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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
D., Eva   Grundy Center  
D'Agugustino, Joseph Simmons, Mathius N. Iowa Falls 1910 Clinton Ward 1, Clinton Co., age 19
D'Augustino, Salvadore Gilbert, Nelson Richland/Dundee 1905 Richland, Delaware Co., IA census; 1910 Richland, Delaware Co., IA census, age 14
Dailey, Thomas Graham, Charles Sidney placed 22 Sept 1904
Dailey, Annie Jane   Mapleton 1) place 16 Jun 1904; 4 homes
Dailey, Dorothy McLaughlin, Clara Mapleton placed 16 June 1904
Dakin, Miller, Malvern
DaLara, David Randlette, David Maxwell placed 18 May 1905
DaLara, Fanny 1) Maxwell placed 18 May 1905
Dambra, Frank Doerzman, Henry Blairstown?  
Davenport, Luella Maude   Mapleton placed 16 Jun 1904
Davie, Anna Brown, Frank Manilla placed 15 Apr 1904
Davis, John   1) Osceola  
  2) Strawberry Point placed 21 Sept 1905
Dawson, Walter 1) Stade, Walter 1) Estherville/Huntington placed 23 Oct 1914
2) Stad, Art 2) Dunnell, Minnesota  
De Rocher, Cora      
Decker, James Moore, Osceola placed 20 Oct 1904
Moore Osceola placed 20 Oct 1904
Decker, William Moore Osceola placed 20 Oct 1904
*Delaney, Helen Delaney, James P. Council Bluffs  
Delveccio, Angelina 1) Stepehenson, W. Murry  
2) Wild, Albert Corning/Murray  
Delveccio, Maria Houck, Joseph Murray  
Delveccio, Philomenia Hill, W.J., Sr. Murray  
Demourjin, Thomas Wallace, Williamsburg placed Oct 1899
Denario, Carmina 1) S., Mrs
2) Langworthy, A.N.    
Denario, Jennie Jessie 1) Morrow, J.A.    
2) Langworthy, A.N.    
*Denney, Mary Denny, Lawrence Iowa City  
Denny, Cecil   Audubon  
Denny, Eddy   Audubon  
DeRocker, Cora 1)   placed 18 May 1905
2) DeVos, 2) Spring Valley, Minnesota  
DeShane, Henry Kober, Arthur LaPorte City  
DeWees, Frank 1) Synder, 1) Waterloo  
2) Schneider, M.S. 2) Olewein  
DeWees, Gilbert Bickley, Dr. Waterloo  
DeWees, William A. 1) Schrock, D.R. 1) Waterloo  
2) Saylor, 2) Dyersville  
Dewey, Victor Harris, H.O. Dyersville  
Dichting, Harry 1) Farmer, I.F. 1) Oskaloosa  
2) Applequist, Simon 2) Stanton  
Dichting, William 1) Maine, Charles Oskaloosa  
2) Swartz, W.W. Brooklyn  
Dickenson, Emily Elizabeth Carl, Vinton  
Dickenson, Jennie Gardener Griswold placed 22 Jul 1904
Dickenson, Margaret 1) Jackson, Ms. L.M. Griswold placed 22 Jul 1904
2) Ellis, Frank  
Dickenson, Nellie 1) Movedeth Griswold placed 22 Jul 1904
2) Ellis, Tom  
Diede, Henry (12 yrs)  Polton, Wm. A.   Taylor County IA  placed Dec 1900 Bedford Free Press 
Dietz, Sarah 1) Kellogg, Parkersburg, NY  
2) Meester, Joe A. Grundy Center  
3) Clauson, Claus Pleasant Valley 1910 Pleasant Valley, Grundy Co., IA
Dillon, Delia Bryne, DeWitt  
Dillon, Elizabeth   DeWitt  
Dillon, Patrick   DeWitt  
DiRosa, Nicholas VanWinkle Merrimac  
Ditching, Henry Gosnell, Tom New Sharon  
Dixon, Daniel 1) Townsend, W.F. Sidney  
2) Reeves, Hugh  
Dobler, William Larrowe    
Doherty, Francis Benson Sioux City  
Dolan, Agnes Dobberstein, Fr. Paul M. West Bend Palo Alto Co.,
Dolan, William J. Ryan, William Lovilla/Weller  
Donerback, Gertrude Breaw, Rev. T.G. Sumner  
Doran, Eliza 1) Chatfield, Minnesota  
2) Peat, Corydon  
3) 3) Greenfield  
Doyle, Richard Wilson, W.R. Stanhope  
Doyle, Sadie Valentine Stanhope  
Drake, Edward 1) Brassfield Dakota City  
2) Burmesiter, William Eagle Grove  
Dugan, Katherine   Clarksville  
Duncan, Ethel May 1) Fred Orchard    
2) Wright, Riley    
Dunn, Charles Brady, Michael S. Lansing  
Dunn, Douglass Preece Keosaugua  
Dunn, Theo   Neola  
Dunn, William D. Valline, John Cedar Rapids  
Dunphe, Oscar Flynn Neola  
Dwyer, Peter Acers, M. Emmetsburg  

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

 

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