
Andrew W. King, DeKalb County
Andrew King was born in Scotland in 1862 and was sent to DeKalb County, Illinois in 1876. Andrew was placed with the Bourcy family of...
The Orphan Trains placed children from the Eastern United States on farms in the Midwest States from 1851 until 1929. Click on the rectangle in the top right hand corner of the map to view the map full screen and larger photos. Click on the map tags to read about orphans placed in different locations. Letters are from the annual reports of the New York Juvenile Asylum. The year of each report is referenced in the tag. Search by orphan name in the full screen mode.