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1880 U.S. Federal Census New York Juvenile Asylum, New York, NY
Many
children from the institution were sent to Illinois and other states on Orphan
Trains between about 1853 and 1929.
A
novel for sale. Can an angel survive Hell on Wheels? Kit Calhoun leaves New
York City with a train car full of foundlings from the Immigrant Children’s
Home. Her assignment is to sever ties, so she has no idea of the tangled
threads of connection that await her in Dakota Territory. First is what to do
with the leftover children who simply refuse placement. Second is handsome
Patrick Kelley, continually managing to distract Kit from her task. Third is
the demented gambler who fastens deadly attention on Kit and keeps turning up everywhere
from Julesburg to Cheyenne. Forced to leave behind everything familiar, is it
possible for a company of New York City castoffs to learn to fight for their
hopes in the raw new American West?
A
contact point for those interested in the Orphan Trains riders who were given
out in Indiana.
Dedicated
to the preservation of the historical event of the arrival of the Orphan Train
riders from New York Foundling Hospital to Louisiana between the years 1873 and
1929.
The
Orphan Train Heritage Society of America, Inc., formerly headquartered in
Springdale, Arkansas, merged with the National Orphan Train Complex.
A
museum in Concordia, Kansas.
A
song performed by the R.J. Phillips Band.
Video
for sale.
From
New York to Minnesota and the Midwest.
Welcome
to 'Orphan Train Riders to Iowa' website! Children 'placed out' during the
Orphan Train Era (1853-1929) and their descendants have particular research
problems. We hope to educate you a bit on this subject and help you further
your research on any ancestors you may have that came to Iowa on one of the
infamous Orphan Trains. This website is here for you to tell the story of your
family's Orphan Train Rider, as well as to try and help you find information
that may add to your research. If you have questions or comments please email
me and I will do my best to help you. Beginning sometime during 1853,
charitable institutions in New York City began sending orphans on trains to the
west to find new families, hoping the children would fare better out west than
on the streets of New York. Orphan trains began arriving in Iowa during 1854
ending about 1930. During this time over 5000 children were placed in Iowa
homes.
A
brief article with numerous links on the topic.
Information
about a book from the University of Missouri Press.
A
book by Stephen O'Connor.
For
the discussion of the orphan trains that carried thousands of children to new
homes in any and all states, and anything pertaining to them from the 1850s to
1930. Discussions pertaining to anything related to these children,
circumstances, finding their families, history of these trains, etc. are
encouraged.
