Henry Rice, Stephenson County
Henry Rice (b. 1868) was sent to Illinois in 1876 at age seven. He was placed with Lewis and Georgianna Moses near Buckeye Center in...
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"Local" Orphans
Not all children who were indentured out to farmers were from the East Coast "Orphan trains" -- In the town where I live,...
William E. Quick, Whiteside County
William E. Quick (1877 - 1951) was sent to Illinois in 1888. He lived with the John F. Seavy family near Morrison, Illinois. Mr. Seavy...
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Charles Cordis, Christian County
Charles Cordis came to Illinois is 1883 at the age of fourteen. He lived with O. M. Hawkes in Rosamund, Illinois. He was something of a...
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John and James Scott, Edgar & Clinton County
James and John Scott were sent to Illinois the same year and we do not know if they were brothers to each other or not. James stated in...
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Hedwig and Marianna Schutze, LaSalle County
Hedwig and Marianna Schutze were sent to LaSalle County, Illinois in 1889. These sisters may have been two sisters who arrived in America...