Charles Zinsmeister, Orphan Train Rider
Charles Zinsmeister was sent to Illinois in 1886 and placed in Woodside, IL. Charles was regretful that he had not met any of the boys he...
Albert H. and Fernando Trede, Orphan Train Riders
Albert Trede (1868) came to Geneseo, Henry County, Illinois in 1882 and his employer wrote a letter to the asylum in 1884. He was not...
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...
Sophronia Crane, Sangamon County
Sophronia Crane was sent to Sherman, Illinois in 1886. She married in 1897 to Thomas H. Ballarby, a minister, in Sangamon County. They...
