The Orphan Trains of Nebraska

n/a Kapatola

  1. Foster Name: Frank
  2. Alternate Foster Name: Gans
  3. Foster Family: Gans
  4. Location of Family: Columbus, NE
  5. Sending Organization: Foundling Hospital
  6. Arrival Place: Columbus, NE
  7. Age on Arrival: 2
  8. Date of Birth: 1911, NY
  9. Gender: male
  10. Notes: He stayed with the Gans family until 11yo, when he ran away and lived with the Gannon family. Apparently the Gans family called him Frank Cooper.
  11. Source: 1920 United States Federal Census; Columbus Telegram, 7 July 1986; Columbus Telegram, 22 December 1911.
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