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[last updated 4/6/03]

 Birth Name

 Adopted
Name

 Birth/Arrival Date(s)

 More Information

 Louis
Bertrand

 Ulwelling
   

 Eddie
Hennessey

 ?

 1885 / 1900

 According to Sr. Catherine Neiss, he ran away & was never found

 Monica
Hennessey
 Hackenmiller

 1888 / 1900

 According to Sr. Catherine Neiss, she became a nun. Sister to Eddie, above.

Frank
Hoffman

 Hemann
   

 Casper
Ilderum

 May
   

 Howard McTique
     

 Lizzie
Mejorus

 Schumacher
Thome
   From NY to Stacyville, IA area before 1901. Her biological mother's name was possibly Elizabeth Johnson Jeffreys? Father: Arthur Jeffreys? Came from NY Foundling Home.

 Albert (?)
Moran
     

Mary Schaefer
 

  1884 / 1888

According to Bernadette Bitter, she was placed in a German Community but didn't speak it.

 Frederick Schaefer
 

   1885 / 1888

 According to Bernadette Bitter, he was a brother to Mary, above.

 Charlie
Schien
 

 Unknown

According to Lucy Adams, town listed as Staceyville. There was
another Stacyville in Iowa (Monroe Co.) at that time.

 Mayme (Winneger)

 Buhr
   

Information Compiled from Available Resources
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Stacyville At the Time of the Orphan Trains Arrival

Stacyville Depot (ca 19??) 
 Would this view have been the OT Riders
First Glimpse of Their New Home?

 Stacyville Orphan Trains Riders

 Group Photo
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