The Orphan Trains of Nebraska

William Callaghan

  1. Foster Name: William J.
  2. Alternate Foster Name: Billy
  3. Foster Family: Timothy and Mary Ann Keefe
  4. Location of Family: Elk City, NE
  5. Sending Organization: Foundling Hospital
  6. Arrival Place: Elk City, NE
  7. Age on Arrival: 23 mos.
  8. Date of Birth: 1910-06-23, New York City, NY
  9. Date of Death: 1998-02-18, CA
  10. Gender: male
  11. Spouse Name: Madeline Keefe
  12. Source: Crossroads, Summer 1989, p. 8; Eloise Thomsen Orphan Train Register, 428; National Orphan Trian Complex; Patricia J. Young and Frances E. Marks, Tears on Paper : The History and Life Stories of the Orphan Train Riders (n.p., 1990), n.p.; Grand Island Daily Independent, 17 May 1912; Crossroads, vol. 43, March 1998, p. 7; Grand Island Independent, 3 May 1993.
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