John, James and Margaret Swanson
John Swanson (1870 - 1944) was sent to Illinois in 1877 and was placed with Hugh O'Hara on his farm in Assumption, Illinois. John...
Amelia and Ernest Wamster, Orphan Train Riders
Amelia Wamster (1882 - 1953) was sent to Illinois in 1895 with her brother Ernest Wamster. They were taken in by the George Hewerdine...
Alexander F. Roy, Iroquois County
Alexander Fowler Roy (1885 - 1966) came to Watseka, Illinois in 1895 to live with a young couple named Wockener. He was just ten years...
Ludwig, Henry & George Knoess, Orphan Train Riders
Ludwig (1880 - 1967) first came to Armington, Tazewell County, Illinois on the orphan train in 1889 and was living with the McLellan...
Thomas Morrison, Champaign County
Thomas Morrison was placed Champaign County with the Joe Harley family in Homer, Illinois in 1898. Morrison would stay in Homer the...
Conrad, Christian & Emma Will, Orphan Train Riders
Christian and Elizabeth (Dellerman/ Deleman) Will, immigrants from Germany who met in New York after immigrating, were the parents of...
Henrietta Cashau, Richland County
Henrietta Cashau (1878 - 1967) was sent to Illinois in 1884 at the age of six. In 1880 she and her sister Jessie were living at the Five...
Andrew Barrowman, Macon County
Andrew Barrowman (1868 - 1943) was sent to Illinois in 1880. The only information regarding Andrew in the report is a very brief...
Charles Zinsmeister, Orphan Train Rider
Charles Zinsmeister was sent to Illinois in 1886 and placed in Woodside, IL. Charles was regretful that he had not met any of the boys he...
Sidney, Charlotte & Marion Rowe
The Rowe children are, according to family trees, the children of Theophilus and Susannah Rowe, English immigrants, who also lived in...
