The Orphan Trains of Nebraska

Oliver Potter

  1. Foster Name: Oliver
  2. Foster Family: Mary and Paul Peterson
  3. Location of Family: Holdrege, NE
  4. Sending Organization: Children's Aid Society
  5. Arrival Place: Holdrege, NE
  6. Age on Arrival: 2
  7. Date of Birth: 1906, NY
  8. Gender: male
  9. Notes: Father's name was Edward Schirrman. He murdered their mother Ida (Potter) Schirrman. The name J. W. Swan written near Children's Aid Society.
  10. Source: Holdrege Progress (or Citizen), 6 August 1908.
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