US Civil War orphans - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

National Homestead orphanage PA

catswamp — 24 Jun 2001 8:22:34 GMT

I'm searching for information on the orphans who were in the Soldier's National Homestead Orphanage in Gettysburg, PA. I have lists of the children that were there and will do look-ups. The orphanage was in existence from 1866 till 1877.

I hope to compile these children's stories for a book. If anyone has any and would like to share please contact me.
Irene Fearon Bailey
irenbailey@aol.com

Gale/Gayle-Robinson or Robertson-? Pennsylvania

Champlain9 — 24 Mar 2008 9:44:26 GMT

I need some help as I have hit a complete brick wall.

I have been searching for Gale/Gayle for some time now, apparently he was raised in an orphanage in Pennsylvania and served in the US army in the UK in 1944.

He was a coal miner prior to enlisting into the army which would have possibly been prior to WW2. His name has been spelt differently, he may have served in the 82nd airborne division, not 100% sure.

This is all the information I have, and would appreciate any help please.

Regards

Janice

Ga

Champlain9 — 24 Mar 2008 9:44:07 GMT

Ann or Anna De Hannah NJ

J Loughrey — 18 Jun 2004 5:01:32 GMT

My great grandmother and her brothers were orphaned
when their father was killed during the civil war . Their mother was said to have died at the news of her husband's death. They were adopted and I am trying to find out any information about them.
Ann De Hannah married Jeramiah Davis in Salem NJ they had 10 children they moved to New Castle Delaware . It is said they took the ferry every Sunday to Salem NJ to visit family.

Soldiers' Orphans' School, Harford, PA

JCandy1959 — 26 May 2004 5:56:31 GMT

Anybody have any information on this school? I found a great-grandfather listed there. But can't find any information as to where the orphan's records are housed.

James Edward Hartley

karencttr — 7 Aug 2007 4:27:59 GMT

James Edward Hartley is my great grandfather. He supposedly was sent to an orphanage at some time in his life somewhere in PA. He was born June 1858 which means he would have turned 16 years old June 1874. The list of orphans I have seen seem to be compiled after 1874 date. His father was John Hartley and his mother is Sarah, her maiden name may have been Albright. This family lived in Cambria county Pa in 1860. He shows up in Centre county Pa were he married my great grandmother Sarah Ann Shannon
24 Nov 1882. She is the daughter of Edward and Mary Jane (DALE) Shannon. I'm looking for any information about these families.

John A. Daugherty/Dougherty put in nuns orphanage around 1874 in Illinois

GeorgiaFerry44 — 30 Jun 2004 1:59:43 GMT

Looking for the census for orphanages in the Madison/St. Clair Counties around 1874 to 1880.
John A. Daugherty born 1867 and his sister Alice was put in one after the time of their father's death because their mother was unable to take care of them. Their father died in 1874.
At the time they were living in Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois. Would like to find the census with them on it in the orphanage.

American Female Guardian Society of NY

rabbitberger — 20 Oct 2006 8:23:17 GMT

I was hoping somebody knows what happened to the records of this group. My great grandfather was placed with them in 1864 at age 6. I believe he lived with a family or 2 in the midwest until he was 16. I would appreciate any info you might share.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
Rita

Uniontown Orphans School

Susan — 4 Apr 2004 10:14:46 GMT

Looking for James and Oliver McLaughlin who attended the Uniontown Orphans School. James born in1882 and Oliver born in 1886. Oliver may have gone by John. Any help is greatly appreciated!!!

Orphan during Civil War fighting in Gettysburg, "Bailey"

k.conley — 2 Sep 2006 1:30:58 GMT

I am trying to find the parents of Abraham Bailey b. 1851 in PA. He told his family he was hiding behind a ladies dress while she was handing out pancakes to soldiers. He later married Margaret Kreitz of Mt. St. Mary's or St. Anthony's parish, Emmitsburg, Md. The ended up living at her parents house on the old
Thurmont Rd. which is not Kelbaugh Rd.
They were my Great grandparents and are buried in the graveyard at the Grotto behind Mt. St. Mary's College. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Orphaned/abondoned...Byron siblings

jelb87 — 19 Aug 2005 10:58:02 GMT

Byron siblings orphaned/abandoned due to civil war death of father and then mother unable to care for them...according to family history.
Looking for information on William John Byron and sister Delia (?)..They ended up on a train move to Devils Lake ND, ...we believe from WI.!? This would have been in approx 1875-1880. He listed his birth as 1866, Fairchild, WI,
He listed his birthplace as Fairchild WI, but myfather always thought he had been born in FL? Maybe he was abondoned in that area of WI....so listed it?
Supposedly his mother made her way to WI, but couldn't take care of he and his sister. After abandoned, they rode a train to North Dakota where he lived in the barn. He started working for the Great Norther Railway at about age 16 supposedly and later as an Engineer. He was on one of the last trains to be attacked by Indians, according to my Dad.
My Aunt thought he found his birth mother in WI (listed as maiden name Sayers) after he headed to MN.
Note that while in the nursing home in his 90's, he was visted by attorney's from FL who got him to sign away land...unbeknownst to anyone...as they had no idea there was any land, etc!! He died in 1960.
Thank you for any help!
bbj

Any OH orphanage/s for Civil War orphans? Harold MAXWELL or Allan Burton CHAPMAN

K Powell — 25 Feb 2002 6:47:54 GMT

Just today I learned circuitously and serendipitiously that ancestry.com has this venue for civil war soldiers' orphans and that 2 categories were that PA had its own from I think 1862, and shortly after a sort of national civil war orphanage for both north and south in PA. So mightn't OH have had a similar state orphanage or system?

