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...
Marie Tavormino, Orphan Train Rider
Marie Tavormino was sent to Illinois well before 1900 when she married a distant relative of her guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Devine...
Freda & Frank Reichardt, Orphan Train Riders
Freda (1873 - 1941) and Frank (1875) Reichardt Freda Reichardt lived with the Gillespies, along with her brother, Frank, after coming...
Lillie, John & William Heinicker, Orphan Train Riders
Lillie (1862 - 1962) and William were sent to Illinois in 1872 or 1873. In 1954 Lillie was interviewed by the Champaign newspaper and...
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...
