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The Jukes in 1915

Creator: Arthur H. Estabrook (author)
Date: 1916
Publisher: Carnegie Institution of Washington
Source: Available at selected libraries

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VI 515, her sister, is much similar to her mentally. She has always been a prostitute and is now cohabiting.

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The third child of Ulysses, VI 517, born 1888, was very "stupid" in school and almost incapable of learning anything. At the age of 20 he cohabited for some time with a girl of 17, who left him. At 22 he was sent to jail for 5 days for fighting with his half brother, VI 409, both being drunk at the time. For the past 3 years he has been living with a woman, VI 518, and her three children on a canal boat. This woman left her husband, who provided her with a good home, to be with this man, who can earn barely enough for feeding, to say nothing of clothing, a family.

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VI 519, also, was unable to learn in school and is now a semi-efficient laborer. He is intemperate and very poor. He married his cousin, VI 413, as described on page 22.

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The two youngest sons of Ulysses, VI 520 and VI 522, are both married. They are of the same type mentally as their older brothers and so no description is necessary.

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We will now take up the description of Alan's brother, Austin, IV 40, and his offspring, a group as uniformly deficient and undesirable as can be found in the whole Juke family. Austin was born in l8ll. He is reported by Dugdale as a quadroon. An old man who knew him well described him as "honest and fair-minded but undeveloped." He had a "likeable disposition." He was temperate, a steady worker in a brickyard, but was always very poor. He married a cousin, Elsie, IV 166, sister to Ellen, who married Austin's brother, Alan. At 52 Austin enlisted in the Civil War and later received $1,000 bounty money, which he soon lost. At 57 he was in the county jail 7 days for vagrancy. He could neither read nor write and died poor at the age of 93. His wife, Elsie, was born about 1813. She was a harlot before marriage and had a bastard son, Ephan, V 414, born by the roadside in 1828. Ephan and his descendants are described on pages 3 and 45. Six years later Elsie had another bastard, Everett, V 416. He was a basket-maker and, though the records show he was receiving much outdoor relief, at them same time he was acquiring property. He married Marcia, IV 93, but died without posterity. Elsie married Austin about 1843. In the following 25 years this couple received much outdoor relief from the town. Elsie was spoken of by Dudgale as licentious and vagrant. She was also a harlot after marriage and was very ignorant. This pair had four legitimate children: Inez, Jonas, Mick, and Vergil.

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Inez, V 197, born 1844, has been a harlot nearly all her life. She acquired syphilis, which she transmitted to Napoleon, V 196, her first consort, by whom she had one bastard child. Napoleon deserted her before the child was born and she and her child wandered around the country for several years, begging here and there. She did well at housework, but her bad habits precluded her holding a position for any length of time. At the age of 41 she had a bastard child by a man with whom she had been living for several years. Inez can read and write, has a good memory, and is mentally rather acute. She is a great talker, but her mind runs to nothing but vulgarity. She has always been very poor and is even now asking for help from the Charity Organization. The first son of Inez, VI 526, was born in 1868. He inherited syphilis from his mother. He is a lazy, ignorant, inefficient man. He is a laborer, but is employed only a small part of the time. He lived for some years with VI 525, who previously was married to his cousin, VI 531; one selling her to the other for a pint of whisky and 50 cents. The new consort and VI 526 lived together for some years and had six children. The woman then deserted her children, leaving them to starve for several days, when they were found by the poormaster. She acquired syphilis from her consort and was operated on for uterine and ovarian disease following it. She is now cohabiting with VII 617 of Delia blood. Her five living illegitimate children are as follows:

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The first, VII 495, now 15, was sent to the Children's Home at 11 years with her four brothers and sisters. In school at the Home she was dull and could not learn. At housework, a thing she could do with her hands, she was very capable. She is a well-behaved child and has now been placed in a private home.

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The second, VII 497, aged 12, did average work in school and also is well behaved. She has also been placed out.

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The third, VII 498, aged 10, gave a mental age of 8 by the Binet test at 8 years of age. He is very shy and slow in actions.

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The fourth, VII 499, now 8, tested mentally 6 by the Binet test at 6 years of age.

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The fifth, VII 500, now 6, was nearly frozen to death at the age of 2 when the children were deserted by the mother. Following that she was unable to walk for some time.

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The cost to the town and society for the support of these five children in the Children's Home for the year 1911-12 was $701. As these children are gradually being placed in free homes, the cost lessens, but the total expense to the town for the care and support of these children has been to date approximately $1,800.

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