The Orphan Trains of Nebraska

William Benedict Bennett

  1. Alternate Birth Name: Bill
  2. Foster Name: William
  3. Foster Family: Cornelius (Neil) and Anna Vandevegt
  4. Location of Family: Cedar Rapids, NE
  5. Sending Organization: Foundling Hospital
  6. Arrival Place: Columbus, NE
  7. Age on Arrival: 6
  8. Date of Birth: 1907-12-06, NY
  9. Gender: male
  10. Source: Charlotte Endorf, Charlotte Endorf and Sarah M. Endorf, By Train They Came: Fragile Excess Baggage vol. 2 (Denver: Outskirts Press, 2007), 55; National Orphan Train Complex; Eloise Thomsen Corres. (under Howe); 1930 United States Federal Census.
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