We will be celebrating our 140th Anniversary in 2009. We would love to reach out to see if you,
or any orphan train riders or their families that you know of, would like to be apart of the festivities
—or even if they would just like to receive some information about it or our organization to see how we have grown and changed.
If you would like to receive information, please send me your contact info.
Thank you.
Jessica Kerr
Development and Public Relations
New York Foundling
590 Avenue of the Americas
13th Floor
NY, NY 10011
Ph: 212.886.4043
Fax: 212.886.4086
jessica.kerr@nyfoundling.org The New York Foundling. Saving
Children, Preserving Families, Building Communities. Since 1869.
In the 1859 time frame, a train arrived in Hamilton County carrying orphans from the New York area to the western rural area. This train dropped off 27 orphans
that day in Hamilton County. It was while I was researching one of these orphans that I became interested in the story of the Orphan Trains. I found later that I am related to Hamilton Co. Orphan Train Rider Seth Workmen
by marriage.
Those 27 orphans were part of the 200,000 children from New York and Boston area that
were sent west between 1853 and 1930. A large number of these children
ended up in Indiana.
This project is dedicated to identifying the largest number of the children left in Indiana. It is also dedicated to posting this information on the Internet and putting on file with the National Orphan Trains Project.
I need your help in identifying any of these children. If you have any information on the orphans who were given out in the counties of Indiana,
Please include NAME, COUNTY, NAME OF FAMILY CHILD GIVEN TO, AGE, DATE ARRIVED, MARRIAGE, CHILDREN AND DEATH INFO and any other information you have on occupations, war service etc. would also be welcome and send to SHARON A. CRAIG
NEW RESOURCES FOR INFORMATION ON ORPHANS FROM NEW YORK, BE SURE TO CHECK BACK OFTEN AS NEW INFO IS BEING ADDED ALL THE TIME
1819-1840 Almhouse Records
1855-1858 Almhouse Records
NY Orphanages
Also, Indiana Orphans were later sent west, if you believe your brick wall might be one of these orphans, check out the projects in
Illinois
Kansas,
Iowa,
and
Nebraska
Wisconsin
For information on Indiana Orphans that have been identified, go to the Indiana Orphan Train Database Pages using the letter combo you need.
ORPHAN TRAIN RIDERS INFORMATION PAGE
THIS PAGE WAS LAST UPDATED IN OCTOBER 2008. THE CONTENTS ARE THE PROPERTY OF
SHARON A. CRAIG AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT HER WRITTEN PERMISSION.