Joseph Weinberg & Harold Beale, Cook County & Madison County
Joseph Weisberg came to Illinois in June 1904. At that time the immigration process was being handled by the Children's Aid Society,...
Frank E. Powell, Crawford County
Frank E. Powell came to Illinois in 1886 and lived with Isabella Kennedy, a widowed lady in Hutsonville, Illinois. Although he does not...
Elizabeth Van Hove, Livingston County
Elizabeth Van Hove came from England before her second immigration to Illinois. She had two brothers, Samuel and Harry, who were also...
Orphan Train Rider Weddings, 1897
In the 1897 Report, the Asylum announced the weddings of eight girls who had been sent west. Isabella Carr married Joseph Boyer of...
Amelia Biastoff, Cook County
Amelia Biastoff, an Irish immigrant born of a German father and Irish mother wast sent to Illinois in March, 1903. She was thirteen years...
C H F Justice, Orphan Train Rider
Charles Justice (1858 - ?) was sent west in the early days of the orphan train, possibly between 1870 and 1880. He was sent to live with...
