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...
Agnes Vivian Crawford, McLean County
Agnes Vivian Crawford began life at Randalls Island, New York City, where she lived with her mother and twin sister, Mary. It was not the...
Girls Industrial Home Inmate, Gertrude Richards
Gertrude's road to the Girls Industrial Home started in Terre Haute, Indiana at the Rose Orphan Home in Terre Haute, Indiana. From there...
Emma Davis, Mason County
One aspect of writing this blog that is very satisfying is hearing from OTR descendants. I have met descendants when I presented on...
Anna Dickson, McLean County
Anna Dickson (1881 - 1973) was born in Liverpool England and came to America with her mother, Jane, on November 23, 1883. She had three...
Annie O'Brien, McLean & Boone County
Annie O'Brien, a young girl of Irish parentage, wrote a couple of letters to the asylum, but her story includes a newspaper story...