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Items associated with name 'Maryland School for the Blind'
Bender Family Collection
by Unknown (1772 – 1970)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Bender Family collection details the ancestry of the author. The name of the author is not given to this collection, but her last name is Bender. The author starts with her ancestor from Adams County, Pennsylvania and traces it all the way until she moves to Salisbury, Maryland. The ancestry tracks the family's church involvement until her mother is born. Her mother was born, Evelyn Elizabeth Elliott, blind and married John Royston Green, another blind person. The two would raise the author and her brother through World War I, The Great Depression, and World War II.
Associated Subjects:
Bender Family • The Great Depression • World War, 1914-1918 • World War, 1939-1945 • Genealogy
Identifier:
1987.001
Repository:
Local History Archives
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