Mrs. Kaminsky.

Well, I was also put in a foster home. I was in several. It's pretty vague to me, to be truthful, but I remember being in a couple of them, I think, until I was about 9 years old. Then, the family came together again.

Mr. Griffin.

Did your mother and father visit you while you were in that foster home?

Mrs. Kaminsky.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

How--

Mrs. Kaminsky.

My mother, especially. My mother did; I don't remember about my father so much.

Mr. Griffin.

Why were all of the children put in foster homes at that time?

Mrs. Kaminsky.

Well, I don't know about the older ones, but we younger ones were. The older ones may have been--I think I might have been around--you say 1921. I thought I was about six which would bring it to 1923. Now, say the sister next to Jack is about 8 years older than I am. She would have been 14--

Mr. Griffin.

Is that Eva?

Mrs. Kaminsky.

Yes; right. I'm trying to think where. I know Earl. I remember Earl, one time, some farm of some kind: I guess Jack did, too.

Mr. Griffin.

Was there a time in your life as a child that none of the children were living in the home with your mother?

Mrs. Kaminsky.

You mean not oven the older ones; is that it?

Mr. Griffin.

Yes.

Mrs. Kaminsky.

I don't know. I imagine there might have been a time.

Mr. Griffin.

Well, during this period that you were in the foster home, what contact did you have with your other brothers and sisters?

Mrs. Kaminsky.

Very little, if I remember. I think, maybe, it seems, you know, it's so long ago--I'm 47 now and it's a long time. It seems to me that occasionally I would see my sisters. I remember when I was young having measles, it seemed to me my sister came, you know.

Mr. Griffin.

What did you know about your father at this point when you were in the foster home?

Mrs. Kaminsky.

Well, not too much. He lived apart.

Mr. Griffin.

Was it your understanding that while you were in the foster home he was not living with your mother?

Mrs. Kaminsky.

Yes; that I--I know. I feel that is true.

Mr. Griffin.

Yes; and how old were you when you returned to the home?

Mrs. Kaminsky.

Well, I remember having a ninth birthday party and we were together.

Mr. Griffin.

Was the whole family together at that point?

Mrs. Kaminsky.

I think everybody was home.

Mr. Griffin.

That would have made it 1926?

Mrs. Kaminsky.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

Was your father living at home at that point?

Mrs. Kaminsky.

No; he wasn't.

Mr. Griffin.

How long was it before your father came back and lived in the home?

Mrs. Kaminsky.

Well, actually, he never did return under how shall I say--under friendly circumstances with my mother.

Mr. Griffin.

Yes.

Mrs. Kaminsky.

There was a time when he came back because he was ill and then later, after she passed away, he came back. That's 20 years ago, he came back.

Mr. Griffin.

He came back when he was ill?

Mr. Kaminsky.

Yes; there was a time when he was ill and he needed some attention. It's kind of vague in my mind.

Mr. Griffin.

Well, prior to the time you went into the foster home, was your father living in the home then?

Mrs. Kaminsky.

I believe so.

Mr. Griffin.

Do you have any personal recollection of it? I mean, when he came back.

Mrs. Kaminsky.

No; I don't remember that far back.