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The third and sixth children of Hetty died young.

The next child of Hetty, VI 488, was more capable in school than her next older sister, but after leaving and while working in the cigar factory was a harlot. She married VI 489, a teamster and a good worker, but sometimes intemperate. They had two children: the older, a girl, is at 14 in grade 6 at school, and although retarded in years is doing good work; the other, a boy, VII 475, is not doing as well in school.

VI 490, the fifth child of Hetty, was in service, became pregnant, and died soon after childbirth, leaving one child, VII 477, who is now with her grandmother, Hetty. This child, who is neat and quiet in appearance, is mentally slow and can not learn in school. Her father was reputed to have been an alcoholic.

The next in this fraternity, VI 493, died at the age of 21 of tuberculosis.

The eighth, VI 494, born 1886, was a harlot and worked in a factory until she was 22, when she married. She has now become reputable and has two young children.

VI 496 was not very "bright" in school. At 18 he married a girl of 15. He is a hustler and makes sometimes as much as $30 a week. He has two young children.

VI 498, now 23, was the next child of Hetty and Joseph. She was not inclined towards books, worked in factories, is reputed to have been immoral, and has recently married.

The next child, VI 500, was incapable of doing average school work and soon went to work in a factory. She, too, is married.

The last child of Hetty, VI 502, is a neat, quiet-actioned child. She is now at the age of 15 in grade 6 in school and is unable to progress further, as she can not reason for herself. She tries hard to get along.

Reuben, V 193, a brother of Hetty and son of Alan, was born in 1857. He is spoken of by his teachers as having been mentally dull and slow. He is a farm laborer and has never been able to keep a position any length of time. He has wandered here and there wherever he thought he might secure work. He has never accumulated anything. He has a quiet, retiring disposition. His wife, Mamie, V 192, comes from a family much higher mentally than Reuben's. Her father was a dentist and was intelligent and bore a good reputation in the community in which he lived. She has two brothers, storekeepers, and one brother who is alcoholic. Mamie is energetic, capable, and has brought up her children well. She has three girls and one boy matured and living. The three girls attended country school and did average work. They are now neat, quiet, and refined in appearance.

The oldest, VI 504, is rather reticent, but holds herself well. She is married to an artisan and has one child, VII 482, aged 14, who is accurate and careful, though slow in her school work.

VI 506, the next child of Reuben and Mamie, was slip-shod, but worked regularly and tried to do well by his family. He has two young children living; both do very well in school. He is now dead.

Reuben's third child, VI 507, is more active and forward than her older sister. She married a prosperous farmer and they have three children of good mental ability.

The next son of Reuben, VI 509, is an uneducated, steady-going farm-hand and is doing well.

The last child of Reuben, VI 511, has always borne a good reputation, is mentally and physically active; she married a farmer and has two small children.

Ulysses, V 194, the last child of Alan and Ellen, is a semi-efficient, ignorant, intemperate, licentious man. He works "by spells" and has always been poor. He is supposed to have been married to Lisle, V 195, who, before she met Ulysses, was married and had several children. Among these children was VI 409, who married into Ada blood as described on page 22. Although reputed to have been married to Ulysses, exact confirmation of this could not be secured. She is a descendant of a family noted for its thieves and prostitutes. She was mentally much stronger than Ulysses, but was lazy and cared little about her personal appearance or that of her children. She is now dead, and Ulysses lives in squalor, filth, and poverty with his daughter, VI 513. Ulysses has been arrested several times for minor offenses. At 19 he was sent to jail for 30 days for assault and battery; at 30 he was fined 35 for assault while intoxicated. In 1909, in company with other Jukes, he was sent to jail for 5 days for using indecent language. Ulysses and Lisle had seven children.

The first, VI 513, born 1885, was very deficient in school work. At 15, on the charge of being a prostitute, she was sent to the State Training School for Girls. Soon after being discharged from the institution, she married a second cousin, VI 867, of Effie blood. They had two sons who survived infancy. One, VII 492, is doing very well in school, and is a bright, quick-acting boy. VI 513 and her husband have separated and she is now cohabiting with VII 21, the widower of VII 20, of Ada blood. She is slovenly and lazy; a slattern. She is now keeping house for her father and the house is in a very dirty and neglected condition.