William, Frank & Anna Lemme, Christian County
William Bert Lemme (1885 - 1961) was sent to Illinois in 1891 at the age of six and lived with Henry Burke in Christian County. Although...
Brief Reports of the Orphans
Joseph Ambrose Ackerman was sent to Illinois in 1878 at the age of 13 and he first appeared in the Illinois Census in 1880, when he lived...
Theresa Keppler, Boone County
Theresa Keppler (1885 - 1958) first appears in the record as a dressmaker-lodger in the home of Seymour and Ruth Cox of Belvidere, Boone...
John Hesleitner, Montgomery County
When John Hesleitner was sent West in 1895 he was assigned to the Sims family near Hillsboro. George Sims was a new father at that time...
John J. and William Brown, Orphan Success Stories
John J. Brown was one of those orphans that the Asylum held up to the world as one of its great successes. He was an attorney and state...
Henry Schmidt, Edgar County
Henry Schmidt came to Illinois in 1895 and lived with the John Morris family. He was the only boy in the family. In 1900 he attended...
Jacob Walter, Whiteside County
Jacob Walter was just 10 years old when he lived with Napoleon Peters near Neoga, Illinois in 1895. Peters reported to the Asylum that...
Albert H. and Fernando Trede, Orphan Train Riders
Albert Trede (1868) came to Geneseo, Henry County, Illinois in 1882 and his employer wrote a letter to the asylum in 1884. He was not...
Barbara Klink, LaSalle County
Barbara Klink most likely came to Ottawa, Illinois in 1879 (the reference to the date 1870 here is a typographical error). She was born...
Daniel Mayor, Ford County
Daniel started life in Illinois in DuBois, Washington County, which is in the southern reaches of Illinois (information from the 1890...
