Annie Burns, Carroll County
Annie Burns came to Illinois in 1887 at the age of eleven. She was placed with Caroline Mark in Mt. Carroll. Mrs. Marks reported of...
Mabel Van Winkle, DeKalb County
Mabel Van Winkle came to Hinckley, Illinois in 1887 and settled in with the Baie family very contentedly. She continued to live with them...
John & August Strickhorn, Kankakee County
John Strickhorn (1876 - 1961) came to Illinois in 1889 and was placed with the Patchett family near Norton, Kankakee County, Illinois. ...
John, Charles, Bertha, Louisa & Elizabeth Albrecht, Orphan Train Riders
John (b. 1878) and Charles were sent to Illinois in 1888. They were part of a company that visited Sterling, Illinois and were place with...
Jennie D. Dee, McLean County
In 1884 a truly tragic event took place which involved a 12 year old New York orphan. Jennie D. Dee had been entrusted to the Robnett...
William E. Fox, Henry County
William E. Fox was born in 1874 in New York to Robert and Elizabeth Wells Fox. Robert kept a cigar store in New York to support his wife...
