm hoping someone had a friend or relative that fits his description and will answer my request.

Re: Roscoe Hall born December 21, 1885 in Topeka, KS

Posted: 8 Jul 2015 4:47PM GMT
Classification: Query
I'm not sure about this guys date of birth but we lived in Ft. Wayne, IN about 11 yrs ago and there was an elderly man by the name of Roscoe Hall that lived about a block from us. I heard after we moved that he had died. It sounds like he may have been a little younger than the Roscoe Hall that you are looking for.

Re: Roscoe Hall born December 21, 1885 in Topeka, KS

Posted: 8 Jul 2015 6:24PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks for the input but 11 years ago, my Roscoe Hall would have been 119 yr. old.

Re: Roscoe Hall born December 21, 1885 in Topeka, KS

Posted: 10 Jul 2015 10:12PM GMT
Classification: Query
how sure are u of that birth date? source? and how will we know him with no siblings. parents, spouse?

Re: Roscoe Hall born December 21, 1885 in Topeka, KS

Posted: 10 Jul 2015 10:56PM GMT
Classification: Query
I found his birthdate in his mother's civil war pension file. It lists all the children she is trying to get pension payments for that were the children of Eli Clifford Hall. His mother is Alice Bannister Hall. After Clifford dies at the soldier's home in 1889, she put three of her four children in the soldier's orphan home.
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