Tammy, Hill, White,Wilson, [email protected],
Fri Jun 1 15:23:48 2001
Phyllis Mae Hill,
White
Wichita Ks unwed mothers home.
10/1/1957
Mother-Phyllis Mae Hill, White
Dad Dick Smith from Fort Riley KS.
Brothers and sisters
Dale Belmont White
Ricky White
Denise Ann White
My birth date 10/1/1957 in Wichita Kansas was given to Fern Jewel Wilson.
Would like to find brothers and sister were 5,4 3,when I was gived to
Wilsons. I know that my brothers and sister
stayed with the wilson's in Arkansas City,Kansas while I was being born
in Wichita.
LOIS CROSS, [email protected],
Sat Jun 2 10:55:39 2001
CONLEY
HOLY ANGELS ORPHANAGE, GRASS VALLEY, CA, USA
1861-1880
I am searching for information about WILLIAM J. CONLEY who was
born about 1861 and lived in the Holy Angeles Orphanage in Grass Valley,
CA until he was taken in by the SLUMAN family in Linda, CA. He married
Mary Jane Giblin on 2/11/1893 and died in Marysville, CA in 1911. Nothing
is known of his family.
Athena Louise Cornell, [email protected],
Sun Jun 3 06:51:42 2001
CORNELL/COOK
FAMILIES
WASHINGTON COUNTY HOME FOR FRIENDLESS
CHILDREN MARYLAND
7 yrs.
RE: ARTHUR ISAAC
CORNELL AND THOMAS CORNELL
I have recently
recieved more info about these children. My g- father was placed ,along
with his brother Thomas into the orphanage by his maternal g-mother MARY
A. COOK on 6-2-1894.His parents died within 6 mos. of each other WILLIAM
A. CORNELL d.11-1886 his mother MALINDA M. COOK d.1-1887 or 12-22-
1887,not sure.Both parents were "industrious and sober" upon
their deaths . Looking for more info about family and still need to place
orphanage. Thanks so much the family of ARTHUR ISAAC CORNELL
Cheryl, [email protected],
Sun Jun 3 08:15:43 2001
Brown
Green-Washington Cty, PA area and Ohio-Wetzel-Richie-Wood Cty
WV.
I am looking for information on a Thomas Brown, born about 1815.
His father may have been John Brown. We find Thomas in Marshall Co. WV.
Pleasants, Wood And Jackson Co. WV. after 1835...We know that he married
Ruth Bills, but we cannot find any records on him prior to his marriage
to Ruth. Perhaps he was orphaned, or raised by some other family other
than the Browns.
Would appreciate any information 0n this person.
[email protected] - Cheryl
[email protected] - George & Marcia
Linda Foley, [email protected],
Mon Jun 4 20:16:26 2001
Cunningham
Vine Street Orphanage (Chattanooga Childrens Home) Chattanooga,
Tn. USA
unknown
I am looking for information on my grandfather, James Cunningham
who was placed in the Vine Street Orphanage in Chattanooga, Tn. Around
1885. He was adopted by John Mcmahan of Trenton, Georgia. Apparently, his
mother and sister died in a fire. It is not known what happend to his
father. I am told they were from Stevenson Alabama. He also had a
brother John who was younger and was adopted by a doctor in Rome, Ga. I
would appreciate any info regarding this. I can't seem to find anything
linking him to the orphanage, or to John Mcmahan other than what was told
to me by my mother. Thanks for any help.
John (Jack) Martin Dollan, [email protected],
Mon Jun 4 20:23:04 2001
Dollan (Dollyn, Dolin, Dolan,
Dolyn, etc.)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada (?) - to-
Minnesota, USA
1900 to about 1916
I am searching for info from anyone about orphanages in Minnesota
from 1900 to about 1916...St. James in Duluth is very interesting but
they have no records. Anyone know
how to locate these records? My father, Harry Dollan(or similar
spelling), a twin brother and older sister were in an orphanage in MN
during this period. They were supposedly born in Montreal, Quebec and
somehow ended up in MN. Harry Dollan and twin were born, supposedly,
August 1, 1900, children
of Martin and Mary LaVon Dollan (Names here too, may be incorrect). I am
at a loss as to how, where or what to do as far as searching goes.
Help!!!!!!
Please respond directly if possible.
Thank you.
