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Originally Posted by radar1979
It may sadden some of you to know that Victor Schiman, the man from central Ohio who was orphaned in the 1920s and later learned that his efforts in locating his parent's identities was merely a result of confusion over the pronunciation of his last name (Simon or Schiman)...passed away in 1995 at the age of 74. His mother died after giving birth to him in 1921 and his father was injured at the time and forced to give Victor up for adoption. At the time, Victor had three living siblings, Brother George and Sisters Lina and Emma.
In his official death index, his name was still listed as Victor Schiman, and not simon. Indeed, the confusion over his last name is so complete, that I was unable to locate either of his parents, or any of his siblings in any census records, even though the segment supplied me with an exact town and even an exact adress in said town. Very frustrating!
I do not know if he was ever able to locate any of his siblings or other relatives, but no update was ever added to his segment.
Not exactly a fitting end to a story, but an end none-the-less.
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I couldn't find the family in the 1920 Census either, but i WAS able to find them in the 1930 Census. They had moved to Michigan.
Enumerated in the 1930 Census for Dearborn, Wayne Co. MI (pg. 26B, ED 892, lines 66-70) is Daniel SCHYMAN, aged 50, a widow, born Austria (Hungary was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time of his birth). What confirms this is the right family is the enumeration of his children:
Emma, aged 15, born Ohio.
Joseph (not George, as stated in the segment), aged 14, born Ohio.
Lena, aged 13, born Ohio.
Also living with the family is a 37-year old boarder, Joseph DRAZOMAN (also born Austria).
I was able to find out a little more about Victor's brother. Joseph enlisted in the U.S. Army on 8 August 1942. He was single at the time. He appears to have survived the war and COULD be the Joseph Simon who died in September 1967, according to the SSDI.
I couldn't find anything on his sisters.