The death of an ancestor can result in more than a death certificate, an obituary, a funeral, or an estate settlement. In some cases, the death of one parent can send an entire family into a financial tailspin, especially if the recently deceased parent was the sole provider for the family. Children may end up being farmed out to relatives or neighbors or have to quit school and go to work.
Even in families where the children are grown the death of a parent can change the family dynamics.
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A death did make huge changes in my family. The father died & mother tried to make it keeping her son & daughter with her. A few years later though, she put the sn in Steven Girard’s college for orphaned boys. She then had to put her daughter with different families as she worked out of people’s homes. They were never all together again as far as we know. Girard’s college had some records as to his entrance & why he was orphaned. These experiences directly effected decisions the children made as adults. It is interesting to see how the death changed their lives & the lives if the next generation as well. Thank you for all the information you put out there!
You are welcome! And sometimes the timing of a death can lead to lifelong implications for those left behind.