Tip 5: Were they really orphans?
Children living in an orphanage may not have lost both parents. Census records tell this family's story.
1920 Census - Freeman and Ethel Uhler live in Saline County, Kansas, with their one year old son Raymond and one month old twin daughters Rachel and Ruth.
1930 Census
Raymond, 11, and twins Ruth and Ruby (formerly Rachel), 9, are living at the Topeka Orphans Home in Shawnee County.
Freeman is listed as a farmhand and widower in Shawnee County.
Ethel is listed as a patient at the state hospital in Larned.
1950 Topeka City Directory - Freeman and Ethel Uhler are together again in Topeka.
Tip 1: Gathering information
Tip 2: Searching Census
Tip 3: Searching vital records
Tip 4: Newspapers
Tip 6: Kansas Plat Atlas