Frances O'Donnell, Montgomery County
A letter from Frances reached the Juvenile Asylum in 1892, when she was eighteen years old. She had come to Illinois in 1883, when she...
Benjamin F. Coburn, Livingston County
Benjamin F. Coburn (1858 - 1918), like other letter writers in 1880 related the story of how he came to be at the New York Juvenile...
George Kruskop, Stark County
The family lore of the Kruskop family was that George Kruskop was sent West on the Orphan Trains from New York after his parents were...
Emma Davis, Mason County
One aspect of writing this blog that is very satisfying is hearing from OTR descendants. I have met descendants when I presented on...
Anna Dickson, McLean County
Anna Dickson (1881 - 1973) was born in Liverpool England and came to America with her mother, Jane, on November 23, 1883. She had three...
Martin and Peter Armstrong, Kankakee County
Martin Armstrong (1867 - 1929) appeared in the 1880 census with the Thomas McLane family in Essex, Kankakee County. He was listed as...
