KANSAS COLLECTION ARTICLES
"Orphan Trains of Kansas" is contributed by CONNIE DIPASQUALE.



INDEX OF CHILDREN
WHO RODE THE ORPHAN TRAINS TO KANSAS


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1880 - 1883 - 1884 - 1886 - 1887
1892 - 1894
1901 - 1902 - 1908 - 1909
1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918
1921 - 1928
1930
Unknown


Year Name Town Sponsoring Family
  1880   Hamer, Adolph   Paola  ?
  " (?)   Stiawalt, George  Doniphan   Mary Hutchins
  "(?)   (unknown 5 y.o. girl)  Doniphan   Mary Hutchins
  (this child was later
  "picked-up" & taken
  away by an uncle (?) )
  1883   Anderson, Fred   Marysville   William Farrell
  "   Butt, Margaret   Axtell   Mr. Rundle
  "   Cantrell, Ella   Marysville   Mrs. F.V. Shaw
  "   Crittenden, Harry   Marysville   Mr. Hedge
  "   Deary, John   Marysville   W.G. McKee
  "   Gargona, Mary  Marysville   Mrs. Dr. Hatfield
  "   Jamison, Joe F.   Marysville   Robert White
  "   Jones, Wm.   Marysville   Dr. Edwards
  "   King, George   Frankfort   W.A. Ceaser
  "   Lind, Annie   Marysville   Mrs. Donahue
  "   Lind, Gustave   Oketo   Mr. Arnold
  "   Mayberry, James   Frankfort   Isaac Walker
  "   Tyner, Pat   Axtell   J.L. Allendale
  "   Weideman, Geo. T.   Beattie   J.M. Williams
  "   Weideman, Louis   ---- Beattie   J.P. Drinen
  "   Williams, John   Blue Rapids   Wm. Paul
  1883-85(?)   Sauvage, Harry P.   Topeka   1st - Rev. __(?)__;
