Hamilton J. Brodie, Orphan Train Rider
Hamilton J. Brodie was born in 1856 or 1860 in New York to two immigrants from Scotland. He was left at the New York Juvenile Asylum by...
Clarence Waugh, Iroquois and Will County
Clarence wrote in 1895: Clarence Waugh was still greatly influenced by the Asylum at the age of 21 when he wrote this letter in 1895. He...
Sarah Lankanau, Iroquois County
Sarah Lankanau (1873 - 1950) was sent to Illinois in 1883 and lived with the Henry Hartman family in Danforth, Iroquois County. She was...
William F., Robert W. and Frederick Tallon, Kankakee, Iroquois & Will County
The Tallon brothers were born in New Jersey and their parents were from Ireland. They were sent to Illinois in 1879 at ages 13, 11 and 9....
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...
Annie Alice Boyer, Iroquois County
Annie's obituary told the sad story of her journey to Illinois. She was born in Cambridgeshire England on February 1, 1860, where first...
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...
Joseph Alexander, Iroquois County
Joseph Alexander (1891 - 1934) was sent west in May of 1898, aged 7 or 8 years old and became the ward of Theodore and Louise Koester, a...
George & Paul Sambuc, Orphan Train Rider
George Sambuc (1870 - ?) wrote in his letter of 1895 from Piper City, IL that although his brother Paul had a successful farm in North...