John (Jack) Martin Dollan
Carol Holmbeck, [email protected],
Sun Jun 10 07:32:09 2001
Steinmeyer/Bailey
Chicago, IL
I'm trying to find answers to some questions I have regarding my
grandfather's adoption. He was born Robert Steinmeyer on 10 April 1886
in Chicago, IL to Louis Charles and Rosa (Malcolm) Steinmeyer. According
to his birth certificate he was their third child. In 1893 he was
adopted by a Dr. Anna Eliza (Balwin) Bailey (age 54) in Chicago. Her
husband was William A. Bailey, but I think he was deceased at the time of
the adoption. According to my grandfather's adoption record (2 pages)
his parents were divorced, his name was changed to Benjamin Franklin
Bailey, and his birth mother was given "visitation" rights. My
questions are: 1) Was his parents divorce the cause of his his being
adopted out? 2) Where are his two older siblings? Were they adopted out,
placed in an orphanage, or stay with the father or mother? I believe his
parents were married in 1881, so his two older siblings were probably
between the ages of 8 and 11. 3) What happened to his parents? The 1890
census is not available and I have not found them yet on the 1900 census.
If you can help me even with the littlest clue I would certainly
appreciate hearing from you by email. Thank you. Carol
A. Crews, [email protected],
Tue Jun 12 13:18:17 2001
Moore
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
1895--
-1903
Seeking information on Childrens Home located in Kansas City, Ks.
Wish to determine if my Grandmother, Mamie C. Moore, daughter of Jesse
Moore and Hester A. Segraves Moore, was placed there following the death
of her Mother. Time frame: 1895 to 1903. Any information re this
orphanage and/or Mamie Moore would be appreciated. Does a list of the
Children living in the Childrens Home of Kansas City exist?
Susan, [email protected],
Wed Jun 13 09:18:36 2001
Louise Stephens
Newark,NJ
18
I am searching for information on my grandmother. She was placed
in an orphanage in Newark NJ back in 1888 until she was 18. I would like
to know how I find all the names of the orphanages back then and how I
can obtain a list of the children names. Thank you
Bob Barker, [email protected],
Wed Jun 13 22:18:09 2001
Dorothy McKnight
Fanning Orphan School for Girls, Nashville,
Tennessee
1920's
I am looking for information regarding the Fanning Orphan School
for Girls in Nashville, Tennessee. My mother, Dorothy McKnight, was a
resident at this orphanage with her sisters and brother during the
1920's. The orphanage was extablished in the late 1800's and was closed
sometime around 1940. The home was purchased by the Nashville Airport
Authority. I am trying to find any history or anyone who has stories
about the orphanage or anyone who might have known my mother or family at
the orphanage.
Bevery (MOSS) Rubino, [email protected],
Thu Jun 14 05:42:27 2001
MOSS
IOWA
SOLDIERS ORPHAN'S HOME, DAVENPORT, IA. SCOTT COUNTY IOWA
1936 TO 1945
SIX SISTERS WERE SENT TO THE ORPHANAGE BECAUSE OUR MOTHER SAID
QUOTE "I WON'T WORK MY FINGERS TO THE BONE FOR NO MANS KIDS.'
THIS WAS SAID TO THE JUDGE WHEN WE WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM HER.
WE WERE PUT IN A COUNTY HOME IN CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. FOR THREE
YEARS THEN SENT TO THE IOWA SOLDIERS ORPHAN'S HOME IN DAVENPORT, IOWA.
THE SISTERS NAMES ARE GLORIA, MARCELLINE, BEVERLY, LEVONNE,
LEONE AND GWEN
THE FATHERS NAME WAS LEONARD DANIEL MOSS AND MOTHERS NAME WAS
THERESA (REECE) MOSS.
GLORIA IS LIVING IN LA PORTE, IA. MARCELLINE IS LIVING IN DES MOINES, IA.
I AM LIVING IN OELWEIN, IA.
THE THREE YOUNGER SISTERS WHERE-A-BOUTS IS UNKNOWN TO ME.
I CAN BE CONTACTED AT THE FOLLOWING E-MAIL ADDRESS
[email protected]
thank you
Bobbye Davis, [email protected],
Fri Jun 15 07:50:00 2001
Sarah Ida Robinson
Lawrence Co. Tn.
1877
My great grand mother Sarah Ida ROBINSON was born September
16,1877 in Lawrence Co. Tn. according to adoption and papers and on one
of her children's birth certificates. She was adopted by John Shafer
WILSON and wife Delila Christine Boney. John Wilson petitioned the court
to change her name to Sarah Ida Wilson.He had taken charge of her in
November 1878.I don't have any information concerning what Robinson she
may have belonged to. I was always told that she was a "door
step" baby which meant she was abandoned. It is possible that her
mother was a Robinson and she was born out of wedlock. Ida married
Thomas Newton SMITH on March 8,1894in Perry Co. Tn. son of Josiah
Henderson Smith and Mary Jane GARNER of Hickman Co. Tn. Thomas died in
1912.She then
married a James Tucker in 1914.
