Orphan Train List Birth First Name Birth Surname Adopted/Other Surname Adopted? Birth year Town taken to State taken to Year taken Person submitting Other information on the train information Mary Abbott Knietz Yes 1920 LaPorte IN Marie Istvanek relationship-daughter James A. Alexander Mason 1888 Portland IN 1910 Gladys Stemm Fanny Armstrong Sulfer Springs IN 1863 New York Times 11/12/88 married name: Fletcher George Bauner 1844 Anderson IN Barbara P. Bailey Born in Heidelberg, Germany John F. Boison 1848? Sheffield Twp. IN Mulberry Rep. lived with John Reicraft family Charles Albert Bond? Singhurst 1861 Terre Haute IN Joan Singhurst had a twin brother, James Thomas William Bouer 1854? Sheffield Twp. IN Mulberry Rep. lived with Washington Wood family Mark Brayerton 1848? Sheffield Twp. IN 1860 Mulberry Rep. lived with Adam Pinkerton family William H. Burding Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 James Carman 1851? Sheffield Twp. IN 1860 Mulberry Rep. lived with James Blackman family Effie Chandler 1884 Bourbon IN 1897 Larita Killian lived with Rauch family Charles Sinclair Clark No 1856 Rockville IN Frank W. Lincoln relationship-great grandson Ira G. Clark Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Levi L. Cornell 1851 Dupont IN 1883? Waneta Cooper relationship-granddaughter Levi Lawrence Cornell 1851 Franklin? IN Reatha Femyer had a sister, Emmaline; lived with Conway family Eliza Craig Raleigh, Rush County IN 1902 Marjorie Beck adopted by William S. Hall family Mary Mollie Culley Culley may be adopted name 1860s? Terre Haute IN 1885 Julie Arellano adopted at age four Susana Davies Podelwitz no 1893 South Bend IN 1896? Ruth Sitton lived with John and Julia Podelwitz, married twice-Stewert and Mulbourn Patrick Divine 1854? Sheffield Twp. IN 1860 Mulberry Rep. lived with Edward Lee family Walter Donkin 1884 Mishawaka IN 1895 Ralph F. Donkin relationship-son Francis Dowdell 1853? Sheffield Twp. IN 1860 Mulberry Rep. lived with John Royal family Bertha M. Drake Deardorff Goshen IN 1903 Phyllis Roth Alonzo Earl Hendricks Co. IN 1916 Marjorie Gibbs lived with William Dillon family William Sidney Emay No 1853 Rush County IN 1909 Eloise Ging Davis relationship-granddaughter; had sister James Fagan Fay 1849 Newtonn IN 1918 Elizabeth McCullough lived with Stevens family Nina Fairbanks Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 John Fitzpatrick 1852? Sheffield Twp. IN 1860 Mulberry Rep. lived with William Slayback family John Gormand 1852? Sheffield Twp. IN 1860 Mulberry Rep. lived with Benjamin House family George Henry Gray 1891 South Bend IN Irene K. Mack had a 3 sisters: Mary Elsie and twins: Catherine and Anne John Henry Gray/Grey 1853 Connersville IN 1861 Jack Potts lived with Miner family' Edward Hain/Cain 1849? Sheffield Twp. IN 1860 Mulberry Rep. lived with David H. Crouse family George A. Haynes Sponsler ? 1888 Argo IN 1878-89 Dennis Swartz John Higans 1848? Sheffield Twp. IN 1860 Mulberry Rep. lived with Samuel Bramble family John Higgins 1849 IN Annette Fry became in Union drummer boy and a successful businessman John Howe 1841-42 Vermillion Co. IN 1902 Vickie Howe Clifford Peter Howe 1845-46 Vermillion Co. IN 1915? Vickie Howe Clifford Albert Hubert No 1854 Connersville IN Sabra Sudomier relationship-great granddaughter James Johnson 1890 South Bend IN 1892 William Johnson Michael Jordan 1852? Sheffield Twp. IN 1860 Mulberry Rep. lived with John Lindsey family Mary Kamerer 1892 South Bend IN Mary Ciesielski OTR; lived with Grzadzicla family Henry Keenan Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Mary Kelly no 1895 Oldenburg IN 1898 Sr. Wilhelmina Burkemper NYFH left them with the sisters of St. Francis, real father died before birth George W. Kent 1851 Goshen IN Ruth Kent lived with Bly family; had a sister, Mary Willlaim Henry Lawson no 1853? Middletown IN 1862 Gwen Kysilka Placed through CAS with Groenendykes' Michael Long 1857 between Salem and Albany IN Jennie Ferman sister of Nora Long; lived with Bogle's family Nora Long IN 1861 Jennie Ferman relationship-aunt; sister of Michael Long Alfred Lowry Waterford IN 1904 Phyllis Roth Nellie/Nettie Luark Leckrone 1880s Ft. Wayne IN 1890s Marvel Thompson had a brother, Frank and a sister, Mildred Mary Loretta Malloy 1895 Bloomington IN Helen Packer lived with Lipps family William Mathews 1848 Centerville IN Mrs. Orval Chandler adopted by