Leaving a young family behind

[Ashgard]

In 1892 my Ggrandfather went to New York leaving behind a wife with small children.  On the census she gives her

occupation as teacher and  later as dressmaker.  This sounds too professional for this family and puzzled me until I

remembered my mother saying that her grandmother made a very good living as a medium!  I suppose she wasn't

going to put that on the census form!

[coombs]

At least my ggggrandfather waited until his wife died until he went to America.