The Orphan Trains of Nebraska

William [Walker]

  1. Alternate Birth Name: Walbon
  2. Foster Name: Herbert William Walker
  3. Alternate Foster Name: Bert
  4. Foster Family: Frank and Sarah Kingsley
  5. Location of Family: Arapahoe, NE
  6. Sending Organization: n/a
  7. Arrival Place: Unknown
  8. Age on Arrival: 4
  9. Date of Birth: 1887-11-18, NY
  10. Date of Death: 1959-10-10, King Co., WA
  11. Gender: male
  12. Spouse Name: Lydia Augusta Kingsley
  13. Notes: Bert is listed as the Kingsleys' adopted son in the 1900 census.
  14. Source: Letter, Ward C. Urbom to Lloyd Castner, 7 October 2010; Email, Karen Justina to Lloyd Castner, 11 October 2010; Mary Ellen Johnson, comp., Orphan Train Riders: Their Own Stories (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1992), 157-158; 1900 United States Federal Census; 1910 United States Federal Census; Herbert W. Kingsley Gravestone, Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Bellevue, WA; Lydia Augusta Kingsley Gravestone, Mineral Cemetery, Mineral, WA
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