  2nd - Rev. __(?)__
  1884   Amond, Louis   Frankfort   Mrs. Isaac Walker
  "   Clements, Ada  Frankfort   Ed. Faulkner
  "   Clements, Wm.   Frankfort   Ed. Faulkner
  "   Cole, Clarence   Frankfort   A.G. Height
  "   Cole, Ernst   Frankfort   C.F. Clarck
  "   Cole, Herbert   Frankfort   John E. Mires
  "   Irving, William   Frankfort   John W. Parrish
  "   Mitchell, William   Frankfort   Geo. C. Brownell
  "   Rickter, Werner   Frankfort   Mr. P. Gregg
  "   Schwabling, Samuel   Frankfort   Wm. Holtman
  "   Scott, Walter  Vermillion   J.V. Kniffen
  "   Steavens, Walter   Frankfort   Dr. Garvin
  "   Triano, Francisco   Frankfort   M. Bowers
  "   VanWinkle, David   Frankfort   Thomas Gregg
  "   VanWinkle, Julia   Frankfort   Martin Walch
  "   Westfeet, Harvey   Frankfort   J.G. McConchie
  "   Westfeet, Oscar   Frankfort   J.G. McConchie
  1886   Bailey, Willie   Cawker City   L.A. Rees
  "   Bean, Eddie   Cawker City  H.M. Reynolds
  "   Brown, Richard M.   Cawker City   C.H. Hawkins
  "   Chadwick, Mary   Cawker City   Mrs. L.M. Leggett
  "   Chadwick Robert   Cawker City   Chas. E. Bishop
  "   Duval, Robert   Cawker City   Thos. Shaw
  "   Fox, George   Cawker City   Mrs. E. Bowman
  "   Freeman, James   Cawker City   Chas. D. Brown
  "   Gathier, Joseph   Cawker City   Wm. F. Donaldson
  "   Howard, Willie   Cawker City   Daniel Shook
  "   Martin, Chas.   Cawker City   A. Grimes
  "   Pugh, Thomas   Cawker City   Gordon Kerr
  "   Smith, Jas. K.P.   Cawker City   W.H. McClaskey
  "   Sommers, Chas  . Cawker City   Jas. M. Doak
  "   Tarbitt, Andrew   Cawker City   J.A. Hazeltine
  "   VanWoessell, Wm.   Cawker City   Wilson Moore
  1887   Burns, Frank   Wakefield   ?
  "   Meyer, Louis H.   Clay Center  1st - David Glenn;
  2nd - David Shreffler
  1892   Pearson, Mary Lanier   Washington   Mr/Mrs W.G. Ogden
  1894   Baby Mary   Chanute   Mrs. H.O. Arnold
  "   Brown, Clarence   Cherokee   J.W. Goul
  "   Brown, Matthew   Cherokee   J.W. Goul
  "   Burns, Edward   Cherokee Cty.   H.P. Adams
  "   Colwell, Frank   ?   ?
  "   Colwell, Harry   Leonardville   Edward Maxwell
  "   Custed, Charles   Columbus   S.O. Goodrich
  "   Davis, Elmer   Columbus   Reuben W. Hefelin
  "   Ett, Stephen   Shaw   James Mefford
  "   Fertig, John   Tehama   C.W. Willey
  "   Fertig, Joseph   Tehama   Wm. McMillen
  "   Finn, Thomas   Baxter Springs   C.D. Arehart
  "   Hubertson, George   Shaw   J.W. Cline
  "   Kane, James   Altoona   R.S. Fish
  "   Kline, John   Weir City   Mrs. Nancy Dagger
  "   Leperdoff, Jacob   Cherokee Cty.   Jacob Stebbins
  "   Lewis, Fred   Chanute   Edward A. Kepley
  "   Mangan, Willie   Columbus   R.L. Risbow
  "   McNeil, John   Chanute   W.R. Sanders
  "   McNeil, Peter   Chanute   George W. Chappel
  "   Miller, Jacob   Altoona   R.S. Fish
  "   Mosher, Frank   Miami   Mrs. Ed Scammon
  "   Mosher, Scott   Columbus  Mrs. William Taylor
  "   Smith, James   Earlton   Semi Robinson
  "   Smith, Thomas   Columbus   Mayor Wiswell
  "   VanCura, Anna   Columbus   Casper Christienson
  "   VanCura, Joseph   Cherokee Cty.   Thomas Haines
  "   VanCura, Willie   Neutral   S.W. Alcenz
  "   Walker, Harold   Columbus   Dr. Scammon
  1901(?)   Beck, Gertrude   Ellis Cty.   Joseph Brungardt
  "   Bernt, Charles   Ellis Cty.   Johannes Goetz
  "   Coons, Florence   Ellis Cty.   Anton Pl Brungardt
  "  Desmonde, Ella   Ellis Cty.   Andreas Riedel
  "   Gilbert, Mary   Ellis Cty.   Balthasar Brungardt
  "   Golden, Eva   Ellis Cty.   Anton M. Herman
  "   Harney, Winifrede   Ellis Cty.   Michael Peters
  (returned to orphanage)
  "   Hunt, Genofeva   Ellis Cty.   Peter A.M. Dreiling
  "   Krause, Amelia   Ellis Cty.   Johannes Dreiling
  "   Lambrecht, Mary   Ellis Cty.   Peter Mermis
  "   Nelson, Edgar   Ellis Cty.   Johannes Dreiling
  "   Reynolds, Johanna
  Rancesca
  Ellis Cty.   Anton Sander
  "   Rotmund, Rose   Ellis Cty.   Joseph Helwig
  "   Sharp, Helen   Ellis Cty.   Balthasar Brungardt
  "   Smith, Mildred   Ellis Cty.   Johann Braun
  "   Stone, Mary   Ellis Cty.   Camillus Nenf
  "   Sullivan, Daniel   Ellis Cty.   Balthasar Brungardt
  1902   Ivers, Angela   Gorham   Albert/Eva Weigel
  (Ellis Cty.)
