RIDERS of ORPHAN TRAINS (M-Z)

Nebraska

Special thanks to Mary Ellen Johnson and individual contributors for this compilation of riders.
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Birth Surname	Birth First Name	Adopted/Other Surname	Adopted?	Birth year	Town taken to	State taken to	Year taken on the train	Person submitting information	Other information
Maise	Margaret				Rulo	NE	1888	Shirley Gormley	lived with Murphy family
Mayhew	Leon			1908	Prairie City	NE	1908	Jan Heisler
Maynard	Nettie Pearl	Jeanette P. Swaim		1915	Wood River	NE		Jean P. Carney	OTR
Merschiere	George	Johnson	yes	1913	Harlan County	NE	1917?	Ronda Noren	placed by CAS with Harry & Anna Johnson
Mittag	Gretchen	Margaret Mary Busch	Yes	1915	Howells or Elkhorn	NE	1901	Margaret Mary LaMoure	OTR; had 1 older adopted brother, Raymond Ralph
Morris	William	Wagner	yes	1917	Ashland	NE	1917	Jean Kingdon	placed through the CAS at 6 months
Morton	Elenor (Elenore)	Frisch	Yes	1920	Humphrey	NE	1922	Diane Beliveau	adopted by John Frisch natural mother Elizabeta? Morton & father James Caldwell
Mueller/Miller	Christian George	Wells	yes	1898	Red Cloud	NE	1902	Barbara H. Grooman	adopted by George "Doc" Wells, youngest of 4, only boy
Muliek	Annie		no	1913	Omaha	NE		Damon Christensen	relationship-son lived with Peter & Bridget Schmidt she went by Ann Marlox
Mullin	Josephine	Hickey		1923	York	NE		Mrs. Lloyd Pontine
Nielson	James				Laurel	NE	1904/05	Bonnie Paulsen	lived with Havekost family
Norton	Dorothea	Wemhoff		1918	Columbus	NE	1911	Dorothy Sharpley
Ohler						NE		Marie Fletcher	had 5 brothers & sisters
Panzer	Edward		no	1907	Tekamah	NE	1922	Panzer Brothers	became a doctor, but lead a sad life as a child
Panzer	George		no	1918	Tekamah	NE	1922	Panzer Brothers	was a manager of an insurance agency
Panzer	Harold		no		Tekamah	NE	1922	Panzer Brothers	became a general physician
Panzer	John		no		Tekamah	NE	1922	Panzer Brothers	was a hospital administrator
Panzer	Robert		no		Tekamah	NE	1922	Panzer Brothers	became the paster of the 1st Methodist Church in Sacramento
Plump	Leonora	Leonora Ellen Clark		1919	Omaha	NE	1915-18?	Leonora Campbell	OTR
Price	John Wallace	Harmon		1907	Auburn	NE	1922		Elk River, lived with Charles Harmon
Price	John Wallace	Harmon		1907	Auburn	NE	1914	John Price	placed by CAS with Charles Harmon
Price	John Henry	John Raymond Price	Yes	1905	Auburn	NE	1904	Marilyn Jeanneret	relationship-daughter
Price	Florence	Peterson		1896	Edgar	NE	1897	Bonnie M. Nelson	married name: Nelson
Rogers	Emmette E.	Bartsch	Yes	1902	Neligh	NE	1894	Eloise J. Johnson	4 siblings: Charles, Walter, Oscar & Alice
Rogers	Oscar F.	Bartsch	Yes	1902	Neligh	NE	1907	Eloise J. Johnson	4 siblings: Charles, Walter, Oscar & Alice
Rogers	Charles	Seifert	Yes		Neligh or Tilden	NE	1907	Eloise J. Johnson	4 siblings: Charles, Walter, Oscar & Alice
Rogers	Walter	Seifert	Yes		Neligh or Tilden	NE	1889-90?	Eloise J. Johnson	4 siblings: Charles, Walter, Oscar & Alice
Ryan	Sarah May			1871		NE		Mildred Russell
Schmitt	Leocadia	Eleanor O'Brien		1909	Manley	NE	1903?	Eleanor O'Brien	OTR
Scholastica Scholl	Mary	Mary Laible	No	1911	Stuart, Holt	NE	1905	Mary C. Buscher	OTR
Scholastica Scholl	Mary	Mary Laible	No	1911	Stuart, Holt	NE	1912	Mary C. Buscher	OTR
