Anna and Jerry Suda, Montgomery County
Anna and Jerry Suda came to Illinois in April 1895 and were initially placed in the home of Murray Easley in Walshville, Montgomery...
Frances O'Donnell, Montgomery County
A letter from Frances reached the Juvenile Asylum in 1892, when she was eighteen years old. She had come to Illinois in 1883, when she...
George N. Bickner, Montgomery County
George N. Bickner's (1886 - 1963) first stop in Illinois was Montgomery County, where he was taken from the train by William H. Applegate...
William Henry Quattlander, Montgomery County
The first record of William Henry Quattlander (1885 - 1959) is one of the few lists of orphans published in a newspaper (Montgomery...
Seth V. Watson, Montgomery County
Seth V. Watson (b. 1859) was an inmate in the New York Juvenile Asylum in 1870 and was sent to Illinois in 1872. In 1880 he was living...
Grace, Anne & Agnes Milne
Grace Milne was sent to Illinois in 1905 by the New York Juvenile Asylum to live with a family here, but in 1910, Grace Milne was a...
John Hesleitner, Montgomery County
When John Hesleitner was sent West in 1895 he was assigned to the Sims family near Hillsboro. George Sims was a new father at that time...
Emilio Ferrio, Montgomery County
Emilio Ferrio came to the United States in 1867 and emigrated to Illinois in 1869. In the Chicago Tribune, he claimed to have been sent...
