Conrad, Christian & Emma Will, Orphan Train Riders
Christian and Elizabeth (Dellerman/ Deleman) Will, immigrants from Germany who met in New York after immigrating, were the parents of...
Joseph Alexander, Iroquois County
Joseph Alexander (1891 - 1934) was sent west in May of 1898, aged 7 or 8 years old and became the ward of Theodore and Louise Koester, a...
Elmer Ellsworth Fiero, Orphan Train Rider
Elmer Fiero was sent to the tiny town of Lacon, Illinois in 1904. He was placed with the Littlefield family there, and they apparently...
Louis Leroy, Orphan Train Rider
Louis Leroy (1887 - 1959) was sent to Illinois in 1897 when he was 10 years old. In 1900 he was living with Calvin and Minnie Quillen on...
William Rosensteel, Orphan Train Rider
William Rosensteel was sent to Illinois in March of 1902 at the age of nine. He lived with the Swingle family in Athens, IL and attended...
John & Annie Lauffer, Orphan Train Riders
Annie and John Lauffer were lucky enough to live very close to one another for many years. John Lauffer (1886 - 1961) came West around...
