![August, Carrie & Charles Voegele, Lee County](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0bd80_cd82986520ed49218068e00d153e666a~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/e0bd80_cd82986520ed49218068e00d153e666a~mv2.webp)
August, Carrie & Charles Voegele, Lee County
The three Voegele siblings: August, Carrie and Charles probably came to Illinois in 1881, which was the year that Carrie Voegele came to...
![Sarah Lankanau, Iroquois County](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0bd80_cbffa8fe640e4aa7a0edd5f3ae4fd9b2~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/e0bd80_cbffa8fe640e4aa7a0edd5f3ae4fd9b2~mv2.webp)
Sarah Lankanau, Iroquois County
Sarah Lankanau (1873 - 1950) was sent to Illinois in 1883 and lived with the Henry Hartman family in Danforth, Iroquois County. She was...
![Elizabeth and Catherine Kelley, Jefferson County](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0bd80_202458b2b3cf4fbd89747014f6a20600~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/e0bd80_202458b2b3cf4fbd89747014f6a20600~mv2.webp)
Elizabeth and Catherine Kelley, Jefferson County
Family lore has it that Elizabeth (1851 - 1934) and Katherine Kelley (1848 - 1925) travelled on the orphan train to Illinois. I was...
![Jesse O Drake, Whiteside County](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0bd80_fa37f36c604f4c9eb1581ef30ffe4ed1~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/e0bd80_fa37f36c604f4c9eb1581ef30ffe4ed1~mv2.webp)
Jesse O Drake, Whiteside County
In 1888 the Asylum was concerned with the fact that a large number of the boys sent West were leaving the homes that had been found for...