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Index #1:  Orphans brought to Iowa, containing name of child (surname first then given name), adoptive parents (surname first then given name) and town. The 'Additional Information' column was added in 2017.  This list was originally compiled by Madonna Harms between 2003-2005.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
Mc N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Child's Name Family Town Addition Information
Caffery, Eddie Fatland, H.H. Eagle Grove placed 31 Mar 1891 (updated 5/13/2017)
Calhoun, Amy Doane, W.E. Hopkinton  
Calvert, Frank Dersheid, Charles Eagle Grove  
Camwell, James Brunner, William Marble Rock
Caney, Blanche 1) Corydon placed 12 Feb 1903 (updated 5/13/2017)
2) Stotler, Mrs    
3)    
Caney, Louis 1) Corydon placed 12 Feb 1903 (updated 5/13/2017)
2) Wagener, John A. Olive  
3)    
Canfield, Amelia Grier, W.H. Clinton  
Carl, Theodore Rundell, John Emmetsburg  
Carlson, Alma   Wellsburg  
Carlson, John Busch, Marie?    
Sagers, Burt Maquoketa  
Carlson, John A. Rausch Greenfield  
Carmichael, John Belknap, J.C. Dyersville  
Carnavele, Carmela Tyler Vinton  
Carnavele, Michele Kuhlman, Carl Parkersburg  
*Carroll, Mary M. Carroll, John Cedar Rapids  
Carroll, Jane 1) Lanaghan, Margaret Clinton  
2) Costello, Michael Clinton  
Carson, Alma   Boone Co.  
Carson, Bertha      
Carson, Carrie Bell Jenson, Nels Webster City  
Cartona, Clara Schneider, Early m. 8 Jun 1909 Willis Duckett  (updated 5/13/2017)
Casson, Pierre Hoffey, Wm. J. Marengo  
*Cavanaugh, Evelyn Cavanaugh, Hubert Neola  
Chambers, Gertrude Taylor, Mrs. M.E. Strawberry Point  
Champlin, Edwin Wade, John Clear Lake/Mason  
Chase, Samuel   Eddyville 1880 living in Costilla, Colorado; b. 1855 NY; father: Samuel Chase, mother: Malissa (Martha) Styles; m. Jane Talbot 7 Jan 1885 at Given, Iowa (updated 5/13/2017)
Chase, Solon 1) Scripps, John C. Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL; 1870 living in Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL; 1880 living in Costilla, Colorado; b. 1855 NY; father, Samuel Chase, mother: Malissa Styles (updated 5/13-14/017)
2) Eddyville
Chiafari, Amelia   Independence Independece, Buchanan Co.,IA; 1900 NY Juvenile Asylum, Manhattan, NY; b. Apr 1888 (updated 5/13/2017)
Chichester, Sylvester   Hamburg placed 21 May 1879 (updated 5/13/2017)
Child Woolsey, Will O. Ft. Dodge  
Child   Hamburg  
Child   Hamburg  
Child   Hamburg  
*Childe, Clyde Verner Childe, Charles I. Waukon b. 13 Oct 1907, Davenport, Scott Co., IA; 1920 living in Minneiska, Wabasha Co., Minnesota  (updated 5/13/2017)
Ciacci, Angelina   Waterloo  
Clancy, Arthur McGraw, Bryant  
Clark, Amelia T. Goodhue, David Newton  
Clark, Arthur Carpenter, Arthur Des Moines  
Stevenson, O.W. Fayette  
Clark, Fred Reynolds, F.S. Walker  
Clark, Gustavus Hamilton, W. Cedar Rapids  
Clark, John   Lansing Returned to Chicago  (updated 5/13/2017)
Clark, Nita   Clarinda  
Clarkson,Frederick   DeWitt  
Clarkson, Robert A.   DeWitt  
Clement, Gladys 1) McCurdy, Cumberland placed 16 May 1903  (updated 5/16/2017)
2) Hadaway,    
Coates, Eleanor Stratton Farley
Coates, Albert J. Heath, Lawler  
Cocoran, Bessie   New Sharon  
Coffee, Helen F. 1) Mason City placed in 1907  (updated 5/13/2017)
2) Lappe Mason City placed in 1910  (updated 5/13/2017)
Coleman, Florence Friedlein Independence  
Coleman, James Friedlein Independence  
Collins, Ann Pearson, Abel Algona placed (1915)
Collins, Catherine (8 yrs)  Combs, J. W.   Taylor County IA  placed Dec 1900 Bedford Free Press 
Colowosky, Walter Beavers, Roy Clarinda  
Colowosky, Alexander Applequist, Simon Stanton  
Baker, John Clarinda (Norwich)
Douthit, Harry Clarinda  
Comstock, Dorothy Comstock Lenox  
Conklin, Rose Malinda LaPorte City  
Conley, William Henry Ullend, Oscar F. Northwood  
Connor, Josephine Schwantz, Albert Afton  
Conrad, Elizabeth Hower, Ft. Dodge  
*Conway, Lilly Harker, A.S. Sidney  
Cook, Ida E. 1) Osceola  
2) Sloneker, William Blair, Nebraska  
3) Spurlock, George Schuyler, Nebraska  
Cook, Milton Schwartz, Charles Maquoketa  
Cook, Thomas Jackman, William Emmetsburg  
Cooley, Eddie (7 yrs)  Freece, David R.   Taylor County IA  placed Dec 1900 Bedford Free Press 
Cooper, Edward Gretman, D.B. Springville  
Cooper, Peter E. Shawd, Perl Coon Rapids  
Conway, Lilly   Sidney placed 22 Sept 1904
Cornell, James McGonagles Mason City  
Cornell, Peter Gourly Corning  
Cosgrove, James A.   Des Moines  
Cosgrove, R.L.   Des Moines?  
Cowper, John C. Samson, W.M. Atlantic/Griswold  
Craig, Rachel 1) Goergen, Mathias Bailey?  
2) McGerkin, Matthew    
Crannan, Alice Slattery, Rev. D.J. Dubuque/Farley  
Creter, Emma 1) Ayers Osceola  
2) Muller, Chris Griswold  
Crighton, Samuel G.   Hamburg placed 21 May 1879
Crisman, Harriett 1) Swigert Greene  
Crisman, Harry F. 2) Cone, Kitty Cainer Greene  
Crisman, Howard 3) Murohy, Henry & Ella Greene  
Criswell, Charley Green, William Council Bluffs  
Criswell, John Green, William Council Bluffs  
Criswell, Lawrence Green, William Council Bluffs  
Criswell, Nellie Green, William Council Bluffs  
Crocker, Annetta   Burlington  
Crocker, Henrietta Spauldin, Thomas Burlington  
Crocker, Henry Kelly, D. Emmetsburg  
Cronin, George Carr, Daniel Lansing  
*Csukker, Helen Csukker, Martin West Bend  
Cummings, James N.   Anamosa  
Cummins, Dugan   Centerville  
Cunna, Herman Jordan, A.N. Dunlap  
*Curry, Mabel Margaret Curry, Henry Dyersville  

*last page update 10/20/2024 by L. Ziemann


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