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staid a year or so; in 1912 had lumbago; returned home and died. Sibs: 

 i-cf , born 1878, has led a very irregular life; quick-tempered and impulsive; 

 had very little schooling; was an unusually good musician, and at an early age 



began to play in orchestra in a cheap theater in W , Massachusetts; 



smoked, and at times drank excessively; at 19 married an actress of 28 years; 

 divorced in a year; since then has wandered about from one place to another, 

 always a little dissatisfied with positions ; is at present in California. 2 - 9 , 

 born 1882, had convulsions when teething; apparently well afterwards, but 

 frail; impulsive and emotional. s-cT, born 1885, had convulsions when 

 teething; quick-tempered and impulsive; married and has a child of 4 years. 



Father. — ^A "normal man." 



Mother. — A frail, nervous woman; worries a great deal; hypochondriacal; 

 narrow interests; suspicious of inquiries. Sibs: i-9, born 1 851, nervous, 

 hysterical, suspicious, seclusive, worries over trifles; married a "normal man of 

 normal family" ; had 2 sons and 2 daughters; both of the latter are "normal" ; 

 of the former, the first is nervous, worries easily, and is very sensitive; the 

 second is seclusive, smokes and drinks moderately, a hard worker. 2 - 9 , born 

 1853, a normal woman, a hard worker; of her 3 daughters there is little to note 

 except that one married a Western man and lives in California; of the 4 sons, 

 3 are living in the same city near their birthplace, and i of frail health, went 

 when young to California, and little of his after-history was learned, except that 

 he married and when 30 years old died of consumption. 3 - 9 , born 1858, frail, 

 nervous, seclusive, and hypochondriacal; quick-tempered and easily irritated; 

 married a "normal man" and had 2 sons and 2 daughters, none of whom 

 showed marked restlessness. 4-9 , born 1861, nervous, hysterical, seclusive, 

 worried constantly, had nervous prostration at the menopause (40 years) ; had 

 no children. 5-d', born 1863, a bright child, left school to work as a machinist; 

 married at 18; of a quick, nervous disposition; he smoked, but no venereal 

 history is known; admitted to State hospital 1906, uneasy, restless, euphoric, 

 paretic; none of his 7 children showed nomadic tendencies. 6-cf , born 1864, 

 slow and easygoing ; smoked and drank excessively. 7 - cT , born 1 866, normal, 

 a day laborer. 8-cf , born 1866, nervous and sensitive, very seclusive, smoked 

 excessively; none of his 4 children (i son and 3 daughters) is nomadic. 9-cr, 

 born 1869, irritable, quarrelsome, violent-tempered; at times has moved about 

 from place to place, never contented to stay long in one place; has not been heard 

 from for the last few years, so his whereabouts are unknown; he married a 

 neurotic woman and has 1 1 children — 4 daughters and 7 sons; of the daughters 

 none are nomadic; of the sons the first has epilepsy, is sensitive, seclusive, and 

 now in hospital with typical case of dementia precox; the second is quick- 

 tempered, is a clerk; the third started to go to school at 6 years, did not like 

 it, was determined to run away and play with the "toughs" of the village; is 

 now a wood-chopper, smokes excessively, drinks moderately; the fourth is 

 quick-tempered, sensitive; has been committed to a State hospital for suicidal 

 and homicidal tendencies; the fifth was an average scholar, is impulsive, now 

 works in a shoe-store; the youngest two are at school and are sociable. 



Mother's father. — Born in Vermont, 1826, and died 1907; he went to Massa- 

 chusetts in 1 87 1 and was employed as a shoemaker; nothing is known of his 

 early life nor of his fraternity. 



Mother's mother. — Nervous, quick-tempered, hysterical; would fly into a 

 rage at the least disturbance; always moving her hands about. (41 : 133; 

 III 71.) 



(25) Propositus, cf, born 1880; of a roving disposition; has worked in 

 many different places; came back to Pennsylvania from Idaho after being 



