Alfred & Amelia Werner, Rock Island & Peoria County
Alfred Werner was sent to Illinois in 1897, along with a sister Amelia. He was settled in Rock Island county with Curtis Ellis in Milan,...
William Way, Orphan Train Rider
The story of William Way's life was preserved in the Historical Encyclopedia of Livingston County, IL. This is quite the accomplishment...
Elmer Ellsworth Fiero, Orphan Train Rider
Elmer Fiero was sent to the tiny town of Lacon, Illinois in 1904. He was placed with the Littlefield family there, and they apparently...
Annie, Emil, Margaret & Ottilile Schultz, Orphan Train Riders
Annie E. wrote a long letter to the Asylum in 1893. Her letter has an underlying tone of sadness in it. She was not happy in Illinois,...
Hattie and Annie Henning, Orphan Train Rider
Hattie Henning came to Niantic, Macon County, Illinois on the train in 1886. She wrote to the asylum in 1896, after she had married...
Herman Henry Schmidt
Herman was sent to Winchester, IL in 1889 and lived with the J H Taylor family. Herman married in 1907 to Mary Elizabeth Little. In his...