tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767071377527744755.post4765287869961185210..comments2023-12-18T10:00:11.900-05:00Comments on Journey to the Past: Affidavit of Widow's Poorness-Military MondayBrenda Leyndykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08530495186632931677noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767071377527744755.post-54396474949675746702012-02-07T10:46:51.405-05:002012-02-07T10:46:51.405-05:00Nancy, thank you for the information about inflati...Nancy, thank you for the information about inflation. Good luck with transcribing your pension file. I found the information fascinating. As far as sourcing goes, I can't take all the credit. I sourced it in Roots Magic, my genealogy software, and then copied and pasted their citation for it.Brenda Leyndykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08530495186632931677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767071377527744755.post-48512952413827233182012-02-06T20:18:49.088-05:002012-02-06T20:18:49.088-05:00I received my g-g-grandfather's CW pension fil...I received my g-g-grandfather's CW pension file last month and saw that he, too, received only $8.00/month. He applied for increases several times but was denied (from what I can tell so far). I'm going to begin scanning and transcribing his file this month.<br /><br />The Inflation Calculator tells me that $8.00 in 1904 would be valued at $191.60 in 2010. You can't buy beans enough to stay alive with that amount now. (However, $25.00 in 1917 would be worth $421.24 in 2010, so her circumstances improved, but barely.)<br /><br />It's interesting what we find out in the pension files. Thanks for sharing this information and for including your source documentation. I've just been researching E.S. Mills to see how it should be done -- and you provided an real example. Thanks.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767071377527744755.post-56918023815658775792012-02-06T15:26:24.867-05:002012-02-06T15:26:24.867-05:00I think she had to show she was in need of the pen...I think she had to show she was in need of the pension. Not only did they ask her to show it, the pension record has an affidavit from 2 of her children and a neighbor. All that for less than $100 a year.Brenda Leyndykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08530495186632931677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767071377527744755.post-70752215938961242992012-02-06T13:51:55.722-05:002012-02-06T13:51:55.722-05:00Does this mean if she had owned property or had an...Does this mean if she had owned property or had any money that she would not have gotten the pension? My first thoughts were how demeaning to ask anyone to state these facts. Almost begging. Bless her heart.MissDazeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03016106662830199895noreply@blogger.com