Page 73 - The CRAIG family

VIRGINIA GERTRUDE – Born January 6, 1922 – Died July 14, 2008 (86) 7th Grade Education Aunt Gin was born at 11:45 pm. Marshall was a farmer; he was 39 and Jean was 33 years old.
1930: Orphaned - 7 years old living with her siblings, except for Eva, with Grandfather Colmore Craig and his wife Lora.
On May 22, 1931, Aunt Gin was taken to the Orphanage with her siblings (except for Eva).
This is where it gets kind of strange. Records show that Thomas and Margaret Crowder filed a petition on May 30, 1931, asking for the adoption of 9-year-old orphan Virginia Craig. Thomas Crowder was 71 and Margaret was 55.
Jeffersonville Evening News, Saturday, May 30, 1931
Orphanage Records: Taken out by grandfather on June 11, 1931 and then placed with relative Mrs. Crowder on June 13, 1931. Adopted. Aunt Gin was brought back to the home November 7, 1931, and Judge Paris returned her to grandfather Colmore Craig on November 21, 1931. At some point she was returned to Margaret Crowder because in 1933 she was living with the Crowders in Seymour, Indiana.
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