Mabel Van Winkle, DeKalb County
Mabel Van Winkle came to Hinckley, Illinois in 1887 and settled in with the Baie family very contentedly. She continued to live with them...
John & August Strickhorn, Kankakee County
John Strickhorn (1876 - 1961) came to Illinois in 1889 and was placed with the Patchett family near Norton, Kankakee County, Illinois. ...
John, Charles, Bertha, Louisa & Elizabeth Albrecht, Orphan Train Riders
John (b. 1878) and Charles were sent to Illinois in 1888. They were part of a company that visited Sterling, Illinois and were place with...
Jennie D. Dee, McLean County
In 1884 a truly tragic event took place which involved a 12 year old New York orphan. Jennie D. Dee had been entrusted to the Robnett...
William E. Fox, Henry County
William E. Fox was born in 1874 in New York to Robert and Elizabeth Wells Fox. Robert kept a cigar store in New York to support his wife...
William, Frank & Anna Lemme, Christian County
William Bert Lemme (1885 - 1961) was sent to Illinois in 1891 at the age of six and lived with Henry Burke in Christian County. Although...
Brief Reports of the Orphans
Joseph Ambrose Ackerman was sent to Illinois in 1878 at the age of 13 and he first appeared in the Illinois Census in 1880, when he lived...
Theresa Keppler, Boone County
Theresa Keppler (1885 - 1958) first appears in the record as a dressmaker-lodger in the home of Seymour and Ruth Cox of Belvidere, Boone...
John Hesleitner, Montgomery County
When John Hesleitner was sent West in 1895 he was assigned to the Sims family near Hillsboro. George Sims was a new father at that time...
John J. and William Brown, Orphan Success Stories
John J. Brown was one of those orphans that the Asylum held up to the world as one of its great successes. He was an attorney and state...
