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Hi all I am Ralph's great granddaughter from Australia  and appreciate everyone's help with trying to solve our family brick wall. I have 2 questions. Ralph could read & write quite well & a family story has it that he had to walk past an apple orchard to get to school. Is it possible to check school admission records?  Also another family story handed down recalled from his grandson was that he was a stowaway. Is their records on stowaways.  Thanks in anticipation. Linda