The Orphan Trains of Nebraska

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  1. Foster Name: Walter
  2. Foster Family: Hamilton N. and Harriet M. Dickinson
  3. Location of Family: Valley, NE
  4. Sending Organization: Children's Aid Society
  5. Arrival Place: Ashland, NE
  6. Age on Arrival: 5
  7. Date of Birth: 1892-03, NY
  8. Gender: male
  9. Notes: Walter is listed as the Dickinsons' adopted son in 1900 census. In 1910, he was a farmhand living on the Schneider farm in Douglas Co., NE.
  10. Source: Ashland Gazette (NE), 10 December 1897; 1900 United States Federal Census; 1910 United States Federal Census.
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