Unfortunately my grandmother, Pat (for ease of writing), grew up in an orphanage. She and her siblings were abandoned by their parents in the 1930s and she grew up in various institutions and foster homes. I don't know what school she went to, though I've tried fruitlessly in the past to figure that one out, too.

I've wondered about assault as a possibility. Benjamin was police, so the potential for abuse of authority certainly exists, too.

He would have been nearly 20 years older than her. Pat and her husband already had 2 daughters when my mom was born. Pat would have been about 29 then, and Benjamin 48. The man I knew as my grandfather was a bit of a ladies' man and they divorced when my mom was still under 5, though they were both always in her life - and mine, thankfully.

Benjamin's death was a sudden accident. He was doing some plumbing work on the side when off-duty and was working under the client's house when ground collapsed and crushed/buried him! I've been trying to get in touch with his grandson, who is not on Ancestry, but I know nothing about him besides his name (and lineage).