In 1927 she migrated to Bolivar Co. Ms. with her son Elmer Harrison Smith
and died there in 1961. I am hoping that she may have had birth siblings
and can make contact with their descendants. [email protected]
Judy Anne Champion Frates, [email protected], Sat
Jun 16 09:11:41 2001
FREY/FRYE
St. Paul's Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, Pittsburgh, PA,
Allegheny County
1920+
Raymond FREY/FRYE born ca 1905 PA. He was first enumerated in the
1910 PA Fed Cenus under the name of Raymond FREY, age 4 yrs, inmate at
HOLY FAMILY CHILDREN's HOME, Cunningham Ave. New Castle,PA, Lawrence
County. I do have that census copy and have added the entire census of
29 person enumerated there on the rootsweb website, under Lawrence county
genealogy.
In 1920, PA Fed Cenus, he is enumerated as Raymond FRYE at St. Paul's
Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, Pittsburgh,PA, Allegheny County.
Raymond's bio parents were Wallace Merle FRYE and Mary M.(Elizabeth)
HAMMOND (my grandmother). They divorced 1910 in New Castle,PA. both
remarried a few years later. Wallace remarried to a Phoebe SITSINGER
...they had two daughters..Madeline & Jean.
Wallace died 1927. Wallace Merle Frye had these siblings:
Frank, Charles L., and Daisy FRYE. Wallace's parents were--Edward
FRYE,born 1865,Youngstown,OHIO and wife, Irene Ella/Ellen HAYS/HAYES,born
1866,Wheatland,PA. (Note--this Edward, the grandfather of Raymond--his
parents were Daniel & Caroline FRYE).
Raymond's mother, Mary M.(Elizabeth) HAMMOND married 2ndly to Thomas John
BARTBERGER. Their children were: Alberta Jean(my mother),
Richard,Helen,Viola,and Eleanor BARTBERGER. All resided in New Castle,PA.
Raymond visited them several times and exchanged photos. I have a photo I
can email for comparisons. If anyone finds any records, photos,
information on him, please let me know. I would sincerely appreciate it.
He was last thought to have been married and residing somewhere near
Pittsburgh,PA or surrounding areas. Have nothing to confirm this however
as the family tried and tried to find him previously. I have been
researching my Hammond lines for nearly 40 yrs and have yet to find
further information on him. THANK YOU
GLORIA PETREY, [email protected],
Sat Jun 16 14:58:50 2001
DAYTON
OHIO
12
SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION ON AN ORPHANAGE THAT USE TO EXIST IN
DAYTON OHIO...IT'S NAME WAS SHAWN ACRES(spelling might be wrong)...MY
FATHER WAS SENT THERE WHEN HE WAS SIX YEARS OLD IN APPROX. 1928...HE WAS
NEVER ADOPTED BUT OCCATIONALLY WENT TO FOSTER HOMES....HIS NAME IS ROBERT
HARRIS...ALTHOUGH HIS ORIGINAL LAST NAME WAS DIFFERENT PRE-
ORPHANAGE...VIA MY SEARCH IS TO FIND WHAT HIS ORIGINAL LAST NAME IS(my
true family name).
Julie Miller, [email protected],
Sun Jun 17 15:31:37 2001
WILSON OR SIKES
DUBUQUE COUNTY, IOWA / ROCHESTER, NY / FLORIDA
RESIDED IN FL 1920-1961
Searching for links to my grandfather who came to FL abt 1920 and
left his biological family behind. He said he was raised in a Catholic
Home, but grew angry when questioned about it. According to his ss
application his name was JAMES PAUL WILSON - everyone called him PETE -
b. Jan 20, 1904, Dubuque County, Iowa. His parents are listed on the ss
app as JAMES PAUL WILSON and EVA PEARL SIKES.
On an old insurance beneficiary form he lists his siblings as follows:
RUBY ALICE, CLAUDE LEROY, ALVIN EARL, AND ELMER WILSON.
He began his own family in FL around 1920 and died in Jacksonville, FL in
1961. A kind man, he rarely spoke of the family he left behind in his
teen years. Once he mentioned that he was in Rochester, NY for several
years living with his sister before coming to FL.
If anyone has any links to him or his family, please notify me. Thank
you for your time.
[email protected]
Betty Hall, [email protected],
Sun Jun 17 23:16:40 2001
Brown
Somewhere in Arkansas
On the 1880 Greene Co., Ar census, town of Gainesville, Union
township, my grandfather John Byron Brown is listed with his father
Woodson Brown, age 35, mother Sallie H. Brown, age 26 & 2 sisters
Francis (Fannie) L. Brown, age 12 & Emma J. Brown, age 1. John's age
is 9. The story or stories go that his parents died close together about
1884. Emma was supposedly put in a foster home, John went to an orphans
home & we don't know where Fanny went. My mother never knew much
about her dad (John) but said he told her he was in an orphans home in
Athens, Tx. (no such home) and that he ran away when he was old enough to
get a job & raise Emma. I would like to know the people's name who
took Emma in & if I can find a listing of children in the orphans
homes in Arkansas in that time frame. Thank you for any information you
might give.