  1908   Bakule, Jenny (Jean)   St. Marys   Mr/Mrs Bakule
  "   McCormick, Anthony   St. Marys   John McCormick
  "   McNeive, Katie Murry   St. Marys   ?
  "   Mulligan, Eugenia
  (Cullivan)
  St. Marys   Con Cullivan
  "   Seitz, Laura   St. Marys   Caspar Seitz
  "   Sheridan, Margaret   St. Marys   Bernard Sheridan
  "   Strecker, Aurelia Buss   St. Marys   John Buss
  1909   Cohen, David   Mankato   John Miller
  "   Crumm, Clara   Randall   John A. Hatfield
  "   Crumm, Ethel (Metz)   Mankato   G.R. Walker
  "   Crumm, Grace   Jewell   S.H. Stone
  "  Crumm, Udolene   Mankato   H.E. Walker
  "   Lockwood, George   Burr Oak   J.E. Renner
  "   McDonald, Theresa   Mankato   E.E. Keyes
  "   Nordmark, Edward   Mankato   W.L. Gish
  "   Nordmark, Oliver   Otego   F.M. McCammon
  "   Reed, Clara Pearl
  (Morgan)
  Belleville   Rev. Duckett
  "   Reed, Howard   Belleville   Luther Dowell
  "   Reed, James   Belleville   Mr. Elliott
  "   Simmons, James   Esbon   Frank Ward
  "   Slover, Ethel   Mankato   James E. Graves
  "   Vettenheimer,
  Julia Agnes
  Mankato   David Woods
  "   Wolfe, Raymond   Burr Oak   F.A. Smith
  1910   Blackford, Anna
  Elizabeth
  Osage City   Charlie/Nellie Howard
  (Virginia Howard)
  "   Curtis, Elizabeth   Osage City   ?
  "   Deoger, Gertrude
  (Parsons)
  Hays   Phillip/Elizabeth Rupp
  "   Feit, Jessie   Schoenchen   Conrad Bieker
  (Teresa Martin)
  "   Silven, Kristine   Osage City   ?
  "   West, Bill   Belleville   Elwood West
  1911   Ashdown, Edna   Clyde   ?
  "   Ashdown, Mable   Clyde   ?
  "   Atkins, Nelson   Clyde   ?
  "   Buggelen, Wm.   Valley Falls   A.H. Jurgens
  "   Deacon, Norman   Valley Falls   Jessie Uhl
  "   Devore, Hayes
  Rutherford
  Clyde   ?
  "   Dunbar, Samuel   Oskaloosa   Otto Lantz
  "   Fichtner, Katie   Oskaloosa   F.H. Corson
  "   Frederickson, Fredolph   Oskaloosa   Chas. Winans
  "   Grant, Eva   Oskaloosa   James Quakenbush
  "   Grant, Mildred   Oskaloosa   Thomas Davis
  "   Hoyt, Edward   Valley Falls   J. Irvin Spence
  "   Hoyt, Wm.   Valley Falls   H.A. Mowry
  "   Loggman, Adelaide   Oskaloosa   Owen Johnston
  "   Miller, Marvin   Valley Falls   A.J. Jurgens
  "   Mussman, Caroline   Clyde   ?
  "   Olmstead, Hugh   Valley Falls   Thomas Davis
  "   Palmer, Henry G.   Oskaloosa   Harvey Wood
  "   Potthoff, Anna
  (Keeton)
  Oskaloosa   Louis Kimmel
  "   Potthoff, William
  James
  Oskaloosa   Louis Kimmel
  "   Rosseu, Adeline
  (Trowbridge)
  Clyde   George/Sarah
  Trowbridge
  "   Shuckhardt, Annie   Clyde   Amaziah?Shilo Brown
  (Vivienne Harter)
  "   Stoll, Hally (Garwood)   Clyde   ?
