Relatives said Oscar lived with Uncle George Arthur and family duringh is childhood but he was not recorded in any census there.
When the census taker came around on 1/13/1920, he found 10 year oldap prentice, Oscar Strong, living with the family of George Moore,farmer, i n Mona, Ford Co, IL. Next door was his 11 year old brotherGlen as an a pprentice with farmer Chester Moore. Both boys were bornin IL but bot h parents in Germany but it was actually theirgrandfather who was born i n Germany.