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Two Girl Stenographers are Missing from Home
Charles Troper, a fish dealer, of 1820 Palmetto Avenue, Ridgewood, requested
the police search for his two daughters, Marie and Hannah, ....
Where was this? What date? Any further information or follow up stories?
LOL at how subjective/biased old-time media was - i.e. the girls "are described as remarkably pretty by the father." I'm sure most parents feel that way about their kids, but it's really not something anyone can use in helping to help find them!
Did either girl have a boyfriend? Also, if they were teens already working, I'm guessing they traveled in an adult sphere. Was there anyone in their acquaintance at work that was suspicious for any reason, or that they didn't get along with?
LOL at how subjective/biased old-time media was - i.e. the girls "are described as remarkably pretty by the father." I'm sure most parents feel that way about their kids, but it's really not something anyone can use in helping to help find them!
I'm not. The police, even now, don't always put much effort in missing-person(s) cases. How many murdered teens have been written off as runaways?I'm sure the girls reappeared after a short time and nobody bothered to alert the news media.
I'm not. The police, even now, don't always put much effort in missing-person(s) cases. How many murdered teens have been written off as runaways?
This page about William Troper (d. 1937) mentions a daughter, "Irene M. Stern, born Troper." Irene apparently married Walter J. Stern no later than 1927, which is when their son Richard was born.
https://www.myheritage.com/names/william_troper
https://www.myheritage.com/names/richard_stern
Sadie Troper, nee Beck, died in 1957.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15142321
This family is evidently the same one in the census record, but it isn't at all clear whether the census record matches the girls who were reported missing.
Even if the families are one and the same, I can't find any online record of Hannah being alive after 1919.
No, he died in 2006 at age 78.Is Irene's son, Richard Stern, still alive?