In 1909 Earl's father was killed in what was probably a workplace accident. After that times must have been very hard because by the 1910 census Earl is recorded as living at a Lutheran Orphans' Home in Butler County while his mother lived alone and was employed as a nurse. In this time period this was not so unusual under the circumstances. In the census it is also recorded that she had three living children. It happens that there was another child named Ethel Stuart living at the orphanage at the same time.
By 1920 Earl and his mother were renting a home on Walnut Street in Natrona, Allegheny County. At age seventeen he was working in a mill. No other children were listed.
In 1940 he and his first wife and their four children--her three from her first marriage, plus their son, Earl Lewis, lived in a house at 321 East Ninth Avenue in Tarentum, PA. They were paying $35 a month rent. He worked as a laborer in a steel mill, and in 1939 had an income of $1200 for 48 weeks of work.
By 1920 Earl and his mother were renting a home on Walnut Street in Natrona, Allegheny County. At age seventeen he was working in a mill. No other children were listed.
In 1940 he and his first wife and their four children--her three from her first marriage, plus their son, Earl Lewis, lived in a house at 321 East Ninth Avenue in Tarentum, PA. They were paying $35 a month rent. He worked as a laborer in a steel mill, and in 1939 had an income of $1200 for 48 weeks of work.
In 1909 Earl's father was killed in what was probably a workplace accident. After that times must have been very hard because by the 1910 census Earl is recorded as living at a Lutheran Orphans' Home in Butler County while his mother lived alone and was employed as a nurse. In this time period this was not so unusual under the circumstances. In the census it is also recorded that she had three living children. It happens that there was another child named Ethel Stuart living at the orphanage at the same time.
By 1920 Earl and his mother were renting a home on Walnut Street in Natrona, Allegheny County. At age seventeen he was working in a mill. No other children were listed.
In 1940 he and his first wife and their four children--her three from her first marriage, plus their son, Earl Lewis, lived in a house at 321 East Ninth Avenue in Tarentum, PA. They were paying $35 a month rent. He worked as a laborer in a steel mill, and in 1939 had an income of $1200 for 48 weeks of work.
By 1920 Earl and his mother were renting a home on Walnut Street in Natrona, Allegheny County. At age seventeen he was working in a mill. No other children were listed.
In 1940 he and his first wife and their four children--her three from her first marriage, plus their son, Earl Lewis, lived in a house at 321 East Ninth Avenue in Tarentum, PA. They were paying $35 a month rent. He worked as a laborer in a steel mill, and in 1939 had an income of $1200 for 48 weeks of work.
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