The Orphan Trains of Nebraska

Walter Townsend

  1. Foster Name: Walter Lincoln
  2. Foster Family: Carl and Ellen Becker
  3. Location of Family: Holdrege, NE
  4. Sending Organization: n/a
  5. Arrival Place: Holdrege, NE
  6. Age on Arrival: 12
  7. Date of Birth: 1915-08-13
  8. Date of Death: 1991-03-30, OR
  9. Gender: male
  10. Spouse Name: La Verna Tumbleson
  11. Notes: Letter from sister Hazel Hansen (born Dorothy Townsend) attached.
  12. Source: OTR 111; Eloise Thomsen Corres.; Sharon Becker Corres.; Find-A-Grave; Holdrege newspaper (unidentified), 10 November 1927; 1930 United States Federal Census; National Orphan Train Complex.
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