![Edith, Margaret & William Stuckey, Ogle & Rock Island County](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0bd80_c800b65817334eaeaef16560239c9133~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/e0bd80_c800b65817334eaeaef16560239c9133~mv2.webp)
Edith, Margaret & William Stuckey, Ogle & Rock Island County
Edith and Margaret first appear in official records in 1880 in NYC with parents John and Margaret Stuckey. Their father, John, was a...
![Andrew and Henry Petry, Ogle & Kane County](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0bd80_952279df62a5474eb2726f793f544b91~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_319,h_156,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/e0bd80_952279df62a5474eb2726f793f544b91~mv2.webp)
Andrew and Henry Petry, Ogle & Kane County
Andrew Petry (1860 - 1944) and Henry (1863 - 1928) were sent West in 1874. Andrew was first assigned to the Briggs family, but by 1880...
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Orphan Train Rider Weddings, 1897
In the 1897 Report, the Asylum announced the weddings of eight girls who had been sent west. Isabella Carr married Joseph Boyer of...
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1883 Orphan Train Rider Report
The 1883 holds a few clues as to the identity of many orphans, but not many could be confirmed in the census records. The farmer who...
![Oliver M. Smith, Orphan Train Rider](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0bd80_6cab6990d4fb44769a6499785cfd2a12~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/e0bd80_6cab6990d4fb44769a6499785cfd2a12~mv2.webp)
Oliver M. Smith, Orphan Train Rider
Oliver M. Smith 1872 - 1951 Oliver was sent to Illinois in 1882 and in 1900 he was still living in Ogle County on a rented farm with...
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Eugene and Remy Heydecker
Eugene Heydecker (1864 - 1943) and Remy Heydecker (1866 - 1951) The Heydecker brothers came to Illinois in 1876. Their mother, Justine,...