Wednesday's Child -- Clarence Anthony Scott 1927-1927

I found Norman F. Scott's older sibling.  When we looked at NFS birth certificate, we noted that he was the second child born to this couple.  I found him.

Clarence Anthony Scott 3-gen pedigree
from Ancestry.com

He is Clarence Anthony Scott, and he was born 24 May 1927 in Franklin NH.  They were living on 23 Spring street at the time of his death, two and a half months later.

Clarence Anthony Scott died 1927
2017 Google Maps

I couldn't find a birth certificate, nor even birth record online, but I did find his death certificate.

Clarence Anthony Scott 1927
death certificate front

Whenever you see a record like this, be sure to advance one to check the backside of the record.  Sometimes there is valuable information there, too.  One other example I can think of is the WWI Draft cards.  Be sure to check the backs.

Clarence Anthony Scott 1927
death certificate back

Was he a sickly child?  Did the new parents not know how to be parents?  His mother Cecelia was only 18 when her first-born died.

Mystery Monday -- Norman F. Scott Sr 1928-2007

Norman F. Scott Sr with
grandson Joshua Scott age 6 months
1982 taken by J'Anette

Once in 2004 I asked my father in law, Norman F. Scott Sr if he had any photographs of himself as a young man, in the 1940s or 1950s.  These are the earliest photos I have of him.

Norm Sr and Joshua 1982
at home in Renton
taken by J'Anette

Looks here like he enjoys his grandson, doesn't it?  Oh, I found one more early photo, 1950s.

Scott Boys 1950
L-R: Norm Jr "Fred", Terry, Norm Sr, Randy, Wayne
photo taken by Shirley Young Scott

Following is what I wrote to him -- 

I was wondering if you had a photograph of you as a young man?  I would like to include a picture of you at about the age you were when you met Shirley in my history.

Also, would you be able to tell me a little bit about how you met her?  I understand you met in Union Station?  Where were you going?  What did you think?  What did you first talk about?

 In retrospect, I probably should have tried to talk to him in person, and now it is too late.  

I wrote that there was an obituary for him that I had a hard time accessing.  I found it -- sort of.  The Tacoma News Tribune has the following information.

News Tribune, The (Tacoma, WA) - Friday, May 18, 2007

SCOTT Norman F.

SCOTT Norman F., 78, Gig Harbor, May 10.

News Tribune, The

Date: Friday, May 18, 2007

Edition: SOUTH SOUND

Page: B04

Copyright (c) 2007 The News Tribune
(Tacoma, WA) All Rights Reserved.

I sent an email to the Tacoma News Tribune asking if this is all there is.  I've never found ANY obituary for this man.  I begin to think they never published one.

Census Sunday -- Norman Scott Sr 1940 Census

This is the 1940 census for Norman Frederick Scott.  You'll find him on line 71.  He is 11 years old, and living in St Peter's Orphanage on the corner of Alsace and Kelley streets in Manchester NH. The truly sad part about this is that he was not really an orphan.  The story is that he was put in and out of the orphanage when things got tight for the Scott family.  At one time he lived with his Uncle Fred Adams in Franklin.  That will be another story to tell in another post.

Nope, his parents are still alive at this point in time.  Where are they?  I have yet to find his mother Cecelia in 1940, nor his father Chester.  I have scanned the census for the entire orphanage and found no other Scott children.  So, where did the girls go?  Did they stay with their parents?  Were they farmed out to relatives?  I can find neither hide nor hair of his little sisters Dorothy and Yvonne.

1940 census for Norman Scott, age 11
St Peter's Orphanage, Franklin NH

This census really makes me both sad and mad.  Mad because his family couldn't keep him, and sad because of the same reason.  What does that do to a child's psyche to be put away when they couldn't afford to keep him?  And, again, were his extended family also in a tight bind where they couldn't band together to keep the family together?

I got the impression NFS Sr did not like to talk about his childhood.

Census Sunday --- NFS Sr 1930 Census

Little Norman in his first Census.  He was about 2 years old, and his little sister Dorothy was just a few months old.  I wonder what happened to that first child.  I wrote in the last blog about NFS birth certificate, and that he is the second child born to Cecelia.

He lives with parents Chester and Cecelia at 538 Central Street, Franklin NH.  This is a rented house.  I looked through the neighbors on this sheet, and I don't see anybody who may be related.  It seems they were on their own, here.

1930 Census, Franklin, Merrimack NH

Scott Family on the map, 1930 census
538 Central Street, Franklin NH

Above and below are the map view, from Google Maps 2017, and of the streetview image captured November 2015 from Google Maps.  You can see where the house might have been, but it doesn't look like it is there anymore.  Point of research -- see if there are historical photos of this house, and any record of when it was torn down and why.

Google Maps streetview 2017
538 Central Street, Franklin NH

That's about par for the course as far as the Scott family goes.  It seems as if all record gets wiped off the face of the earth.  If we are related, please feel free to contact me, I'd love to chat.  Subscribe to catch every morsel posted.