This Page is dedicated to the
children who arrived in Fremont County
aboard the Orphan Trains.
Hopefully the information found here
will help those researching their
ancestors that
came to Iowa on one of the infamous
Orphan Trains.
Beginning
sometime during 1853, charitable
institutions in New York City began
sending orphans on trains to the west to
find new families, hoping the
children would fare better out west than
on the streets of New York. Orphan
trains began
arriving in Iowa during 1854
ending about 1930. During this
time over 5000 children were placed in
Iowa homes. Some
of the children had pleasant
experiences with their new adopted
families and some did not. Some
children remained in
Fremont County for the remainder
of their lives and raised families and
have descendants still living here
today. Others
moved on and lived out their lives
in other places.
Today there is a
national orphan train museum located in
Concordia Kansas. I encourage you to
visit their facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/orphantraindepot
Below is a list of
children brought to Fremont
county. Click on the childs name
to get more info on that person and/or
their
descendants. If you have info about
these people or know of anyone else
who arrived in Fremont county via the
Orphan
Train please contact the site
manager.
Name
|
Date
|
Age
|
Family
|
City
|
Ann Kress
|
1880-1885
|
9 yrs old
in 1885
|
John & Nancy
Carter
|
Sidney
|
Wesley
Bass
|
Aug. 1904
|
14
|
Dr. S. C. Hatten
|
Riverton
|
Thomas
Daily
|
1905
|
7
|
Charles Graham
|
Hamburg
|
Charles
Vermilyea
|
March 17, 1905 |
12
|
???
|
???
|
George
Vermilyea
|
1902
|
6
|
???
|
???
|
Lillian
Vermilyea
|
Sept, 1904
|
13
|
Almond S. and
Anne Harker
|
Sidney
|
Robert
Hunt
|
Sept, 1904
|
4
|
Guy and Alma Hume
|
Sidney
|
Sarah
(Sadie) Ann Hunt
|
Sept, 1904
|
8
|
Melissa
Hutchinson
|
Anderson
|
Margaret
Hunt
|
Sept, 1904
|
10
|
??
|
??
|
Frank
Lewis Orr
|
Sept, 1904
|
19
|
William and Flora
Yates
|
Farragut
|
Alice
Quince
|
Sept, 1904
|
10
|
James Easley
|
Hamburg
|
Bella
Quince
|
Sept, 1904 |
12
|
G. T. Hatten
|
Sidney
|
Eva
Mae Seaman
|
Sept, 1904 |
9
|
W. F. Hendrickson
|
Riverton
|
William
Van Eaton
|
Sept, 1904 |
|
T. C. Hatten
|
Sidney
|
Daniel
Van Wicken
|
Sept, 1904 |
14
|
J. W. Strahn
|
Sidney/Knox |
|