  "   Vallentine, Fred   Valley Falls   Newton Bilger
  "   Weinhold, Alfred   Clyde   ?
  "   Weinhold, Helen (Ross)   Clyde   ?
  1912-15(?)   Washburn, Mary
  Elizabeth
  ?   Jesse/Minnie Fox
  1915   Burke, Florence Ruth   Larned   Charles Posey
  1916   Clymer, Blanche   Cherryvale   1st - L.A. Snyder
  2nd - Thomas/Myrtle
  Holman
  "   Conklin, Peter   Fredonia   Clyde Taylor
  "   Conklin, Raymond   Elk City   Cal M. Nabour
  "   Finly, Edna   Fredonia   Mr/Mrs Lawson
  Kikesell
  "   Leschander, Helen
  Irene
  Fredonia   Mr/Mrs J.J. Piepmeyer
  (died shortly after
  arrival on train)
  "   Richard, Paul   Fredonia   W.A. Wheeler
  "   Smith, Edwin   Fredonia   Frank C. Monroe
  "   Smith, Sadie   Fredonia   Carl Charlen
  "   Turner, Elsie   Fredonia   T.R. Minton
  "   Turner, Mary   ?   Jerry Myers
  "   Vaufe, Herbert   Neodesha   J.W. Browning
  1917   Haerter, Catherine   Yates Center   ?
  "   Haerter, Ethel   Yates Center   ?
  "   Haerter, Harry   Yates Center   ?
  "   O'Laughlin Marie   Yates Center   ?
  "   O'Neill, Bertha   Yates Center   ?
  "   O'Neill, Gottfried   Yates Center   ?
  "   O'Neill, Hermana   Yates Center  ?
  "   O'Neill, Lena   Yates Center   ?
  "   O'Neill, Viola   Yates Center   ?
  "   O'Neill, William   Yates Center   ?
  "   Oughterson,
  Emma (Lutz)
  ?   Everett Brunner
  "   Stewart, Anita (Sprout)   Wellington   Fred/Louise Corfield
  "   Tanske, Anna   Yates Center   ?
  "   Tanske, Ernest   Yates Center  ?
  1918   Clymer, William   Cherryvale   Thomas/Myrtle Holman
  "   Snider, John M.   Abilene   ?
  1921   Weber, Margaret   Kansas City, KS.   Elizabeth Bergman
  1928   Murphy, Francis
  Homelin
  Marion   Mr/Mrs Tipton
  1930   Bullis, Alice (Ayler)   Arkansas City   ?
  "   Bullis, Elmer   Arkansas City   ?
  "   Bullis, Leslie Harold   Arkansas City   Thomas Bankston
  "   Bullis, Wesley Charles   Arkansas City  Thomas Bankston
  Unknown   Donlan, Alfred   ?   ?
  "   Eadie, Gilbert   Pratt City   Mr/Mrs Wm. Wright
  (relocated to KS.
  after initially
  sent to IA.)
  "   Ernst, Julie   ?   ?
  "   Gleason Stout, Elida   Concordia (?)   Fred/Emma Gleason
  "   Heller, Patricia   ?   ?
  "   Hill, James C.   Beloit   ?
  "   Hollywood,
  James Newton
  Salina   - (moved to
  KS as young
  man)
  "   Krohn, Bertha Elizabeth   ?   ?
  "   Murray, Lydia (Peck)   Iola   George Seymour
  (moved to MS.
  from MO. after
  1890 arrival)
  "   Slyter, Maude   ?   ?
  (around 1910-20,
  Maude was a KS.
  child whose parents
  died, was picked up
  by an orphan train
  going through KS. and
  "adopted" in Ark.)
  "   Sorgenfrei, Johanna   ?   ?
  "   S ___(?)___, Mary L.   Antelope   ?
  "   ___(?)___, Marian   ?   Jesse/Minnie Fox


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