At census time on 4/8/1930 Vina was listed as aa 48 year old widow butm ay have been divorced. They lived in an apartment house on DivisionSt i n Chicago, Cook Co, IL, paying $20/month rent. Her occupationwas hous e work in a private home. Only son Louis, 15, was still athome but al so counted there was roomer, John Soder, 44, who was alaborer at the f urniture factory.
Descendants said that after William died, the children were split upan d Vina worked in a Chicago brothel where Louis said he was raised.
Vina's birth record states that she was the 4th child of her mother.Wa s this an error or did it mean the birth of her 4th living childdue to W illiam and Edward possibly being stillborn births?