Talk:Florence La Badie

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Home for Incurables[edit]

I am researching Florence LaBadie's birth family. I have learned alot, but I haven't found good enough evidence about who they were to present here yet. But I have located the woman who "said" she was Florence's birth mother, Marie C Russ, living as reported in the "Home for Incurables" located in Bronx. (1900 & 1920 US Federal Census)

The history available online for this institution would indicate that is was NOT an institution for the mentally ill, contrary to this article and all articles online about Florence LaBadie. The reliability of Marie Russ is always called into doubt because she was a patient at this institution when she gave her statement that she was Florence's birth mom, so I think it is important that that misunderstanding be cleared up.

The last paragraph on page 127 explained that as of the date of this book (1921) the Home for Incureables did NOT accept insane patients. <ref> http://books.google.com/books?id=9QwUAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA127&ots=AssO-B5DKZ&dq=home%20for%20incurables%20bronx%20no%20insane&pg=PA127#v=onepage&q=incurables%20bronx%20no%20insane&f=false

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Songbird1973 (talk • contribs) 08:53, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]