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1869 Birth:200,201 Birth date believed to be 18 August 1869 based on the listing of Emma as age 1 living with her parents August Cannady and Mary Grosjean and siblings in the 1870 census enumeration taken 3 June 1870. In the Application for Letter of Guardianship for the five Cannady children dated 24 April 1877, Emma is listed as being 6 years old on 17 August 1876, which would calculate to a birthdate of 18 August 1870. This researcher's conclusion is that Emma's age on the guardianship application is in error and that Emma was actually age 7 as of 17 August 1876, rather than age 6. Birth place of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana assumed based on that being the location in which parents August Cannady and Mary Grosjean were enumerated in 1870. 1870 U.S. Census:201 Emma enumerated in the household of her father August Cannady in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ohio as a white female, age 1, born in Indiana. Others residing in the household included mother Mary Grosjean and siblings Mary F. and Frank. 1877 Death of Father:202 August Canada, white male, age 35, died 19 March 1877, Fort Wayne, Indiana. 1877 Childrens' Guardianship:200 On 24 April 1877, Joseph Dwenger applied for and was granted guardianship of the five Cannady children and administration of the estate of August Cannady. On this petition, the children were identified as: Mary F. Cannady, aged 12 years, August 31, 1876 Frankie Cannady, aged 11 years, February 1877 Emma Cannady, aged 6 years, August 17, 1876 Georgie Cannady, aged 6 years, Jany. 22, 1877 Flora Cannady, aged 5 years, April 17, 1877 1878 Guardian's Final Settlement:200 On 4 September 1878, Joseph Dwenger, Bishop of Fort Wayne, reported that the estate of August Cannady "is chargeable with no property. Said wards are supported by him in his orphan asylum and home." Joseph Dwenger served as Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana from 1872 until 1893. Aurele J. Violette in Cathedral Museum Reflections203 noted that "Bishop Dwenger was also deeply concerned about the care and education of orphans in the diocese. The facilities of the existing orphanage for boys and girls at Rensselaer were deemed inadequate, and in 1875 St. Joseph Asylum for boys near Lafayette was established on land that had been donated for that purpose." 1880 U.S. Census:204 Jasper County, Indiana (Rennselaer) St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum Enumerated 11 June 1880 Emma Kannada••white, female, 13, inmate, at school, born in Indiana Sister Flora, age 7, also in St. Joseph's, which was run by Sister Superior Margareth O'Neil and a staff of 14 lay and religious employees. Brothers Frank and George Cannady have not been located in 1880. It is probable that the brothers were in the St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum for boys near Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. | ||||||||
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