Worcester Historical Museum: Temporary Home and Day Nursery Collection 2004.

04 Feb09

Your Name
Steve Mulloy

Family Name Envelope # (2004.04-Box Number-Envelope #)

Galbraithe 2004.04-7.72

Text on Envelope’s Outside

12/12/1896 – Mrs. Gailbraithe comes to the home

1/4/1897 – Mrs. Gailbraithe returns
7/10/1923 - Mrs. Gailbraithe returns
1/3/1924 - Mrs. Gailbraithe returns
6/6/1924 - Mrs. Gailbraithe returns
10/26/1924 – Mrs. Gailbraithe returns
1/29/1925 - Mrs. Gailbraithe returns
8/30/1925 - Mrs. Gailbraithe returns
1/17/1926 - Mrs. Gailbraithe returns
5/2/1926 - Mrs. Gailbraithe returns
6/13/1926 - Mrs. Gailbraithe returns
7/25/1926 - Mrs. Gailbraithe returns

# of cards in the envelope Other contents, if any

4 2 letter to other day homes, 2 referrals to Edward St. Day Home

Main card: FRONT

Children
Names Date of Birth Place of Birth Nationality Admission Date of
Date Leaving

Parents
Father Mother
Eli Gailbraithe Name Harriet Gailbraithe

Deceased Residence None

English Nationality English

1
Father Mother
Prince Edward Island Place & Date of Birth Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island 1876 Place & Date of Marriage Prince Edward Island 1876

Cabinet Maker Occupation Houseiwfe/Part-Time Maid

Earnings Small

Characteristics Good

Married-Divorced

Deserted-Separated

Other children in family

Robert Gailbrathe 18 years old in 1896

Main card: REVERSE

Reasons for Admission

Mrs. Gailbraithe came because she was not able to take care of herself on her own and because she had no
relatives who wanted to take her in for good. Her husband Eli has passed away 8 years before her 1st
admission in 1896. She had a son Robert who was 18 years old at the time of her 1st visit, but it makes no
mention of what his living status was. She wasn’t able to be on her own for extended periods of time so she
would frequently have to come back to the Day Home. She came in and out of the home 12 different times
in a span of 30 years, but more specifically 10 times in the span of 3 years from 1923-1926. She had many
relatives that lived in the Boston area, specifically Arlington and Watertown, but none seem committed to
letting her live with them.

Who Brought? Who Agrees to Pay Relatives? Vaccinations?

recommended?
Came on her own Worcester Hospital No Yes No
– 1896
Associated
Charities of
Worcester - 1923

REFERRAL SLIPS How Many:

Associated Charities of Worcester

Date(s): July 10, 1923 Known to: Ms. Charlotte Emerson

2
 July 26, 1923 Eli Gailbraithe

OTHER CONTENTS

What
Letter dated April 25, 1927
Letter dated May 3, 1929
Notes
A letter to Ms. Emerson from Bertha Beers saying that Mrs.
Gailbraithe could stay with her from now but she just wanted
to see if she could stay in Ms. Emerson’s home for just a few
weeks.
A letter from a Ms. Sawyer from Bertha Beers inquiring if
she knows anywhere where they could send Mrs. Gailbraithe
because she can’t stay at the Edward St Day Home and
Nursery any longer.