Alexander and John Latter, Champaign and Coles County
The Urbana Free Library has a small collection of indentures from 1859 and 1860. One of the riders included in that collection is...
James Robertson, Champaign County
James Robertson was born in New York in 1845 and was brought to Illinois on the Orphan Train when he was 14. He was indentured on 15 Sept...
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...
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...
Brief Reports of the Orphans
Robert G. McMahon was sent to Illinois in 1879 at just eight years old. A large number of very young children were sent in 1878, and...
George, Louisa & Ada Freeman, Champaign County
George, Louisa (1872 - 1942) and Ada (1876) were all placed in the home of John H. Omey in Dewey in 1888. They were the children of...
Patrick Brennan, Orphan Train Rider
Patrick Brennan was one of the Vermilion County Company boys who served in the Civil War and were all listed in the 1868 Annual Report....
William C., Margaret, & Mary Hallock, Orphan Train Riders
William C. Hallock wrote to the asylum in 1895 when he was 35 years old. He was still living on the property of his old guardian with his...
