nana's birth mother disappeared in 1901

[hasta]

An Edwin Benjamin of the correct age died in Barnet in 1917. Might be worth checking out.
Isobel

Also he is in the 1911 census living quite close to Charlotte.

[brigidmac]

I.ll look that up

MB can you remind me what you said about Edwin being hospitalised  please

Also anyone I was told that it takes a long time to convert to Judaism ..how long would Charlotte have known Edwin for their marriage to be acceptable..I wonder if it's worth looking on 1901 census for a Mariam Roberts /Robarts

[brigidmac]

So my mother and I are giving up on the idea of Lottie the waitress/ actress / child placer being ours

As she married Edwin Benjamin in 1903 had a son with him in 1907and was living as Charlotte Benjamin in 1911

It seems unlikely
 She would have returned to maiden name in  1903

[brigidmac]

I've seen a record on Ancestry

On SS Paul

BENJAMIN Charlotte 35 +
BENJAMIN Eric Michae 11 admitted first sept 1917

 title page " detained aliens held for special inquiry "

Their entries are in pen
Added under  the others which are printed and have more details
Cause of detention seems to be   " English " !     Unless i.m misreading it

[isobelw]

Her cause of detention ditto'd from above is LPC and Un. From articles on Google it seems LPC stood for ' likely public charge' and I suspect Un stood for 'unaccompanied' i.e. No spouse. It seems it was common for unaccompanied women with children to be dealt with in this way.
Isobel

[brigidmac]

Thanks Isobel.  Likely to be a charge on the state then rather than being charged for a public offence ...

I suppose during WW1 no countries wanted  unaccompanied mothers ..that does imply that she hadn't followed her husband to USA

I haven't sorted out the various Edwin Home/Hume /Hymie's ..i.m hoping MBenn will tell me more when he finds out about his grandfather

I don't know which one you meant who was living nearby.in 1911

[isobelw]

It was Hasta who found the 1911 entry. Try looking for Edwin Benjamins on Familysearch. Alternatively Edward Benjamins on Ancestry ( mistranscribed).
I think it highly possible Edwin  died in Barnet in 1917.
Don't know if you have found the main manifest entry on the St Paul for Charlotte and her son ( she is mistranscribed as Bengamin on Ancestry. This is the entry that names her sister Maria Irvine as next of kin and gives a hotel address in New York as her destination ( no mention of a husband that she is joining)
Isobel

[brigidmac]

It must have been different document I found the other passengers entries were printed and Charlotte and Eric Michael BENJAMIn were penned underneath

[isobelw]

The detained aliens list is subsidiary to the main manifest.
Isobel