William Henry Quattlander, Montgomery County
The first record of William Henry Quattlander (1885 - 1959) is one of the few lists of orphans published in a newspaper (Montgomery...
Mildred Emelia Pfendler, Orphan Train Rider
Mildred Emelia Pfendler (1882 - 1967) was born in New York in 1882, the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Pfendler. Whe was sent to...
David and Merrin Nicoll, Crawford County
Because I am slowly coming to the end of my quest within the Annual Reports of the New York Juvenile Asylum, I have begun searching...
Martha & Frederick Zenn, Orphan Train Rider
Martha Zenn was placed in Ford County, Illinois in 1873 and was born in 1861 or 1864. Her name appears in the census as an inmate of the...
Annie O'Brien, McLean & Boone County
Annie O'Brien, a young girl of Irish parentage, wrote a couple of letters to the asylum, but her story includes a newspaper story...
