This is a list of orphan train riders Madonna Harm put together over the years.
The following are the ones she discovered that were placed in Dallas County.
Name | Age | Birth | Placed | Name of Family | Town | Source/Informant -- Notes |
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Child's original name when known *= adoptive name | Taking Child | |||||
Schaffer, Wm | 15 | 30 Nov 1877 | Heal, Stephen | DeSoto | Lansing Mirror, Lansing, Allamakee Co | |
Gaffney, Bernard | 13 | CA 10 Mar 1881 | 1895 | A D Dickey | Linden | 1901 moved to Linden/1901 NYJA Report, PG 72 |
Sullivan, Lewis | cir 1863 | William Browne | Perry |
1) 1880 Dallas, Dallas County, Iowa census page 161-162, b. cir 1863
(adopted son of William Brown) 2) 1885 Spring Valley, Dallas County, Iowa census page 25 (26-27) (William Brown family) |
Added 02 Jun 2017.