Lewis Jones family James McDonald Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 William McLaughlin 1851 Perrysville IN 1912 April Lynn Samol Jacob W. Mellinger Wellinger 1857 Greencastle IN Shirley J. Mellinger Grandfather-in-law Charles Metchear Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Margaret Morrison Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Rachael Morrison Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 W. J. Nimmons 1855-60? Monticello IN Vera McBeth lived with Warfel family Charles A. Patterson Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Lena Pope Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Lilly Potrash yes Valparaiso IN 1880-1890 Phyllis Braun adopted by Claus and Anna Sierck Lieuellyn Preuyer? Preuyer? IN Lula McKay married name: Chandler Mary Quinn Kerr 1895 Bloomington IN 1918 W. H. McDonald lived with Roger Kerr family; married name: McDonald Harold Ralph Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Louise Raymond 1895 Oldenburg IN 1919 Sr. Joan Luerman Louise Raymond no 1895 Oldenburg IN 1898 Sr. Wilhelmina Burkemper NYFH left them with the sisters of St. Francis, parents: Angela and Charles Robert H. Rhea 1879 Muncie IN Kenneth Rhea William Rhoer? 1853? Sheffield Twp. IN 1860 Mulberry Rep. lived with Samuel Elliot family Lewis Andrew Richards Brandon Richards Lash 1889 Blufton IN 1895 Donald R. Lash lived with the Lash family Mary Ring Blacklidge 1887 Kokomo IN 1910 Martha Wagner McKay married name: Wagner Mary G. Ring Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Roach Richmond IN Mary E. Fivecoate lived with Thomas family in Fountain City, IN Francis Rook 1847 Fountain Co. IN 1914? Darlene Myers Sanders Charles V. Sanders 1865 Hazleton IN 1885 Sybie Niemann lived with Siebert family Christie Schultz Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 George Schultz Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Almeda Shaw near Auburn IN 1911 David Harve had 2 brothers, Charles and William; lived w/ Rose family Margaret Simpson Salsbury yes 1851 Mishawaka IN 1911 Douglas Salsbury Margaret Simpson 1851 Mishawaka IN 1911 Douglas Salsbury Josephine Slavick Ruhlman? no 1907 Shelbyville IN 1909 Sr. Wilhelmina Burkemper lived with Henry and Anna, birth parents: Michael and Margaret from Hungary around 1905 Delbert H. Smith Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Elizabeth B. Smith Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Ida M. Smith Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 John Lawrence Smith 1860 Williamsport IN 1923 Emily Polier lived with Roosevelt family Arthur Steele Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Charles J. Steele Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Jennie C. Steele Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Marion E. Steele Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Buck Stout 1918 Griffith IN 1914 Jessie Stout Jeralds Christine Ubele 1850? Madison IN 1850? James Antle Relationship-grandson Harriet Washington 1859 Hanover IN Marjorie Mills married name: Garton Irene West no 1895 Oldenburg IN 1898 Sr. Wilhelmina Burkemper NYFH left them with the sisters of St. Francis, sent to Cincinnati for art lessons George A. Whitman Kokomo IN Hoosier Gen. Dec. 1979 Florence Hayes Wilson Torrence 1894 Bloomington IN George A. Clark relationship-son Florence Hayes Wilson Torrence 1894 Bloomington IN George A. Clark relationship-son Charles Wood 1853 IN 1894 Wood Myra Edna Zimmerman Dunklebarger Fountain Co. In 1906/07 Barbara Taylor Placed through Children's Home of Cincinnati OH Stella May Zimmerman Otterman Montgomery Co. IN 1885 Barbara Taylor Placed through Children's Home of Cincinnati OH Elizabeth "Betty" Dwenger yes Millhausen IN 1898 Sr. Wilhelmina Burkemper lived with John and Elizabeth Dwenger John Dwenger yes Millhausen IN 1898 Sr. Wilhelmina Burkemper lived with John and Elizabeth Dwenger Etta "Ida" Lambert yes 1860-62 Peru IN Edward Wilkinson great-grandson Christie Ubele Madison IN 1915-20? James Antle Relationship-Grandson Christie Ubele Madison IN 1915-20? James Antle Relationship-Grandson William Brussell no 1855 IN or IL 1864 Maurine Brussell parents: William H. Brussel and Margaret Dale Augustus Simmons IN? Ruth Almy Frank Simmons No 1854 IN? Ruth Almy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. 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