John Henry Hayes, son of Edward & Mary Luft-Hayes, enlisted to serve in the military during WW-I, was injured in action and taken to a hospital in France to recoup from his injuries. A result of his injuries was the loss of memory of his family and origin. He was returned to America and married Johanna Wolf at New York City August 18, 1925, Johanna died February 1, 1942. They had a son, Robert Carl Hayes, who died November 16, 1941 at the age of 13. Apparently those events caused him to begin to regain his memory of home and family. He sent a letter to his brother August Hayes on February 8, 1942, stating that no, this is not a ghost, but it is your long lost brother, informing August of those events and of his regained memory. John had been out of touch with his family for about 24 years and his family had assumed he died in the war. He returned to his home town Owosso, Michigan in 1942, and his family, and gained employment at the Grand Packing Company where he worked as a Meat-Cutter until his passing.
John Henry Hayes, son of Edward & Mary Luft-Hayes, enlisted to serve in the military during WW-I, was injured in action and taken to a hospital in France to recoup from his injuries. A result of his injuries was the loss of memory of his family and origin. He was returned to America and married Johanna Wolf at New York City August 18, 1925, Johanna died February 1, 1942. They had a son, Robert Carl Hayes, who died November 16, 1941 at the age of 13. Apparently those events caused him to begin to regain his memory of home and family. He sent a letter to his brother August Hayes on February 8, 1942, stating that no, this is not a ghost, but it is your long lost brother, informing August of those events and of his regained memory. John had been out of touch with his family for about 24 years and his family had assumed he died in the war. He returned to his home town Owosso, Michigan in 1942, and his family, and gained employment at the Grand Packing Company where he worked as a Meat-Cutter until his passing.
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