The identity of individuals and families investigated by the Eugenics Survey is confidential and cannot be revealed. Psuedonyms are used for individuals investigated.
THE HEREDITY
(Gen. II #5) is (in 1926) 46 years old. He is illiterate, feebleminded, a sex offender and a wanderer. His father (Gen. 1 #1), his brother (Gen. II, #1) and his sister (Gen. II #6) were insane and were in institutions for the insane in Vermont for many years.
(Gen. II #4) is (in 1926) only 33 years of age. She is feebleminded and a serious sex offender. She comes of a very prolific family in which a low grade of intelligence, sex offenses and general shiftlessness are the predominating characteristics.
of
(Gen. II #5) and (Gen. I #4)
THE HISTORYof
(Gen. II #5) and (Gen. I #4)
(Gen. II #4) married when she was fourteen years old and was deserted a few years later. She then lived with many different men. We have records of seven children. There were probably more. When she was 26 and was the mother of three living children, she and (Gen. II #3) were arrested for adultery in Massachusetts. She and her paramour were in prison for about a year and while there she gave birth to (Gen. III #4). Ever since her imprisonment the State of Massachussetts has taken charge of her children, (Gen. III #3, #2 and #3).
Since her release from prison she has had at least three children by (Gen. II #5) with whom she lived in conditions which were of the worst physically and morally.
In 1922 she was committed to V. S. S.
(Gen. III #4) became delinquent and at the age of eight was committed to V. I. S. He is of low mentality.
(Gen III #5) and (Gen. III #6) are dependent on a Vermont town and are wards of the Vermont Children's Aid Society.
THE FUTURE(Gen. II #4) is in the V. S. S. colony. While thus protected she becomes more and more efficient and costs the state less and less.
(Gen. II #5) is at large and is living with another woman and is probably still passing on defective germ plasm.
(Gen. III #1, #2 and #3) are only 16, 14 and 13 years of age respectively and will continue to cost the State of Massachusetts $260 a year for some years to come.
(Gen. III #4) is only 12 and will continue to cost the State of Vermont over $500 a year for many years. (Gen. III #5) and (Gen. III #6) are only 7 and 5 years of age respectively (in 1926). Although mental tests show them to be of normal intelligence, they cannot (because of their heredity) be placed for adoption and will for many years to come continue to cost their town $200 or more each year.
THE EXPENSEof
(Gen. II #4) and (Gen. II #1)
(and the descendants of)
(Gen. II #4)
1914‐‐1926
(Gen. II #4) and (Gen. II #1)
(and the descendants of)
(Gen. II #4)
1914‐‐1926
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