The Orphan Trains of Nebraska

Helen Gibson

  1. Foster Name: Helen Evangeline
  2. Foster Family: Jacob and Anna Kurth
  3. Location of Family: Albion, NE
  4. Sending Organization: Foundling Hospital
  5. Arrival Place: Albion, NE
  6. Age on Arrival: 2
  7. Date of Birth: 1910-11-28, New York City, NY
  8. Date of Death: 2006-01-08, NM
  9. Gender: female
  10. Married Name: Helen Evangeline Monroe
  11. Spouse Name: Dottis Donald Monroe
  12. Notes: Helen is not listed in the Kurth family in the 1920 census. Instead, she and Fern Kurth are listed as lodgers with the Daniel Hartford family. See 1920 census, Manchester, Boone Co., NE, 17B, 18A. In 1930, Helen moved to Clayton, NM to teach school. In all news articles, she is identified as the daughter of the Kurths.
  13. Source: National Orphan Train Complex; Albion Weekly News (NE), 19 December 1912, and 11 November 1943, 10:4-5; Gravestone, Clayton Cemetery, Clayton, NM; "Monroe," Albuquerque Journal (NM), January 12, 2006, accessed September 21, 2020, https://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/obit/1125F6AED5089520-1125F6AED5089520?p=OBIT.
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