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In the process of doing my family history, I found my g-g grandmother applied for but never received her husband's pension. She applied several times but was always denied. She even had an attorney file appeals, but was denied. The reason is unclear, but it appears they couldn't find his muster out records.
Well, I have since found his records, they were filed under a common mispelling of his last name! I guess it wasn't as easy to find back before computers.
I wonder.... could I open his case again? He was on the Union side,......
nope, you arent the spouse, nor are you the caretaker of your grandfather. Guess you will just have to make do with your own pension
My point is, g-grandma was denied pension benefits due her husband. If they are issued, it would be to her. Of course, she is long deceased, but it would be issued to her estate, and I could be a claimant...or whatever its called, on her estate. Of course, it would probably be a very small amount, probably not worth the money I spend on Ancestry
My point is, g-grandma was denied pension benefits due her husband. If they are issued, it would be to her. Of course, she is long deceased, but it would be issued to her estate, and I could be a claimant...or whatever its called, on her estate. Of course, it would probably be a verysmall amount, probably not worth the money I spend on Ancestry
You're right. I have bank receipts where my great grandmother deposited her widow's pension money every month. She was getting $27 month in the 1920s. I don't know how much she was getting when her kids were still minors.
In the process of doing my family history, I found my g-g grandmother applied for but never received her husband's pension. She applied several times but was always denied. She even had an attorney file appeals, but was denied. The reason is unclear, but it appears they couldn't find his muster out records.
Well, I have since found his records, they were filed under a common mispelling of his last name! I guess it wasn't as easy to find back before computers.
I wonder.... could I open his case again? He was on the Union side,......
I think that's a shame that she couldn't get it. Not fair. He served so she deserved the pension. I had one like that but they took sworn affadavits and the widow got his pension. They took statements from people who swore that they remembered listening to his war stories. A lot of these people were important people in the town too so their word held some weight.
There's a lot about my family in the new Castle news, an old newspaper that dates back to 1890. They had local and national news, along with a lot of things like birth/death/funeral/weddings/arrests, property sales, estate settlements, etc.
I found a small article that my g-g-grandmother went to Philadelphia to appeal the case, and engaged an attorney there, to no avail. From what I can determine, she never did get the pension owed her. You know, it just might be worth pursuing. He was entitled to the money, she never did get it, like I said above it would go to her estate. Of course, I would not be the only one to stand to inherit, and it might be more complicated than its worth. We would have to prove each heir and their heirs are now deceased, I do believe there's only one living besides me. Nice little pass time?
Probably wouldn't be worth much now though. What happens to money anyway when someone dies and they didn't include someone their will? I think it goes to the state or something and no one can get it.
Probably wouldn't be worth much now though. What happens to money anyway when someone dies and they didn't include someone their will? I think it goes to the state or something and no one can get it.
But a funny story-----my mother had a cousin who was sort of poor in her old age. She lived in subsidized housing. Another of the cousins went into assisted living. Well, a few months later the first cousin suddenly "found" an old war bond that her father had left her. Very soon she had enough to join her cousin in assisted living! (My mother thought that was rather suspicious.)
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could I open his case again? He was on the Union side,......