Sedlacek	Rose	Lillian Rose Miles	yes	1895	Pawnee City	NE	1906	Lee Marlin Schneider	grand daughter, adopted by Mr. & Mrs. C.R. Miles, came with siblings.
Sedlacek	Charles	Slack	yes	1900	Pawnee City	NE	1906	Barbara Wilson, niece	adopted by George & Nellie Slack, came with siblings.
Sedlacek	Frek (Frank)	Booth	no	1902	Pawnee City	NE	1906	Barbara Wilson, daughter	taken in by Louis & Mary Booth, came with siblings.
Shaw	Ceacil	Margaret Shaw	1906		Scheyler	NE		Mrs. J.P. Abshire	had two daughters & a son
Sokol	Blanche Pauline			1870	Omaha	NE		Herb Grote	married name: Arndt
Stark	Joseph Fergus		No	1885	Greely	NE		JoAnn Stark Carvlin	relationship-daughter
Stark	Joseph Fergus		No	1885	Greely	NE		JoAnn Stark Carvlin	relationship-daughter
Strobel	John		no	1913	Oakland	NE	1925	John Strobel
Stroman	Frank William					NE		Kristy Seagars	relationship-g-gaughter
Taylor	Myrtle E.	Johnson		1926	Holdredge	NE	1910	Venita Ledbetter	sister, Genevieve Taylor; married name: Eupson
Taylor	Genevive			1921	Holdredge	NE	1923	Jennie Kimble	lived with Johnson family; married name: Kimble
Thrush	Eleanor Winfield		no	1897	Sterling Area?	NE	1899?	George Beckner	relationship-son biological mother: Matilda & father:Daniel Thrush
Tomlinson	?	Floyd Tomlinson Browning		1905	Fairbury	NE	1906	Shirley J. Balsiger	Relationship-daughter; had 12 yr old sis
Tracy	Ray				Laurel	NE		Bonnie Paulsen	lived with Horn family
Van Deusen	Arden	Van Dossett		1912	Minden	NE		Arden V. Dossett	lived with M/M C. F. Dossett
Walters	Alexandria					NE	1918	Mrs. Ralph Gerlt	relationship-daughter in law
Ward	Mary Genevieve	Cronin	Yes	1911	Columbus	NE		Mary G. Graham	OTR; adopted by George & Kate Cronin
Webber	Margaret			1913		NE		Peg Koenning	married name: Weber
Wigg	Jennie Louise			1891	Elkhorn or Elk City	NE		Barbara Bauman	Relationship-daughter; had 3 brothers
Wigg	Jennie Louise			1891	Elkhorn or Elk City	NE		Barbara Bauman	Relationship-daughter; had 3 brothers
Wright	Matilda Metanner	Alfken	No	1894	Laurel	NE	1904/05	Bonnie Paulsen	had sister, Sarah & brother, Harry; married name: Paulsen
	Hazel	Adams	yes	1909	Lexington	NE		Hazel Adams	taken in by Earl & Mary Kearney Adams-she never married
	Augusta	Baisch		1901	Omaha or Lincoln	NE	1911	JoAnn T. Oswald	relationship-daughter
	Catherine "Kati"	Brant			Grand Island	NE	1922	Kati Brant	OTR
	Phyllis Marvel	Brown		1908	Wahoo	NE	1923	Patricia White
	Mary(?)	Caffrey	yes	1910	Spalding Village	NE		Kathryn Barrett	lived with James & Mary Caffrey (1920 Census)
	Mary or Marie	Dreifurst		1908	Columbus	NE		Marge Paprocki	relationship-daughter; possibly had siblings
	Mary Josephine	Harsch		1902	Herman	NE	1890	Carrie Jo Whittaker
	Olga	Klein		1908	Ewing	NE		Olga Rice	OTR
	Marie	Kokes		1907	Ord	NE	1854	Rev. Bede Jagoe, O.P.
	Harry	Lenhardt		1894	Strang	NE	1905	Marie Marshall	lived with the Lenhardt family by 1900
	Eleanor	O'Brien			Omaha	NE	1910	Eleanor O'Brien
	Lola	Rablyer		1885	Grand Island	NE	1897	Charlotte Eddy
	Tommy	Ruppert		1902	Linsey	NE		Darla Christensen	relationship daughter;name is Clyde P. Brandon (changed)
		Shaw	Yes		Schuyler or Fremont	NE	1903-04?	Jean B. Doll
	Fred Frank	Stellars	Yes	1892	Sutton	NE	1886	Marie Pauline Lamarche	lived with the Valentine Stellars family
	Hattie				Laurel	NE		Bonnie Paulsen	lived with Mittelstadts family

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