Chris (Longhway) Lezotte, [email protected],
Wed Jun 20 08:49:15 2001
Julian/Genore/Longhway
Sisters of Mercy,
Montreal, Quebec
1841--?
I am looking for any information on a Catholic orphanage located
in Montreal, Quebec in the mid 1800's. My great grandmother, Mary Julian,
was orphaned at an early age and raised there until she worked as a
housekeeper and later married my great grandfather Octave Longhway
(Longeway, Longway) in Ontario (who was also adopted). On her death
certificate, her father's name is listed as Lewis Julian, although I
believe that he was her employer, not her father. Her mother is listed as
Catherine Genore (who was not married to Lewis Julian.)Her date of birth
was September 8, 1841. She and Octave lived in the Kingston, Ontario are
where he was a Master Mariner, and moved to Detroit, Michigan in the
early 1870's.
I would like to start my search but don't know where to start. Any leads,
hints or help would be appreciated.
Chris (Longhway) Lezotte, [email protected],
Wed Jun 20 09:11:32 2001
Longhway/Longeway/Longway/Longsway/Laughway
Sudbury, Ontario
1830's
I am trying to find out adoption information on my great
grandfather Octave (Octavius) Longhway. The way the story goes, he and
his brother Alexander were orphaned at an early age; either they or their
parents were born in the Poland-Germany area. The family name was Sidkey.
They were adopted by their aunt and uncle in Sudbury, Ontario, Charles
and Caroline Longeway (which is most likely an anglicization of something
French.) The Longeways were affluent from lumber mills and mines. Octave
was born in 1831; he and Alexander are listed as the oldest children of
Charles and Caroline in the 1855 census living in Frontenac County,
Ontario. Octave was disinherited after his marriage to my great
grandmother, Mary Julian (see above) due to her background. Octave and
Mary moved to Detroit in the early 1870's; I do not know what happened to
Alexander, although there was an Alexander Longhway living in Oswego, NY
in 1890. I don't know how adoptions were handled in those days; whether
there was an agency or orphanange involved, I don't know. If anyone does
know, I would appreciate a response. Thanks!
Leona, [email protected],
Wed Jun 20 16:52:44 2001
Wright
Ohio
Pauline Ruth Wright (married a Robinson) was put in a children's
home when very young - most likely in the late 1920's/early 1930's in
Ohio.
I'm helping someone with genealogical research & thus far we don't
know the city. Trying to find Pauline's parents' names.
Kim, [email protected],
Thu Jun 21 12:07:13 2001
Tilton
I am searching for information on William E Tilton.
I would like any information on His family or him.
William Edward Tilton was born September 4 1887. I am unsure of the
State. It may have been Ohio, Cincinnati area. William died September 17
1952 in Virginia.
William was an orphan, in 1891 at the age of 4 He was sent by train to
Beaverdam Virginia. There he was taken in by a Clemons or Clements
family. He was not adopted by them, he worked on their farm.
William remembered that all he had when he arrived in Virginia was a name
tag pinned to his shirt and traveled with another older boy, whom also
got off the train with him in Virginia.
William stayed in the Beaverdam area and married Rosa Pearl Cauthorne on
July 8 1917, in Beaverdam Virginia. They had 5 children. 4 are still
living.
If anyone has any information or can place any of this information to
thier family, please contact me.
I have been searching for 2 years and have contacted the Orphan train
society,looked threw census and still cannot find him.
There were not many Orphan trains to Virginia.
Thanks
Kim
tina walker ring, ,
Sat Jun 23 08:18:05 2001
louisiana
1955 on
looking for BRUNER children. 6 children were placed on the
courthouse steps around 1955. parents were ivan BRUNER and bernice GLOVER
BRUNER SHOEMAKER. PATRICK BRUNER,also JOANN, PATRICIA,DOROTHY, MARY
LOUISE,SHIRLEY. i am the daughter of dorothy. bernice remarried a
SHOEMAKER and had 4 more children. JIMMY, JERRY, MARY FRANCES and one
other. the first six children were put in foster homes in louisiana.any
info please email me at [email protected] thank you
tina walker ring, ,
Sat Jun 23 08:20:12 2001
louisiana
1955 on
looking for BRUNER children. 6 children were placed on the
courthouse steps around 1955. parents were ivan BRUNER and bernice GLOVER
BRUNER SHOEMAKER. PATRICK BRUNER,also JOANN, PATRICIA,DOROTHY, MARY
LOUISE,SHIRLEY. i am the daughter of dorothy. bernice remarried a
SHOEMAKER and had 4 more children. JIMMY, JERRY, MARY FRANCES and one
other. the first six children were put in foster homes in louisiana.any
info please email me at [email protected] thank you
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