We''ve long searched for family for Mystery Grandpa Allan Burton CHAPMAN whose birth name may well have been Harold MAXWELL, born 1864. He consistently claims born in OH as were both parents - whoever they were. It's possible his father's given name was John. ABC attended WRA in Hudson, Summit Co. OH 1878-1881 and that's the earliest documentation found so far. Either someone had disposable income to pay his tuition books room & board or now a new thought -- a scholarship (at 14!) for a civil war orphan from the even-back-then liberal Western Reserve Academy.

N.J. Orphanage

KimberlyGranholm — 9 Oct 2002 7:00:03 GMT

I am looking for any information that will tie my Barlows from Vt. to hear. Family says that my line came from an orphanage in N.J. durring/after the civil war. Can anyone help?
Kim

Richmond VA Civil War Orphans - RICHARDSON

Jo Hawkins — 7 Nov 2003 7:48:13 GMT

Need guidance! My gr-grandfather, John Richardson, was orphaned during the Civil War in Richmond VA. I have found, what I believe is he, on the 1870 Henrico Co., Richmond Monroe Ward, Census, listed with other children in the Orphan Asylum. Can anyone tell me where I might get more information on the Orphan Asylum? Thanks for your help!

anyone doing lookups - soldiers orphans of west PA?

wessiejune — 29 Dec 2002 10:14:07 GMT

I am trying to research pennsylvania civil war orphans from out of state and wondered if anyone is doing look ups. I am looking for more info on William (willis) and Percival (persey) Stevenson/Stephenson enrolled in the Mercer Soldiers Orphanage. I know they were there in 1880 listed as age 11 and 9 but no nothing else. Any info/direction is greatly appreciated.

homes for veteran's children

steve papesh — 1 Oct 2001 10:56:38 GMT

Does anyone know any information about orphanages established after the Civil War to care for the children of veteran's? I was told that every state had such an institution, but can only find two remaining in the United States---one in Pennsylvania and one in Indiana. Any information on any of the others would be greatly appreciated

Erwin / Irwin boys orphaned

Janet — 17 Oct 2003 6:06:39 GMT

Does anyone know of Orhanages in Ky. in the 1860's era ?
Trying to find parents of Wilbur & William ; born Erwin/Irwin ,
raised by Coffey family. Please e-mail me.

Polk Children

Avon4menow — 3 Jan 2002 4:07:58 GMT

Am looking for any info on the Polk children by the names of :
America Polk b. abt. 1852-54
Daniel or Hank Polk b. abt 1842

Believe they were born in MS. Both parents were from the
Carolina's. I am not sure of who their parents were, but they were raised by an aunt in MS named Jane Yeager.
My GrGrandmother is America Polk. I know little about her
life prior to her marrying Arch. Lawler in the 1880's and moving to AR.
I am not sure why they were orphaned, but think due to the dates it may of been the War.
Please ck for me.
Thank You in Advance!
Karen

Eads - Eade - Eades children - orphans in 1870s

Annadella Paschal — 17 Oct 2003 6:07:58 GMT

Would any of you have in your family/research records any Eads/Eade/Eades child(ren), especially a Martha Alice Eads, b. 5 Jan. 1868, who attended boarding school or was in an orphanage in MO? I'm also looking for any siblings she may have had. She mentioned a brother/cousin whom she called Mitchel, but we don't know if he was in the school with her. She is my gr-grandmother who went to work as a housekeeper for Azariah Thomas Paschall in Benton Co., AR, soon after she got out of the boarding school/orphanage. She apparently didn't have parents and she said she looked for family, but couldn't find them (she was a teenager - 13-16 - when released from the school). Surely, if it was a boarding school that would be receiving payments from her family, it would notify the family that they were releasing her. It also has been suggested that possibly she was released because of non-payment of her tuition. According to what little she was remembered saying about this, she was in a frantic state not knowing where to go or how to get by. Thankfully, one lady assisted her, and gave her room and board. We think she may have been an orphan, but we don't know for sure. We don't know what boarding school/orphanage it was and haven't been able to find any lists of MO boarding schools/orphanages operating in that time frame and don't know how to find their records, if we do find that list since probably most or all of them no longer exist.

Azariah Thomas Paschall was a widower as of 1881, and a single parent to an infant, and he married our Martha Alice Eads on 30 May 1886, in Benton Co., AR (we have a copy of their marriage license). But the mrg. lic. didn't give any info. on her parents or where she was born.

Help would be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail me at: littleowlalp@yahoo.com .

Thank you - Annadella Paschal (my maiden name which I kept)

Jasper the Orphans

ERtyper — 1 Jul 2001 12:25:40 GMT

My great-great-grandfather served only in the final
months of the war. When he returned home he brought
with him between 6 and 10 children whom he said
were war orphans. I heard the story from my
grandmother who heard it from her father-in-law,
Jasper's son. Most if not all of the children
retained their own surname but were raised by
Jasper and his wife. Some of his natural children
married some of the children he "adopted".
One surname I am certain of is 'HITE'. Does
anyone else have any information on this type
of thing?????

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luther martin GREEN

mark green — 17 Jul 2000 7:15:30 GMT

Looking for my great grandfather's father--named luther was killed in Civil War--we think he was from TN--Luther Martin's mother was Mary Ann Craddock Green..Help please