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
Andrew Petry (1860 - 1944) and Henry (1863 - 1928) were sent West in 1874. Andrew was first assigned to the Briggs family, but by 1880...
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...
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
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...
Eugene and Remy Heydecker
Eugene Heydecker (1864 - 1943) and Remy Heydecker (1866 - 1951) The Heydecker brothers came to Illinois in 1876. Their mother, Justine,...
